, 1874-02-20
THE CRlSPINS.
They Are on q General
Strike.
Propositions Made to Them by
tho Boot and Shoe Mcn.
Tho Shoemakcrs Will Not Agree to Refuse to Giro
Assistance to other Workmcn.

Although the present time ig gorerally conRtd-
ored tho dullost amoug manufacturers, and sfloo-
making ia no exception to tho rule, the followers
Of St. Crispin in Chioago aro undoubtedly pre-
pairing TOR some weeks OF ldlonosB and loa1ng
by entoring upon general strike.
In Bomo OF tho enstern towns Of Mnasaclt1-
setta, ouch rs Lynn, Milton, IIoplsinton, aud
othors, where tho manufacturing Of boots nnd
ahoea ia the principal business of tho place, tho
Order OF ahoomakors called 81. CrlBpin is q
continual source of apprehension to tho
inhabitants and manufacturers. lost strike
Hhould bo ordered. mud very large number Of
people bo thus thrown out of employment. Tho
consequence is, that nil business IL brought to
Il staud-stlll, and deeds Of orimo increase, for
mon having no work to do very often go to
drinking, and, instead Of being good membors Of
society, are transformed by the senseloss strike
into, at the bost, droncs.
In Chicago, although boot md ahoe
manufacturing Is all important industry,
the Crspll,a Anvo had 80 little
to complain Of, or have never felt sufficiently
strong to organize u generul Htriko. They havo
usually atteiptod-and gonorally auccoudel-
to obtain an inorsaso iu thoir pay by laying tho
nou working for gome firm strike for d raise
:rne men in tho other faotorios would not strike,
but would 60 Oh working and eupport tho strik-
Cru for couple OF woens, whom tho manufac-
turerB would accodo 10 tho torms Of
tho atrikors. and work would bo resumed;
demand the Same iucreaze on the ground that
it WIS maufostly unjust that they should re-
ccivo less pay for doing, the sano work than
otlors wore getting, all would always got It;
| into three parts. Tho 1lrst four nonths aro
callcd the dull aoason. tho noxt four tho 1nodium
and the Inst four tho brisk season. Tho work.
men are paid for doing work by tho caho, aud tio
Iekn I'M VII {s3 k,ft~ ~ AtHf1r J
| supposing tho prico of ao!ing case Of stogp
bootB in this month to DO so, from April till
Aug. l tho prico would bo rnised to $3.50, and
from Aug. till tho el,d Of tho year, SC.
utaetu1 crs in Chicago, for tho purpose Of aolf-
protection md unat'imlty. OF action, fornou
themselves into Ill associatiou. The following
aro the nluo FIRMS q. Il, Fargo 4 Co., q. II.
Co., T. 3. wobber Co., Philip Goldman &c i Co.,
Phelps, Dodge l. Palmer, Doggett, Dassott &
Hills, n,ld HlunHfedcr Il 1soaeutlal.
soou utter the panic tho Association OF Man.
ufacturerH decided TINT. in consequence Of tho
general decline ia prices, etc., they must pay bat
II a caae for aollng atoSas. Az tho action seemed
q just oilo tho CrisInns coneurred i'll it, md
Hinco tho beginning Of the year that has boon
tho standard Of prices 1ala. About two wooks
ago. tho men in tho factory Of Doggett Bassett
i Hills struck ror raiBo Of aaiary. 1t was tho
old dodge Of compelling ono firm to make Il
raae, and then, as II sequence, the other manu-
factllrora must also.
Tho demand not being accoled to as aoon Us
vas expected. OIL Monday tho worku1on in G. II.
| Fargo e. Co.'s factory struck, demanding tho
sa1no increase. To coucate the nlen, and Us
business is Frightening up. the manufacturers
appointed Mr.. Fargo, Of tho firm Of G. II. Fargo
| Il Co., hlr. Henderson, Of tho firm Of G. III. Hem
derson tE Co.. hlr. Mc1arlaud, Of tho 1irm Of u.
| y. Wells & Co., and Alr. Webbor, OF the 1irm Of
| r. B. Webbor l. Co., aH committee to visit the
worknen in tho different factories and confer
with them. Yesterday tloy went to pix or aayon
factories, aud offered to agreo to tho demands Of
the strikors, anu pay them $4.50 oaso from tho
beginning OF the yenr till April, from April TO
August So, ami from August to tho oud OF the
year $3.50, Hsipulnting one condition, viz that
the men should not render any ail to any work.
men who should strike. Tho gentlemen woro
caroful not to Say Crispins, but to cover all
| worls1nen, whether In that organization or not;
| but all the men refused to accede to my Bucll
arrangement excepting three in the fact0ry of
| @. IL. Henderson s. Co.
Whom first visited, sovoral Of tho men pro-
fcssed IN entire ignorance Of contemplated
strike Of all tho woEA1non; yet, attor talking with
them q few miuutos, it was plainly to DO aoon
that they were all fully aware Of it, In Chicago,
tho manufacturers claim to mako but small
margins, from tho fact TINT they havo to COM
peto with good, mado in the Ponitonsiary, but
ara always ready to pay tho mon liborally