, 1875-06-20
lHE R0LlING~MlllS.
Ihe Engineers and Water.Tondo,x
Quit Work.
H7ason' Assigned for Their Action..-
hostility to Unions.


Reetins Of The Engineers.
4 trade dispute has occnrraa =. .&.
| Chicago Rolling-Slis which. iuac,n. 49, 49, 1elNa
&c. Appearances, hlds fair 10 b. srhs .-eM ptea-
Inc company and disssttons 70 Tia man- ~
engineers and "ater-tendass, to the npn,hs, -,
n1ey~eesen' gut "'rk last evening, ia accc,d.
anee With previous notes, aud, un|e., 49,
places can be speedily filed tas .ho,s .aras .asn
will have to suspend operations, and |. I'm 49,.
will bo out OF employment. '''0A@
TRIBUNE reporter visited the Ro]an,:,,,,,~
yesterday afternoon to learn the partcnlare -,
! tho dispute.
THE SUPERINTENDENT.
Hr. John G. Parks. MAS not sn1,ous to f,on.,.
information. He 1as inclined to mako heht ~
the difficulty, and stated that nothing but .
temporary suspension, il any, would occur. =.
there would be no difficulty in procuring fra.n,
bands. He did not wish the difficulty mnRniaed
in any way. Tho men, he said, bad given noeen
in proper form, and there WAS really No sk1ika
Ths proprletors he further stated, would mai.
no proposition for compromise; they had tia
good will Of their employees at heart, but vera
determined to run the works in their oWp man.
uBr.
Being batled in this quarter, the reporter ps.,
turned his attention to
TIE woRkMEN.
Promptly 1t 5 o'clock those under potice tlad
out OF the shops, received their ,lme-t :kets in
quiet, orderly manner, and rushed to tho ofica
Tor their pay without any attempt 1T demon
atration. On being questioned, it Was ascer.
tanned thas taeis action was lndnced By desirp
to uphold trade~uuionssn. They had i ereat
many tales to tell Of unfair treatment, aud Hnra
extremely deslroua that the writer should eiva
them fair show II his treatment Of the subject
1t appe&1n they have heen accustomed
toned to work from lu the evening until in
the morning-thirteen hours-nlthout lntermis-
sion. and had oa&y been paid for ton houra'
work Some weeks ago they demanded pay for
the extrn hours, winch, after sono delay. va M
granted, ther paT being thereby advanced from
$3.50 to 1926 per day for engineers, and $2.15
for shs waeef-Eenders. THIS sdvance took effect
from the Lat Of the present month. Two Haaka
ago
wrL11Ax DuxN1oAu,
President Of ths North Chicago nol1inR~Ni1ls'
Eugineers' Protective Upieu.-aa orkxa,zat.oo
which mas established ia April With l. speclal
vie1 to tho sottlemeus Of such questions, who
had taken prominent part IN tho Bgitation for
An advance, received notics to quit and 6ud eua-
ployment elsewhere. The men regarded this Al
ened By What Dunnigan allsges took place be-
tween the Superintendent and himself when he
received his s. bullet" Dunnigan asked tho rea,
son for his discharge, and MAS tod 1t was to put
: cheaper man in his place- The 8uperinteni-
ent he declares, said no indiyldjous seloction
had been made, but that all the ether men
would have to 60 BY degrees u others were ob-
tanned to take their places This WAS soou
circulated among the men, aud in self-do-
fsnas they tendered their notices tho same
day, IN the hopo that matters wonid be sdtn.tad
before thsy expired, and their Un,on principles
sustained. Both aides however, havo nsin-
taIned their posirions- Tho proprietors wore
not dlaposed to compromise, and the workmen
made no advances in rhas direction Ths latter
regarded the struggle As one OF vital importance
to their existence II u booy. They could ptace
no other construction on the discharge Of Dun
nigan. who IL ono OF the most efficient engineers
In the Companys employ, than An attempt 70
cRusH THEIR UNION.
They declare that it they should give WAY IN
the least Particular; advantage would be taken
to reduce thetr wages, and they would hereafter
be at the mercy Of their employers. 4 number
Of them have no Intention to wait for the end nf
The dispute, hut will ssek work etsashere.
What means tho Company have ut their co1n-
nAUd to combat the strikers could not b
learned Several outsiders have been engaged
much can be done without the full complement
af snginee,e- Work is not particularly hrisk
1t present, and seyeral depar1meutr
are not running On full timo. Tbs
steel mills, however. arc in full
blast, and the strikers regard that AZ something
N their favor. The 1,500 men OF the firm aee IL
noas entirely dependent On the engineers and
and. without precautionary meas
1res have been taken, the works viii bo idIs
.or soma time
nur rHxnK 1s ANOTHER POINT
% bo taken into consideration. The othsr Dr.
ara worked by men who have old and
lcong Unlons behind them and - tbn dsbt
,As been narrowed 10 uuiou PRINCIPLES, it "a
question whether they will consent to ron-un,on
nen taking the places of the strikerx. Alao.
,ethsr tue outlook Is blsck for Ill parties.
Tho men seam to possess considerable 1ntoIlf-
;ence. aud Aro not likely to create any disturb
nee. No ont ignorant OF the dispute would
'aye noticed anything strange in their behavior
,fter leaving work. Tho only incident which
happened whlle tho reporter was Ut the worka
Fas one Of tho ove1eeers rushing into thu
ofica and asking protection for
man who wanted to work after O'Clock.
here WAS really no need for this precaution.
he strikers paid no attention to my one who
emained ut work, and the only excitement
rorth speaking OF wae discovery BY some of
ay. But 6ven this which was onty the f1iatesa