, 1879-06-24

TROUBLE AT 0NAfU CROSSING,
Yesterday afternoon md evening II was re-
ported around town that thcrc Wnsa big strike aud
riot at The Wilson Sewing -Alachinn CompanY's
Works at 0ranl Crossing. This was caused by
The te1egraphlng Of tho foremcn Of the works
to the Hyde. Park police for aid. In answcr 10
tho call si1 policemen were tent to tho place,
mud On arriving there found all thInca go qulct
that there was not evcn chance to club small
boy. They heard tho stories, loatcd nround for
time, and then went back to their vilage,
a reporter being aent out, first ran across ono
OF the Union men employed In the Wilson
Foundry, which is run by George T. William
sou. The mar, James Damey, stated the caso:
Some time ago man who is = jatl-bIrd, md
who was In the Ohio Penitenttary, cams there to
work. Ha WIS q llrty-looksng follow, md rs
Tile In Its acttona % ID hls looks. He WIS en-
tp!oyed. as . molder, anl got: very drunk ct
tng-housc, came ~ and sad hc was zcab, and
THO worst scab Ia tire country ut ttat, and could
LICK any Union man in GRIND Crossing. lilo
also called number Of names. Two men
morning tho foreman ot tue foundry discharged
them, and they paid up their debts, anil got D
!itslo full. and looked around for the scab.
somo mon from the city came, out, and they
seemed to tnko I'D the cause Of the mon. There
is another scab working IN tho shop, anl they,
meetinE him, pounded him littlc. Tho Int
ter scabss nano IL Frieze, and tllcr had nothing
against a. i. h'm: Ihe work Of pounding wa rot
in tho caso Il they did. The men seemed
anxious not to hayo tho matter published.
Going to B. D. Kirby, the foreman of thu
told him: haro bcen foreman Of these works
for three years. and have had moro or less
trouble with Union men. don't like them.
They make thcr, rules and I make mine.
it they must leave, ior hereafter no. no unioa a
men need. apply here for work. i pro-
pose to be boss. aud Mr., williamson and
Mr. Wilson sustain me IN this particular.
heavy. | had 70 take tn some now mon, j have
now In my employ forty-dys; seventeen OF those
ore moliers. I tnok on theso three non-U Uuion
mon, aud pu. them to work; They Did their
Se a, %sfs tha E 10 "s1 M th
workmen began to kick, and abused
to Columbus, and, until / received =
1SeplY,. tte n,en worked here On Sunday
feaEiullY, 90 as to laI him up for two weeks. Il
discharged Two Of then, this morning. They re-
ported to the Union, au4 three men Wcre sent
out to tamo ehe eca6e. They rot out BY noon
aud got Brand IN hs boarding. house. Two stood
In tho doorway With chairs and held him IN
whlo one struck him with bottle; then they
all kicked and bent hin, but not 70 badly as
lg Alger' 3D. nralal ,'Ili be out IN four days;
ordered sll The fighters out, and
shoutd have shot them II they had not. gone,
for 90 they had gut to. The rouRhs then Jump
cd on q train aud lit out. The police were sent
for, and am sorry they did not arrost them.
This isall tic work of Tho Union, and won't hnya
1t; no more unInn mcn Ln my works. Our mon
make good arcs,-from les 10 $4.25 per day.
might say also that previous to tho row to-day
the Union had sent out l,ento bonnce the scabs.
The Union men strike, tho scaba don't, md ]
prefer the nUu-strikprd, Of courtc.
lit Is evident there wi! be no mora fuss at
present In Grand Crossing.
, EVANSTON.
Yesterday was c,uss-'ay at Tho Northwestern
untyerslty, at Evanston, and the little town
was als alive with students and their friends.
Tho exercises Of tho day wcra hold IN jennings
Ilall, where President Marcy welcomed the
class Miss Jennie Whtto read The c!asa histaty,
Ahnwfng TINT Of tho twensy-aoyen members ono
third aro OF tho geutlcs sex, Mr. J. E. Adams
Bradley read the eiass poem. Mr.. z. l.. Stew
art, on behalf Of the class, presented to
the University a., fne towsr:e'ock
the boys 1nduigcl In some athletic aport. Ia the