, 1881-06-25

Strike Of the Workmen at the
West Side Gus-Works.
The Superintendent Declines to Re.
store Discharged Employees. -
Hence the slen Try 10 Compel Him BY
Quilting Work.

Tho strike of tho omp,oyEs Of tho Peoples
Oaellvht & C0kn Conipany Is d faot nccnm.
pls!1ed, IarKn tnn1or!ty of Tho men having ut,t
work ut n o'c'ock yesterday norattig. Tho
sthtements Ut tho Con,pany's representatives.
md nf tho atrlkers differ materially rs to
tnnttcTs Of fact. bath with regard to tho nutn-
bcr nj men who have t,uIt nth tho rcasans f0r
tho strlke. List evening n reporter vlslod tho
Hns-Wnrks M tho corner of Twonty.sccunl
strcut nntl Centre nycnito, and fu,ind thoro Mr.
II. 1rnts, Superintendent. u,u sfe. billings, son
Of tho f'rrsitlent of tho Company.
Mr.. pr,tts account Of tho trosi6lc was that In
tho nnrninx tho sncn t,iat!c demand upnn him
hui becu laid oil. Ito declined tn
rcp!nco tho n,cn or tho ground
that lle haI no work for thom. Tic demand
WIS lnatlo through lllc rctnrt- hnuse foreman
md tho nhgwer rtti,rtic1 through tic SUING
chunnel. Un receipt Of tho reply thu n,cn 4nit.
Sir. rsatt eays that ten trcsnell, eight ena'.eart
uen md fur extra men q,t!t, and tint lo was
left With two tIremcn md number ot
yarsl.nicr. HNmp Of tho lattcr wer Q ptft
10 work IN tho returt-hos.so, aad tiriu1
tho t1ny io nnKaRs.1 claht or ten ncw men. nm
u!i,0nlst] ati1 expnr!cntGtl stnaers. Uf tho
night u.nv oF twclty win si,ouisl havc cGi1ia on
new lnen WGra hired.
In tc.lntl,:,. to further inscrroQatortcs. Mr..
ese,i iS tho Ii,enqaIti,Ig. H. .sot, a. thsy went
nut he started up nix uf tle 0l.hcnccs, each of
s!x re,prts; 1!,e tt4ts.ncnss snnir ly ynr!9us
Getore this. hr SAID, ,srrc fllsa.
TttE FIRES HAL 11t:fN LIGHTED
under these bctiehes f..r snur tinss. hut no oil.
gus WIS fnutle Until yesterday. There was plchty
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iG es!fEHa} '!,. tns5 nauE nnt't ohG. tne
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Tug fs,k'ti, t,t,,.. ~, r,u,.. Inst, ,..o,a, ,o.
, s,ai mH7 ti W." & It'll u.NH ~ i a.Gu I'LL .
rciuem wi1o ind itinr.l lie u,,ion u;,',cr COIN.
rnlslnt,. and who woni.. rnt,lrn to work
with little i[osay. finfing henrh some
ritnlors nr threats alleged to
bMyE beeN made bv tho strikers AEnnst Men
VIII s1luul1 co to wDris, Mr. Killings protl,rul
Il detail nj twu officers frUnl lIlnIhan Street
Station. but mp In tho trnG " tho rcportura
visit tho pnttcGnlcN en1Usctl Il eIneeure.
Frnnl ii number If tho strikers vim were
praceably cuilsrcgatcl OIL the nljointmg corner.
tho reporter 0htAtEr,l their tcrstuB Of the dt.
Guilty. They snti that they demanded tho rrlt1-
stutusntnt Ur thrrn Uinu nlpi, WIN Na,l
ltccu llsehnrHe .cc.ukp. III they believed. they
Ind lcrll prominent III tho recent henlnnh far
Increased wAGcs nnl utldltstnUl hulp. tath which
t!nmands wnra Rruntca. They aske1 n1sn tho
ttlsr1lIlrHtt OF iva Etltl unnu e1TH;tE HtlI tht