Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-06-02
LABOR TROUBLES.
The 1roa Strike Alnoat General-A Bee
lief that the Trouble viii So0a
be Conpromised.
Twenty Non.Usion Mea Attacked By
. Gang Of strikers.


Except one rolling mill which work scrap
iron exclusively and two mills which are
working up three or four days accumulation
of blooms, all iron mills in this vicinity have
stopped. The belief of mill owners is that
all will resume work Monday, and . CON-
plete adjustment be made.
YOUNGSTOWN, O.. June l.
No change in the situation. The mills are
all shut down, though the furnaces rs rule
are not yet gone out of the blast. Everything
is orderly. The opinion seems to be that the
strike may be long as neither side shows any
signs of yielding.
PIrrsBURG, Pa, June l.
This morning the warfare between labor
and capital began in earnest. The fires in
every iron mill in this city, with one excep-
ton. have been taken out, and the mills shut
down. The exception is the iron mill of
Carnegie Bros. & Co., who signed last night
They will continue to run, having contracts
on hand that must be filled. This is gener-
ally considered a bad break, and calculated
to weaken the line of the manufacturers. 1t
is one of the largest mills here. and has Ca
pacity of 35 900 tons year. The steel mills
are running as usual. Most of them have
signed the scale, but as they do not employ
many puddlers it is not thought their running
will have any effect on the situation. 1t is
expected that most of the sheet mills will
sign within few DAYS.
1t is generally believed that the strike will
be of long duration. The mills have sus-
pended, and will take advantage of the con-
dition of affairs to make needed repairs.
HARRISBURG. Pa. June l.
Hold carriers and building laborers of this
| city struck today for an advance of Is cents
per day.
CLARIFIED, Pa, June l.
One thousand miners paraded with a band
of music today and held mass meeting.
They unanimously decided not to go to work.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, June |.
New miners took tools into the consOlida-
ton mines, this afternoon and commenced
work. Everything is quiet about Eckhart.
but few strikers are to be seen in the vicinity
of the mines.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, June l.
A strike began this evening and the rolling
mills are now closed down and 1000 men are
out of employment.
MlNNEAPoLIs, June l.
Today los men employed in two saw mills
| struck for an increase. A general strike
among the workmen in the saw mills is ex.
pected tomorrow. The bricklayers on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul car shops, GO
in number, struck for an advance of 80 cents
per day.
CHICAGO, June |.
The Joliet Iron and Steel works had a gang
of about 20 non union men, some of them
colored, unloading iron ore at the docks in
| this city. At the close of work, this evening,
they got on board the Chicago & Alton train
| to go to Joliet. When the train stopped at
Pan Handle crossing, FIVE or six miles out,
| a gang of about so striking iron workers and
| friends, mostly young fellows, surrounded the
train. -Four or five jumped upon the engine
and presenting revolvers at the heads of the
| engineer and fireman prevented them from
| starting the train again. In the meantime
another detachment entered the train AMI
pulled out all the workmen they could recOg
nize, including half dozen colored men and
one white man. The remainder of the crowd
outside took them and beat, kicked and
stamped on them, injuring them severely.
Many stones were thrown in the melee and
% or 80 shots fred. One took effect in the
groin of Judge Pilsbury, of Illinois, infict-
| ing wound which it is feared will prove
fatal. The rioters after beating the negroes
to their hearts content dispersed, emptyiEg
the chambers of their revolvers. No arrests
have been made.