The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-09
THE GREAT STRIKES.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, June /.
The great strike of the iron-workers was in.
augursted to-day. Twenty thousand men and
boys who yesterday added to the wealth of tho
community by good, honest work are to-day
idle consumers. Yesterday, this vast army OF
producers earned fully $4,000; to-day they
squandered part of it. A strange stiffness pre-
walls throughout the city. Clouds of impene-
trable smoke no longer hang over the town.
The strike brushed them away as if by
magic, leaving clear skv and bright
sunlight seldom witnessed IN PITTSBURGH All
the thirty-odd iron mills in the two cities are
idle, with one single exception-the Union
Mills Of Carnegie Bros. Il Co. Thousands OF
men, arrayed in best apparel, all day long pa
raded the streets, talking, laughing and s0rs1l-
dering their money. The strikers are quiet
and orderly. They have the sympathy of tbs
public, and will commit no breach of the
peace unless gosded by desperation to
turn the tide Of public sentiment against
them. Speculation as to the final result of the
strike continues. Both sides are sanguine OF
success, and both express determination to
fight till it gs ms the victory. Very few persons
think the strike viii last long. Our manufaet-
urers cannot very well afford long period OF
idieness. 1t would bring disaster TO their busl-
ness and result in driving trade to Other iocali-
ties.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 1.
The great strike of the iron-workers began
here to-day. The press statement that the or
der to so out had been postponed for a fort
night seems to have been Hnfounded. The
word came from Pittsburgh at late hour last
evening, and at midnight the works of the
North Chicago Rolling Mill Company, at Bay
View, we're closed, with the exception Of the
rail mill, which will run until Saturday. The
principal furnaces are now being blown out.
The strike throws 1000 men out of employ
ment at Bay View alone, and a number have
been ordered out Of the city foundries by the
union.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 1.
No less than $4,000 men viii be affected by
the lockout or strike which began ct YouTfgS-
town to-day. As matter of course the mines
will close when there is no longer demand for
coal, and with the furnaces closed the demand
for coal MUST cease. The manufacturers clam
that to grant the demands of the workmen
would be to operate the mills at a loss 10 the
Company. Both sides are equally firm and,
from appearances, the strike may last year. It
is worthy of remark that no bitterness whatever
exists between the men and their employers.
WHEELING, ". va, Juno /.
All the nail mills of this city shut down to-
day, and expect to remain closed for an inleti~
mite period. There appesrs to be no DISPOSE
ton whatever on the part of the manufsc7u-
rers to start them until the situation has radi-
cally changed. They express themselves as
resolutely determined not to pay the advance
in wages asked.
CHICAGO, June e.
A squad of white and colored snA-
ployes of the Joliet Iron and Steel Com
pany, who took the place of strikers along
the Chicago docks, left the city about o'clock
last evening on an Alton accommodation train.
When Brighton Park was reached. party of
armed strangers, numbering nearly fits. made
a raid on the coaches, placed the engineer iu
peril OF his life, and knocked the conductor
down with stone. Those of the Joliet laborers
who could be identified were dragged out and
mercilessly beaten. In the confusion Judge
Pillsbury, of Pontiac, ILL.,, Was shot through the
groin. He was brought to- the city, and at the
latest advices his left leg vas paralyzed. The
train was detained bali an hour, and when it
was allowed to proceed the strangers emptied
their revolvers into the air and disappeared in
81 1all squads down Archer road. One of the
raiders was shot, but was taken away by his
comrades.