The Labor enquirer., 1883-06-02

homeless women, attempted to drown
herself and two children to-day in the |
East river. She threw the children into |
the water, and jumped in after them.
They were all saved. The woman was
made desperate by destitution.
ST. LoU1s, May 28.-Work on the st.
Clair county Illinois, mines, was to have
been resumed to-day. but upon going to
the mines the men were met by 100 |
women, wives and daughters of the
strikers, armed with stout clubs, who
compelled them totorego their intention
ofsyworking. The sheriff's posse was
driven back by the women, who are now
in possession of the mine Military will
probably be sent from East st. Louis to
Rose Hill to protect the men who desire
to work .-- ..+r. /. D.. -. ,,t."
r. AT o:45 p. M. the militia appeared upon
the scene, and an attempt was made to
arrest the strikers. The latter resisted,
and a volley was fired by the militia,
killing miner named Henderson, and
wounding Henry Theuer and - Fry.
ST. LOUIS, May 29.-Later dispatches
from BeHeville say the tone of the press
there this morning was favorable to the
side, believing the militia acted hastily
and did wrong in firing on the crowd.
The prisoners, thirty-two in number,
were brought into town about noon, and
great crowd met them. The entire po-
lice force of the city and number of
deputy sheriffs were present to main
tain order. The men were taken to
Squire Medart's office e"
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Holder, states attorney, and K. A. Hol-
bert and Ed Thomas, counsel for the
prisoners, they were released on their
own recognizance, after which the great
crowd Of strikers present took them in
| charge, and paraded through the court
house square.
Coroner Baden has empaneled a jury
of more than ordinary intelligence, and
an inquest on the body of the dead miner
begun. 1t is expected to have wide
range.
After the strikers had paraded through
the streets Holbert and Thomas, their
counsel, made speeches advising them to
refrain from congregating in crowds, and
Charles Nesbit, president of the district
union, urged them to keep quiet and wait
for the investigation.
The name of the dead man is ascer-
tanned to be Henderson, not Anderson.
| He is we'll connected and educated, has
brother in Chicago, and father in Pitts
burg. He will be buried tomorrow. All
miners in the distrlGl are ordered out,
and a great demonstration will be made.
The miners are ready to arbitrate. A
| committee of three was appointed to
meet the beard Of trade of Bellcville
and consult with the mine owners, and
effect if possible some compromise
under which the men can return to
work.
The governor has ordered the militia
away from Reinecke's mine, and twenty
| FIVE deputy sheriffs are now on guard
there.
CHICAGO May 29.-At a conference to-
day between the bricklayers and master
builders the terms Of a compromise by
which the strike is ended were agreed
upon. The master-builders agree to pay
$4 per day, and the bricklayers under
take to make certain mOditicationsin the
rules governing their union. The agree
men: also stipulates that all disagree
ments in the future shall be settled by
arbitration, that the whole matter shall
| be referred to one Of the judges of the
United States court, whose decision shall
be final!
P1TTsBURG, May 3O.-The iron manu-
facturers charge that the action of the
Anal lgamsted association in demanding
restoration of the scale of 1881 in the
Cincinnati district is breach of faith,
and will solidify the manufacturers.
They also declare that IN the strike they
will assume the offensive instead Of the
defensive as heretofore, and that the re-
suit will certainly be large increase in
the number of non-union mills, ii not
complete annihilation Of the Amalga-
mated association President Jarrett
denies that the Amalgamated association
has been guilty Of breach of faith, and
predicts that the strike will not last long.
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