Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-20
THE WIRE STRIKE.
WHEELER AOVERTlSES FOR
SCABS IN VAIN.
King Alcohol Takes iland-So D0es
Insanity. Larry Reilly. The
Srab Billy kn0th'S Gus.
toners Hugh Dni-
icy'S Duty.

As was predicted, the overtime
"mrkct at the wire mill turned
out to he Il failure and u scare, and
the elimination Of events this week
springs Il graNdcr scheme ON the un-
terrified wircdraWcrs with which the
sanguinc company hope to strength
en- their position. SO Ion with the
dance, let joy be mcontned, for
life is too short to waste in mourn
ing. Having shut one of their two
engines down, the idea struck the
rcsourcciul GaIpin that he would
divide up his unwhoIcsomc crew and
put half of them on night turn.
which, although ontailing great
increase in operating expenses,
might bring about that climax de-
voutIy wished for by hm, VIZ: The
decentralization of the strikers and
the collapse Of the strike, We are
led to believe that such an event is
far distant and this, us have former
schemes, will fail to connect.
The Wire company were advertls-
ING in all Of the New York papers
last Sunday for cast steel wire draw
cns under IN alias. So, we must
come to the conclusion that they are
ashamed of their degraded name,
perhaps on account of blighted alice
tions Of the well-informed wiro,lraw-
ers. 1t is even asserted that Mr..
Parker, the New York agent for the
tremendous skins has hid himself
under a pile Of manure at his rustic
retreat in New Jersey ever since he
inserted the useless sad. The
company seem possessed with the
idea that their last chance to bank
rupt the wircdraWcrs has come.
Larry Reilly, who came to New
Haven as il scab some time ago, de-
mandcd $40 Of the Union men and
weekly stipend, in return for
which he was to keep away from the
wire mill, has turned out to be dis
honest wretch, having gone to work
for the scab firm. Only two days
before he went to work for them, he
received from the strikers the sum
Of ST.. He is reputcd to be
"worth" from $4,000 to $4,000, in
vested in real estate in South
Brooklyn, New York. This fellow
in company with another sc@b, Tc ",
Mccarthy, returned to their hotef
much the worse for wear last Mon
day evening, and their appearance
seemed to be evidence enough of the
rumor which preceded them, thft
they had had Il lively fight over the
question us to which was the mcyt
contcmptibIc scab Of the two. a
third party was supposed to have IN.
stigatcd the affair between them,
who was none other than King Al.
coho himself. His royal highness
l certainly accomplished all that could
/ be desired. Edward Sandare oI
, Ferry street, another scab recent,
imported, was hustled off to tn,
| lunatic quarters at the almshouse OF
l Tuesday, his alleged brain hayins
5 become somewhat tangled in su
| premc effort to compute the interes
: on scab wages. Thus does the Al
t mighty take sides with honest labo
s in its battle against hypocritica
bosses and dcbased slaves. AS W,
go to press the rumor comes tina
Billy knoth, recently elected coun
Gilman for the Seventh Ward, ha
> taken in some of the scabs, recent
i domiciled at the defrnct Hotel Svea
d as boarders. Fact is, fourteen o
g their names were on his tick slat
0 t r rum last week, 50 there seems t
q ue some foundation to the rumor.
t Peter Wim still procures hi
Il three kegs of beer for sale to tn
k scabs every Sunday, Hugh Dale
r. was notified of these proceedings o
l. Wednesday; therefore, it is expecte
k that he Will do his duty in the ma
ter. Wen see.