The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-29
WAGE WORKERS.


Riotous Conduct Of Strikers at Denver-Im'
pending Strike at Pittsburgh = Other
Notes.
DENVER, Co.., May 19.-The shopmen'.
strike on the Denver s. Rio Grande road as
sumed very serious aspect to-day. In &c
cordance with the announcement made ai
the strikers meeting yesterday afternoon,
at which several incendiary speeches were
made, about five hundred men and forty OF
fifty women assembled in the vicinity Of
the shops this morning and general demon
STATIONS of defiance were INDUCED in. One
of the yardmen returning to work was sc,
upon by crowd and knocked down, kicked
and cut about the face in the most brutal
manner. Other workmen were escorted
through the crowd by posse of Deputy
United States Marshals. About eight
O'Clock two or three hundred of the strikers
formed in line and marched to the town. A
halt was made in front of the Office of the
ROCKY Mountain Nelus, which had seen fit to
crit'cise the action of the men in striking
and had denounced some of their leaders.
Copies of the Nc,cs were burned by the
mob amid pandemonium of jecrs and yells
proceeded up Sixteenth street. At Shedd's
cheap store another halt was made and the
same programme gone through with. 1t
appears that Shedd recently discharged n
saleslady who belonged to the womanis
branch OF tho Knights of Labor organize
ton without asking the consent of that
body. Circulars commanding the reader to
boycott the Shedd cheap store and boycott
tho NelrS We're distributed everywhere.
About score of warrants wero sworn out
befors the United States Commissioner this
afternoon. 1t is believed that Judge
Brewer will deal more severely with these
cases than with the preceding ones
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 19.-The Contra.
Grievance Committee, being at the same
time the Central Executive Committee Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
and consisting of J. w. Fitzsinlmons Chair.
man, Sedalia, N. NJ. LOvins, Parsons; Rob-
ert Hanson. Marshall, and d. g. johnson.
Kansas City, arrived in the city this morn
ing and registered at the ST. James. Shortly
after its arrival the committee repaired to
the office Of the Third Vice President 81.
M. Hoxie, OF the Missouri Pacific Road,
with whom they held consultation lasting
two hours. AS soon as the conference was
over Chairman Fitzsimmons was seen by
reporter and asked the object of his visit to
St Louis. I'VE can not say anything about
our visit here. or the object Just yet" he
said. ANY prospect for striker "Well,
I'd much prefer not to say anything at pres
ent. l didn't think that anyone knew Of
our presence here"
PITrsBURGH, PA, May 19.-The manu-.
factursrs and the iron workers are i'm sit
uation that promises very little In the way
OF an adjustment of prices for the next
year. Whatever is done will have TO he &c
com s!tShed before June |. Each side seems
to be holding out firmly for their respec-
tive positions, and both are emphatic in
their statement that if there is a settlement,
Of tho wage question it Will have to come
through advances from the ether side. Tie
mills are running with the evident object in
view of increasing their stock to the utmost,
and the workmen are considering the ad.
visibility OF establishing stores throughout
The district for the purpose of supplying the
of the Amalgamated Association
with goods at cost prices.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 1s.--The rolling
mills of North Chicago Rolling Mill Com
pany, situated at South Chicago, resumed
operations yesterday with force of 1,S0U
men. The mills shut down April /, owing
10 general strike Of the workmen, whose
demand OF twenty-five cents per day adj |
vance is wages was not satisfied. The COM
pany claimed it was losing money at the |
wages then paid. Yesterday the strikers |
wen. back at the Old wages.
PoTrsTOwN, Pa. May 19.-The rolling |
mill of the Pottstown Iron Company (inl-
tcdi of this place, which has been lying
die since last fall, started up in all depart
nents this morning OH single turn, giving
employment to a large number of men.
The iron industries are picking up consid-
,rably in this section of the State.