New-York tribune., 1885-07-04
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CLEVELAND. July 3.-The strike at the works
of the Cleveland Rolling Mil Company grows hourly
more threatening to properly in the vicinity and seems
likely 10 spread to every mandatory bearing the name
OF the Chishoms The Bohemians and Poles III fhe
Eighteenth Ward have taken the management OF the
strike entirely into their hands and disregard the ADVICE
of the native workinen. This morning moD OF Dc
tween 200 and 500 OF them gathered at broadway ana
marched to the plate mill in Etna-st, where
the men, governed by the scale OF
the Amalgamated Association and not affected
I'm any way by the STRIKE at work as usual The
guard at the gates tried 20 reason with thcm bat they
forced their way past him and broke open the gates
Going the engineroom, they stopped the engine ana
drew the fires from beneath the boilers The men who
were at work then ordered TO leave the mill Ihose
who objected roughly seized and elected from the
premises by force When the mob became satisfied that
all the men out Of the plate mill they
walked up the Pttsburg and Cleveland railroad track
to the gates OF the wire MILL where they were met by
Sergeant Thompson and several policemen who would
not allow them to enter They went on the Connotton
Valley track back Wircst, and UP TO the wire mill on
the other side. Here they met by the policemen
again. IL was in vain that they were told that there
was no one there except the bosses Abont hundred OF
them rushed forward oyercame the poeemen scarcned
the mill. which was empty ana returned satsn"u n @
mob was armed with sticks, and large NUMBER OF
them supposed TO have reyoyers III their pockets
At the time OF the strike three years ago The Poles were
all armed with revovers for seliprotccuon ht the eA
pense of the company and most OF thou sun nave thc
same weapons and threatening TO use them against
the companys So far, the native woiklneIi, VINO
first strike have held themselves aiooi
from the demonstration OF the moo, ana nave uoie
everything n their power curb and restrain the Poles
ana Bohemians Is probably que 10 their interference
that as yet comparatively little damage has been done
crowd of 800 men, which raplaly sweieu 10 l.oVo,
met near The Crystal Palace Rink this afternoon, ana re-
solved to force cessation OF work in the conpanys
blast furnaces, the Chisholm Shovel Works and one or
two other concerns ana even proposed TO compel
the the Standard OH Works struggling
procession. half mile IN length was FORMED III broad
way marched down to the new blast furnace, three
miles distant. and commanded Tie worsinen there 10
quit. The at first dcmurred, but nnaily Yielded
The old blast In Carter-s were IcxtNsled ana
places was about 200. 1t was then O'Clock aud the
strikers. abandoning for the time their designs
upon other manufacturers. hastencd TO Newbufg
10 be present at the meeting appointed Tor
meeting. Inammatory speeches were made In Polish
and German. One English speaker ADVISED iorearahcc
President Mutt, OF the Amasainated Association. VINO
was expected TO be present. failed to arrive lhe meet
Ing broke up quietly at 10 o'clock
The failure of the police To check the strikers ls AZ
tern0on II Is feared Will result dsssrousy
tue strikers To commit depredat0ns which might not
otherwise have occurred To them. An extra force OF
reinforced IN the fear that attempts might DC made
10 lire the buildings The strikers marched nearly four
teen miles day
One of the snperintendents said this morning that
revolver defend himself against crowd OF Poles and
E0hcmans, when OF them cody disarned him.
Another superintendent Gays that II Chisholm were
superseded by practical iron man, the saving 10 the
company would double Its pront. while enabling II to
pay 30 per cent higher wages. The number o men now
cut Is about 1000.