The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-07
THE LABOR SITUATION.
Deering Harvester Hands Return to Work
Other Labor News.

Deering Harvester Hands Return to Work
Other Labor News.
CHICAGO, May THE great strike of ths
Loo employees of the Deering Harvester
works was amicably settled at 10 O'Clock
Thursday morning. At the conclusion of a
brief conference with Mr. John Mahoney,
who represented the men, Mr.. Deering
finally agreed 10 concede the eight hours
day, and an increase of 10 per cent in
wages, all round, in lieu of ten hours pay
Mr.. Deering went out and announced his
proposition TO bistworkmen in speech, and
they unsnimo usly accepted it amid great
cheering. The men will all eturn to WORK
Friday morning. Thtre is great rejoicing
over this happy result, and policemen expect
to have no serious trouble to cope with in
that section.
Among the railways the situation looks
better. The Grand Trunk railroad has ma lie
contract for body of fifty men to go to
work as switchmen At the Rock Island
out houses the old men were being paid
off and discharged Seven OF the
old men were back at work and
enough new men wore on hand to move
considerable new business AT the Wabash
business waf going slowly forward. The
switch tenders the switchmen-on the
Western Indiana railroad struck at noon
AMI refused to allow the switches to be
nand led except for passenger trains
A few clerks are working at the Balti-
more & Ohio depots receiving and deliver
ing light and perishable freight Mr..
Abbot, the agent, has notified the old hands
that he will give them until Friday after
noon TO report for duty, failing in which
new men will be hired at once
The Illinois Central houses are posted with
placards announcing that work will be re-
sumed on Saturday morning with full
force of men, and requesting all the old eni-
ployes to report for duty at that time. The
clerks OF the general Offices are still hustling
the freight, but the work is being done very
slowly.
The Michigan Central houses opened
Thursday morning. About thirty men were
hired Wednesday night and a full force is
expected TO be on hand
The Galena depots are working new hands,
none of the old men having returned to
work
To sum up, the depots now thoroughly
equipped for business are the Michigan
Central, Galena, division of the Northwest
ern, Northwestern other divisions, Chicago
Milwaukee &St Paul, Chicago, Burlington
g. Quincy, and the Wabash
Serious trouble was reported late in tile
afternoon in the town of Lake Reports
received said that body Of
strikers moved on the tracks of the
Fort Wayne road at Fortieth street
They took possession of the switches.
! placed distractions on the tracks, and re-
fused to let any trains move. This was said
to he true not only of freight but Of PAS
senger trains The Town of Lake police
were summoned but were not able TO dis
pre- tie crowd
LATER The policemen and officials sue.
ceedel in Gearing the tracks and trains
went out as usual
Peter Nohler stair builders and manu-
features of sash, doors and blinds, 531 West
Twenty first street, employing eighty hands,
made an attempt to resume operations
Thursday morning, all the men being will
ing to go to work on the basis of nine hours
pay for eight hours work I The men were
on hand and steam was got up in the factory
| at O'Clock, but the report quickly spread
throughout the district that a start would
be made. crowd soon gathered and inter
| fered with Wohler's men. This caused q
| good deal of nervousness on the part
OF the firm and their employees and il
was resolved to abandon the attempt until
the resumption of business took place
At Pullman Thursday morning all the
men at the Pullman works and the Alier
Paper Car Wheel works were still out Th,
locality was quiet and disorder was not ap
prehended. All the men belonging to grad'
| No we're paid off. There is no likelihood
OF the men returning to work.
Some OF the men were talked with They
said that they wanted eight hours work ant
an increase of 10 per cent in wages whei
asked how the mems pay averaged, the]
said that some OF them were getting SO pc
week and from that it ran way down to IS
| which was not considered good or fai
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