Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-02
The LABOR SITUATION.


No Satisfactory Settlement Yet Reached
Between Employees and Employer.
Everything Quiet and the Wnrkingm"n
Behaving in "A Sensible Manner The
Chairman of the Meeting waits on
Mr.. WhIt"ley Interview with
Mr. whiteIey on the ~iIua-
tion-.The Places i'll
he FILLED Re
quired'-N"tr>.
The situation between the officers Of the
Champion Malleable Iron Go. and the -
lOcked-Out workmen remains the same. The
workmen are attracting mN NersaI admira-
ton hy their manly and >en~jhl" Cour>" in
reframiug from all violent action "r dis
cuSsiuu Two meetings of the lahoriug
men were held yesterday. al which every
phase of the situation was discussed. The
meeting was presided over by VIM OBrirn.
one Of their number. VIII" is an intelligent
young labOTing man and Nh"rt-hand stu
dent Mr. O'Brien i a medium->lzed young
man. with blue eyes and a light m"ustach".
He works in the shops during the day and
attends Willi>'s college Of >h"rt-hand at
night
Mr. O'Brien is also the chairman Of the
executive committee which WAS appointed
by the wurkInen during their first meetings.
! At the morning meeting it was decided that
MI. O'Brien, a. the representative of the
! l0cked-Out wuTkmen. should confer with
Mr Amos Whtelry. president of the com
pany, and See what could be done towards
/ a settlement of the matter. The meeting
was then adjourned to meet at LnthSchuetz
! hall on East Main street. at ) p. m, Ia hear
! the result of the conference between Mr..
O'Brien and Mr.. WhitrIey.
/ Mr.. O'Brien gives the following account
of the conference:
Il called upon Mr.. Whiteley at the office
Of the Champion Machine company. ami
! had an extended and friendly interview
with him on the subject. Mr.. White
ley seemed Ia lay particular stress
y" '"' t, j.,
wages, the men had used the words 1--WE
ask and demand an advance of 10 per
cent" | informed Mr.. Whiteley that the
had ,,o, ,,so,I tho ,,,rd ..,Lr,n,p,I', in
H., .a,,s.,. .,F dictatinc, IN the cr,nrany hut
/ ,,,I,. 3. sbo,, tbat thev are earnest in the
,,,,,,,r Eo,hir,, ,,,s ,,,cn,prlish.i in our
;,,.,-,.;,,,,. b.s;dos mailing the n,sition. of
ho,,, tl,., mon and the officers of the com
.,,..,,.,or r,s,,oJ Mr. WbiteI,. whether
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meeting last evening. Which cannon III pres
! ent he lhduIEeH' pn' "h"" Will """
/ towards an alhl'a"I' "uJ">'"''"'' \ '""''"'
stated last night that the Nv" in"luer> VII"
went I" WORK III III" sh"P Yesterday P"" at
q CLOCK anu J"lile" 'h' lueI ''"' "i' ""'
! ne Malleable iron ""lhH "'i'. wv" a.
usual Yesterday ana t"daH' al" ''N ''''"
| were AT work All the furnaces anu "''>
were kept gong. y" one passing TIE
! works would nave dfealie" "' ''l' H''""''"''.
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49,. n,,. ,,,,t ,I,, r.,rn,..st fear If trouh. or
,.i,.l..,o.. ,f Find Srrir,,ti.id ,u,rhar-
TO- arr. , ..rsibIa class nf men. MANY of
,b..r,, our, Ii,,re bo,,..S in Srri,,gi.ld hay.
..,.,.,si, i,,,..,.,- l,..r and ,.,u ~, d,.u.u,-
ed unnn to do nothing rash. We have i'll
vestigated the situation thoroughly. and
cannot find the rem"te>t traces of violence
| of any kind The men are sensible enough
to see that their cause would be dl>crrdlttd
by any violence
Labor troubles have been such an unheard
of thing in the past in Springfield that the
present difficulty has become the reigning
sensation of the homr in the city The
~, .,,,,. p,.,,r-,,, - ans, hardly -i,nr,I,- ,I,.