Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-24

| S Aou"u muse auu tne MAKING up Of trains
was begun. One striking switchman at the
yards declared tha: the Lake Shore officials
mad agreed to dispose of eight non-union
switchmen in some manner within the next
few months by placing them in some other
department or otherwise caring for them.
mere Is general rejoicing among the men,
| when the strike ended the question
whether the strike was the result of capitula-
tion on the part of the strikers or whether the
company had acceded to the demands of the
men was purely matter of conjecture Both
! sldes Claimed victory and there rested their
case. They offered no explanation. The
strikers and their friends, however, were in
most Jubilant frame of mind all day and
when the terms of settlement were made
known at a secret meeting of the men in their
nal! they cheered until the building trem-
oled. The demeanor Of the officials is in
contrast to that of the strikers. All of the
ofhcials were glum and tatiturn and repelled
newspaper representatives who endeavored TO
ellclt from them the basis of settlement The
blockade was quickly raised
BosroN, April %.
The Commercial Bulletin will say tomor-
row:
The sudden and unexpected collarse of
what threatened to be a serious strike at
Whittenton mills, Taunton, was caused bv
the discovery that the mill belonged to huge
organization of the textile industries of New
England which had been formed so quietly
lhat II mad escaped notice. This organization
already includes 49 large wooden mills with
such cotton mills as the Lonsdale and Hope
mills. The society organized for mutual
protection. 1t does not recognize the author
ity or dictation of the Knghts of Labor in
any way, but is prepared to use arbitration
Tor the settlement of strikes. The organiza-
ton Is growing in numbers and proposes TO
give each strike careful consideration and
only assist manufacturers who are unfairly
treated by their help. The second society,
embracing all the cotton mills Of any impor-
tance in Maine. New Hampshire and Massa-
chusetts, was quietly completed and elected
officers in Boston last Wednesday. The
Massachusetts league Is league of cotton
mills to which the wooden mills are to be ad-
mittea, while the Rhode Island society was
formed by the wooden mills, and subsequently,
the cotton manufacturers. During the last
month the cotton mills of this State have
been quietly preparing for an organization
for mutual insurance against labor disturb
ances. The result of these organizations
will probably be witnessed at the next at
tempt OF the mill employees to secure the dis
charge of workmen who are not members of
the union. The entire wooden as well as the
entire cotton interests of the three States
will be included. The yearly paw rolls of the
Massachusetts mills that have already Joined
amount to 100000. The aim of the So
ciety is not in any way aggressive and Its
purpose is not to attack the Knights of Labor
but simply to protect its members from un.
just persecution.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., April 23.
VrIp Il. Il
executive committee knights of Labor, who
has been at the scene of the great railroad
strike at ST. Louis since the I'd instant, ar
rived at his home here last evening. Hayes
says the railroad companies and their en-
ployees have made no progress toward set
settlement of their difficulties. The case,
however, is in the shape from which it is
hoped and expected that when the congress
sional committee reaches St. Louis and meets
with the committee appointed by a mass
meeting of business men of that city, that
those two bodies may be able to hit upon
some plan whereby a settlement of the trouble
may be effected. He says the reports sent
out by the railroads of the great Southwest
system that they are sending out all the
freight they want to every day are untrue.
The roads are all blocked up to a great ex-
tent, and what freight is run out goes under
protection of deputy sheriffs and State militia.
The deputy shertfs are boarded at the ex
pense of the railroads, at Laclede hotel, the
finest house in the city.
New YORK, April 90.
Everything is quiet at the different sugar
houses in Brooklyn this evening where the
men are on strike. large force of police
guard them. 1t is understood that the officers
of the 47th regiment had made preparations
for action in case of their being called upon
suddenly. large meeting of the strikers
was held tonight, at which the men were
counseled to refrain from deeds of violence.