Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-05
BLO0DSHED,
Terrible Struggle Between
the Police and Social.
lists in Chicago.
Volley After Volley Poured
into the Midst of the
Police by Rioters.
A Large Number of Police
Killed and Wounded,
Milwaukee Besieged by a
Large and Desperate
Mob.
A Large Number of Police
Killed and Wounded.
CHICAGO, May 4

CHICAGO, May 4.
About one hundred men employed in the
Union street Company's Works. at Bridge
port, as laborers, Monday, demanded 10
hours pay for hours work As 1t is per-
tect> impossible for the foundry to work
only hours, this demand was refused, but
the manager offered to raise the pay of the
men from Sl.25 to ST. 40 for 10 hours. This
offer was refused, and the men at once walked
out of the works.
The North Side Rolling Mills shut down
Monday for an indefinite period, and about
1000 men are out of employment The Su.
perintendent said that, in all probability the
mills would not start up again until the labor
troubles were at an end. The company could
not give ten hours pay for eight hours work,
and to shut down was the only course open.
The Switchmen's Union, after protracted
session, lasting until an early hour Tuesday
morning, resolved to go on a strike for eight
hours with ten hours pay, and to aid freight
handlers. Switchmeu on both divisions of
the St. Paul road, and men on the Michigan
Central and Northwestern have already quit
work. They will probably be joined during
the day by the switchmen of every other rail-
road entering the city.
monster meeting of Packing House la
borers was held Monday night The result
of the strike was learned to be as follows ::
Ten firms will allow ten hours pay for eight
hours work, one firm will allow nine hours
pay for all employees getting over so per day
and will reduce the 50 men, Hatelv Bros
agreed to allow nine hours pay for eight
hours work for skilled labor, but wanted to
reduce unskiled workmen. This was OBJ
jected to by the committee, and as yet the
matter is undecided Fairbanks refinery will
allow ten and nine hours pay for eight hours
work. kents house allows nine and ten
hours pay for eight hours work with no men
reduced.
crowd of Bohemians, Poles, and Ger
mans, began to assemble on the prairie in the
southern portion of the city, Tuesday. where
the incenuiary words of Monday, were
uttered which provoked the riot later on, but
the police raided and etfectually scattered
them. without making any arrest however.
Two hundred policemen have been stationed
in the vicinity of MONDAYS disturbance.
Capt. Hathaway, with a crowd of fifty police,
put in an appearance at Goose Island, at nine
o'clock Tuesday morning, where some dam
age occurred Monday, with the Milwaukee
and ST. Paul road property.
Eye witnesses of the struggle between the
police and socialists place the number of the
latter who were wounded as being as high as
twelve. 1t is not thought that any were
killed outright, but the rapidity with which
the wounded were carried away by their
friends and the secrecy maintained in regard
to any connection with the affair make it diff
q Ill
Joe Voseck is probably mortaly wounded
and may not survive through the night.
During the night following, a circular
printed in German. and with an English
translation appended, was distributed broad
cast in many sections of the city. 1t was
read as follows:
Revenge. Workingmen. to arms. Your
masters sent out their blood hounds, the po
lice. They killed six of your brothers at
Mccormick this afternoon. They killed the
poor wretches because they, like you, they
had courage to disobey the supreme will of
your bosses. They killed them because they
dared to ask for shortening OF hours of toll.
| They kiltd them to show you Free Ameri-
can Ci'zensT that you must be satisfied and
contenttd with whatever your bosses conde
sc, to allow you, or you will get killed.
You .ve tor years endured the most abIect
humiliation. You have for years suffered
unreasonable miseries. You have worked
yourselves to death. You have endured every
pang of want and hunger, your children you
have sacrificed to the factory lords, in short
YOU have been miserable and obedient slaves,
ALL these years Why? To satisfy Unsuitable
greed, to fill the Golfers of your lazy, thiev-
| ing masters. When you ask them now to
| Iessen your burden, they send their blood
hounds out to shoot you, kill you. If you
| are men, if YOU are sons of your grandsires,
who have shed their blood to free you. then
YOU will rise in your might destroy the hide
Gus minds that seek to destroy You. To
arms we call you, to arms. (Signed.)
Your Brothers.
| Having been driven from the prairie Tues
day morning, the idlers and strikers melted
by leaders, proceeded southeast, presently
! forming a column three or four thousand
strong. They directed their march toward
large glue factory near the crossing of the
river at Fifth street, with the intention of
closing down the works. strong force of
nolice arrived and arrested nine of the head
| leaders and overawed the crowd, which
moved off without making an attempt to Sc
cure their fellows.
The size of the crowd was such that the
Chief of Police directed reinforcement of
officers on duty in that district. The knowl-
edge that such large gathering was being
kent together and apparently urged by the
leaders to acts of violence, has caused more
thorough preparations to be taken to guard
against trouble. The commands of several
State regiments have largely reinforced the
ouards at the armories without specihc or
ders, but simply as precautionary measure
crowd of strikers attempted an assault
on the Milwaukee and St. Paul shops at