The Portland daily press., 1886-05-11
Thousands of Laborers Returning to
Work.
The Excitement in the City Dying
Out.
A New Strike inaugurated at the
RothschIId Works.
Anarchist Meetings Dispersed by the
Police.
A Slight Disturbance Among Striking
SWltclfmen.
St. Louis Anarchists Encouraging
Their Chicago Brethren.

CHICAGO, May 10.-The excitement over
the labor troubles this morning was princi-
pally confined to the lumber district. In
that section great crowds assembled at an
early hour to see whether any of the old
hands in the yards and planning mills would
return to work. Later in the morning all
the sash, door and blind factories in the dis
trict started up and about 1900 men went to
eight hours work. The planning mill men
said they would start up but could not as
they are dependent on the lumber yards for
material.
A committee of the striking freight hand
lers called on Agent Belse of the Fort Wayne
road this morning to effect a settlement.
They were instructed to say to him that all
must be taken back or none would go to
work. He answered the committee with a
refusal to agree to such terms and said he
would discharge none of the imported men
who wished to stay.
The Wabash strikers were notified that
they would have to agree to quit the freight
handlers union. They agreed to do so and
all returned to work, but some were put in
other departments and the new men were re-
tanned.
The Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
refused to take back its old men. The COM
pany said they had a full complement OF
new men and would not discharge them.
The Grand Trunk took back all its old men;
One hundred out of the $50 Illinois Central
SGIlkcTS TbSpOuutQ W tlC COApduy ApoiSO
that after this morning none OF them would @
be taken back and returned to work. The
places of the others are filled with imported
men who will not be discharged. All the
freight handlers who struck at the Michigan
Central freight yards went back to work this
the Chicago and Alton they were told that
none of the strikers would be re-employed:
The Lake Shore strikers were all reinstated
at the old rate of pay. At the Chicago q
Eastern Illinois freight house few only OF
the strikers were taken back.
Trouble with the SW!tchmen.
The Western Indiana road made an at
tempt to replace its striking switchtenders
at Fortieth street, but did not meet. with
much success: Six men were sent out In the
afternoon and four of them soon quit, while
the other two were guarded by force OF
police. During the afternoon some unknown
person threw a switch at Thirty-ninth street
and three cars were derailed. A large crowd
gathered around the cars and began to jeer
and laugh at one of the new Switchmen near
by. He became enraged and flourished a
revolver. The crowd closed around him and
the police had to drive the mob away. The
man ran for his life, the crowd chasing him
with yells and cries of Hang him. He was
overtaken and again. surrounded. The police
used their clubs freely and dragged the badly
scared man away from his pursuers: The
policeman who rescued him, being in cltl-
zens' clothes, the man thought he was
striker and fired shot at him. II fortunate
ly missed the officer. In attempting to fire
second time, the man wounded himself in
the eye. The mob was dispersed, and the
man was taken to the hospital. The switch
shanty of the Chicago and Western Indiana
road at 10th street and steYart n sHHpposed to
have been the work of an incendlary.
Anarchist Meetings Dispersed.
Il. 80 \
Anarchists to hold meetings yesterday to
consider the present state of affairs. They
were led to understand that official vigilance
had slackened and that their gatherings
would not be molested, so in many of the
halls and rooms where they were ~ won't 70 as
by the police, and some OF their members ar
rested and locked up.
Furniture Workers UNFOLDING the
Socialists.
Nearly all the striking employees of Roths-
child's Sons furniture factory returned to
work Saturday, but yesterday notified the
firm that they would not again return to
work until the Socialistic agitator of their
union, Stahlnecht, was released from arrest.
Mr.. David Rothschild, as member OF the
Furniture Manufacturers Union, has been
especially active in securing the arrest OF
the man. Saturday evening brought all the
other members of the Union down upon
Rothschilds' men, and by threats of the
usual anarchial kind compelled them to
again strike.
Mr. Robert kaufman, manager of the con
Germ, has now notified the men that they
have all been discharged permanently, and
that the factory will remain closed until
they would return for 10 hours pay for 10
hours work; and under no consideration
would the firm have further communication
with them looking to any sort of compro-
mil This action 1QaupS Qh0nt all the f1r-
niture workers in the city locked out, with
out any prospect of getting back without un-
conditionally surrendering.
The Name of the Anarchist Paper to
be Changed.
The Central Labor Union held long Sc
cret session yesterday. Committees from
tion and upon the adyisability of continuing
the publication of the Arbeiter Zeitung.
Lengthy speeches were made upon the re-
cent outrages, and the police were heartily
abused, while a guard saw that none OF tnem
come within hearing. The result of the long
conference was to the Union very important.
1t was decided that the Arbeiter Zeitung
shonld change its name, mo specifications pro-
viding for change of character were made.
1t will hereafter be known, as the Volks
Zeitung, and it is to be modelled after the
Volks Zeitung of New York.
A Second Strike In Gardiner.
GARDINER, May 10.-The steam saw mill
of the Lawrence Brothers in South Gardiner
started up few weeks ago on new
schedule of ten hours day, as demanded by
the knights of Labor. This morning the
men struck in body, the firm having an
nounced their determination of going back
to the day of old time q1 hours or else close
the mill entirely. 1t is hoped matters will
be compromised and the mill again put in
operation.
Decidedly More Hopeful.
CINCINNATI, May 1O.-The situation here
is decidedly more hopeful today under the
shadow of the strong military force.
Another Strike Of Tailors.
PHILADELPHIA, May 1O.--About 600 gar
ment cutters and trimmers in various cloth
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