Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-06
MANUFACTURERS And MEN.
The Excitement Gradually Quieting Down,
But Practically No Change in the
Real State Of Affairs.


But Practically No Change in the
Real State of Affairs.
Exaggerated Rumors Found to be Ground
iess-The True Number Of M"n Dis
charged Yesterday and the Reasons
Therefor Awaiting Each Others
decentralization Notes.
As far rs surface indications GO there i
no change, at this writing, in the labor stu
alton However. the Executive Board of
the local assemblies of the Knights of Labor
is pursuing its work vigorously. and rt-
manned in secret session all day yesterday
and all this morning. Yesterday afternoon
mass meeting of Knights Of l.abor.waS
held at 2:3O o'clock in the hall in the
/ Commercial block and last night the
hall was again crowded at the regular as
semblv session. What if any. action was
taken at these meetings. Of course. remains
a sealed book. and can only be- guessed at
bv the course of action pursued in the fu
ture.
GROTNnI ESS III MuES.
/ The streets are still filled with various
rumors Of all sorts, most Of which when
diligently hunted down 10y reporters prove
to he empty. One of these in
particular was to the effect that
the varimaSter of the |. b. II W Lad re-
fused Ia pull certain cars of freight from
the East street shops. and that his position
! had been sustained by Superintendent Van
Tassel. This morning reporter mentioned
| this rumor 10 Mr. Van TasSel and he said:
/ The report is utterly groundle>S. We
have had not the least trouble. nor the
slightest intimation of trouble growing out
of the present state of affairs. don't think
the railroad employees would he at all
inclined to mix in the trouble though. of
course. do not know positively whether or
not they would Join in, if the Knights Of
Labor make fight
Another wild rumOr that ran over the
town yesterday afternoon was 10 the effect
that tive or three hundred additional men
had been discharged at East street. When
tremendously exaggerated report was
found To he the fact that
that twelve men voluntarily left their posts
at East street yesterday afternoon. They
were not discharged by the company. nor
were they requested TO leave by the Knights
Of Labor.
NOTES.
The executive board hold, another
session this afternoon.
The Commercial building is pretty well
crowded with workingmrn all the time.
No attempt has been made by the dis
charged laborers To persuade others to quit
work.
The crowds that watch the incoming
trains are somewhat larger today than on
any previous DAY. but are fully As quite and
orderly.
The advertisements for workmen have
brought large number of tramp> into town. !
and the police are kept busy running in
vagrantS.
The anticipated gloom does not seem to
betting very rapidly on the discharged
workingmen. On the contrary. they are
looking the situation in the face in very
matter of fact way.
Last evening emissarieS from the local
assemblies of the Knights of Labor were
sent TO nelghboring cities Ia post the work
ingmen and induce them t" remain away
from Springfield.
The boys have the patrol work down
little finer now. and il il rather cold day
when a tramp bleeds them for dollar or
meal If he is found to be vagrant he is
promptly handed over Ia the city authori- ,
ties.
One of the locked out men this morning
remarked that if this weather continued the .
men could hold their present position with .
little difficulty. Said he, 1--WE can sleep
out of doors and eat grass, if we can find .
no better living"
Evening is awaited with almost breathless
interest on the part of the employees of the
Champion Machine Company, for if the
men who declared their membership in the
knights of Labor are to he discharged 1t
will probably be- done when the works close
TODAY.
If anyone desires to guage the vast Su-
periurity of intellect of the American la
borer over his English cousin. let him com
pare the manly methods pursued by the
Springfield men with the methods of the
English Trades Unions as depicted by !
Charles Reade in Put Yourself i'll His
Place.
The various rlmorS about railroad EN-
ployees taking a stand with the discharged
knights on investigation proved I" he false. )
The employees NAV be in sympathy with
their fellow men thus forced into idleneSS 4
Dut there is no likelihood of their forming a I
with them without authority !
from the national organization of the 4
Knights of Labor; and it would require
lime for thorough investigation and de
liberation before such all order could i
De issued.
Last night correspondents sent out word 1
hat seventy-five men had been discharged ;
rom the Champion machine shops yester- ,
lay because they refused TO be transferred Il
o the Malleabe Iron shops Concerning ;
his report, the president of the company.
Amos Whitley, said TO a reporter this morn =
ng: "As | stated the other day. the pro n
ess of employing and dScharging is going
N more or less all the time. but not at K
rates. 1t was necessary 10 finish il
Ome work in the maleable shops yesterday .
,efore we could continue other work in the il
machine shops and we transferred some of d d
'ur men to the malleable. OF course. those
Who refused to do the work We had no Use I
or and they were let off. but there were I
lot the half nor the fourth of the number /
tatrd discharged
Funeral NOuCe>.