New-York tribune., 1886-05-08
THE BLOCKADE BROKEN.
RAILROAD WORK RESUMED IN CHICAGO.
ONLY THREE ROADS NOW SERIOUSLY oDsTRUcTED
-cONDIIInN OF OTHER INDUSTRIES.

RAILROAD WORK RESUMED IN CHlCAGO'
| ONLY THREE ROADS NOW SERIOUSLY oDSrRUCIED
CONDITION OF OTHER INDUSTRIES.
CHICAGO, May 7 (SpeciaD.-The blockade on
the railroads was practically raised to-day with the OK
ception OF the Lake Shore. Michigan Central and Grand
Trunk. The Chicago aud Atlantic and the Wabash
roads also handling little freight, but Il was
owing to their inability to obtain new men In sufficient
numbers. The Michigan Central Is the only company
whose employees are trying to Interfere openly with the
operation OF the road. The company will tomorrow file
petition in the United States Circuit Court asking that
rjunctions DO sned against striking employees to pre-
vent them from interfering with the property or the
company In the State OF Illinois Tho railroad company
being corporation doing business In another State IL
entitled make such application to the Federal au-
thorities. The Burlington. Northwestern st. PAUL. ana
| Baltimore and Ohio, Chicago AMI Alton and Illinois
Central worked with all tho needed The Chicago,
Ptsburg and 81 Louis the Chicago and Alton and the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy were all doing business
with hands. and will not take back the strikers
Among the freighthandlers great disappointment Is
felt a the attitude OF tho switchmen At all railroad
freight houses bhsness done to-day than has
been done since tho frcighthandiers went out.
At all the Northwestern houses and the ~.
Paul houses great deal OF freight comparatively
handled. Great crowds stood about but there was
no apprehension OF trouble. About sixty imported
went to work at the Fort Wayne freight
depot to-day. These In addition the remnant OF the
Old employees that remained with the company. com
| prise o corps Of seventy-fve freighthsndlers.
which Is actively at work at the freighhouses OK
the Many OF the old hands have applied for their
former positions hut they not being taken back The
regular working force OF tho roal Is about 125.
| For shor: time this morning there a complete
blockade the Western Indiana Railroad. Passenger
trains filed with travellers, and freight trains loaded
with merchandise blocked by the switch tenders
strike at the Forty-ninth-st crossing. where there
crowd, but TO turn tho switches The same
OF trouble existed at the Forteth Fortythrd and
Forty-seventh-st. crossings This blockade affected
not only the Western IudIana. but all OF its track
tenants, the Grand Trunk, the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois. the Wabash, tho Louisville. New-Abtny and
Chicago and the Chicago and Atlantic Four engines two
belonging to the Wabash and two to the Grand Trunk
stood idle the track from o'clock last night within
sight of the round house. unable get It because
the switches were not turned the right way Any fire.
might turned them easily. but thoy
would not do it, saying that there order OF the
company OF long standing forbiddng anybody but the
switchtenderson penalty Of suspension for fifteen days
touch the switches Their therefore numbered
tracks and prevented any train passing There
disorder. Fifteen members OF the veteran police
parO sworn IN deputysherfs TO preserve order
along the tracks. little before the company
sent out squad of new and ended tho blockade.
There stll 5000 employees OF the tailor shops the
Tor egnt hours work and ten hours and eight hours
emp oyers. who in every instance contractors for
the down town houses willing grant the de-
maDd but are unable to do 80 unless they allowed
better pric by the whoes iers They claim that the
present strike among ailOrs keeping many thousands
of dollars day ont OF the pockets or needy and hungry
people.
The large furniture manuflctury of Rothschld Pros.
the first IN that line Of industry 10 The
tory opened to-day with thirty men, ana during the
afternoon moro than one hundred were at work. The
firm expects arser force tomorrow The factory Is
working ON the eishhour plan with 10 per cent H.
crease IN wages.
The Deering Harvester Works resumed work to-day
with LOO men working eight hours. The cgnr makers
and packers Numbering 1000 working eight hours.
dons piece work Four thousand brlckayrrs and stone
nas"ns nave resumed work on the rishthour pan at
the rate per hour Tho hod-carriers aud building
laborers. numbering nearly 5000 working the
pasiers and srrs working eight hours at the
rate per hour as before the strike The plumbers are
working eight hours at a 10 per cent advance the
former rate of pay. The gashtters working eight
hangers working eignt hours at 20 per cent ad
hour and for the rate for piece work.
Tn beer barrel makers working cfght hours
advanre OF 10 per cent per hour Coopers and shoe
makers are working eight hours on piece work at the
same figure the packIn employees ali working
eight hours for the same wages formerly allowed for
portant industries still stopped are lumber
yard and planning mill employees and metal workers.
The mauaGers OF these industries show no sign Of con
ccding the shorter working day. The lumber yard
workers are beginning to show strong inclination to
he Proplcs Gas Company has instituted the eight
hour system Ias heretofore been the custom for the
10 hrcnen to work In wo shifts Of twelve hours
ut - 70 per per shift. Under the system
WORK In three shifts OF hours each 81 80
per man per shit. SHY men viii be employed.
About 5000 cloIkmakers who work only months
out OF the year at al average pay OF 80 week have
male demand on the contracting cOakmakers for
eight hours WORK and increase 25 per
WAGES one OF the contractors admits that the cloak
makers have been nis-rably pai and he asserts that
the wholesale dea ers have rich or the profits
organized as Assembly jl29 of the Knights of Labor
held last night they expressed their wilt
ingness to grant the demands OF their employees prOvd
ing they Induce the Wholesale dealers to pay an
advance On the present prices OF the goods.