Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-04

the time keeper of the works to be 27S
in all. according To the showing Of his
books over 100 men. in sympathy with
the knights. went out yesterday morning,
and. according To the statements ct the en
pIoyees of the works, the number uut up
to last night fell short of 400 men. The
woTkiugmcn themselves stick to their state
mrnt with the greatest prrtinacity that be
tween 600 and 700 knights Were discharged.
and that the number out up to last night
WAS about 500.
1t i said that an additional number OF
>ympathiZrr~ with the Knights went out AT
East street this morning. and that men arr
dropping out occasionally day by day. The
discharged men are not prohibited from en-
tering and going through the works. by
special orders of the propri"torS, and they
are allowed To converse with their fellow
wurkmrm aN freely a. they Ch"OSe, and Ia
usc their influence with them Mr.. White
lev saws that he has none but the kindeSt
feelings for his late employees. and that his
action has only been caused by his feeling
that il is L. his best interests To employ
none hut independent Labor in his shops.
He SAYS il vas question of di~charging
the knights now. or waiting until they
gathered strength sufficient To- destroy his
business. at some busy and critical time,
when he was preparing for his harvest
! trade for instance.
THE SITUATION AT I.AGONpA.
There have been various TumoTN on the
! streets for the past few days in regard
To trouble in the Lagonda works. There
I has been no measure of truth in any Of
/ these reports Not man has been dis.
/ charged from the IagOnda works. nor will
there be any discharge of Knights Of Labor
/ or an, other workmen. except for inefficient
work. The Knights of Labor leaders state
most positively that they will not interfere
with the business of any firm which treat'
the members of their organization fairly
/ They therefore pTonOunCeS as an unqualified
false statement the rumOr that the Knight
of Labor have issued a call to such of theiI
number A. work in the I.ag0nda shops Il
stop work II j. stated on the highest aU
thority that there will be no difficulty at La
gumda.
An unsuccessful effort was made :" SEE
Capt. Bushnell to interview him on the sit
uatiun. 1t is reported. however, by gen
tleman who taxed to him on the situation
that he stated that the Lagonda firm has nC
idea of diScharging its Knights Of Labor
All it requires in its employees is that the!
shall ill the duties Of their positions ac
ceptahly. He states that there is no dlS>at
iSfaction or disaffection among the EN-
lployeS of the Iagonda works and they seen
only anxious for work. Capt bushnell
further stated that if the works could N"
get malleahlr iron castings, on acco un
of the trouble at the Champion Nal
leablr. they wolld be- forced L
CLOSE >oME DEPARTMENTS
of the works until mall able iron can b.
obtained He stated that he suFp">r'
there are a large number of Knights q"
Labor in the Lagonda works. but that II,
effort has ever been made To tind out wha
labor organization the men belong Ia Simpl.
because the firm does not care what men
employs. 81 long a. they d" their w"rI
efficiently. The