The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-24
flock to the side Of the Law and Order League,
leaving the original boycotters in the minority
and with nobody to boycott but themselves.


Chicago Tribune
The Knights are not practicing what Mr..
Powcerly breaches Everything in theory whict
the order seeks to prevent in practice it encour-
ages Every peaceful method which it proclaims
on paper it antagonizes in dealing with employ.
ers and railroad common carriers It professea
to be in favor of arbitration before strikes. bus
it strikes without assigning cause, and then de-
mands arbitration before any list of grievances
has been made out 1t denounces boycotting ON
paper and Immediately proceeds to boycott every
one. from large manufacturers down 20 poor
widows trying to make living for themselves
and children who will not allow it to dictata
how they shall conduct their business It pro.
fesses to be opposed to the destruction OF prop
erty. and has recently destroyed tens of thous
ands of dollars worth in Texas, Missouri and
Illinois. ltcondemns violence TO individuals, and
to-day it is manning and beating men in Chi
cago, as it has done all over the Southwest for
no other reason than that they want to work
without joining its conclave. It disclaims tbs
policy of asking for unreasonable wages and 10
day in more than one instance sections of iu
members are demanding wages which no EN-
ployer can pay without running his business
Knights of Labor Charter Surrendered.
NEW YORK, April ga dispatch was re-
ceived in this city to-day. from Reese, Kan.
announcing that Sunfower Assembly, 4678
Labor Notes.
The strike of the journeymen house-painters.
of Brooklyn, il is thought, will end during thu
present week, and the men will probably go "a
work on Monday.
The Mattahiessen g. Weichers Sugar Refining
Company. of Jersey City, announced, yester
day. an increase of 10 per cent in the wages Of
the l 800 men employed by them, to take effect
April,L
The Lucy furnaces, at Pittsburg. which wer
banked some days ago on account of strike. re-
sumed operations yesterday morning, the strikeu
having agreed to return TO work pending set
Element of the dispute by arbitration.
One hundred blacksmiths in Hiram W. Davil
d. Co.'S carriage mandatory at Cincinnati
struck yesterday for restoration of former wages.
They claim they are only making $S week or
an average, and think they are entitled to $40.
The employees of the National foundry and
tube works. at Scottdale, Pa, struck yesterday
for an advance in wages. in consequence of which
the works are closed down. The greater portion
of the men are members of the knights of La
bor
The local executive committee of the Knights
of Labor at Marshall, Tex, has received a 5000
draft from northern Knights with which to pay
off the strikers of the Texas Pacific shops at
that point The money will be distributed to-
day.
Two hundred operatives of the Ludlow Manu-
featuring Company, at Jenksvie. Mass, struck /,
on Thursday. and attempted to prevent the COM
pany from unloading their goods from freight
cars. Extra police have been sent there from
Springfield
The strike at the Coerane iron works, at Eas-
ton, Pa, ended by superintendent Carter giving
the men the advances asked for. and regular
pay day. The laborers will now receive $l10
per day instead of 80 CENTS and furnace men
81. go per day instead of ST. 25
The stove-molders in the large foundries OF
Bridge, Beach 81 Co., the Western Stove Manu-
featuring Company, and the Evers Stove Manu-
featuring Company. at St Louis, have made
demand for an advance in wages of 10 per cent,
and have given the companies until to-day to de.
eide the matter.
The strike of the Brooklyn warehousemen and
the engineers of the hosting apparatus on the
docks remains unchanged The 1ongshoremen
are kindly disposed to the warehousemen. and
WILL unless the latter have their demands grant
Italians, guarded by police are working at the
union stores.
Senator Beck is outspoken In praise of the
Presidents message on the labor question. He
SAYS If he could have his way he would name
Allen G. Thurman, Joseph E. Mcdonald and
Roscoe Conkli ne as labor commissioners: and
give them $4,000 a year. Such commission
would command the respect of all parties, and
would settle the labor troubles.
The two months strike at William Skinner &
Sons silk mill at Holyoke, Mass, continued
The executive board of the district assembly,
knights Of Labor, has sanctioned the request for
a boycott, and will notify every assembly in the
district The Central Labor Union Of New
York has also Endorsed the boycott and ia push
ing it hard An application has been made to
the general executive board for a general boy
colt The employees did not strike until the frm
refused arbitration.