Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-01

Employees OF the Railroad Freight
Yards I'm Chicago Generally QutG
wOek-Furnifure Factories and Lums
her Yards Also Idlc-NO Disorders.
CHICAGO, May 1.-Fully five hundred strike
ing railroad freight hands met at the Harrisons
street viaduct, near the West Side union pas
senger depot, at O'Clock this morning. Upon
the suggestion OF some one In the crowd. Che
men started for the Wabash freight yards.
stopped work in a body and Joined the process rs,
sion, which then proceeded to the Rock Island
and the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
yards, where they induced all the men eIn~
ployed in the freight houses TO abandon their
positions. The procession, which now mum.
bered some two thousand, circulated around
TO the different railways.
The column of railroad strikers and their fol-
lowers reached the Lake Shore road about IL
O'Clock, and the main body of the men stopped
work. The officials OF the Lake Shore road are
preparing to close all their freight houses.
handlers OF the Chicago, Milwaukee and 81.
Paul road stopped work. II took but a few min.
utes to induce the Michigan Central men 70 quit
work. Almost before the strikers reached the
freight house the men commenced to put ON
their coats. As each addition was made to the
ranks the enthusiasm increased.
The freight-house men among the Fort Wayne
men, this morning, made a demand for eight
hours and will stop at noon unless IL is cons
Island line OF the West Division Car Company
demanded a reduction OF their trips from to q,
combining the working day TO III hours without
a decrease in pay. The company acceded To
the demands without any parleying. Two hun.
dred men employed by the West Division street
car company in the extension of their lines,
struck for eight hours. The company allowed
the men to go to work.
PACKING HOUSES DISPOSED TO YIELD.
A. q meeting late last night the committees
appointed to wait on the packers made their RAJ
ports. Several OF the companies have agreed to
adopt the eight hour pain on Monday next The
prospects for an amicable solution OF the Ques-
ton at the yards are very encouraging.
MANY IRON FIRMS YIELD.
on the authority of the knights Of Labor that
Messrs. Frazer Chalmers, proprietors OF the
leading machine shop in Chicago and the north
west, and eleven other iron firms have con-
coded the eight hours TO their employees. In
tact, all shops OF importance except the Bullock
manufacturing company have now conceded.
The above is somewhat at variance with infor-
nation otherwise obtained. The developments
showed that on the part OF iron manufacturers
and foundrymen there had been no concerted
action. Some have made concessions, some
have refused them, and Others are waiting for
more light to be thrown on the situation In
order that they may know better what To do. A
large proportion OF the establishments are
closed to-day.
HERR MOST EXPECTED IN CHICAGO.
A local paper this morning prints an inter.
view with anarchist in which the man
states that Herr Most is expected 10 arrive here
get out of the way OF the law, because he did
not want to go to the penitentiary for moth.
eisht.hour s movement but would probably not
make any speeches. 1.-THE time for talk" he
remarked, "has passed. This Ii time for
action"
MARCHING on McoRMIcK's WORKS.
The first startling news OF the morning came
at $50 o clock. A crowd of men from the lum.
5000 or 1000 men, got together Ia the vicinity
OF 22d street and Blue Island. A leader was
q man carried a red dag. The body then moved
in the direction of the Mccormick reaper works.
The reserve police are all held at their respec-
tive stations for duty I'm the event OF disorder.
This morning in the lumber district not q
planning mill opened up. Seventy-nve to one
Fuel Co., engaged in building tanks, quit work
this morning. The men were recently granted
work, ali they asked. But this morning they
quit because the company refused 20 allow the
increase and eight hours work. The lumber
cided to stand by each other In Whatever action 1
they might take. In the meantime no conces- 4
About ten OF the men employed In the Michi- :
gan Central yards refued to join the strike. J
and police profession was sought BY oficais 81
I'm clearing the depot Without using violence,
although the men grumbied at being forced
back, claiming that their intentions were peace
able.
Chinch Bugs In Illinois wheat.
chinch bugs have appeared in the wheat nelds
near Centralia. Ill, In enormous numbers, and
growers fear the crop win be destroyed.
Bank Burglary 4. Ohio.
PRIVATE BANK AT BLUFFToN ROBBED OF
ovEE $4,000.
CHICAGO, May LA special from Lima,
Ohio, says: The private bank ofO. q. Laughan
at Bluffton, Ohio, was burgarized yesterday
morning. The safe was blown open with
dynamite and between 1000 and 81 900, sew
eral thousand in securities, $500 In cash and
S400 In postage stamps and postal cards de-
posted by the postmaster, and $500. the prop
erty OF private boz owners, were taken
An ILLINOIS TRAexDY.--Mia Mary Sanders,
living at Spring Point, Cumberland county.
H., Yves assaulted Thursday BY William Gala.
more. q half-wttted fellow, who had annoyed
her for q long time with his attentions. She
was working in the garden, when Gallamore
made an Intellectual attempt 70 draw her into
Q conversation with him. Being repulsed he
cut her throat and bis own. He Will probably
die, and there u little hope OF her recovery.
REDUCING CABLE RArB.-Aay the cable
war between the pool cable companies and
The Commercial Gable company WIN CON-
mence and It Il probable that . long and
bitter contest WIN follow. The pool companies
Vim reduce their resee g AZ cents per wore 20
pres. The Commercla cable company hoxe