Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-03-19
THE GREAT STRIFE.
What the LabOrers are Doing

The labor dflicultl,s seem 10 spre nj In every
direction, and every result J. an favor of the
demands Of the work N men. The CONTROL
ny influence OF the Knights OF Labor has ak
On form in Hn rider issued by the executive
BOARD OF district assembly lul, in session al
Marshall, Texas, ordering a strike of machine
shop men employed on he Missouri factc, on
could Southwestern system of railroads. In
comp lance with the order the men struck al
CdalIa, DeSotl, and ~. Louis, ami II l. eX.
ected that "A like action viii follow at various
otaer 20 nts. ycn hundred men 4ult wjra
II tn Sedala shop, SO 1T tie wOrNS AZ De
soto anu between 200 and 300 AT the shops in
St Louis. The running force O.
The Gould system, including
-hOpmen, tr4cNnen and t.ainmen, Is la.tOO
OF these 300 are claimed 10 lie knights q.
labor, but only those employed H.
the machine shops had struck
10 IL estimated that NJ the present time from
.,.OJ 10 5000 have gone out, but n l. though
probable that II the managers do not accedc
promptly 20 the demands of the strikers tina
all the remaining knights ON tn system will
be ordered out. The strike, con
tinues over most OF the southwest,
aud includes roads quite out of the GOuld
syst I'm. Sedalia railway shopmcn, those OF
Parsons, Little Rock, Dcuuison and For,
Worth, are included In tn Iotcut order Of the
knights Of labor, and as result the entire
southwestern network Of railways is clcctualll
blocked The wagon wOrNs OF Homer, New
= q
uoycOtted although tina term l. not used by
The executive board of the knights of late
" dispOsng of an interesting aud highly I'M
fOrtaut question In the relation Of the work
ug men and the Catholic church in the new
ssues, an interview that has been granted q
-. Louis CORES pendent with ArchbiShp Ken
drick OF Missouri, in which be SAYS In reply 10
everal questions. The church Is very con
seryatve on the question Of labor. IL loves
the laboring classes, whose especial guardian IL
is II the teaching OF the church were follow
I'd there would be no clashlug between cap
ital and labor I'm Montreal the knights NAV
not live up % their constitution. or there NAV
ne some local causes which 90 not obtain here
or in other cities tn. church must he csue.
cially conservative iu tie matter oi societies
They are Swinging up on every side Al
Springfield. Ohio, the men IN the machin
shops are out: at Erie. Colorado, 600 coal
miners have uit work: the street car com
panies employee 10 Minneapolis have made
new demands. the Galveston employees of
tue Mallory line are stIil cut; the New York
steam heating COMPANY have been forced to
lehounce business because OF
iuabuitt 20 get Goals. The Twen.
ty.third street railway strike still continues
although the chief difficulty has been settled
Oy the yielding of the company To the terms OF
ihc striking ,rNtrs aud conductors. Stude-
baker, wagon factory 81 South Bend.
Indiana l- idle because Of lOlt
men being uut Tncy had asked for an in
Crcas un wages TWO weeks auo and as IL wa
not granted, all marched quietly 10 the knights
~ labor ball. lir p T.. Suldci akcr said
when our mcl dischargc them
selves they do what we never d!d hy them
our works have been in operation
for thIt -four wears and have
never s4ut down except on
legal holda S and for repairs. We have never
asked our men 90 work half time always hay-
ing believed o.. better policy To pay $50 Tor
DAYS wUrs than o. pay II for half day
work We tu no anticipate any serious
trouble. \ cN 60 thr men have demanded an
advance of - per cent. aud have succeeded in
inducing those inclined 30 De- dissatisfied 10 ~
over vita them There are strikes In the
PENNSYLVANIA coal mines and IN Baltimore, the
latte, on a.r.ttiit ~ .trcct-car troubles.