The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-05-06
WAR WAGED FOR WAGES.
THE FREIGHT HANDLERS IN CHICAGO
OUT ON PARADE.


lers Of the Burlington road quit work yester-
day afternoon they marched about TO tho
freight depots Of other roads and made
speeches 10 the men there employed, advising
them to demand eight hours with increased
pay and inviting them 10 meeting 10 be
held at Harrison street bridge In response
10 this invitation between three and four
hundred men gathered there ut 8 o'clock and
listened to speeches by their fellow strikers,
The first orator urged them TO visit all the
depots, urge the men to strike for fewer hours
and more pay but TO be careful not TO use
violence or create any disturbance
Another speaker said the Wabash had kept
Ii mon at work til midnight last night, load
Ing and unloading freight In violation OF an
understanding that they would not require
work over hours, He advised that they visit
the Wabash depot first and urge the mon TO
strike, and II they did not do II, to pull them
out This was received with cheers, and the
crowd Immediately formed four abreast and
started for the Wabash depot on Twelfth
street, near Clark The men are from the
Northwestern, Milwaukee a. st. Paul. Fort
Wayne, Alton aud Burlington freight houses
Tho mareheT gathered force az they went,
idle mon and boys falling into line as they
moved along, until the party numbered more
than 800 when the Wabash depot was
reached, Here one OF the leaders made
speech TO tho freight handlers who were at
work, urging them TO strike at once and Join
them for shorter hours and more pay,
This the Wabash mon refused 10 do, but no
effort was made 10 moleat them, and they
continued at their work,
The crowd tien went 10 the depot OF the
Eastern Illinois, where tho sixty mon at work
were easily persuaded 10 join them, This ae-
tlon was greeted with cheers and tho crowd,
reinforced by the new strikers, returned 10
the Wabash depot 10 make another effort to
induce the men 10 quit Tho In and out
freight houses OF tho Chicago, Milwaukee
& 81 Paul railroad were closed at 10 o'clock,
all the freight handlers having quit work
WIS Holhhb "Nei NV"hihk w "hd ''Ntihk
things In order
Chicago Il Alton Ia accepting no freight
and sending out nothing except perlshablo
property, and great difficulty IN experienced
In doing this, Tho handlers numl or between
nfty and seyenty-iye, and are all out The
managers OF the Alton said II the men would
60 10 work nj noon they would DO an liberal
tothem aaany other road but no such indefinite
proposition win bo accepted, Some time dur
Ing tho day general meeting Of the superin.
tondents Of all the roads will DO hold " do
eide upon plan OF action,
A committee representing tho 100 freight
handlers OF the Plttaburg, H. Wayne & Chi
oago railroad presented a demand for tho
oIght hours, with ton hours pay, TO tho com.
pany, this morning, Pending tho answer tho
men are stlll ut work, but will Immediately
90 out In case Of refusal.
The situation NJ the West Chicago shops Of
the Northwestern railroad n not 40 gorone az
the reports presented hitherto Indicate, II
was said yesterday that there was great
deal OF dissatisfaction among tho mon who do
not fccl that amy valuable concessions have
beon made The demand was for eight hours
work. and an increase Of % por cent orig.
nally then they wanted nine hours pay for
eight hours work, and finally proposed TO
take ton hours pay for nino hours work,
The company refused 10 eoneodo 10 any Of
these demands but did reduce the faro Of tho
mon on the shop trains from i've 10 two ccnts
trip, and agreed 10 allow the mon 10 quit an
hour earlier on saturday The mon have no.
ccptod this, pending tho result OF the ncgotia.
tIonf between the companies aud the employees
Of the Milwaukee g. H. Paul aud Illinois
Central shops, upon the promise OF the North
western officials that they would deal rs lib.
orally with their mon as any Of their contom.
porarIca, which they have always strictly
done
II no concessions should bo made In any oi
these casoa II was said, that conference com.
mltteos would be appointed fron all the rail-
road shops and plan for general action
adopted II Ia the opinion q strike will on
Eue upon the failure Of tho companies to
compromise with the men on more uatls'
factory basis that that upon which they are
now working,
There will be n general mass meeting Of
che freight handlers, ut which leaders from
the different roads will attompt 10 unity The
men NO "a 10 become stronger In the position
they have taken
The idea Of holdInga great parade undor
the auspices Of the Trades aud Labor assem-
bly, was abandoned, much 10 the disappolnt
mcnt Of many II was rumorcd that the fur
nIture workers would parade, aud meeting
Of that body was called The first startling
news Of the warning came at 19O o'clock A
crowd OF mon from the lumber yards and
planning mills, numbering 5000 or 1000 met
got together In the vicinity OF Twenty socont
street and Blue Island avenue loader wa
selected aud line formed, In the front ranl
man carried red fae, The body Of moi
then moved down In the direction Of the Me
Cormick Reaper works,