The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-05-12
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At 1880 q. m. II was impossible to obtain
Q list Of the casualties. Oficers Henson,
ODay, Mccarthy and DEACON, and
striker, Bohemian, whose name could NOT
be learned, are known TO be dead. A tele
phone report from the hospital where the
injured are being conveyed. says that no
strikers brought there have o. yet died al.
though number lie In q precarious condi.
tlon.
Very little freight was handled by the
railroads yesterday. The Chicago. Burling.
ton & Quincy received what little freight
was offered and their men were not mo.
Tested. A visit Of the striking freight hand
lers to the ST. Paul depot resulted In all Of
the men employed there, some $50, quitting
work. At the houses Of the Lake Shore
road full forces Of the handlers are at work
pending an answer to their demands from
the company. The Rock Island houses were
closed and the Wabash, under pro
lection Of United States Marshals.
' At the Grand Grand Trunk 'da depot "fs. IL.
teen members Of the g. A. r. did
guard duty and little business was done.
The Eastern Illinois did no business and at
the Northwestern freight bouses consignees
we're allowed to cart off carload lots. The
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago freight
depot is closed. The Michigan Central
houses were kept open with the aid Of
twenty-five delicate looking young clerks.
At the Alton the out-freight house was en-
tirely closed while a number of special
police guarded few clerks who were trying
to wheel out boxes. At the Chicago & At
lantic the desertion was complete. The
Baltimore & Ohio men have given their off,
cials until Friday night to answer their de-
nands The Fort Wayne railroad has sus-
pended work entirely to care for that which
Is perlshable
At the Stock Yards all the large packing
houses have satisfactorily adjusted the diff
erences with their employees. The big pack
ers have agreed to eight hours day with
ten hours pay for all. The four hundred
employees of j. s. Kirk & Co.'s soap factory
have accepted the offer of ten hours pay for
nine hours work. Twenty-three foundries
have conceded eight hours work with eight
hours pay and the remainder of the firms,
with five exceptions, are negotiating.
The eight-hour committee of the Trades
Assembly has.ssued the following circular:
To the workingmen of Chicago:
=, If ever there was time in the history Of
the labor movement when prudence should
ent is that time. A false or i'll advised move
at this juncture may defeat the very object
you have in view. Under these circum..
you to keep this important fact in
ingly: Our adv:cs is, that where q
view the employer or employees through q
committee composed of your most trusted.
discrete and reliable representatives. Base
front. Determine to secure the adoption OF
the eighthour system, even IL concession to
attain it must be made: Act Ike rational
men, as law-abiding citizens should. Dis
countenance all resort to violence remem-
bering that you can not afford to offend tina,
public sympathy which is essential to your
to act upon these suggestions you will have
yourselves to blame IL the present golden
opportunity passes unimproved.
MILITIA CALLED OUT AT MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE, May 5.-Since the bank
riots twenty years ago Milwaukee has nevel
experienced such exciting scenes as yester
day. The whole city was in state oil
commotion all day and insurance agents re-
port unparalleled business Bands Of
drunken rioters were at work till late al
night and compelled hundreds of men x
lay down their work. With the exception
Of Miller's brewery, all the brewers nave
given in and granted tbs demands of tht
strikers, and will start u, again to-day. !.
At seven o'clock In the morning . motfy
crowd, mostly Poles, and numbering abou
five hundred, left the Polish quarters ant
marched towards Bay View, where the,
Three patrol wagons with fifty men wer,
dispatched to the scene. They collided witt
the armed mob but Q serious ARRAY wa.
prevented eventually. The crowd was nov
at the city limits and the police could moi
follow further. The mob had now increased
to 2,O0O. and as 1t rolled on towards thu
North Chicago rolling mills deputy sheriff
were in waiting. They quietly stepped
back, however, when they saw the threat
ening attitude of the multitude.
Superintendent Parks had long consul
tation with committee of the rioters. The,
demanded for the employees of the mills tn
introduction Of the eight-hour system. Thi
Mr.. Parks positively refused to compl,
with, adding that all his men. had expresses
satisfaction with the wages paid and tn
present arrangements. He further deniet
the committee permission to enter tn
grounds and speak to his men. His repl.
caused wild threats. Amidst the jeers an,
h0wls of the mob he was finally persuade,
to permit the committee to talk to the mel
while they were inside of the works.
Governor Rusk, who is in the city person
ally advising the authorities, yielded to tn
demand of the sheriff and sent two com
panies Of the State militia down to Ba,
View. Their arrival made the men franti
with rage Insults were offered freely b.
them.
| After several hours the committee re
turned and reported that the directors o
the mills had positively refused to grant tn
demands and had concluded to shut dow
Immediately. This was received wit
cheers. Soon after the 2, 900 employees lef
the premises and the militia filed in imme
diately, shower of bricks, rocks and club
flying after them, injuring many seriously
The venom Of the strikers seemed n be d
rected mainly toward the Kosczuisk
Guards. consisting of Polanders. Withou
command they turned around and fired on
volley. Three men were shot, but not fata
ly. The militia took up position inside
the grounds.
At six o'clock last evening the entir
First regiment, comprising eleven com
panles, from outside of the city had reporte
here and it is expected that nine more CON
panies will arrive during the evening.
Soldiers are stationed at the st. PAT
railroad shops, Allis & Co.'s works and tn
freight houses, while reinfOrcements hay
been sent out to Bay View. Rioting is e
ing on on the West Side of the city and II
police are doing yeoman service.
K. p. Allis has announced his intention
opening his works to-day in spite of Il
mob and will be protected, by the order {
the Governor, by two companies of miltii
RETURNING TO WORK AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, May 5.-About 300 men sougl
employment from the Missouri Pacific ye
terday and about forty were employed. tn
Wabash employees in North st. Louis, nun
bering forty or fifty yardmen, did not 60
work, but say that most of them will be