Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-16
Labor Troubles.
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New York, Feb. 16-The car drivers
on the Fourth avenue street car line
struck this merning because of the fail
ure of the company to keep its agree
ment. No cars are RUNNING on the
line. An agreement which was
made between the drivers and officers of
the Broadway and Seventh streets and
tho Broadway surface roads whereby the
drivers are to receive 1925 per day for
twelve hours with an hour for dinner,
went into effect yesterday. The new
arrangement was very satisfactory. An
arrangement between the drivers and
the Fourth avenue company also took
effect yesterday. In the afternoon the
drivers became suspicious that the COM
pany didn't intend to carry out the
letter of the agreement and they
threatened to strike unless
the agreement was enforced. A
meeting of tho drivers was held last
night and it was decided to quit work
this morning, inasmuch as the company
had failed to fulfill their contract. This
morning not o car left the depot and as
q result the Third Avenue and Broad
way lines were crowded. The men say
the company, though promising to pa y
them $500 per day for twelve honrs'
work, with a half hour for dinner,
had violated their agreement by paying
half the drivers and conductors that
amount, the other half receiving from
$l.20 to $3.50 each, besides many OF the
men had been transferred from the
Thirty-second street stables to the Eight
street stables and vice versa, causing
them to pay ten cents additional for car
fare.
The striking drivers held q meeting
this morning, when the assistant super
intendent of the Fourth avenue road, in
behalf of the company asked the ex-
ecutiye committee of the drivers to call
upon the superintendent at the depot
and he would sign an agreement which
would settle their troubles. The men
replied that the superintendent would
have to come to their hall and sign the
agreements in lno presence of the men.
because they had been deceived by the
company before. These agreements pro-
vide that twelve hours shall consulate q
days work; that men who work full
time shall receive two dollars, and that
not more than 90 trips per day shall be
made. The men SO far have maintained
good order and q peaceable settlement
is expected.
THE MCCORMICK WORKS CLOSED.
Chicago, Feb. 16-The Mccormick
reaper works closed down at nine o'clock
this morning and 400 employees have
to undergo forced idleness. Phe threat
of certain men to precipitate q strike
unless non-upion men working in the
moulding department were discharged
appears to be the immediate cause of
the suspension.
At q meeting of the dissatisfied en-
ployees last night a committee was ap-
pointed to wait on Mccormick and in
sist upon this demand. Mccormick
limited yesterday at the conference that
if this condition was insisted on he
would shUt down his work indefinitely.
he declined TO meet Che labor
stating that his time was
otherwise fully employed and ordered a
suspension of opena bns. The employees
were d~umbfounded when informed at 8
this morning that their services
would no longer be required. Very few
Of the employees are in good circum-
stances, and if the lockout il long taain-s