Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-02
SHUT DOWN.
luuummsrabls Strikes Occur Yes
tsrday
All Over the Country, For the
Eight Hour Plan.
rbs Movement Centres In Chicago
Where Business is Stopped.
Almost All the Freight Handlers Of
Railroads
Csntsrlng There Quitting Work and
Marching Over the City.
The Red Flag Prominent Object
at the Head Of Professions.
Nh VinIsncs However Takes Place.
AList of the Strikes.
The Red Flag a Prominent Object
at the Head Of Professions.
M ViuIsncs However Takes Place.
AList of the Strikes.


CHICAGO. Ills, May The early
u,o,nipy hours Of May |, the day set for
,bs Inauguration Of the eight hour day
.mo,y wsga workers at Caielgo, were
cbsr.c,srzed oy quie'uess which was q
-aminisr of Sunday. 10 the msnutse;ur'
mo districts the aud ssvsn o'clock Whis,
-Iss were for the most part silent. The
,,,ss,, in the centre OF industry were no
,;cssb!s By reason OF the absence of the
mans, surryiug crowds Of worknen with
,,., lp,cS baskets aad dinner pals in
bsr5 Sch s,re.ts as Market, Dearborn,
Monroe and o,he,s ou which heavy trucks
are driven. did no: coatsiu halt as many
teams "A usual. Hundreds Of factories we're
ijl. some shut down on account OF strikes
others ceased tor the day TO give their en-
pIoyss holiday. The idea OF holding q
grss, parade 70 day under the auspices OF
the Trades aud Labor Assembly was
abandoned, much to the disappointment OF
mspy. |, was rumorsd that the furniture
.o-ksrs would parade. aud meeting OF
,bs, BODY was called for this morning The
frat startling reRs of the morning came
Nq:SO o o'clock A crowd Of men from
the lumber yards aud planning mills, mum
barring 5000 or 1, 900 men. got together IN
the vicinity of TSeuty second street. aud
Blus Island avenue. A leader was select
d and s hne iormsd 10 the front
r,7F nl7 carried 8 red Tag
g. ,3iy Il u.a then moved down
toe d:recuoa y, toe Mccormick reaper
work, The entire detective force
Of n. Clicago police department reported
Tor dat7 carly aud all the chiefs OF Police
dis,ricrs were on hand for CONSULTATION
xra Superintendent Epersold. Toe re-
sgr7e Police we're oil held az their respective
ra1ens for duty IN the event OF dlsosde:.
Tns ch # had early sivices of the action
O, rbs raiir0sd men, bGs no to II oclocS
had received 20 soscisl request for protec
non from any =: the railway officials.
C1,et E7ersoli dec, -ed that great 1sny
mn of for o holiday Slight De contouhded
With the strikes snt cSat tue situstloG
could no. BE- sccurEelg uGr,srstood before
Monday. Tnls morning. in the lumber Gis-
tr,ct not q p'au;ng mill opened N Lhe
manufacturers ven lu'O session sc ,crhN
L,pg's cti q - coasii-r the situsuUn
Seventy tive TO ona hundred employees OF
the Olo,aole Gas Il Fuel Company, en-
gagged in building tanks on Archer avenue
near HAlstsad str. e; qat Eork this mora
soy. Tee Nm were r-can'ly granted a
rA,se from 81 81 20 Sl.75 f0s ten hours a
day. all tl-v as1ei 81. this N )rninZ they
Glrt because th4 com lny refused TO slloE
the increase and egnt
SrNEERS PNRADISG
Fally SO r,sibg loGd freight hand
Isrs Rs, a. the Harrison street visduct
near tne Vest SIDE Uniou Passenger de
pot at s o'clock this morning. Their
spOkesnen we're made up OF two or three
leaders, IL which they declared that it was
the duty Of the ireigh: handlers oa al! OF
tas Cul,agJ roads 20 enforce their demand
uov Tor snSr;er hours ~bIIe Ihe working
uen 10 all dgparjmsut5 Ot trade weEe do
ing 90. The sentiment was cheered and
upon the suggestion o. some one 10 toe
crOEi. the men started for the Wabash
trsigh. yards 70 urge the men employed
there % stop wo-k The crOEd increasing
ia siza as Il novel entered the Wabash
yards and the men there ~ once began
qli-uug work The freight handlers IN
lHe Wa5ssh yards stopped work 10 body
and j)insl the procession which then
proceeded 10 ths Rock IslAod yards
where ttey induced 81, the men employed
IN he t.ergh, houses there 20 abandon
,h-l, posiuOa The new recruits Jolned
III ilIma Eh.ch rex visi'sd the ESSus
vile. ~ Albany AMI Chicago rallWay,
Thera Jh-y Were also successful IN thsls FL
t5-rs EI:h rL- tie "a. handlers The p:o
esssiOn which nov numbered some two
thousand clrcqla.ld sroaad 10 toe different
railways. There vas much enthusiasm
sud cheering 10 their ranks It - reported
that crowd Of some 500 or 400 men are
uA,csiag in ;he usghoorhood OF the Nc
Cosu,sz So;ks in tn Southwestern out
szi;.. ol toe ely, With q red dag at the
bead O, asir colInu ths works are al
ltie today zoe nen having asked tor ane
been given a holiday.
Probable 6f,v men uuiosdiug vessels s.
'he Rock leland aud Lake Shore railroad
docks on the river sruck for eigh
hours and stopped work The officials
10 The Rock Island spC
Lake Shore yards were clesriDi
Up sll TIE. sht in the expectation OF 8 striA'
h15G: tt nsn there The freight hoGs'
1-o 9th 7 Wayne this morning MAD
adsms1i for eight hoars and viii stop 5
2ooa 40.rss il is corcsded. The driver
ant Conductors on rhs Blae Island Gyenu
haeo. tue West Division Car company de
nAzdsd q rslGctioR Of their trips iron
seven TO six. eooSniDg the vorking day I
Il hours without decrease IN pay. IN
company scceded to the demands Withoo
say particulars Two hundred men eu
oS:o7ed by toe West Division Street. Ca
company in the extension Of their line
sra fOS eight hours. The company
loSed the men to &c. At South Cniesg'
Were 6rn Of the large lumber yards an
pian'ng mills are located, the ysrdme
stopped work The men employed
Hrk . sosptsctory, numbering some seVe
hundred, have stopped work, and proee
Soa, beaded by band Of music, yisite
ne o'hsr factories situated on the Mort
SIDE which thSy will also sndeaVor to sh'
down.
LCNBEsFIRKs WILL STAND TOGETHER.
an important session Of the lumb'
manufacturers of the city vas held ii
ne'rlng, at the ofics Of Felix Lang. Eve
PlarsPal planning mill in the city vas Ee
resented Tha sifnakfon waa fnilv ri