Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-30
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THE GREAT LABOR UPRISING
EXTENSIVE STRIKES EXPECTED
General Eight Hour Movement in Chicago.
GREECE FIRM FOB HER RIGHTS.
EX.PRESIDENT ARTHUR IMPROVING
THE GREAT LABOR AGITATION.

EX.PRESIDENT ARTHUR IMPROVING
THE GREAT LABOR AGITATION.
Discussing the Possibility Of Disorders
at ChicagO-Arrival OF the Cong res.
stOnal Committee Mt ST. Louis.
CHICAGO, April 30-The Daily Ncics this
morning says:-The supreme officers OF the
police department have ceased i'm their attempt
10 smooth over the fears of the last few weeks
regarding the labor movement. Their sole idea
now is that with the approaching strikes of Sat-
urday there Will be great deal OF trouble. IL
was decided last night to place the entire force
on reserve early Saturday morning. The entire
force Will be kept at the stations, ready for i'm
mediate duty. 1t Is said that the matter of
procuring special policemen has also been cam
vassed, and that many hundred additional
men can be pressed into service as soon as any
serious outbreak should occur.
In estimating the force the state can oppose
to the strikers should there be trouble" OBJ
served a member of the Grand Lodge of A. o.
U. W., yesterday, "there is an element which 1
don't think has been taken into account. That
is the organized and drilled branches OF orders
like ours, the Knights of Pythias the Masons
and others. Here in Cook county there
o,opo members OF our oraer and close on i,o ,,t
the exception of the manual OF arms The drilled
| men, or select knights, are thoroughly organized
and can be called together within an hour.
They are all taxpayers and good citizens and
will respond at once If summoned by the au-
of Pythias would do the same, and SO, no
doubt, would the Knights Templar. Our
order could itself place force of from 600 to
| 500 drilled men at the service of the authori-
| ties in Chicago tonight, If necessary.
Mr.. 3. A. Cummings. president of the real
labor agitation has had a very depressing effect.
| Investors decline to purchase or to complete
| agreements already under way. Then we have
always done large business in the suburban,
| furnishing small lots to laboring men, on which
to erect cottages. That trade has ceased en-
tirely. The men are saving their earnings for
of Wi he a eat
| strike. The discovery of the increased cost OF
| building or of uncertainty OF building enter
vance OF rents.
Mr.. Joseph Gruenhut, of the Central Labor
| union and one of the leading spirits OF the
eight-hour movement, said To q reporter last
| night: "The people need not fear violence in
| this eighIhour movement. The working peo-
pie OF Chicago are too well organized. do not
| believe there is an unorganlzed trade in Chi
cago, nor do think there are five working
men out of one hundred who do not belong TO
The men of the Lake Shore, the Rock Island,
the Fort Wayne, the Chicago, st. Louis and
yet made any demands for shorter hours. Con-
| versation with the handlers at the freight
houses on these roads demonstrated that they
were ready to join in general strike If they
| thought 1t would win, but preferred to move
] cautiously to the front
| COMPROMISE AT GRAND RAPIDS.
Nelson Matter & Co. large furniture manu-
| facturers, have conceded an advance of per
cent on wages and eight hours work, promis-
| furniture workers last night 1t was decided to
| accept the terms and to leave the question of
| advance for further consideration by other
firms, trusting they will fall into line. 1t is
| now hoped there will be no strike here.
| THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE AT ST. LOUIS.
ST.. LOUIS April 3O.-The Congressional COM
| mittee appointed to take testimony in regard
| to the causes of the strike on the Missouri
Pacific railroad. arrived here last night and
| took quarters at the Southern hotel. The COM
mil foe haS no la M
has been thought that 1t would save time to
subdivide the committee and send it in sections
haps other points, and then to return to this
city and take the evidence Of the chief movers
in the strike Ike ana the prominent railroad
mined upon. II is likely, however, that the
whole committee will go to Sedalia, Mo-, and
after taking testimony there be divided into
subcommittee.
STRIKE OF 500 FURNITURE MAKERS.
The eight hour movement was emphasized
this morning in advance of the day announced
for it's Inauguration. Clark Bros & Co.'S furni-
ture factory, at Blue Island avenue and Robey
street, is idle, the 500 employed having struck
hours pay. The firm told them they could not
agree to this and they all left. The St. Nicholas
Toy company informed its $50 employees that
it would not grant ten hours pay for eight
hours work. The employees are still at work.
The Hercules Iron Works, on Canal street, will
inaugurate the eight hour system with ten
hours pay, beginning tomorrow, Tor one
month.
The great packers at the Union stock-yards
are the latest employers called upon to grant
and ans this se
afternoon delegations will wait upon the heads
of each firm with the request that they adopt
the eight-hour system after May LIST. The men,
with few exceptions, belong to no labor union.
Yesterday Mr.. Sid. Kent told his 500 en-
eight hours a day, for which they would be
paid for nine hours work. This concession
up the men in hs
have to follow kent's example.
5000 MINERS CALLED OUT.
PIrTsBURG, April IL So 20 Dubois Pa Special
and Laborers' association have issued a circular
calling upon the 5000 men in the Clearfield
regions to quit work tonight, unless all the
operators signed the scale adopted at the Col
umbus, Ohio, convention at once. An appeal
for assistance to carry on the strike will be sent
out tomorrow.
BIG STRIKE EXPECTED AT PITTsBURG
PITTsBURG, April 3O-A general strike of
| cabinetmakers for an advance of 20 per cent
in wages and q reduction of the working hours
from ten to eight has been ordered for to-mor-
row by the Allegheny County union, which
embraces all the cabnetmakers. burnishers
and carvers, some 300 in number, in the two
cities. The manufacturers are unanimous in
refusal to 70 the claiming
| sired. The workers are determined, and a
| large strike is promised: The carpenters of AL
| hours as days work and ten per cent ad-
vance in wages.
AT Imperial Ia, the coal miners Will fnaugu-
rate a strike tomorrow for an advance of a
| half cent per bushel. The Scott Haven miners
employed in w. l.. SCOTS mines expect to re-
sumo work on Monday at the advance.
The strike at Browns Wayne iron and steel
mills has been amlcably settled and work was
resumed in all departments this morning.
THE GOULD STRIKE TO BE DECLARED OFF.
ST. LOUIS, April 3O.-It is generally expected
| here that the offer made by the citizens COM
mittee 10 the general executive committee of
the knights of Labor to attempt to secure the
reinstatement of the strikers upon the railways
will be accepted, and that the strike will be de-
| clared off in a few days Willingness to end the
strike, provided an assurance could be had
| that the agreement OF 1885 between the rail-
| road and its employees would be observed, has
been expressed by both the general board and
| the joint executive committees.
Death OF . Well-kn0Wn Texan.
LAREDO, Tex, April Ex-senator E F. Hall
died here at an early hour yesterday morning
from erysipelas resulting from q broken ankle.
He was widely known on the frontier, and was
locally celebrated for his many personal en-.
counters He was twice severely wounded,
He was a state senator at the time Of his death
and had a large political following on the Dor.
der.
From WALL Street To-day.
NEW YORK, April 3O.-There was Q firm
opening to the stock market this morning
| first prices being generally IA to "a per cent
higher than last evening, although the erangers,
Lackawanna and Lake shore and Union Pacific