The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-15
THE LABOR TROUBLES.
Strikers on the Warpath--.Sew
ing Girls Take Hand.
Chicago Anarchists Use Dynamite
Against the Holice.
A Fatal Encounter at tae Bay Viey
Rolling Mills.
MILITIA at Miiwaukee-Ana1c chist Leader
Arrested.

/ Arrested.
The striking mania which has been
sweeping over the country reached its
climax on the Sd. At Chicago a mob
OF about 5000 men, after listening to
In1ammatory speeches by number
or anarchists went frantic and started
out on the rampage. They attacked
the Mccormick Reaper Works, smash
ing windows and stOning the workmen.
The police arrived and scattered the
mob, but another rush was made, in
which clubs and stones were freely
used and a few shots were fired.
! The crowd was again repulsed
ana more police called for. The
works were surrounded by blue
coats. At O'Clock the workmen
employed in the shops were escorted
by the police to a point beyond the
reach OF the mob. While the fight be
tween the police and the mob was in
| progress Officer Casey assisted one OF
the wounded strikers to his home.
While at the house he was set upon by
a bowling mob, who dragged him out
onto the sidewalk, tore his clothes
from him, and attempted to hang him
to a lamppost. Casey, who is giant,
broke from his captors, and, in the
midst OF a shower of stones and bul
let's, escaped up the street, where he
was met by patrol wagon and taken
TO the station. The man who
! furnished the rope was arrest
ed. As a result OF the assault
on the Mccormick works four men
were found wounded by bullets, two
seriously, and large number hurt by
1 flying stones. 1t is understood that
threats have been made to burn the
Mccormick works. Thes switchmen on
all the roads centering in Chicago have
struck out OF sympathy for the freight
! handlers. The places OF the latter
have been partially filed by men from
| out OF town, but after one day of work
/ a large number seeded to ioin the
strikers. The girls employed in tailor
! ing establishments on the North Side
| went out to the number OF $50, formed
/ a procession and marched to the shops
| where there was no strike, where they
emulated the example OF the other
sex and forced out the girls en-
! ployed, threatening to demolish the
machines If the employees refused to
| 60 out. Nearly every shop in the dis
| trict was forced to close. The girls de-
/ mand eight hours work and increased
| pay. At the stock yards l, ,OOO men
employed at Swift's Dressed Beef es-
/ tablishment, and 1,5O0 at the Fair
| bank Canning Works, walked out on a,
demand for eight hours. The men in
! nearly all the similar establishments
/ Tnr7aI tho o. l.,
OF short duration, as the employers
| granted the demand and the men went
/ back
The striking fever reached its height
in Milwaukee on the Sd, when it is es-
timated that 5000 men quit work of
| their own accord, aud as many more
We're forced out by the gangs of
! strikers who visited the shops for the
! pun E--4-uS tie latter were l, :
4UU men IN the West Milwaukee St.
/ Paul shops and the employees in
/ Falk's brewery. 4 gang of Polish
laborers attempted to force an en-
trance into E. 2. Allis' iron works,
but the men turned OF the fire hose
and drove them away. During the
| day Mr.. Aliis decided to close the
works temporarily. The total num-
Der OF men idle, voluntarily or other
wise, in the city on that dav was es-
tlmated at $4,000. Three of the
large breweries gave in to the
men, agreeing to the advance of SO
! per month asked for. A number of
the boss carpenters conceded the eight
/ hour day. During the afternoon the
newsDOys created great excitement on
the streets by refusing to take out the
EVENING WISCONSIN at the regular
price, demanding a reduction OF a half
cent. Several little fellows who at
tempted to sell papers on the streets
were badly used by the strikers, and a
number OF arrests were made.
| Everything was quiet in New York
with the exception OF q small collision
between a mob and the police in front
OF the Herald office, in which clubs
were freely used. All the men en-
ployed IN the furniture manufacture
Inaugurated the eight-hour day by
going to work at S and quitting at 5.
There was no remOnstrance from the
proprletOrs. The piano makers made
a demand for shorters hours, expect
ing a lockout, but more than halt the
factories granted the demand.
! At Boston, about 1000 men, com
pcising a majority OF the masons, car
penters, painters and plumbers, struck
on the 3D. for g shorter day. Work
IN their trade is in q great measure
suspended throughout the city and
suburbs. There is no disorder. Twen-
ty-one master painters yielded to the
demands OF 1,200 painters, who re-
turned TO work. The Master Builders
Association has issued a circular to
the effect that they are standing out
for principle against dictation. II is
stated that at a private meeting OF
real estate owners 1t was voted to sus-
pend all building operations for the
summer.
About 5000 men employ by the
Michigan Car Company, Detroit,
quit work on refusal OF the company
to grant the eight-hour day Several
/ brewers have agreed to the schedule
offered by the men. One OF the estab-
lishments settled on the basis OF a
share in the profits.
A general lockout occurred in the
building trades in Washington on ac.
count of the demand OF the men for
eight hours.
The elght-hour movement in Chica-
go led 10 a bloody conflict between the
Socialists ana police IN Haymarket
Square about 1890 O'Clock on the
night OF the 4th. Socialist speakers
were haranguing a mob which the DO.
lice attempted to disperse. Some
mysterious hand hurled two dynamite
bombs, which exploded in the midst
OF the officers. One was instantly
killed and more than thirty were
wounded, three OF them fatally. The
police returned broadside fire. kill
ing one Socialist and wounding seven.
teen. The volley scattered the mob,