Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-03
FORT woRTH's STRIKE.
The Move OF the Men an Entire Sur
prise to the Community.

FORT WORTH, TEX, March 2.-There
was universal surprise in this city last
night at the great railroad strike which
began at $3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
There was no intimation that IL was COM
ing. When the whistle blew every ma
chInist, car repairer, section hand, bag
gage handler, and In fact every mau who
belongs TO the knights of Labor assembly
stopped work. Business on the Texas
Pacific and Missouri Pacific was greatly
retarded for time. Three hundred men
had stopped work In an instant. The Or
ders came from Sedalia. The causes are
said TO be numerous, but the chief one is
that 81 80 per day is demanded as a day.
wages for unskilled labOrers, who now re-
ceive 81 10 per day. Other reasons are
the refusal TO make eight hours days
work and the discharge Of men at Mar
shall. No railroad work OF any descrip-
ttOn was done last night, except The move
ment OF passenger trains.
DRIVING OUT H;tE KNIGHTS.
Sr. Louis, March "A dispatch from
CRYSTAL City, on the iron Mountain road,
thirty miles below St. Louis, says trouble
ts brewing in the glass works there. IL
is said that the President OF the company
notified the employees several days ago
that all the Knights OF Labor in the works
must leave the order or the works. In
compliance with that notice twenty-slx OF
the men were discharged yesterday, and
notice was served on the remaining
Knights that they would be given two
more days In which TO make up their
minds. The action Of the company has
created great deal of excitement at
Crystal city, and it may spread TO ST.
Louis, where the headquarters OF the
Knights of Labor for the district are To-
Gated. The Crystal City works employ
about 100 men.
STREET CAR HANDS STRIKE.
NEW YORK, March "A strike oc-
CURED to-day among the employees of the
Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery
Railroad Company, and all the cars
stopped running. The men hold that the
company has not treated them properly d.
/ The entire system of the company is af-
| fected. This includes the Canal and
| COurtlandt street railroads, Avenue ID
and Avenue B lines and Grand street
| ferry branch. One Of the drivers stated
| that the strike was ordered by
their association on account of the
| company trying TO Indirectly ipjure the
| drivers and finally to dispose OF them.
| The company has taken on number OF
new men lately, and intended when they
were broken in to discharge the employees
who took part IN the late troubles and
! give the new men their places. Hearing
of this, the employees struck.
THE MCCORMICK STRIKERS.
CHICAGO, March 2.--The Mccormick
| works opened as usual this morning
There We're large crowds Of Idle mel
about the works, but the presence OF pO
lice prevented any outbreaks on theL
part, even though they had contemplated
one. Five hundred and forty men re-
ported for work, an increase Of 200 over
! yesterday, and the managers OF the works
expect the number to be increased 70 800
tomorrow. The officers think the strike
| is practically ended.
ANAL MILLS RESUMPTION.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 2.-The
Bayview nail mill started up yesterday
morning with force OF 200 men. -Four
| hundred men in addition will, II is
thought, resume work.
400 OPERATIVES OUT.
FALL RIVER, MASS, March The
Barnaby gingnam mill was entirely
closed yes erday, owing to the weayers'
strike, and 400 operatives are out.
WEEKLY PAYMENTS.
WILLIMANTIc, CONN, March 2.-The
Wlllimantic Thread Company, employing
! 400 hands, is preparing 10 adopt the
weekly payment system.
ADVANCED 10 PER CENT.
WORCESTER, MASS, March 2.--The
Ktna Woolen Company has raised the
wages Of its 300 employees 10 per cent.