The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-07
THE sTUDEBAKER WORKS:
Eleven Hundred Mem Leave Their Places
Statements by Employees.

Eleven Hundred Men Leave Their Places
Statements by Employees.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, March 6-At 2 o'clock this
afternoon from 1000 to 1.1O0 men in the Stude-
baker shops laid aside their TOOLS doffed their
aprons, doned their coats and hats. and walked
out of the factories in regular order, and four
abreast filed down Michigan street to the Knights
of Labor hall. The reason for this wholesale
quitting of work was given to reporter by one
of the men, who said
There are many Of us who are working for
wages that we cannot live on, matter how
close our wives economiZe We have been
cut time and again. and we think it no more
than fair that we have some advantage. We don't
want the advance of 25 per cent. for ALL for some
are getting enough now; but lots of us are get
ting less than 81. l5 day, and God knows we
cannot live on that want to wages equal
lied, and have gone out with the rest in the
hopes they will be-"
Another said that on Monday committee Of
the Knights of Labor, consisting Of three em-
ployes of the Studebakers and three Knights, rep
resenting three of the local lodges, waited
upon Mr.. Glenn Studekaker, the president of the
company, and Mr.. Cartwright. the superintendent.
and submitted proposition whereby the wages
were to be increased 25 per cent. throughout
This the company refused to grant. Since that
time the committee had waited upon the COM
pany several times. and had submitted various
propositions which were notifications Of the
first. The men claimed that the Studebakers
had finally refused to grant them raise of even
5 per cent He further claimed that some of the
men who have families to keep were work
ing for sixty,fve cents q day, and a
large number for eighty-fve cents a day He
said he did not doubt but some of the were
getting as much and some of them more, than
they earned, but that the majority were not get
ting enough to provide the necessities of life. In
reply to further inquiries he stated that he did
not think there were more than thirty men in
both works who are not Knights of Labor and
these few very readily followed the knights
when they quit and left their beCches this after
noon.
All of the Studebakers are out of town. but D.
s. Marsh, the companys correspondent and
private secretary was seen, and stated that the
strike was surprise to all in the Office He
knew that committee from the Knights Of
Labor had been In consultation with the COM
pany for the past week, with reference to gen.
era advance of % per cent. in wages, and that
the company would not agree to q general ad-
vance, Mr.. Studebaker said if there were any Of
the men who were getting too small wages they
should advance them SO that there would be a
satisfactory equalization of matters To this end
general schedule of all the mems pay was being
prepared, aud Mr.. Marsh said that he, with the
foremen of departments, had been at work night
and day on this report and it the under
standing between the committee and the COM
pany that it should be submitted for final set
tlement on Tuesday next In answer to an in
quiry to what course the company would pur-
sue in the matter one about the Office could
tell Nothing will he done until the return of
Messrs. Glenn and p. E. Studebaker from
Chicago.