The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-03-25
The Bates Mills Starts UP With Plenty
Of Operatives.
Troubles of the BodweIl Granite
Company Satisfactorily Settled.
The Outlook More Serious on the
Southwestern Railroads.
Attempts to Start Freight Trains
Prove Unsuccessful.
Yardsmen at st. Joseph, MO-, Strike
and Freight Traffic Suspended.
Strikers lat Kansas City Returning
to Work.

LEWISTON, March 14.-The Bates mills
started up this morning after being shut
down for nearly two months. The help
came to work just as they were accustomed
to previous to the strike, and there were no
disturbances of any kind Indeed, scarcely
any one came near the mills other than op-
eratiyes and those in need Of work. The
managers of the mill report everything
moving along smoothly, and say they ex-
perience no more inconvenience than could
be expected after so long rest. They re-
port that large number of strangers came
to seek work, and in every department ex-
cept the weave room very large surplus of
hands appeared. In all cases, former en-
ployes were received in preference to others.
The watchmen and firemen who were
ordered out a few weeks ago by the knights
will not be restored, as Mr. Pratt said it
stood by him and helped to protect the COM
pany's property during the trouble. Dalton,
also, will not be taken back.
Mr. Pratt was in the best of spirits, and
much pleased at the happy
started off smoothly this morning, there was
no trouble, and the best of feeling prevails.
We have surplus of help In most OF the de-
partmentS, and are running all the machln-
cry in all rooms except the weave room.
Here we are running about seyen-eighths of
the work. We expect to have several more
weavers this afternoon, and in two days we
believe that everything will be running as
smoothly as ever"
The knights are also well pleased and the
merchants and citizens are generally happy.
The BodweII Granite Company Settle
Satisfactorily All Troubles.
RocKLAND, March 24-The Courier-Ga-
zette says that at their annual meeting the
Bodwell Granite Company received COM
munication from their workmen at Vinal-
haven, respectfully requesting a committee
to meet committee of the workmen, to dis
cuss the question of wages for the coming
year. The committees came to an agreement
last week and the workmen secure slight
advance over winter wages. The spirit pre-
vailing at the meetings of these committees
was most commendatory. The workmen
were represented by practical men who un-
derstood the business thoroughly and knew
what they were talking about. They first
submitted proposition which the companys
committee could not fully adopt, and they In
turn offered proposition which the work
mems committee promptly accepted. The
agreement relates to the question OF wages
and contains nothing whatever of those OBJ
noxious features relating to the company's
control of its own business, which are often
insisted upon in such cases to the embitter-
ment of all parties. The whole interview
between the B0dwell Company and its em-
ployes reflects credit upon both parties. If all
such matters could be thus conducted be-
tween capital and labor the country would
fare the better for it.
The condition of business in this city is by
no means settled yet 1t is expected that the
Knights of Labor State board of arbitration
win be here this week to adjust the differ
ences existing between the local assemblies
Railway and A. G. Gay & Co., lime manufac
turers.
Among the Cloak Makers.
NEW YORK, March 24.-The strike of the
cloak makers continues. Several OF the
manufacturers sent to the strikers asking
for conference and this is regarded as a
break in the lines of the manufacturers
union. Davis & Haas have notified their
help that their demands will not be granted.
T~day all the cloak pressers of this city be-
longing to the independent cloak pressers'
union quit work and joined the ranks of the
strikers. Cloak cutters have also stopped
work. friedman Bros have given in to the
strikers.
The Railroads.
NHlCAGO, "a HC VntSSOuIi IlktI
roads, with the exception Of the Rock Island,
are accepting all but perishable freight for
points west of Atchison, Kansas, ST. Joseph,
Mo-, Leavenworth, Kas.
ATCHIsoN, Kas., March 24.-The Miss ouri
Pacific officials made two attempts this morn
ing to send out freight trains over their roads
but failed
ST. LOUIS, March PA freight train was
started over the Missouri Pacific tracks this
afternoon, but the strikers prevailed upon
the engineer and fireman to leave their posts.
Police were summoned and after fight dis
persed the mob. The train was then run as
far as the city limits under guard, but it is
not known how much farther.
A special from ST. Joseph, Mo-, says at
noon to-day the yard men in Hannibal and
st. Joseph and Kansas City, st. Joseph and
Council Bluffs yards struck and freighttrafic
is entirely suspended.
KANSAS CRY, March 24.--General Mana
ger Nettleton of the Kansas City, Fort Scott
& Gulf road gave out to the public that a
compromise had been effected with the
switchmen at a conference this afternoon,
and that the men will go to work at once.
The terms of the settlement as yet are kept
secret. The men returned to work at 7
O'Clock tonight by order of Mr.. MOnegan,
chief of the association and are themselves
ignorant of the prices fixed upon. An ad-
vance was granted or the committee would
not have compromised. Freight trains are
rolling in and out the yards tonight and
they will be loaded to their fullest capacity
for Saturday, and freight will now be trans
ported rs rapidly as possible.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 24.-The Rock
Island managed to get out one freight train
late this evening" but all the other lines are
declining to take freight.
OMAHA, Neb., March 24-The Union Pa
cific railroad made an unsuccessful attempt
to get out freight train today, but the
strikers prevented.