Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-04-29
STRIKES AND STRIKERS.
Nc~ York, chicago and s. Louis Have
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vent any one from going 10 work caused a
number OK scrimsnagos During The morning
| the crowd incrsassd sud revolutionary heas
were freely expressed. About one o'clock at
| Hayemeyer's refinery, Grecnpout, q striker
endeavored to communicate with some men NJ
work, but he was ordered back by policeman,
| fight snsued and number OF strikers came
| to. tho rescue. The few officers present were
being badly handled wheu ono OF them shot
one 81 the sssailants IN the arm. More police
men camd UP sud sfer u hot light succeeded In
| driving tho strikers bact, Thsrs weTe good
many broken heads In the ranks OF the strikers,
and one OF the OH GERS were seriously injured
| News OF the riot brought number OF strikers
10 the spot and another fight followed, aud
| two iitufe officers were badly hurt. Tho mob
threw bricks and other missiles, and broke u
| good many windows aud gas lamps A do
tachment Of fifty reserves was then ordered To
the spot and the mob was dispersed. The re-
hners assert they will never give In TO the med,
aud II IL feared the strike will be long and
serious one.
Chicago dispatch; The strike OF the switch.
men on the Lake Shore continues, A critical
moment came ON the afternoon VI the Dad,
when engine ass with Eaglncer Mike Crowley
come out Of the round hoasc. The sherifls
guarded II In front, sides and rear. Before
the engine re achcd the main track the depu.
ties were almost lost In tho mass Of excited
men who crowded the tracks. Collins mount
| ell the engine and began talking 10 the engi-
ueer. The wheels soon stopped when Collins
was heard 70 says
BE kind CROUCH not 10 do this. You are no
n. ~ .aI... ,lat ..,l.,
back for us laboring men, Do IT, will you ]"
The engineer reached for his lever and ths eu-
gipe started back for the round house amid
deafcning cheers from the switchmcn and their
friends. When opposite the tank General
Superintendent Wright got on tho engine and
In ksd with the engineer, whlle the engine
stood still and thete WAS silence over the great
crowd Mike Grove, shook his head and ran
the engine into his stall. Superintendent
Wright was asked II he could not get man 10
run the engine out and he said; ~ will try
again. think can"
Fully 400 people filed the yards and COW
cred the yards ut this time. Superintendent
| Wright and Amsden, General Freight Agent
Mckay and Yardmaster Jones held repeated
conference with individual membcrs and with
| the committee OF strikers, but no arrangement
was arrived at, At two o'clock thc.crowd had
swollen to at least s., 900 people. On the out
skirts were many women In carriages who
waved their haudlIcrchofs when the engine
backed into the round house. The committee
OF strikers kept At work at the imported
swltchmen. They argued with them; begged
| them to show themselves men ana get out OF
tie car. They TOLD them. ''rhe castle you are
~ A.. ia. "A
tnagnates will be buried with you in the ruins "
Have you got familyi So have We Hore's
| So for you 10 come out and here's $40 more"
aud the bills were put up before the window.
! ID. Y. Webster, one OF the Objectionable
| switehmen, has not taken his time or put In
| his resignation. He, with about twenty five
| others, remained in the car, ready for duty
| After Crowley had backed the engine into Its
stall more attempts were made 10 run one out.
| Out Of the eighty imported swltchmen the
strikers induced fifty -nvo Ia desert the compa-
ny and the remaining twenty five were brought
back to the city.
At south Chicago another attempt was made
| TO transfer some cars OF coke from the main
track 10 the rolling mills An engine was
brought from Elkhart but when II arrived not
u single coupling pin could be found In the
yard or immediate vicinity. The coke was not
removed. The rolling MILL however, Is able TO
| get plenty Of coke over the Baltimore a. Ohio
and Pennsylvania roads.
St. Louis dispatch: Two hundred employees
Of the Missouri Car and Foundry company
stepped work and Joined the strikers April 81
in obedience to orders OF district assembly No
II, Knights OF Labor. The move has been
contemplated ever since the Knights found the
ompany were supplying the Missouri Pacific
and Iron Mountain roads with repair material.
A committee from the Knights called upon the
vce-presidcnt OF the company, and Informed
him that unless they ceased furnishing repair
| material TO the Missouri Pacific and Iron
| Mountain companies, their men would DO or
dered out. The vice-presdent replied that
| these companies were then Dest customers and
| they would continue as long as they were able
TO fill their orders President Mcmillan, In re-
| ply 10 a question by reporter as TO future
| plars, said: eve shall try 10 run our works
with new force OF men, but II we fail, we
shall open our works at Cambridge, Ind,
| which have been closed for some time II we
can't run business there as we see 1T, we shall
| 20 out altogether. / would rather SEQ the
works idle FIVE years than TO accodc to any dc.
mands like those made by the Knights"
A New Town In Sherman County, Kan
| Kansas City Journal.
| Eustis is the name Of a new town which has
| been surveyed on decided land In the centre OF
Sherman Co., Kansas, being located on sections
10 and II, township IS, range 80, the plat for
which has just gone to press.
The proprietors Of this place are r. ). Eustis
general passenger agent of the Burlington limos
at Omaha, A. l.. Tomblin, cashier, bank OF
stanberry, Mo-, and half owner Of the Thomas
county bank, at Colby, Kansas, O. f. Corpo-
ran. of the well known firm Of j. w. Allen q
Sons, Oberlin, Kansas, w. II. Copeland, State
representative for Thomas county, and j. A
Werner, q well known citizen OF northwest
Kansas.
There have been two other towns started this
winter in the same county but neither have
succeeded because OF the fights betwscn the
two and the lack Of means aud facilities for
work In both cases. But the location Of Eus-
It's ia now fixed and there can be no doubt as
to its future as the incorporators are men OF
energy and are possessed OF ample means and
facilities for making success OF It, Mr.. A.
| IL. lOnDlu ID publut, ~ po"" W. ~ 1890
the Sherman county bank, and the building Is
now complete j. W. Allen 81 Sons are en-
gagged In erecting large store building, and
Mr.. High ia putting ~ boarding house, and
arrangements have already been completed Ia
assure 10 the new town quite number OF In
iustries OF different kinds. A good hotel man
Is wunted, and inducements VIII be offered ia
the right kind of man, The necessary pc
ttion has already been forwarded to make
post Office OF the place, and daily hackine In
twodirections to railroads will be running in
few days
From the character OF the men backing the
town there can be no doubt as TO its success
Eustis will be the county seat Of Sherman
county
Phil. II. Francis, the new marshal OF Coda
RAPIDS, enlisted in the first Iowa cayalr.
when only 10 years old, which, the Cedar Rap
Ids Gazette says, makes him one OF the young
| est Iowa soldiers He acted as orderly 10
Gen. Geo. A. Custer, and served In that capac
ty until the regiment was finally mustered GU
in the spring of 1866 at Austin, Texas.
Dunlap is agitating an artesian well project
! The Dubuque Lodge Of the uniformed rank
Knights OF Pythias, contemplate trip TO 10