Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-16
he SToRY CONFINED.
Nothing New the Labor >ituatIon---A
Correction The situation at Akron.

/ Nothing New the Labor >ituatIon---A
Correction The situation at Akron.
There is absolutely nothing new today ON
the labor situation Ii Is stated, on what l.
regarded a. reliable authority. that the
men. many of them at least, are finding
employ ment in the other shops in the city
/ II is ais" stated that quite a number are re-
turning Ia the Champion shops. complying
with the demands made by the firms
I This however l> >tuutlN denied
by the men. The same good order and dis
position 10 fairness prevails among all the
men, and it is their constant council that
nothing be done that would in any way cast
diScredit upon them.
Ii was reported from a certain source
Yesterday that the saloons are doing a much
larger business since the lockout, the infer
encr being that the men are Ioatng about
/ the saloons and spending their money tor
! liquor. 4 GLoBE- -RErIBIIC representa-
tive made some inquiry on this point this
morning and from no source could
such information he obtained
The brewers and >al""n men,
AZ far ~ seen. all rmphatraly deny the
truthtu!nrSS of any such report. Tn" brew
rr~ stated that their business WAS Slightly
crippled 1t j. sufficient t" SAY that such a
report il wholly untrue and dH'> the lacked
out men great injustice They are not
SaloOn loafrTS.
The following dispatch shows the temper
of the situation at Akron.
The Boycott on =. =. >eiberIing.
AKRON. March u. The boycott here on
!. F. Seiberling'S extensive interests Is As
Sumng serious shape in that it is hrruml-
ing extended beyond all former limits in
such cases new circular has been l.
sued by the Trades and Labor Assembly.
in which it is declared that J. F. Seibrrling
will be struck at every vulnerable point;
that all his interests that can he reached
will be bOy"0tted. and that all his dwellings
and business houses will have the boycott
placed on them a. soon aS the
present leases expire. The circular
also calls on the Trades and Labor Assem-
DIV Ol tNlcdsO 10 nONtbI MI. NtlbIllllE
business blocks in that city. \ committee
of the Trades and Labor assembly has also
notified boarding houses that they would be-
boycOttei if they entertained any of Mr..
Seiberling'S men. brought here Ia fill the
strikers places. This has caused several
boarding house keepers Ia turn men away
in one case at least. a widow. depending
on their support, being told that if she
did not turn the men out she would lose
more than she would make by keeping
the men She yielded. Ferdinand Schu-
macher. the Oatmeal king" who recent
ly sustained such heavy loss by fire. but
who has much property left, includ
ing two hotels. informed Mr. Soldering
that his (Schumacher'S hotels were open
for the men. who were al once. uuartered
there. The boycott on Mr.. Selhrrlng'S
real estate will make il very widespread.
and will affect many commercial interests.
Mr.. Soldering in an interview says that
he will not yield tn the strikers; that IA"
now has about fifteen nun-umium mUuldrr~
in the places of the strikers; that he will
employ none but nOn-uniOn men. and that
if he can not get such men he will shut
down his Empire mower and reaper works
and discharge the 300 men employed there.