The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-11
GOING TO WORK AGAIN.
STRIKE OF The CHICAGO FREIGHT.
HANDLERS AT AN END.
Most of the Old Men at Work, but Many
Refused Fiaces-A Brighter Outlook in
the Lumber Resions-Seyerai OF the
Mills AT Nork-Iadustriai Items.

CHICAGO, May lL-~All the oil men are
bacS to-day, praise be to God, said one OF
the veteran attaches at the Michigan Cen
tgal freight house Monday morning Freight
was pouring in by the dray load, and the
polio. who were stIil on hand acre comfort
ably sitting about reading their morning
papers
At the Illinois central all but five OF 'he
Old men were back and at work by o clock
lhs same was the case at the Baltimore n
Ohio At the foot OF South Water street,
where the Michigan Central and Illinois
freight houses are, the Grays with freight
r aCheI Tor block by O'Clock, and about
the HOUSES the blockade of teams wa getting
serious
A committee 81 the cid freight han3lers on
the Galena division o. the Chicago Il North
western road, which submitted statement
OF grievances TO the company week since,
had hnal interview With division Superin
tenient Murray and Local Freight Agent
Brinkvrhod Monday morning, The latter
re use the men proposition for arbitration,
ami declines, to take hack any of those who
quit work Saturday week Eight hours
worS without reduction in pay was de
man led The rates paid were Is cents per
hour for common laborers, Is. cents for
callers and classiderS, 50 per month for
check clerks, and So for receiving clerks,
the hours varying frun five to fourteen.
he Iase shore strikers all returned to
wors Monday morning az the Old rate OF
pay.
Ibe Rock Island agent reported that be
had taken one third OF the old men back last
week 4 committee Of the Others called
Monday morn n ami offered on t-haif OF
the men to return, but the offer was lie.
clined
Mr.. Church OF the Louisville X New
Albany railway told his OH employees that
he did not consider them in his employ
they had struck, hai been paid OF, ana new
men had been hired in their stead He hai
all the men he coUl U.s.
At the Wabash freight house tie striking
freight handlers were tod they would be
taken hack on condition that they sign an
agreement To at once sever their connection
with the Freight hsndlers' union Al
agreed. and went to work at the Old prices
\ squad OF police was sent 10 the Bur
lington freight depot corner sixteenth
and Canal streets, Monday morning IN the
expectation that thers would lie trouble
there, hut there was none. The company
have full force OF new men at work there,
and have left the old ones out in the cold
Thy have. however, ATTEMPTED no disturb
ance and the company is doing business
without lnteTf rence
The excitement over labor troubles Mon
day morning wss principally confined Il
the hunter district In thst SECTION Sreai
crowds assembled at an early hour to Sci
whether any Of the Old hands in the yard,
AMI planning mills would return TO work
Along Blue Island avenue and twenty
second street the sidewalks were lined witt
men, and heavy patrol OF policemen
were on hand to que4l any disturbance
The only mill to start up was that Of p
Wholer 4 Co Here eighty men went Il
work at eight hours with nine hours pay
Later in the morning all the sash, door. and
blind ia tories in the district started up
About 90 men went 10 work They viii
get nine hours pay for eight hours wors
The planning mill men said they would start
M but could not, as they are dependent on
the lumher yards for material
Peace reignS at Iutman as heretofore
The men are stiil out ami say they vii, re-
main out until their demands are granted
The company. on the other hand, Is taking
things very eooliy, and display No indica-
tons of yIcling.