Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-01
LABOR TROUBLES.

81 MEN GO TO WORK,
Chicago, Ill, March THE McCor-
mick reaper works resumed operations
this morning, one hundred
ard fifty men reporting for
duty. Great crowds were in the
vicinity of the works early in the morn
ing and to their presence is ascribed the
fact that q large number did not apply
for work, through fear of intimidation.
A large police force was on hand to- pre-
serve order and it arrested three or four
men who were noisy and aggressive,
The locked ont men are to hold q meet
ing this forenoon nesr the works.
When the great bell sounded at the
works not to exceed n hundred and
fifty men had entered the yards. 4
large number of workmen had appeared
carrying their dinner pals, but were
taken in charge by the strikers and q
great many We're prevailed on to remain
out. a great crowd of strikers lined
Blue Island avenue, facing the works,
with the evident intention ofintlmidating
the men expecting 10 go to work.
and finally the police ordered them
back, They were slow to move at first,
but when the order to disperse came q
second time, and the officers advanced,
they turned and ran across the p~rairies
4 panktar,rr IN oil liroat,oro a TI,n l,,
persal of the crowd restored confidence
to the minds of the wavering ones, who
had been prevented from entering a.
first, and they started hurriedly for the
works. In five minutes there were, &C
cording to Mr.. McCormick's count
three hundred and fifty mer
at work in the various
departments. Superintendent Averil
says q number of men had refrainet
from returning, owing to having re
ceived threatening notes last night. B,
tomorrow he expected the works woul,
be in full operation. Mr.. Mcdonnell
opened the yards in person and declared
that he would not shut down now if b
had a dozen men to do the work.
The police arrested twenty men 70
creating disturbances, one of whom wa
making q speech, advocating that tn
strikers use their revolvers and shoe
any one entering the yards. They wer
taken ia the public station and a.
raigned for carrying concealed weapon
and were fined five dollars aud cost
each. Reyolverswere found on the
persons.
THE HINES MUST GO.
Portland. Oregon. March 1-RetWee
midnight and two o'clock this mornin
o mob of eighty masked men, divided il
! to two squads, visited the Chinese worl
ing back of East Portland and Albin.
an eastern suburb of this. city, IN
drove them out. There were one hun
dred and eighty Chinese in all, and a
> of them were engaged in wood chopin
and grubblgg on the land lying from OIL
, to three miles back of the towns mer
I toned. Some of the men wore mask
, Others had their faces blackened, other
wore sacks over their heads, with hole
for their eyes, and all we,
!, armed. They came to I'll
camps where the Chinese were asleeE
routed them out, displayed revolvers an
ordered them to pack up and leave
once. The Chinese offered no resistant
and allowed themselves to be driven I
> the ferry boat and taken to this city.
The mob worked with great secrec,
The night was dark and the officers
the law knew nothing of i
action until the Chinese arrived heI
> and We're marching up the street fro
the ferry at two o'clock IN the morpip
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