The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-27
LABOR TROUBLES.
Jar strikers Returning TO work-Ins

Street-Car Strikers Returning TO Work-Ins
experienced Engineer Causes an Accident
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. April 36.-Every-
thing worked smoothly for the street-car
company to-day. All the lines were run
ming on regular schedule time but one.
About twenty-five old men applied for
work, and were taken back. The strikers
still claim they will win; that the men who
have returned to work were the week-kneed
ones and that they are glad TO get rid Of
them.
Quite serious accident occurred on the
Minnehaha branch of the motor-line at l1:SO
this morning. While a train on that branch
was running at high rate of speed the
rails spread, and threw the train from tho
track and into the ditch. Fortunately
there were but six persons on the train, in
Of whom escsned wb bn sgs al
The cause of the accident is attributed to
the ;nexperience of the enginee, who ran
too fast over bad piece of track. Cars
are running to-night for the first time since
the strike.
Preparing for Strike OF Engineers.
CHICAGO, April 26.-The Evening News
says that local detective agency is en-
gagged in hiring engineers for number of
railroads. and that there is rumor among
the present engineers on several lines that
wages are to be reduced, and that employ
ment of new men is in preparation for al
strike. The manager of the agency, when
asked about the matter said: Yes we have
been hiring engin eers but for what roads 4
would prefer not TO state. Some time ago
we made arrangements with the different
managers to supply them with engineers
in an emergency, and we now have the
names of large number on our books. Jf
a strike occurs on any of the lines we could
have large number of men on the ground,
III a short time"
The mana cement of a number of railway
lines. including those for whom il was re-
ported that the men were being engaged,
were asked abont the matter, but they all
declared that there was no intention to re-
duce the wages of their engineers.
Strikers Charged with Breach of the Peace.
PHILADELPHIA, April 26.-Samuel Conrad
and Jermiah Crowley were to-day placed
under bail of $500 each to answer at court
charges of breach of the peace and incit-
ing to riot, growing out of strike at the
works of the Enterprise Manufacturing
| Company. The president of the company
| testified that other men had been employed
| TO take the place of the strikers, since
which time the strikers and Ryan. Conrad
and Crowley in particular, had conspired
by threats and intimidation TO prevent men
| who were willing to work from doing so.
| Almost every night they followed the new
| hands from the works to their boarding.
| houses. They got on the street-cars and
| annoyed and harassed them, and had be.
| come so annoying that the workmen had
| to have police protection.
Tobacco Workers Strike About Ended.
DANvILLE. Va, April 26.-The backbone
| of the tobacco-workers' strike seems to he
broken. Several factories went to work
yesterday with rollers brought from other
| places, one factory putting in white labor
altogether. The striking rollers have taken
no action yet, but conference committees
were busy yesterday, and the belief is that
| decision to return TO work will be reached
| to-day. 1t is believed here now that the
strike will lead TO radical changes in the
system of working tobacco. whereby ma
| jority of the operatives in the factories will
| be whites. All stemming will be done sep
arate from the roller-rooms, and by white
| labor.
Late this afternoon the striking rollers
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