Telegram-herald., 1890-05-03
THE RANKS SWELL.
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THOUSANDS AEE OGr
CnIcAs0. Nay G-ksery msH. boy
and slFl Employed IN Shs m.llsable
lroE-sofks. oOrRer Of Twenty-sl1tA
and Rockwell streets. Is OuL TIE
total member Of emPl0yss Is 800
Al o'clock Ia the mOrnlRg Tie
eup0lz men arrived, ana alter
drawing o. the heats retired Nothing
vas thought Of this By ths efioials bat
vnen tae Dolaers lsb0rers and PoI-meR
arrived snd began - sslk lsisursly
about as II Ehey were afraid ~
soil their hands, the officials be
gan 70 fear . strike IL did re-
solve into a most determined look ing
strlke Ne particular reason WA
assigned by he men for quitIing work.
IL IL said the men NsRt some small
grievances adjusted aud an eigbt-b0uT
day. A meeting nzd been called. and
the strikers will send a committee 70
treat with the officers Of the con epany.
The corners AZ the Intersection Of
Robey street and Blue Island avenue
we're black with men. Just southeast
OF the Black road ace two large. ram
bling founsries. They belong 70
Barnum & Riohardsoa aud Presi-
dent Griffin, Of the Ajax Forge
Company. About the buildings al
is as silent as death. Tho men,
mum bering $50 in Barnum's and the
Same in GrifiR's, all went out As in
the other places no formal demand was
made upon the employers. Eight hours
Is, however, what the men desire. At
the Chicago car wheel foundry and the
Wells-French car company most OF the
molders also went out
The entire number Of employees Of
the n. X. FsirbanK company on
Eighteenth street. about five hundred
and fifty, will 60 out on Monday.
The coopers, mum eering eighty,
have already struck. The coop
ers made q demand a week ago
for tho adoption of the eight.
hour day with nine hours pay. 1t was
refused them and they gave notice OF
thei- intention to strike. The other
employees quit work. il is supposed out
OF sympathy with the coopers.
The coopers are earnest in their de.
mand for eight hours, and IN all portions
OF the city the men are quitting work on
refusal Of the employers TO surrender.
The question Of wages cuts but a Sigh
figure in the struggle. the men believ-
ing that that point will settle itself in
due course of time. In the northwest
ern districts OF the city there is not one
cooper al work
At the Mccormick Reaper Works on
Blue Island avenue, about fifty molders
have quit work. The men say they
have severa grievances besides the
eight-hour demand.
From 5000 to 1000 sash. door. and
blind men walked out Of the various
factories in the southwest lumber
district this morning and their number
will be increased to 10000. Tie
action was apparently withou;
warning. The men came "a
their places OF employment as
usual and, with only a few eIcep-
tions, proceeded to work when the
whistles blew. An hour or so later
they threw down their tools and quietly
walked out, giving no explanation and
without any sOrb OF scene
Matters az the Wells & French car
company's shops, corner Blue Island
avenue and Paulina street, have as
sumed serious air. At noon not q
single man OF the ], 200 employees was at
work. The men made no formal de-
mand OF the officials but quietly folded
up their tools and left.
The master carpenters have answered
the three judges, composing the com
mittee OF arbitration in the strike. re-
fusing TO act with them or 70 be bound
by any decision they might reach.
CHICAGO May 2-The three DAYS
conference between the operators and
miners OF this State ended Thursday.
The effort 10 reach some satisfactory
basis for the pro6t-sharing plan failed,
and after a secret session the miners de-
/ cided 10 strike.
CHICAGO, May 2.-Dispatches from 81.
Paul Omaha, Quincy, Des Moines and
many other places say that the car
penters are patiently awaiting the
result OF the strike In Chicago before tn
sugurating any movement OF their own