Evening journal., 1890-04-24
ONE CENT.
THOUSANDS IDLE.
The Alarming Proportions OF
Chicago's Great Strike.
RIOTOUs MEN RELEASED ON BAIL.

Other Trades Join with the stril,ins Car
penters aud at Least 20, 900 Laborcrs Are
Now Said to he Unemployed situa-
tion at Pittsburg, Pa.
CHICAGO, April "a 4-Twenty-fve thousand
workmen are now either voluntarily ont or
in enforced idlcness as a result Of the
strikes The labor situation is daily becom-
ing more serious and perplexing The o,0O0
idle carpenters present a solid front in their
demand for higher wages, shorter hours
and the recognition OF their organization,
while their former employers have so far
failed to ill the strikers places with non
union men. President Rowland, Of the
United brotherhood Of Carpenters and
Joiners has arrived here from Cincinnati,
bringing with him an ample supply OF
money 70 put the strikers in happy frame
OF mind.
The Eight Hour Cry.
It will hardly be from lack Of financiai
support that the strikers win be beatei
as the main strength Of the Federation of
Labor as well as the Carpenters Broi her
hood is TO be concentrated here to insure
the success Of the strike. It is really not
upon the eight hour question that labor
and capital in the carpenters strike is
divided, as the bosses have conceded that;
but the leaders of the strike realize that
they can strike the keynote to public sym
pathy by keeping the eight hour cry to the
front. The strike is seriously affecting
every trade and class of business that bears
relation to building The insurance and
real estate men are complaining of a stag
nation in their lines, while hundreds OF
Gicklayers, stone masons, fathers, etc,
Fave been laid Off since the strike
The striking carpenters arrested at Engle-
wood for rioting were released on 800 bail
each. Their cases were set for trial May 2.
The Outlook Il Interesting.
The Indications are that not less than
5000 workmen win be in idleness after
May |, mainly as a result Of the eight hour
warfare. Every butcher and cooper at the
stockyards, that dangerous battle-ground
Of labor, win surely strike May 1, unless
the packers grant the demand for eight
hours. n. Il. Fairbanks and Fowler Broth
ers will probably say yes; but if Armour
and Swift and the Anglo-American COM
pany refuse a general strike will be ordered
al the yards and 1900 men will 20 out OF
be laid off until the fight is settled The
struggle will be a long and desperate one,
and, owing 10 the rough character Of the
strikers and their united ranks. trouble
and bloodshed can hardly be averted
The Strike Fever Spreading.
One thousand brickmakers employed in
the lakeview and North Side yards have
struck because their employers refused to
- .lf
wages fifty cents a day. Three hundred
harness makers win 20 out Monday if they
do not get q IS per cent. advance. and 200
gas filters have decided to strike the same
day because the bosses Will not give them
q ~ per cent raise in wages The strike
fever has struck the tailors employed in
the shops that do the work for large manu-.
featuring houses dealing in ready made
clothing. Those employed in this line of
work are, as a rule, girls and women.
To Appeal for More Pay.
They complain that the bosses are cut
ting the prices heretofore paid for the
making of garments, chiefly vests and
trousers, and increasing the number of
hours Of work required. They are deter
mined TO appeal for eight hours and an in.
crease Of compensation for the services
rendered. A demand has been made upon
the bosses for the concessions cited, and
unless the same are granted a strike will
follow. These tailors-men, women and
girls-number several hundred
The committee appointed by the employees
Of the United States Express company met
General Manager Crosby and filed with
him written protest against the proposed
reduction Of wages II suggested that the
decision Of the matter be left to three ar
bitrators, one TO be chosen by the COM
pany, one by the employees and these two
to select the third.