The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-26
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES STRIKE.
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key System Quit Work
TERRE HAUrE, IND, Sept. 25.-Soms
time ago federation was formed of a mum
Der Of operators and clerks employed on the
Mackey lines, with the view Of demanding
an increase Of pay. Last Sunday the or
gauization was completed at Evansville,
with the following officers: b. NJ. Hopkins
OF Fort Branch, president; w. ID. Sears of
| Princeton, secretary and treasurer, and
o. p. Williams Of Princeton, corresponding
secretary. Mr.. Hopkins is the company's
agent at Fort Branch.
! 1t was given out as the intention TO make
demand for increased pay and give the
company five days to consider the demand,
but yesterday. learning that Sears had been
discharged, the men decided to strike at
once demand was made on the company
| for his Reinstatement, and for an increase
The company's officials replied that
the matter would have TO be taken under
advisement, and last night the men struck.
AT 1l:30 o'clock, however, Mr.. Hopkins
telegraphed to the boys on the Evansville
and Terre Haute and Evansville and In
dianapolis to go 10 work pending a confer
ence to be held with General Manager Saul
at Evansville within a week.
The company claims that Sears was not
the federation, but for other good reasons,
and the men assert the contrary. There
was some little delay to freight trains dur
ing the morning, but none TO passenger
trains.
TELEGRAPHERs AND STATION AGENTS OUT.
CHICAGO. Sept. 25.-The telegraph oper-
ators and station agents Of the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois railroad between Evansville
and Terre HauJe went on a strike this
morning, demanding an advance in wages
TO the standard prices paid by other rail-
roads. The telegraph operators and station
agents on the Peoria, Decatur and
Evansville railroad are also reported
to have struck for the same
advance. These two roads are part of the
Mackey system. 1t is not known how many
mon have gone out or whether the strike
wall become general on the whole system or
not Several officers of the system in this
city have gone 60 the scene of the strike to
effect, it is said, a compromise with the
strikers.
sHEARERs GO ON STRIKE.
MELBOURNE, Sept. 25.-Shearers in New
South Wales and Queensland have gone on
strike. The employers in Sydney insist
that the unionists shall accept the principles
laid down in their recent manifesto, before
they will consent to hold conference with
the strikers.
STREET RAILWAY employees DISSATISFIED.
CHICAGO, Sept 25.-Trouble is brewing
between the West Side Street Car Company
and its conductors and drivers. The main
body OF the employees claim that the COM
pany is fostering opposition to the union,
making an effort to break down the regular
union, and seeking to force the political
action of the men in the coming cleo
ton in November. The company, on
the other hand, denies these allie
cations, and says that the men
are unruly and seem to be seeking to make
trouble. A stormy conference between the
manager and a committee of the employees
was held yesterday, and as a result of it a
general meeting Of conductors and drivers
has been called for Saturday night TO con-
slider the situation. The men freely
threaten to tie up all the West Side lines.