Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-30
RESTLESS TOILERS.
Progress of the Great Upheaval
of Labor.
THE FIGHT VERY HOT AT CHICAGO.

Packing Houses sure To BE Involved
Men Going Crazy About the Matter
Europe All Torn Up-Marquis de Mores.
the One-Time Ranchman, in the Bastile
for Taking a Hand in the Fight.
CHICAGO, April 3o.-The arrangement be
tween the striking carpenters and the new
Bosses association Monday night was APP
parently only truce, and is liable to be
broken at any moment. The Bosses asso-
citation is striving hard to bring about per
nanent peace but until they establish the
fact that they comprise majority of the
contractors, it is extremely doubtful if they
will accomplish anything The central
council of the carpenters held meeting
yesterday afternoon, at which it was de
eided to continue the fight indefinitely on
the same lines that have already been tray
srsed.
Unconditional Surrender Demanded.
President O'Connell, after the meeting,
said that there is no prospect of an imme-
diate settlement. The fact is, he said,
'the men will consent to nothing but ALSO
lutte surrender The fact that the brick
layers, the masons, and other branches of
the building trades have been so seriously
affected by the carpenters strike has
aroused such sentiment in favor of the
| latter that nothing short of complete sur
render on the part of the bosses will ever
settle the differences at stake. These
trades are as much interested as though it
were their own strike and Will use their
| influence to make it successful
No Chance with the Old Bosses.
The strikers have ceased to deal with the
old bosses association, because they be
lieve there is no chance to win a single
concession as long as the present condition
| Of affairs is maintained President GOldie,
Of the old Master Carpenters association,
| headed committee of that body yesterday
| on call upon the mayor for protection TO
| non-union men. They presented a docu-
ment TO his honor making serious charges
| against the strikers, saying: The strikers
| have behaved outrageously toward our
| wOrkmen who are willing TO work for US;
| their lives have been threatened: they have
| been intimidated, beaten with clubs and
| brickbats been waylaid when going and
| coming from their work Their homes
have been invaded and threats made to
burn them down if they continued TO work
for us or if they did not join the union.
| At least three of our wOrkmen are living at
|
| fully by the strikers
| - The mayor promised TO do the best he
could.
Effect on the Lumber Market.
| The carpenters strike has seriously af-
| fected the lumber market at this port.
Lumber vessels have been lying at the
| lumber market from four to five days,
| there being no sale at any price, At pres
ent there are 100000 600 feet of lumber on
| the market The stocks on hand in the
| yards show an increase of l., 100000 feet of
| hardwood lumber over that of year ago
and decrease of 81, COS, 900 feet of pine.
Rumors of other Strikes.
It was reported yesterday afternoon that
| the 800 employees of the Mccormick Har-
| vesting Machine company were ready to
strike on May for higher wages and eight
hours a day. Mr. Butler, the general
manager of the company, stated to United
Press reporter last evening that there is no
| foundation 10 the rumor; that the men
had made no complaint. and far as he
knew were perfectly satisfied Several of
| the workmen, however, expressed
their belief that there would be
trouble on May l. II is also re
ported that the 500 men employed by the
Mslleable Iron works will strike May for
| the eight-hour day.
The Packing Houses.
The stock yards laborers' union has sent
an ultimatum to the employers, demand
ing eight hours day and . LIZ cents per
hour increase in wages The packers viii
make no reply TO it. They have fully de
termined 10 meet struggle which they
believe will be final Chief Marsh, acting
under orders from Mayor Cregier, who has
had extensive interviews with representa-
tives of the packers has made full arrange
ments TO throw an extraordinary force of
men into the yards at a moments notice
He has also given Armour, Swift, Morris
and others permission 10 swear in special
policemen, who will do guard duty in the
immediate vicinity Of houses that will en-
deavor TO run. Chief Marsh acknowledged
yesterday that the situation at the yards is
beginning to look very serious.
As to the Militia.
If there has been an order issued calling
upon the militia to hold themselves in
readiness in anticipation of trouble on
May the officers know nothing of it, Col
Zeigler, of the Second regiment, said
yesterday that he did not believe any such
order has been issued. There is nothing
to apprehend," he continued from the
parade of the workingmen. The only dis
LuIDdLCe at all AlhclS " OCCuT - IFbHl tDt
Socialist and Anarchist factions"
The Men Going Mad.
-Four carpenters, whose minds have been
unbalanced by the strike, have been locked
up in the detention hospital Thorwald
johnson, a Swede, who was Oh his way to
the old country, was taken off a Minneapo-
lis train Monday night He was then a
raving maniac, talking OF nothing but
strike, unions, and eight hours iii kill
every man that don't belong to the union"
is the continual cry of John Fraydencahl
another unfortunate carpenter, who was
brought into the hospital Tuesday morn
ing. Frank Black, of III Ridgeway ave
nue. is respondent, and wants to take his
life. He jumped into the river, but was
fished out He is non-union man, and
says the strikers will not let him work
William Watt is still another victim. He
is one of the strikers, and is a carpenter by
trade He talks of nothing but the strike
and the lst of May.
VIII Go to Work at O'clock.
MILWAUKEE, April 3O-None of the
union carpenters in Milwaukee will go to
work Thursday morning May l, before 8
o'clock. The evasive reply of the Contract
Ing Carpenters association to the demand
of the unions for the adoption of the eight
hour day left the matter in an unsettled
and unsatisfactory condition, and the men
have concluded to take the bull by the
horns and inaugurate the new order of