Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-08-27
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
THE STRIKE AT CHICAGO
Switchmen Still Out and
Packingtown Idle.
TWO SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
Annual Festivities of the
American WheeImen.
A THEATER BURNED IN CHICAGO.
Discussing the Tariff and
Lard Bills.
A THEATER BURNED IN CHICAGO.
THE TR0uRLEATC CHICAGO.

THE TROUBLE AT CHICAGO.
of Chicago and Alton Switchmen-
The Brick Tie-Up-Nearly a Hum
. dred Thousand Men Likely to be
Made Idle.
CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-The strike of fire.
men and engineers in the stock yards
ended last evening, the roads conceding
the engineers twenty-nine cents an hour
and the fremen eighteen. In the evening
the switchmen met and voted to strike at
once and to demand anss:ncrease of wages
They did SO, and work was again blocked.
The managers of the roads posted notices
that men who did not return to work last
night would be considered discharged
This morning it was decided to dissolve
the association and allow each road to do
it's own switching. Superintendent Boyce
of the RockIsland and Superintendent Bess-
Ter of the Burlington, together with sever
al other members of the old directory of
the Switching association, went to the
stock yards to assume personal dire ction of
the fight. The striking switchnen were
told that their services were no longer re-
quired, and new men were procured to do
do the switching. During the early morn
ing little was done in the way of clearing
the tracks of the freight cars, but it was
announced that work would begin in earn
est before noon
Superintendent Marsh went down to the
stock yards this morning at the head of
300 men to take charge of the police ar
rangements there and to see that no vio-
lence was committed.
The Alton switchmen struck last night,
and the strike continues to-day. The pas
senger trains are moving all right, but the
freight trains are tied up. There has been
violence. The police were called to the
neighborhood of the yards, but their pres
ence was required to quell slight distur-
bance among some stevedores.
In the stock yards to-day there was very
little purchasing done. The police drove
all of the strikers out of the yards and
formed Gordon about the place to keep
them out. The first road to make move
was the Wabash 1t had three engines in
the yards, and when the engineer refused
to take them out officers of the road
mounted the cabs in the capacity of en-
gineers and firemen, while others took up
the duties of switchmen, and the engines
were taken away to the roundhouse amid
the jeers of the idle multitudes
outside of the police Gordon. Then
came the news to the striking switchmen
assembled in conference that the Switch
ing association had been dissolved. The
meeting broke up hurriedly, the strikers re-
alizing that they were striking at empty
space. The engineers realized the change
in the situation also and when ordered
proceeded to take their engines to the va
'rious round houses. Tomorrow will
doubtless see strong effort made to re-
sumo business in the yard. The question
is whether the engineers will obey the or
ders of their supcriors or whether they
will see fit to transfer the tie up from the
switching association to the individual
roads composing it.
The rumor that the striking stock yards
switchmen had repented of their haste and
asked to be taken back by the Switching
groundless. The switchmen are still out
tonight and Packingtown is idle once
more The roads have dissolved their
switching association, declared the strikers
discharged and say that each road will
hereafter do it's own switching.
COMMENTING ON THE RESULT.
New YORK, Aug. 26.-About two thou
sand persons assembled in Union Square
tonight in response to call for meeting
of sympathy with the New York Central
strikers. Speeches protesting against the
action of the Pinkerton men at Albany and
elsewhere, the action of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers and of the officers
of the New York Central in particular were
made by T. V. Powderly, Robert Blissert,
Mrs. Moore and others, and resolutions
of like purport were adopted. Mr.. Blissert
and Mrs. Moore recited the wrongs inflicted
upon the workers by capitalists and urged
workingmen not to vote for the party that
supported capitalists. 1t was Chauncey
NJ. Depew's highest ambition, Mr.. Blissert
said, to be at table with the prince OF
Wales at the head. The country did not
want that sort of man for presi
dent. Mr.. Powderly said that there
were men in other labor organ
| izations who were waiting for
popular movement. He would go on and
| fight until the capitalists of the country
were overthrown. Though the Contra
claimed they were moving freight they
were not. If that monopoly cannot NOV.
freight the state must be called upon t.
compel it to surrender its charter t,
those who will move freight or to thu
state. There is, he said, an organization
of labor with its headquarters il
Cleveland. Its chief is p NJ Ar
thur. Kisses. 1t contains men VIII
will stoop to take the place of brothe
man. This is what the Brotherhood o
Locomotive Engineers have done with tn
consent of Arthur The Brotherhood
good, but it has bad chief. 1t was al
arranged for Arthur to be hidden in Cleve
land while Depew was in Europe. No on
can get at them. The people of this land d
not want a coward forpresident, a man VIII
runs away when there is a fight ahead
The battle is a strike of the people an
must be fought at the polls. The stat
board of arbitration are fishing in, the Ad
irondacks instead of attending to business
and they should be taught not to neglee
their duties.
THE BRICK TIE-UP.
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-The brick tie-u
to-day is as perfect as it can as yet b.
Ninety-three per cent. of the producer
have signed the manufacturers agreemer
and the remainder are expected to come
to-day or tomorrow There is probabl
ity that about 100000 now under col
tract will be received to-day and these wi
be the last shipments until the DO.
colt against the verplanck factor
10 raised. The manufacturers are d
termined and well organized, and hay
established fund for the payment OF PEI
alties which the individual manufaeture
may incur by not filing contracts. II
effect of the tie-up will be felt about FL
, day, and if the boycott is persisted in
the knights of Labor nearly one hundre
, thousand men will be thrown out of Ell
! ployment. The boiler makers and Il
: range manufacturers are already feelil
the effects of the tie-up which will extel
to all trades depending even incidental
upon bricks to continue their work
Blew the Gun to Pieces.