The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-05-03
THEY WILL GO BACK.
Chicago Carpenters Win the Eight 10,
Day.

Chicago Carpenters Win the Eight Hour
Day
CHICAGO, H., April 29.-The Journal
says that an agreement for the resump-
ton of work by the striking carpenters
and the new Bosses Association has
actually been reached, and that the
men will resume work on Friday.
In the meantime the leaders
are endeavorinR to keep secret,
not merely the terms of the agreement,
but the fact of it. in ord er that enthu-
siasm among the strikers may not cool.
SO that they may turn out in full force
for the May Day parade.
Unless the straw showing the way the
wind blows varies much within the
next two days, the labor troubles of 'S6,
on the BLACK Road,' as Blue Island
Avenue is called, may be repeated.
Blue Island Avenue, from Twenty
second Street west, is occupied largely
by immense factories and lrmber yards,
and that the conservative element III
abor circles has cause to fear serious
rDub!e in the feeling born OF past eN-
:
labor movement Of four years ago.
To the troubles on the BLACK Road
and their fatal consequences can be di
reCtly traced the csuses which led 10
the Eaymarket massacre of MAY 4 1885.
fuily 1000 men are eemplOyedwithlnt the
territory bounded on the east by Twenty
second Street and lying largely south
OF Blue Island Avenue. At the McCor-
t ~ L..
thing over ] 600, the eight-hour move
ment has taken strong hold upon the
men. AS was he case in 'S6, the for
eign element Is loudest in its demands.
and, IN fact, the others are not Ioath to
follow their leadership.
While no formal demands have been
made on tne management, it seems to
be the general belief that spontaneous
uprising and demand for the adoption
of the eight-hour day will be made, and
not only in the Mccormick factory, but
in the Malleable Iron Works, the Wells
& French Bridge Company, and in other
large concerns IN the nelghborhood.
Ten thousand stock-yard laborers VIII
60 out Thursday, and police protection
was invoked to-day. Chief Marsh
promised to send all the force needed,
but a bloody time is nevertheless
feared.
The old Master Carpenters Asso-
clation, this afternoon, presented
memorial to Mayor Cregier, recit-
ing that the striking carpenters have
prevented them from employing men
by intimidation, and asking him to at-
ford them police protection IN the car
rying on OF their lawful business.
BosroN, Mass. April 29.-rhe Amalga-
mated Society of Carpenters and joiners,
at a meeting last night, formally decid-
ed to cooperate with the Brotherhood
OF Carpenters. The action Of this body,
which has been regarded as the most
conservative organization in this city,
brings every organization IN Boston in
in line for the eight-hour movement on
Nav /.
ST. JoHS, n B., April 29.-The labor
strikes here are assuming q grave as
pect. Yesterday the employees of Me-
Avity x Sons, brass founders, went out
on nine-hour strike. The employers
offered half holiday Saturday instead,
which was refused. The men OF Flem-
ing's Locomotive Works also went out.
They were allowed the nine hour sys-
TEN, but refused to accept it because
two of the employees, who refused TO
sign the document, continued at work.
DUBLIN, April 29.-One of the striking
signalmen of the great Southern K
Western Railway, who was prosecuted
by the directors of the company for
abandoning his post, WAS tried to-day
and found guilty. The court imposed q
fine of go upon him. The
proecution against six other signalmen
WAS withdrawn.