The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-09
SWARMS or SLAVES
Brought Into tho Coke Regions
by the Operators.
STRIKERS LOSING. BUT HOPEFUL


CLEyKLAND, May a-Nearly 1000 dock laboren
at Aahtabula harbof struck today against ~.
ductiou Of wages.
CHICAGO, May s-Five hundred employees Of
the United States Rolling Stock Company struck
today for six weeks back pay. The company
has been in the hands Of . receiver for some
time, and COMMITTEES of men was appointed to
lay their grievances before United States Judge
Blodgett
PrrrsBrRc, May &-Foreigners are coming
into the coke regions in bulk An operator said
today that he can turn 5000 into the region in
twenty -four hours, but cannot shelter them. A
popularity about this Wholesale importation II
that the strikers ere q firm and unbroken q
ever. Today the labor ofdcials say there win
soon Be plentiful supply Of money and tents
for the needy, but this they have been promis-
ing for weeks. It 10 particularly noted that the
aid pledged from the Federation Of Labor has
not made its appearance. The strikers are los
ing ground, though the region - whole il
making poor showing IN coke shipments.
Outside OF several pacific evictions and one
occasion where . blackleg was obliged to quit
work by strikers, all was serene today. The
leaders and men are preparing for . campaign
between this and Monday, and viii endeavor to
talk with every worker, either BY mass meetings
or individually, in order to induce them to stop
work. The effect OF this concerted move
win be known Monday. In addition to
the Inconvenience suffered by nearby town
furnaces owing to the strike, general complaint
comes today from the Mahoning and 6hcnango
valley furnaces, that are estimated to produce
one-edghth Of the pig iron in the country. The
furnaces in these valleys shut down last jan
uary for two months, but the coke strike came
upon them just - they expected to resume, and
for five months many blast furnaces in the
valleys have been dead. The operators would
be glad to resume, but the coke supply Il too
weak to be depended upon.
In figuring up the losses no attention has been
paid TO the railroads. that are really the greatest
losers. Lines running through the coke regions
have missed their 5000 cars OF coke per week for
three months, while the roads in the Shenango
and Mahoning valleys for Ave months have
found falling of in shipments Of million
tons of coal, iron ore and finished articles. All
this loss, exclusive Of the wages Of men on every
side and the profits Of the coke and furnace and
mill operators, Will present figures Of loss be-
yond belief. = =
scorrDALs, Pa, May ia meeting Of the ex-
ecutive board was held last night, and 1t was re-
solved by the strikers to continue the fight six
weeks.
MILWAUKEE,, May s.-Settlement Of the stone.
cuttes strike has been effected, and this IL
probably the beginning OF the end of the trouble
in the building trades. The contractors and
stonecutters have mutually agreed to recognize
the organizations Of each other in the adjust
ment Of disputes, and the journeymen will work
with the men In other trades, no matter whether
they are union or non-union men. The wages
OF competent journe, men were fixed ct a per