The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-08
A GREAT
STRIKE
All Business in New
Orleans Suspended.
NO CARS RUNNING
The Gas Works and Electric
Light Plants Closed.
THE CITY IS III DARKNESS.
The Merchants Refuse to Beceds Further
All Newspapers Have Stopped PubH-
cation Save OHe-Ihe Militia
Ready to be Called Out.
NO CARS RUNNING
The Gas Works and Electric
Light Plants Closed.
THE CITY IS Ii DARKNESS.

New ORLEANS. Nov. THE effects Of
the strike are moro apparent this morning.
Few drays are on the streets and small
spring wagons are in general use. No
street cars ara running, the city is remark
ably quiet and very little business is being
done. At Z this morning the printers
struck and the outlook for the morning
papers is not very bright though they will
try TO get out editions tomorrow. The
Daily States, being non-union Office, is not
affected and will publish as usual this
afternoon.
The decision Of the printers to Join the
strike braced up other working organiza-
tons and the result is THAI all unions which
signed the call for general strike are now
out except the cotton lahorers. These have
been allowed 70 remain at work, nOtWith-
standing the important factor in the situa
tlon, IN order not to arouse opposition in
the powerful Cotton Exchange II is IN
derstoCd, however, that the men are ready
to quit whenever the word is given
Not street car is running, no work 10
being done and the only sign OF activity is
in the wholesale grocery districs, against
which the strike Is chiefly directed. The
new men there are willing to remain as
work TILL the violence is so general as to
make it unsafe. The grocers say that If
necessary they will close thirty TO ninety
days. AL newspapers are closed by the
strike OF the printers except the Daily
Stctes, which is heavily against the strike
| and u Is reported that an attempt will be
made TO prevent it from coming out.
proposition was made through the
governor last night to srbitrate the 1ues-
ton OF hours snd wages, but to let the
question Of unionlsm alone. This has not
been replied TO by the LABOR side out il Is
hardly thought it will be accepted, as the
cry Of unionism is male the rsllyiRg point
Tor all labor bodies. The merchants say
they will not recsde further The militia
are ready to como out at short notice, but
there IS very little violence so far and
nothing TO warrant sending troops TO the
assistance Of the police. The mayor this
afternoon issued 3 proclamation warning
all citizens Of his intention TO enforce tho
law and declared that any breaches Of the
peace would be followed by arrest and i'm
prisonmert.
Governor Foster has the militia in readi-
| ness tor Immediate action, but the BELIEF Is
we'll grounded that no steps VIII be taken
until Wednesday, as any serious trouble
before would not only oomplicate the cleo
ton here, but in other sections. The idle
| ness OF such q large body Of negroes and
the desperation ensuing upon a loss OF earn
ings, it Is feared the Democrats will have
! hard time to maintain supremacy in conse-
quence, as the crowds OF strikers and Toe
| absence Of street. cars will serve TO keen
many of the better element away from the
| polls. In the meantime the governor is
| using every means to bring about an amic-
able termination Having procured coz
cessions from the merchants, the governor
/ has referred the matter TO the unions, and
| they took the matter under consideration
and promised 10 give an answer by noon to
| day. Up to tonight, however, nothing has
! been heard from them.
| Merchants carried on business today as
well as they could and have determined to
stand firm. They received promises Of
support from other orders and orUaniza-
| tions. and 1t is said the executive committee
received a letter from Governor War
mouth, Republican leader in the state and
large sugar planter, saying the planters
desired the merchants to stand firm as z
victory for the unions would mean tha
organization Of negroes through
OF the blacks, constant menace
to business and the conversion OF
producing plantations into grazing lands.
Some Of the largest planters in the state
who were in the city today, said the
strike meant so much to tnsm that they
were willing to anwer first the call for men
or money sent out BY merchants.
| as soon As INC elSCblOa 10 over tho real
/ battle will begin, and il is belived the city
authorities will throw of q good deal Of the
lethargy charged against them. Governor
I Foster has received an opinion from legal
authorities that he can step in and preserve
peace without waiting TO be called
on by the municipal authorities
besides this marchaR Is will determine upon
strong measures on their own account. The
merchants say q number OF msn are will
ing TO return TO Work, but did not propose
TO make targets for the union until they
were ready for vigorous defense, and 50
they declined to take them back Tor the
present. TIE strike fails to affect news
pepsrs to the extent expected, and the only
pgDer which has so far failed to appear is
the item, the official organ of the strikers,
although that is expected to appear tomor-
row. During the morning & proclamation
was issued Dy the mayor calling upon ell
persons to preserve tbs peace and warning
people that any disorder would DO re-
pressed by the sternest measures.
The most serious feature OF the situation
is the suspension of the two Lighting COM
panies Gas and Electricity, and soma
alarm was felt when officers Of the two
electric companies called upon the mayor
and said they thought they could furnish
light if granted protection for men engaged
to take the place of the strikers. This was
readily promised. During the afternoon
the prSsioonb u snS sugar anu AsAcS tx
change asked the mayor that protection be
furnished those interests Nearly forty
thousand barrels of sugar, mOlasses and
other products lay on the lsVes at the
mercy of the public tumult, and If tina
mayor could not furnish the force required
the exchange, he said. would tender the
men 10 be sworn in as special officers. Tho
I. mayor agreed to commission all such men.
The board of trade also urged the mayor
TO do his utmost 10 bring about a resumD-
ton Of street car travel and continue 20
supply gas electricity. water and other
actual necessities. II reply the mayor an
nounced that his powers were restricted to
the preservation OF the peace, that he
could not force men to work, but that he
could and would maintain order
Strong Influence was brought to bear on