The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-10
THIRD EDITION.


EEw ORLEANS, Nov. o - The strike
continues and both sides remain firm.
Tie Governor has had long confer.
ences with all tina military men. and
the militia Is being got In readiness.
The Governor conferred with the May.
or AMI repre- sentative merchants this
morning, and as result tile money to
put the militia in the field Will probably
be subscribed by ciiizens,
Three weeks ago to day the ware.
housemen employed by tho wholesale
Rrocers and the drivers OF the boss
draymeil. who contract for the hauling
OF nearly tho entire wholesale bust,
ness OF tho city, served notice on their
employers that on and after tho fol.
lowing Monday they would not work
except for. parties who subscribed to
their tariff,
The warehousemen did not ask fol
any great increase; In fact, scme vi
them have been receiving more THAI
tns new thrift rate. The drivers also
demanded a small Increase Ia tho reg
ulaI wages, but sought shorter hours
AMI extra pay fog overtime or Sunday
work.
ine tatter provision was tho most
objectionable to tho merchants who
asserted that the exigenCy OF tho bust
ness here would not permit placing n
premium on loailnU uhd that the dray
nge required daily would not be lin
tshed until much later than at present
and at much greater expense. Coupled
with the demand WIS an understand
ing that union wal ehousemen would
not work for firms employing eitheI
AOn-union warehousemen or liaymen
making the two stikes virtually one.
Several conferences were held, but
m tf IN
meeting of employers appointed d
commiLtee which passed around t
list and forty or fifty OF the lurges
I. wholesale grocery and rOduco house!
signed tho agreement 10 resist the de
mand made. no matter at what LOSS Il
their business.
Affiliations were proposed by dis
Interested persons, but no basis coul,
be agreed on, the employers declining
TO recognize the unions, and tho laboi
leaders insisting that the attitude o
the employers constituted war upo
organized labor.
The American Federation of Labo
had organized every branch OF labu
In the city. Last Saturday genera
strike was declared by the Federation
and the following unions responded.
Bakers and confectionerS, broom
makers carpenters and ioiners. Gu
drivers. clothing clerks, cuopers, cottol
men, horseshoers, grain shovelers
marine mates. marine aud sti,tionar
tiremen, painters and decorators, pill
drivers and wharf builders, roun
Height tenmsters and leaders, suga
( workers, longshorenen, musicians
varehousemen and packers. telmster
aud lumber yard men, scalesmeu, shi
ecrapers, gas workers, coal wheelers
coachtnon, boilrrmakers ship builders
Bcrewmen, railing workers, carriers
rice workers, plasterers and sho
clerks
On Monday last the printers ioine
In the movement.
Many freight handlers went out thi
morning, ana this had the effect 4
still further Gripping the commerce
of the city. What steps will he Take
to ill the places of the strikers Lav
not yet been made known. The Iii
nois Central, Mississippi Valley, TeXa
Pacific and Northeastern Railroads al
affected, and the only road on while
strike has not been reported is IL
Southern Pacific.
The cotton men have not Just y,
gone out. The strikers assaulte
newspaper carriers throughout u
city this morning and tore up the
papers. A number of arrests wei
made.