St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-07
The City Of New Orleans Is
at Pretty Much Of a
Stand-Still.
Some Indication That the
City Will Be in Darkness
Tonight.
Most Theateps Close Up for
the Lack Of Regular
OreheStraS.
The Workingmen and Mer-
chants Meet, but Come to
No Conclusion.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Nov. 6.-The
strike of the labor unions composing
the workingmen's Amalgamated cuun-
ell assumed alarming proportions to-
day, and the prospect now is that all
the city industries. with possibly one or
two exceptions, in which union
labor is employed, will be at
standstill tomorrow. The confer
ence between the merchants and labor
ers' committees was resumed at the city
hall this morning, Mayor Fitzpatrick
presiding. and after an executive ses-
sion which covered two hours was
finally dissolved without result The
merchants persisted in their demand
that the men should return to work be-
fore any attempt was made to arbitrate
the existing differences, and the men
were equally firm in their demand that
the differences be arbitrated at once be-
fore the men were ordered back to
work, or at least, as an evidence of good
faith, that an arbitrator should be
chosen at once. 70 this proposition the
merchants replied that no charge of bad
faith could be made against them. The
men, they claimed, had failed to carry
out
The Agreement
made with them, and if guarantees were
to be given, they should come from the
men. The discussion on both sides was
heated. After the conference both sides
were very reticent as to what had been
done, out the merchants said that all
negotiations for the settlement OF
the strike were now at an end,
unless the men submitted fresh propos-
ais. They claimed that they could not
yield to the demands made upon them
without lasting injury to their business,
and to this extent public opinion sup
ports them. Up to midnight the men
had made no fresh OvertureS To
their employers. The electric light
workers union has decided to join
the strike, but the decisions require the
sanction of the International Electric
Workers union. of which it is a mem-
Der, before it becomes effective. When
they strike. If they do, the city Will bH
| in darkness, as the gas men Went out
yesterday. The white lOngshOrcmeu
have
Refused To strike
! and have withdrawn from the American
| Federation OF Labor. The action OF the
| cotton screw men is still in doubt but
| iC is thought there will be 10 iuterfer-
| ence with shipping. The typOgraph-
| ical union men met this afternoon
| and decided TO go out tomorrow
morning. This will PROBABLY suspend
| the publication OF every morning
paper in the city, except the German
| Gazette. The musicians union has
| Joined the strike and the theaters are
| consequently without orchestraS. Tho
| French opera has therefore been CLOSED,
but the other theaters have replaced the
! strikers with lady piauistS. The guards
| at the armOries of all local military com
| mandS have been doubled and arrange
ments made to call the troops at a mo-
ment's notice. There has so far been no
demand upon their services. Street car
travel has been entirely suspended, and
the only means of transit to distant
parts of the city is by hacks or wagons,
which are run periodically. The gov
ernOr spent the day in the city, and was
called upon by committee Of strikers.
lie warned them against any breach OF
the peace. but declined to discuss the
strike until he had had an opportunity
of hearing both sides of the case.
Signs of Agreement.
A few hours after the action of the
labor committee, the merchants called
on the governor, and were shown the
demands filed by the labor committee,
the question Of time, wages and union
ism to be arbitrated. In response to
this. the merchants offered to recon-
mend to their executive committee:
First-To withdraw the demand that tho
men return to work during the pendency Of
the arbitration.
Second - To arbitrate on the time and
wages. il being clearly understood that tho
right of the employer 10 employ labor,wheth-
er belonging TO the union or not, is not 10
be submitted to arbitration, but is reserved
by the employees, who however, bind them
selves not to discriminate against men be-
longing TO the union.
President Leonard, OF the Amalga-
mated council, was then sent for 10y the
governor and the memorandum submit
ted to him. He said it would be lmpOs-
Sible to submit the paper to the council
until tomorrow morning, and he hoped
to be in position to answer by noon.
Here the matter rests for the night.