The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-12
COLLAPSE OF A BIG STRIKE.
NEW ORLEANS EMERGLs RON 4 M
MARKABLE LABOR hxPEEIENCT.

without Gas or Electric Lights for a Week,
All Eus,ness Para,y..d. Only -Four Dat
OF $4,000 Men OF Every Grade and Class
or the Empioysa Rerns,nx to Go Out.
order IL Rrousht Out OF chaos by tho
Prompt Action OF Gov. Foster-The Cost.
NEW ORLEANS. Nov 1.-THE big strike here
| collapsed at 3 o'clock this morning. 1t was n
most ambitious labor movement and nearly
succeeded The interference OF Gov. Foster
killed It, The strike was altogether on the
question Of unionism. and was IN ATTEMPT to
prevent tho employment In any trade or in.
dustry OF any but union men. The AmalCa-
mated Council organized all the trades In New
Orleans. sixty-one in number into unions
last spring. and then set about rails
ing wages and reducing the hours Of
labor and compelling employers to take
only union men. The street car hands struck
and won a signal victory. and strike after
strike followed during the summer and fall.
the men being victorious in all OF them. On
Oct. ~ the Transfers. leaders, and Warehouse
men struck to compel the merchants to en-
ploy only union men. The Amalgsmated
Council took up their fight and on Nov. 3
| ordered q general strike OF all trades out Of
| sympathy.
| In order to bring tho merchants to terms. It
| was intended practically to paralyze New Or
| leans. to affect every industry. and to bring
| the matter home to every man. woman. and
! child In the town. so that they would unite In
| insisting that the merchants concede their
demands. As a strike 1t was q success. There
could have been no more complete one Only
Obey obey tie Tie" orders q the Council. ~. ''e' ~
For n week New Orleans was without lights.
ami . MsrS
| newspapers and theatres crippled Neither
The Mayor nor the police seemed CAPABLE, Of
t" anarchy when Gov. Foster came here. as
snmed charge. and restored order. His proc.
When he followed this ur by assembling the
militia at tho Arsenal, swearing ~ mn new mon.
Els order @ S and lis
trntion Of getting the gas and electric light
| ming. the leaders OF tho strike recognized that
they could not hope to win without an encoun
ter with the militia and blood-hed.
| Cotations were reopensd under tho auspices
II tn. Governor. and after rareyinG for terms
withdrew its demand that non" but union men
shall be employed. and asked only that union
it was recognized as a complete surrender.
and the strikers ill returned to work this
morning. Under tho terms of the agreement
returned to work this morning that their
places had hsen ~ led by non union men. This
tie carpenters: ths sugar men. and the team.
| sters and leaders. A crowd Of a thousand or
assembled in EXCHANGE alley, the healHunr-
ters Of the Committee OF Five. and roundly de-
! nounced the members Of the committee who
had led them to defeat. They even Threatened
Although the strike Is ended. the movement
against the men instrumental in bringing 1t
| on will not be abandoned. The chances are
that tho AmaIsamated Council will break vi.
as tho printers and many OF the unions threat
en- to leave It. and the defeat will be u sewers
blow to unionism in New Orleans. he suit
heads OF the different labor unions for OBJ
| structing Interstate commerce will be vigor-
ously prosecuted by tho merchants who in
| stituted it.
stems hsys also been taken to mrsrch
| Chief OF Police Custer both of whom. it ia
CHARGED. sympathized with and abstted The
peace Or A9 p1otect etisena. 'f The tonstiaton
| allows the impeach ment OF the Mayor on tho
petition OF twenty-five property holders; The
| Court.
Criminal proceedings will also J." begun
vioience The deposition is drawn by the mer-
chants and other employers TO preserve he
advantage they haze aye; gained and prevent tho
the city has been immense.
Some y. goo ON men have been Idle for week.
lost a csn more rss IS Ses
busiest season OF the year. The receipts Of
produce here have been averaging about
been diverted by thu. strike. aud incud.
rect loss TO, New Orleans for. a weeks
| nearly complete SUSPENSION Of business
| will be between S5.UOO.OOO and S6.OUOUOO.
| ,rhe militia will he kept, under arms until
e1ists On account Of the large humber Of men
| thrown out Of work and the threats Of tho car
drivers and others who arr dissatisfied with
for the State capital to-day.