The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-02
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L EOuia, AtiS., april i1-DuSiucos AZ SHS
Yards of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific road was brought to standstill
for several hours yesterday by the dis
charge OF several men and strike by
those left. Some time ago the officials of
the road required the men In its employ
to cease the habit of drunkenness, and
notice was served on all of them that be-
ing found in saloon during working
hours would be equivalent to discharge.
Three men were caught in a saloon aud
promptly discharged Ii WAS seen that
trouble was impending, and the manager
ana has assistant for the Illinois division
arrived from Rock Island with car rload
of new men, and the work OF wedding out
the old men began. Twenty-four were
discharged at once, the complaint being
drunkenness. The new men were put to
work under those of the old men who had
been retained. Later the chairman OF the
grievance committee claimed to have dis
covered that the new men did not belong
to the union, and the remaining men were
ordered out on y strike. This left the
yards IN the hands OF new meu and work
progressed slowly. Itls stated that the
men will attempt TO precipitate general
strike on the line, OH the ground tnat
union men were replaced here by nou-
union men. The officials here say that
there will be no deviation from the rule
requiring sobriety on the part of the men.
NEW YORK, April 1.-The walking dele
gates representing. four organizations OF
carpenters have determined 10 tight what
is known as the humping system" in the
building trades aud on Monday will start
series of strikes. The organizations are
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, the United Order of American
Carpenters and Joiners, the Anal lgamated
Carpenters and Joiners, and the Progress
siye Carpenters. The Jumping system"
it is said. corresD ponds 10 the sweating sys-
tenn in the clothing trades, in the manner
OF letting large contracts piecemeal 10
small contractors. sometimes the latter
sublet part of their contracts at profit.
This process OF shaving, IL Is said, keeps
wages down and prevents union men from
getting work
CINCINNATI, April 1.-The journeymen
painters have decided to strike on Monday
because the bosses will not accede to their
demand for eight hours work and nine
hours pay. About 900 men will Sbe in-
volved.
NEW YORK. April To-day, the seventh
of the lockout of the clothing cutters,
shows no signs of settlement of the
difficulty. An important meeting of the
Brotherhood of Tailors will be held, when,
it is thought, 10 900 tailors may be ordered
out-the entire brotherhood.
At the meeting of the United Brother
hood of TailOrs held this afternoon, 10
consider the desirability OF declaring
sympathetic strike, the speakers were
Samuel Gompers of the American Fedora
tlon of Labor, Charles Frelchers, Adam
kohn and MIR. Hitkovitch of the Hebrew
Trades union. \ resolution was adopted
pledgng moral and financial support to
the locked-Out cutters and promising that
II called upon by the cutters and garment
workers TO quit work, the tailors belong
ing to the brotherhood would do so. The
resolution Will be submitted to the exective
committee IN secret session on Monday,
and If passed by the committee it is gem
orally understood that the tailors will 90
out on strike Monday afternoon. In
case strike should be declared on, 1000
men will be thrown out of employment.
The tailers say that they are in sympathy
with the cutters, because the latter helped
them in a strike.
The locked-out cutters held an Informal
meeting this afternoon. The locked-out
men were feeling very confident, and the
remark was frequently heard:
IF we can pass Monday we are all
right"
There seems to be no disposition on the
part OF the men to give up the fight and
each and every one Of the men promised
TO be on hand at a big meeting on Monday
morning. One thing which gave the
locked-out men much satisfaction WAS
that the 800 men of the federation in the
city all paid their weekly dues this after
noon. Secretary White said that at least
two houses had made overtures to the men
to return to work, but the strike meant
all or none and that the cutters would
not repudiate the stand they had taken.
Later IN the afternoon the resolution
of the tailors, in agreeing to 90 out if
called upon and promising financial and
moral aid, was made known. This had
the effect of inspirig confidence among all
the locked-out men, and when the meet
ing adjourned every one was confident
that the strike will end with victory for
the cutters.
A meeting OF delegates of the trades
council of the United Garment Workers
of America was beld tonight. Thirty
delegates, represen ting ten unions of cut
ters and talors of New York and vicinity,
were present 1t was decided to hold y
grand mass meeting of tailors and cutters.
and the entire clothing making industry
of the city, in Cooper union on
Tuesday night, to protest against the in
junction served upon the officers of the
American Federation of Labor and United
Garment Workers of America before there
had been any hearing in court.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April IA lockout
of brIckiayers began today, and probably
not half a dozen trowels were clicking ia
the city. All OF the big contractors have
locked their men out.