Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-18


as to the Other Unions-Cause of *. of
L. observation-disclosures of the Move
Those Lake shore Engineers-An Ohio
Labor Law To BE Tested in the Courts.
OMAHA, April 1s.-The strike ordered in
the shops of the Union Pacific is mixed
up affair, and the men are to so out In
sections apparently. At any rate they ana
not all quit at noon yesterday. Ihere Is
also a complication by which the n OF L.
men are in opposition to the strike. Inc
strikers here claim that fully 500 me n are out
and that the machinists and boiler makers
are out in all the shops on the system. The
Union Pacific company asserts that the
men out do not number over 800 and that
most of those who are alleged to have quit
will be back to work soon. The railroad
officials are reticent, hoping that little
time will serve To their advantage and ex-
pectinG that the men will soon be more in
clined to yield. The strikers declare that
they have no compromise TO make, will
appoint no committee to seek conference
with the railway officials and that the first
overtures must be made by the latter
Where the <. of l. Comes Ia.
The unions also claim that they have
promises that engineers and trainmen will
Sscab" labor The knights of Labor remain
firm in their opposition to the strike. de-
claring that an eight-hour day is what they
want, and avowiug their hostility to the
policy of doing more work by increasing
the day from eight to nine Lours rather
than by employing more men. An agree
ment, they say, such as that asked for by
the unions is in direct conflict with an
advantageous understanding reached bs
the knights with the railroad company last
fall. The knights, though somewhat
strong in the other depar .ments, are weak
among the machinists an boilermakers.
Significant Ofiiciai Action.
Union Pacific shop officials yesterday
tore down the framed agreement made last
fall and posted in the shops, which Is inter
preted to signify that this agreement had
been broken by the strike and that these
trades had no longer any standing with
the company. Reports from Denver say
that the men did not go out but will go to-
day Should the strike so into effect there,
about fifteen trades unions Will walk
out of the Denver shops while about POO OF
the men who belong to the knights OF
Labor will probably remain at their posts.
At the Union Pacific shops at Armstrong,
near Kansas City, in Kansas, about 40
men Quit The strikers went to the office
of the division master mechanic, Roberts,
to see what he was going to do about ~,
but Mr.. Roberts could not do anything.
Many of the strikers went to their homes,
while some fingered about the shops
Not a Welcome Order at Cheyenne.
A dispatch from Cheyenne says that the
shopmen went out, except the blacksmiths'
but that many of the striking mechanics
are dissatisfied with the order which COM
pels them to quit work At the meeting
yesterday afternoon this clement gave ex-
preston to views antagonistie TO the
course that has been pursued The black
smiths and woodworkers refused to be-
come a party to the arbitrary action OF
the men who have struck. At Salt Lake
City fifty men quit work in obedience to
the order
Denver Will Send a Committee.
DENVER April 1S.-At a meeting of the
Union Pacific shop men it was decided to
send a committee to Omaha to see If some
arrangements could not be made to avoid
a strike here. Until this committee Is
heard from it is probable no strike will &C.
c,,r in