The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17

"A. and several of the contractors have
been paving SLIGO for nine hours work.
while others have been paying by the hour
BE the rate of IL n cents.
In the neighborbood Of fifteen hundred
men left their picks and shovels on the
ground. and joined the march of the
finished strikers. or, IL not in actual collu.
sion with them, left their work. intending
TO stand By the action of the union. Among
these are about one hundred men who
are employed by the city in street re-
direct from President Hotfbauer. of
the Teamsters and Shovelers' Union. of
which nearly all of the men are members.
aud a large percentage of them stopped at
once without asking any questions. but
still there was q large number who did
finally leave their trenches under protest.
some OF them gave in at the reprosohes of
their colebofers and others were forced to
stop by force.
The contractors say that they will not
give in to the demands of the men. They
say they went TO the union 1T the first
OF the season, got 1t TO Tx O scale of wages,
that they have adhered to that scale, and
that they do not propose TO make any
further concessions. They say they will
board mp their trenches. look ND their
tools and remain In idleness before they
will do iL. That was the situation last
night.
Yesterday morning, Just as the whistles
were blowing for the noon hour. g commit
tee from the Teanlsters' and ShOvelers
Union, consisting of L. e.. Cleveland. L.
spann and Thomas Scott. circulated among
the men emplOye cd on the improvement of
the road of Circle street aud told them
that the orders from headquarters were
that they omit work on , demand for q
DAYS worK of eight hours. The words of
the committee were hailed with cheers by
q large number of the men. and they 1T
once said that they were agreeable. Con-
spicuOus among the groups OF men leaning
on their shovels and hoes listening to these
orders. however. were quite q number
whose faces wore sullen expressions,
and who evidently did not relish the situa-
ton. To these. the members of the CON-
mittee ana the men who had obeyed it's be-
bests addressed themselves. The sting of
the word ''scab" soon became too sharp TO
be withstood, and by the time that / o'clock
had rolled around there were but enough
men found TO go TO work to fill up one
board"
The scene up to this time had partaken
of the nature that has characterized all
similar strikes OF this kind in the city. The
men who had stopped stood around, some
coatless. some with their dinner pals in
their hands, SOM still tiourishing their
couragement or derision as the occasion
offered. The unwOnted noise was not long
IN attracting n crowd. and soon the walks
about the place. the steps TO the monu-
ment. the vacant space around il and the
windows of the neighsoring buildings were
crowded with people who watched the
proceedings with various IN When
i o'clock and time to 80 to work came
around the excitement grew more intense.
A dozen or go of men stepped out into the
street and picked up the shovels and bar
rows. The strikers who had oongre gated
around them at once set up q howl OF de-
rision.
"Scab, scabr' they screamed. and Come
out, come out! Eight hours. Eight hours
Is enough for any man To work"
Managed Kenyon. OF the Western Paving
Company, which has the contract for the
Circle Improvement. moved about among
the men no still remained faithful To him.
and tried TO encourage them to remain so.
The strikers jeered and hooted him. Find