Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-11
THE CHICAGO STRIKE
IT WAS a SQUARE ISSUE WITH
UNCLE SAM.
And All The Strikers Go Back 10 Work To-
day as Il Nothing Had
Happened.

Chicago, Ills, April 1O.--Thc great
strike at the Worlds fair Is u thing of
the past, and the men who went cut
this morning will walk back tomorrow
morning and ninety-uiue out Of every
luO VIII work the same hours for the
same pay received before the strike.
For the FIRST time since It's inception or.
gNnized labor came squarely IN contact
with the United States government, prd
while MI questions of wages We're salts.
intturily settled, the right Of employee
90 use n0n-uniOn men or union men. In,
right of men TO be In the ranks Of or
guuZed labor or without them was In.
sisted upon 10y the national representa-
tive and acknowledged 10y ne union
themselves.
Al the most critical time for the
Worlds fair. the big exposition TODAY
encountered its first great strike. The
men claim that the fair officials have
refused 10 sign the scale proposed by
the carpenters for the now season, and
have broken their agreement by which
all disputes between employers and en-
ployps were 10 nrbitrate all differences.
The buildings trade council ordered this
morning al general strike at jackson
park. Very few union men disoheyed
the order. Dennis Healy non-union
carpenter, who denounced the strike.
was quickly beaten into insensibility by
BY . o'clock 1000 men, nh told had
quit work. An hour later 1900 electrical
workers went out
Decisive action was taken by the cons
strucilou department and orders yyarn
issued to the Columbian guards Ia remove
ueieRates found actively soliciting mon
10 qult work. From that time ON nat,,,l
wagon calls were pretty fre1uers mo
prompt removal of the agitat0rs pnrernd
the crowd Of men at the gates T,ara
We're numerous personal encounters be-
tween strikers under the influence OF
liquor anu non'uniou men who showed a
disposition 10 go 10 work. Finally SQUAD
OF officers was called out. who ordered
I'VE men 20 either 90 to work or leave tbe
vicinity The latter order they We're SLOW.
10 obtN. ana as a result Seyer1l racaiva1
solue hard rapS from officers clubs who
mier half an hours work succeeded I'm
i2rclng the men across the street. where
- Gel9 lhvm hy Mtrolling up and
The general opinion Of citizens Is that
now me strike Is ON II IL the duty ~
Doth sides 10 come together nnd aettIa
thelr differences, Two or tbree dovs ~
uelay now might make Il Impossible Gov
the m9nnagement to keep It's promise 10
M pSphc Ihat everything would be com
pggIIeu on the first day OF Nav.
lle work must 10 on without iptar
rupuon, or President Cleveland ON bis
VT mere TO start the machinery of
chaos. HO'iihs Out
mus for twelve hours today the ra.
SUITS Oh the pains-taldng expenditure NJ
moro Than S2O,O0O,0OO, the good NAM W.
on rms mighty nation and n pled1as
t3 ne nations Of the earth were imnsr'
t lilel anu endangered, while men who
,nr' teaped the benefits Of the expendi.
sltp Vl that money, argued with he mon
Who controlled over he ouestionV l9eh
S,ishts an hour and the rights on man -
SSnlhA ana act as they please within ~
NV, II took cool heads ANA temner ny
in gl 70 guide the dispute 10 a peac ,f,y