Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-17
UNREDTFUL LABOR.
Chicago Carpenters Take aWeek
to Think.
TROUBLE FOR TEE TELEGRAPHERs

The Northwestern Railway Fighting the
Union and the Men Preparing for War
UNION Pacific Shopmen Decide to Walk
Out-The New Railway Oreanization-A
Call for a Political Combine-Lawful to
Boycott Chinese.
CHICAGO, April 17.-Labor troubles will
not disturb the progress of the Worlds
fair for a week at least. This was decided
at meeting of the Carpentsrs' Council
yesterday. President Cogswell said last
night that the carpenters did not desire to
jeopardize the interests of the Worlds fair.
"All we want" said he, sis that the expo
sition company shall sign our agreement
as the Carpenters and Builders association
has DONE" which is practically the nub of
the whole business. the agreement of
the association includes the prescription of
non-union men.
TeIegraphers Threaten a Strike.
Photographers employed by the North
western Railroad company may go out on
a strike. The strike will not be for fewer
hours work nor an increase in wages, but
for the reason that G. III. Thayer, the COM
pany's superintendent of telegraph, is noti-
flying operators belonging to the Order OF
Railway Telegraphers that they must
the corhpany's service. 1t is stated that
the telegraphers were preparing new
schedule asking an increase OF wages 10
formally present to the company, and that
the company takes this method to fore
stall it.
Union Pacific Shopmen Restless.
A telegram from Denver says that a
strike of all the shopmen on the Union
Pacific will take place today. The trouble
is said to be of long standing. Some time
ago the officers of the road signed an agree
ment with the men that no more men
would be put at work until the time had
been raised from eight to nine hours day
1t is now claimed that the company has
been putting on additional men on the
eight hour scale. As this is violation of
the agreement the strike is ordered. Great
secrecy has been maintained, and it is hard
to learn any details of the trouble, but
there seems little doubt that the strike
will occur.
New Railway Labor Union.
Representatives OF various railway broth
erhoods have been meeting in this city for
several days and have issued a document
in which they declare strikes failures, and
that generally the old unions do not fill
the bill Therefore they have determined
to start new organization which shall
take in all of the 1000, 900 railway work
men instead of $50, 900 at most as at pres
ent The new union will have one supreme
law for all. with provisions for all classes.
each class being separately organized. The
new scheme is expected to settle all differ
encessswithout resort to strikes or boy
colts.
1t proposes to lessen the cost, which is
great objection to thu old unions, by abol-
ishing lodges. conventions, grievance COM
mittees etc, in their place being substi-
tuted depart ments. one of which VIII be
an employment department for those out
of work; there will also be an educational
department and legislative and insurance
departments The sponsors of the move
ment are +. V. De!js. +. w. Arnold, l.. w.
Rogers, W. II. Sebriuy, w. ). Meissemer,
5 Keliher, Henry Watson, G. w Howard
and J A. Clark.