Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-11
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The Order to the Strikers at the
Worlds Fair.
LABOR LEADERS SIGN A DOCUMENT

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Which " 1KrSb~bly End the Trouble Tor
Good Aiiens Points of the Agreement
"A wak-out That Cost Twenty-Four
Hours Of Valuable Time for All Hands
and Failed In Its Principal Object -
United States Senators Talk OF the De-
cisions OF Kicks, Taft. and speers.
CHICAGO, April 1.-THE strike of about
5000 men Of all trades at the Worlds fair
grounds yesterday was amicably settled
last night at meeting Of the council of
administration with the executive commit
tee OF the Building Trades Council The
whole trouble is settled as far as the expo
sition company is concerned, but there are
several contractors on the grounds who
must sign the agreement before their men
will return to work. There are :, 600 men
who will not return to work on this ac-
count unless a committee appointed to see
the contractors shall make satisfactory
arrangement.
Net Result of the DimcuIty.
The result of the strike was the loss of
one days work to the men, the securing of
free tickets for walking delegates and
twenty-four hours loss of time in COM
pleting the fair at time when every min
ute is precious. 1t is virtually hack
down on the part of the labor leaders, who
were compelled co admit that the question
of employing non-union men was settled
finally two years ago. Four thousand five
hundred workmen obeyed the orders of the
Building Trades Council to strike and
about ,Oe0 i9norsa the orders. There was
no violence offered the men who refused to
leave their work at the grounds except in
one instance. The delegates confined them
selves to making speeches which were lis
tened to by large crowds of the striking
men.
An Ineipient Riot Quelled.
During the early part Of the morning a
half dozen delegates entered the grounds
and stated to make a tour of the build
ings. During the trip their numbers were
augmented until there was goodly pro-
cession Of the men. They came upon a
small party Of non-union men and asked
them tot quit work and join the union.
This the men refused to do, and an incipi-
ent row resulted. Word was sent to police
headquarters that a riot was going on, and
. company of Columbian guards was sent
on the double quick to the scene of disor-
der. Upon arrival at the seat Of trouble a
few prods of the guards short swords
drove the delegates into a panic, and they
were quickly piled into the patrol wagons
which kpllowed the guards and escorted
from thS grounds
Clea5 Bd the Grounds of Firebrands.
Whes4 this-was reported to Mr.. Burn
ham be kave prompt orders that all dele
gates found interfering with workmen or
trying to induce them to quit work'should
be put of the grounds. This order was
strictly enforced and the patrol wagons
were kept busy during the greater part of
the morning, This timely order by the
director of works prevented any more
trouble inside the grounds during the re-
mainder of the day Outside the fence
along Stony Island avenue there was some
trouble during the morning. The strikers
had congre48ted here in large numbers
and began III aking threats, but the Colum-
bian guard was summoned and dispersed
them. They then put in their time shaking
their fists at the guards.
A Union Man Whose Name Was Dennis.
There was only one man injured during
the day. His name is Dennis Healy. He
is a carpenter and worked on the mines
and mining building and went out when
ordered by the delegates. Though a good
union man Dennis saw the folly of striking
and gave vent to his feelings in strong Ian
guage He denounced the whole affair as
q piece of foolishness. This was heard by
q union delegate who was of q different
mind. The latter emphasized his remarks
with a big piece of wood, knocking Healy
down. The laborer would have been
roughly handled had not the Columbian
guards come to his rescue. As it was he
was rendered unconscious and was carried
inside the grounds and cared for. His as
sailant was arrested