Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-04-11
Of SHORT OURA T|ON.
What Threatened 10 Be a
Big Strike Settled.
DELEGATION BACKS DOWN.
Buildings For the Worlds Fair Will
Be Completed on Time.

CHICAGO. April 1.-THE sound of the
swish of tie whitewash brush was heard
again this morning in jackson Park. and
the great worlds Columbian exposition
will be opened May lst. Such was the de-
cision at 1880 o'clock last night after
complete backdown by the walking dele
gates, representing 27 different tIades and
over 1000 men employed on the Worlds
fair grounds. The strike was inaugurated
yesterday bv the building trades council at
the quest Of the Carpenters union. This
latter organization struck last week To-
cause the Worlds fair officials declined to
discharge non-union carpenters and en-
ploy union ones though nou union could
be had.
The strike was more to show the power
of the Carpenters union than because q
any grievances. Early yesterday morning
the men began to gather at the entrances
to the Worlds fair grounds, but few Of
them passed through the gates. Instead,
they formed in groups at each of the en-
frances, and as fas. as workmen approached
they were taken in hand by the pickets
and asked to refrain from going to work
The opportunities of the strikers
Were Generally Successful
and only small percentage of thousands
of mechanics employed in the construction
of the "white city" began their daily tasks
when the whistles blew for the time to
start work For some time there was no
violence and the men confined themselves
to growing aud to making stump speeches
and were listened to by small crowds Of
workmen.
At 8 o'clock half dozen delegates en-
tered the grounds and started to make
tour of the buildings. During the trip
their numbers were increased until there
was long procession of men. A few min
utes later a number Of the strikers met
some who had recently been forced to join
the union. These men were at work and
the strikers ordered them to quit. They
refused and small fight was started.
Some Columbian Guards came to the res
cue and drove the strikers away.
When this was reported to Mr.. Burn
ham he gave prompt orders that all dele
gates found interfering with the workmen
or trying to induce them to quit work
should BE Put on the Grounds
This order was promptly put into force,
and the patrol wagon was kept busy. IL
also prevented trouble on the grounds.
Probably 81 per cent of the trades inter-
ested did not go to work, and many of the
other trades who were not directly inter-
ested knocked off work to await the result
of the trouble. In addition to these it was
said that most of the non-union men and
railroaders were ready to quit il the strike
was not speedily settled.
The men gathered about the gates were
ha in,
discussing the situation. BY far the
greater number of them seemed to regret
the order to quit work. While feeling that
the fair officials ha not kept their word
with them asa union, they, as individual
workmeu, We're satisfied with their places
and hours Shortly after noon when the
walking delegates began TO realize that the
exposition officials were not going to beg
the men to come back, and partly to satisfy
the clamor among the strikers who had by
this time become much disgusted with
their action, they presented "a signed stipu-
lation to the board of conciliation, which
was holding its weekly session. Several
of the leaders were called before the OH
cials and were soon convinced that
They Had No Case.
They drew up another agreement which
they signed and asked the officials to ign.
The latter declined, but said they would
recognize the agreement, and the leaders
said they would at once order the men
back to work.
The terms of the settlement are that
union men shall be taken back and treated
in the same manner as If they were not
union men. That the walking delegates
shall be provided with passes To visit the
men at work so long as their presence does
not interfere with its progress IL they do
interfere they are to be excluded from the
fair and their passes revoked. The men
agree that there shall be no further trouble
on any account between this time aud the
close of the fair.