Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-05
DEFY THE BOSSES.
No Settlement Of the Strike at
New York City. .
ALL NEGOTIATIONS ARE now OFF.

Iron League Demands That Work Shall
nesi. before Il wan Meet the Men for
aconssrssse-Mesting q the Union Re
fuses 70 Dsslafe the Strike O6-ssase-
mont DenlsA. Thas the Union Laeks
Mney-IAshosrsphsrs strikinG.
NEW YORK, Dec. SIT was understood
that q Committee Of the Iron league would
meet . committee Of the housesmith strik.
ers yesterday afternoon and arrange the
details Of . eompromise which would bring
the strike TO close TIE conference was
not held and the strike ID still on. A dele.
CATION Of SIX members Of the Housesmiths'
union visited the Office Of Cornell, who told
them he would not hold conference with
the men until the strike was declared OF.
Concerning the failure Of the conference
President Cornell said: 1.-THE executive
committee Of the Irsn league holds to its
position formerly taken. It will see .
committee Of its employees after the strike
has been called off,"
Men Divided Iuko Two Factions.
Ever since the announcement Of the
basis on which the strike was to end the
men have been unusually churlish and re-
fused to talk on the situation. No strike
benefit was paid this week, and that Of
itself threatened to disrupt the union. Be-
sides that, the organization seems to be
divided into two fsctions, one of which
Insists on holding on until the union is
recognized, while the other is ready to
take whatever the employers will give
them. The latter faction seems to be in
t.
ellis just now. 1t seems from tho most re-
liable Information at hand that the men
are likely to be allowed the scale of wages
that ruled in 1891 This means an in
crease Of about l21 per cent all along the
line.
strikers Claim Plenty u Money.
Last night tho executive board Of tho
Housesmiths' and Bridgemens' union met
in Clarendon hall and after prolonged
session unanimously decided not to order
the strikers back to work. This was re-
garded as a def to the Cornells and Mill.
kins. President Larry denied that tho
union had no funds to make second pay.
ment to the men. Why" said he, ''only
today we got q telegram from Chicago
union Offering us 8, 800, and the other day
we refused u contribution Of $50 from the
bricklayers. That doesn't look az IL we
were hard up does itf We can got all tho
money We want, and we think Cornell
will get tired Of it before we will" All
negotiations are now OF and it is merely
speculation to say what a day may bring
forth in the movements Of either side.
photographers Strike Against Girls.
Tho entire force of men employed by the
Gray Lithographing company has gone on
strike by the order of the Lithographers'
society Of New York. The strike Is a sym
pathetic one. The employees of the Gas
photographic company, Of st. Louis, have
been on strike for some time against the
employment of girls by the company. The
ST. Louis company sent some Of their or
ders on to the Gray company in this city
and when the men here learned Of this
they quit work. President o. ID. Gray, Of
the Gray Lithographing company, said:
I'VE don't propose to he dictated to. We
simply filed an order for house with
which the photographers union had
trouble and propose tomorrow to put new
men In their places.