Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-08-12
ARMED PEACE.
Since the Shooting Of Prinz There
Rave Been Ominous Mutterings
OF What tho Strikers VIII do ~ Pr,n.
should MISREPRESENTATION as to What Ac.
tion the Central Labor Union VIII
Take "wednesday Night.


CLEVELAND, o., Aug. "a rcadv-
for-an-emergency feeling permeated
the air in the vicinity of Brown hoist
works Tuesday morning. There was
peace but it was an armed peace. and
both sides of the trouble knew that n
small spark would change peace into
war. At o'clock, the time for the
commencement of work. ut the Brown
works, $50 men had entered the various
shops. They were all non-unionists
and the union men claimed that no one
of their number had deserted the
cause. On every street within radius
of nearly n mile of the plant. both SOL
diers and locked out men patroled the
side walks. Many of the soldiers were
doubly armed, wearing belts and re-
volvers as well as carrying guns A
number OF the locked out men also car
ried guns
1t was given out by the physicians at
St Clair hospital Tuesday morning
that Prinz, the man who was shot near
the Brown works Saturday, was still
in critical condition, and that his
chances of recovery were about one in
a thousand.
Ever since the shooting of Prinz
there have been ominous mutterinps by
the men as to what they will do should
Prinz die. A second committee of lock.
ed out men has been at work for sever
al days investigating the shooting and
trying to fix the blame for it. The
committee reported Tuesday that, to
the best of its knowledge, man named
Harris, his first name unknown. living
on the West Side fired the shot which
pierced Prinzs body. He has been in
the vicinity since and attempts to fini
him have been unavailinp. 1t is the
purpose of the men if they can prove
the shooting against Harris. to have a
warrant issued for his arrest on the
charge of shooting with intent to kill.
10 be changed to a more serious charge
in case Prinz dies
There is much speculation among all
of the parties interested in the lockout
as to what action the Central Labor
union will take at its meeting Wednes-
day night. The more radical MEM
bers of the union are said to be in IA
vor OF the ordering of sympathetic
strike of all men employed in the iron
industry.
1t is estimated tina. there are fully
$4,000 such men in Cleveland who be-
long to labor organizations represented
in the Central body. by going out and
thus crippling every branch of the iron
industry, 1t is hoped that such pressure
can be brought to bear on the Brown
Co. that it will be willing TO settle the
present difficulty amicably. On the
other hand the more conservative
members of the body are opposed to a
sympathetic strike. They say that it
would not help the settlement of the
Brown trouble and would place the
Central Labor union in an unenviable
position.
Among the rumors in connection
with the sympathetic strike talk which
were circulated among union men
Monday, was one to the effect that the
members of the Street Railway EN-
ployes union were ready to quit work
on moments notice when requested
to do so by the Central Labor union.
The Street Railway union is one of the
strongest in the city. and includes
nearly every street railway emplove.
IL this rumor is correct the ordering
of general sympathetic strike might
include the tying up of every street
railway line in the CITY.