Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-10
SITUATION is GRAVE.
The Long Threatened Sympathetic
Strike Has Been In
augurated.

Strike Has Been IN
augurated.
Cleveland. O., Aug 3.-The labor sit
uation in this city is again at critical
stage today. One hundred and fifty non-
union men went to work at the Brown
Hosting works this morning. They were
guarded by four companies OF militia
and a large force of police big crowd
of union men were present, but no out
break occurred. The police and soldiers
kept the strikers moving and would not
permit them to stand in one place more
than a few minutes.
The Sympathetic Strike.
The big sympathetic strike movement
which has been threatened ever since the
strike at the Brown company's works be-
gan eleven weeks ago was inaugurated
this morning. Eighty-seyen men en-
ployed by the Van Wagner & Williams
company, hardware manufacturers. laid
down their tools and walked out of the
works. The men said their only griev-
ance was their sympathy with the
Brown Hosting company's men and that
the employees of other concerns would
soon follow their lead. Committees were
sent out to other factories along the lake
shore to notify the men that they were
called out on strike.
One of the leaders of the Van Wag-
ner strikers said that they would de-
mand of Mayor McKisson that the nom
unionsts ~ disarlned, and if this was
refused the strikers would arm them
selves and compel the nonunionists to
give up their weapons by force if neces-
sary. 1t is reported that scores of strik-
ers have already armed themselves and
that they have organized into COM
pany and are drilling under military tao
| tics.
More Militia Called Out.
| Shortly before noon Director of Po-
! lice Abbott ordered another company of
militia to the Brown works, making five
companies in all. The director said that
he had received private information
which satisfied him that the condition of
| affairs was far more serious than ap-
peared Oh the surface.
| A crowd of union men gathered at
the corner of Hamilton and Belden
streets this morning and when ordered
to dispense refused to do so. Lieut..
Thompson and a squad of police charged
| on the crowd and took into custody sew
eral of their number. They were taken
| to the Twenty precinct station
| and charged with violating the sidewalk
ordinance.
A big crowd followed the patrol wagon
! through the streets and more arrests
! were threatened. but none was made.
| Cleveland, O., Aug. 4.-Shooting by
| soldiers and rioters marked the opening
| of another day in the vicinity OF the
| Brown Hosting works. At 1870 O'Clock
this morning two men stopped IN front
| of Mrs. Lind's clearinghouse, few
squares from the Brown Hosting works,
| where a man named Gettner, employed
! at the works, boards. The two men
yelled for the ''scab' to come out, and
| then they began to throw stones at the
house. Presently one of the men hred
! at the door, the bullet passing through
the panel and entering the house
The noise attracted the attelHion OF the
| militia and detachment OF go. l men
were ordered to the scene on the double
| Quick. AS the soldiers turned a neigh
| boring corner the two men started to run.
The lieutenant in charge shouted:
"Halt!'
The pursued men paid no attention to
| the order and the soldiers began hrlng
! at them.
They returned the fire and for mo-
| ment there was lively fusilade.
One of the men suddenly made cry
| and was heard to groan. moment
later. however, both had disappeared in
! the darkness.
The affair caused the utmost excite
ment in the neighborhood for a time.
| The bullets struck several houses. Two
| went clear through the side of a grocery
| store The soldiers and others believe
that the two men had planned to blow
up Mrs Linds house.
About $50 nonunion men went to work
| at the Brown works this morning under
guard of a large force of militia and po-
| lice An enormous crowd of strikers
| and their sympathiZerS were present but
no trouble occurred.
On every street within a radius OF
nearly mile of the plant both soldiers
| L. 4,oI lnI hn
| walks. Many of the soldiers were dou-
bly, armed, wearing belts and revovers
| as well as carrying guns. number OF
| the strikers also carried guns.
At n meeting of the executive commit
| tee of the locked-out Brown Hosting
works men this morning It was declded
| unanimously to ask the Central Labor
| union at it's meeting on Wednesday even
ing to declare a sympathetic strike. If this
! is done, it will call out probably from
! $4,000 to 10000 men.
| Cleveland, O., Aug. Ga militiaman
! was shot on Luther street in the east
end early this morning. Between md
night and l o'clock crowd made sud
! den attack on building where q man
named johnson. who is employed at the
| Brown Hosting works, lives. They
broke in the windows and yelled like
! Indians.
! The soldiers heard the disturbance and
! rushed to the scene. Part of the crowd
J scattered, but a dozen men stood at bay
, With revolvers and fired at the militia
men, The soldiers replied with rifle balls
/ and then the men scattered. In the me-
! lee, Private Perkins of Co. B was shot,
! but it is not known how seriously. He
| was taken away i'll an ambulance.
The official statement at Col. Whit
| ney's headquarters is that Perkins was
| accidentally shot while loading his re-
volver. 1t is claimed by others. how