Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-02

Central Labor Union VIII Call Out
Other Men in

Other Men in sympathy.
CLEVELAND, Aug. lit is very probable
that the Central Labor union will order a
big sympathetic strike throughout the city at
| the next meeting Of the Central Labor union.
Today the executive committee of the strik-
ing Brown Hosting works men and labor
leaders of several unions met in conference
and decided that a sympathetic strike was
necessary. The committee appointed by
the Central Labor union to report on the
ACCESSIBILITY of a sympathetic strike just
before the supposed settlement of the Brown
| strike reported favorably. The number of
unions affiliated with the Central Labor
union is over sixty and the total member
| ship numbers 20, 900 in all branches of trade.
These men have voluntarily bound them
selves to obey the mandates of the Central
Labor union, which consists of chosen rep
resentatives from the different unions. The
| fight will not be merely local. Every union
in the United States will be called on to
assess it's members for the support of the
Brown hoist strikers.
Three companies of militia and a large
force of police were sent to the Brown
works this afternoon.
The strike at the Brown Hosting works
resulted in bloodshed today. The trouble
began early in the morning when a mob sur
rounded the house or one of the nonunion
workmen and bombarded it with stones arc
bricks, breaking the windows and even
SIldSHlIb 1T WtalHcI Nv IL poiit''
hearing of this trouble, prepared for an cut
break at noon when the nonunion men
should be dismissed. A party of these, dis
regarding the efforts of the police to protect
them, started to walk away from the works,
They had not gone far when they were met
by a mob. First the rioters began to shout
at the nonunionists and then to throw bricks.
And then the workingmen drew revolvers
and began shooting at the crowd. Several
shots were fired, but only one took effect.
John Prinz, a foundryman, fell to the pave
ment shot through the body and was taken
to a hospital. Soon after the shooting the
| police arrived on the scene, but the mob had
disappeared and all was quiet, This out
break resulted in the calling out of two
companies of militia and by the middle of
the afternoon eighty policemen, In addition
to the military, had been massed in the
| vicinity of the Brown works. No more trou-
BILE occurred. 1t is thought that a long and
bitter struggle will ensue. The manager of
the Brown works says the agreement for the
| settlement of the strike was well under
stood by the representatives of the strikers
and the company stood ready to live up TO
its terms. The violation of the agreement
by the men, he says, absolyes the company
from any further consideration of them and
enables it to begin all over on a new basis.
This is taken to mean that the company Will
proceed to hire new men.
DENVER, Aug. 1.-Governor Mcintyre has
promised a committee of the Leadville Min
ers' union to investigate the matters at is
sue between the miners and mine owners
and endeavor to bring about a settlement OF
the strike that has thrown out OF employ
ment several thousand men and crippled the
chief industry of Leadyille.
Farmers Discover Il New Insect.
CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., Aug. 1.-(Special)
"A great deal of apprehension is felt in