Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-15
STRIKERS CONVICTED.
Ten Found Guilty of Conspiracy
by a United States Court
i'm Arkansas.
INTIMIDATION OF NoN-UNIoN MEN.

Forcing Them at Rifles Muzz1e to Attend
Meeting and Promise to Leave-Suis
Against a Brick Combine for Boycotting
Packing House Firm at Kansas City
Sends the Union Novel UltImatum-
Tin Plate Scale Signed.
Fort Smith, Ark, July 15.-Ten OF
the striking miners were convicted in
the federal court yesterday of entering
into a conspiracy on the evening of
July ) for the purpose of intimidating
and terrorizing the imported negro
miners in the employ of the Kansas
and Texas Coal company, in violation
of the injunction issued by Federal
Judge Rogers, restraining the strikers
from interfering with the company's
employees. 1t developed in the testi-
mony that the strikers armed them
selves and searched the homes of the
negroes and took therefrom the Win
chesters which had been supplied to
them by the company for the purpose
of protecting themselves. The negroes
were forced at the points of guns to
attend a public meeting which was held
in the city, where speeches were made.
Over 100 of the negroes promised that
they would quit the employ of the COM
pany and leave the city, but they have
since changed their minds and are at
work in the mines again.
Where IA Corporation Is Defendant.
Chicago, July 15.-Upon the motion
of Attorney Jacob Newman, counsel for
the Union Pressed Brick company,
Judge Dunno has entered an order di-
recting F. b. Robinson, assistant sec
retary of the Chicago Hydraulic Pressed
Brick company, to testify before Mas
t., in, nIn
to the summons served on him in the
suit of the Union Pressed Brick COM
pany against the rival companies and
the MasonS' and Builders association,
for an injunction to restrain the alleged
discrimination against the product of
the Union Pressed Brick company. De-
PENDANTS to the suit deny the existence
of anything in the nature of a boycott
against the complainant company. The
officials and counsel for the Union
Pressed Brick company declare that
builders who buy brick from them are
fined 81 Il thousand for all bricks SO
bought.
Employers Present an Ultimatum.
Kansas City, July 15.-The manage
ment of the Schwarzschild & SulZber-
ger Packing company, which was shut
down Thursday because some of the
employees refused to abide by heagree-
menI 1naue between tne packing cOHl-
pany and conference committee of
the Meat Workers union, made
statement yesterday which is in effect
an ultimatum. The management says
it will wait a reasonable length of time
for the leaders of the union to induce
the disaffected ones to accept the scale
of wages originally agreed on. AS soon
as the company becomes satisfied that
there is no prospect of the men coming
to terms the unions will be given twen-
ty-four hours in which to discharge
from their organizations the twenty
SIX men who are alleged to have repu-
dated the action of the committee. IL
they fail to do this the plant will be
thrown open to union and non-union
labor One thousand men are affected.
Union Accepts the Conditions.
At a meeting last night of the Anal
gamated Association of Packing House
Employees II was voted to accept the
terms of Scnwarzschild & Sulzerber-
ger, and to discipline the twenty-six
butchers whose walk-out caused the
shutting down of the big plant. 1t is
now believed that the plant will resume
operations on Monday.