The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-07-21
PLANT CLOSED DOWN
Packing House at Armourdale Shut
Through Butchers Demands.
TROUBLE WITH CLASS-BLOWERS
Imported Non-Union Men Attacked by
strikers at Bridgeton, n. J.-Tin Plate
Wages Scale Signed-A strike at
New Jersey worsted Mills.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 14.-One thou
sand laborers were thrown ont of EN-
ployment yesterday morning 10y the
closing down of the SchwarZschild IL
Sulzburger packing plant in Armour
dale. The plant was closed as a result
of disagreement between the man
agement and the butchers union about
wages. The men were not discharged,
the management merely deciding to
shut down the plant until the differ
ences should be adjusted. How soon
this will be no one can tell, as the
management states emphatically that
it will not recede from It's position and
the butchers claim that their demands
are entirely just. The action of the
company was taken. without doubt, to
forestall strike. The demand of the
| butchers for increased pay was made
| several days ago and a compro-
mise schedule of wages was agreed
upon 10y the company and the butch
crs' committee Wednesday. The sched-
uie was TO date back to July 10, the
| date of the first demands of the union.
| BESIDES the 200 butchers, as result of
whose demands the plant was shut
| down, 400 butchers helpers and 400
| other employee, are ont Of work
TROUBLE WITH THE GLAss-BLowEBs.
Bridgeton, n. j., July 1.-THE ar
rival of l5non-union glass blowers here
! yesterday was the cause of an out
break on the part of the strikers and
the residents are apprehensive of more
serious trouble. The strangers came
on train over the New Jersey Central
railroad and two women accompanied
the party. They were met at the sta
tion by large crowd of strikers, who
Immediately stormed the train and cap
tured the non-union men. A lively fracas
ensued during which many blows were
exchanged. Manager q. NJ. King, of
the Cumberland glass works, who was
in charge of the party, was hit on the
head with brick and badly injured.
The glass in the doors and win
dows of the car in which the non-union
men were riding were shattered. and "A
hack waiting at the station for the
mail was wrecked 10y the strikers in
the belief that IL was TO take Manager
King to the works. The non-un. 90
men were finally induced to accompany
the strikers to the latter's headquar-
tiers, where an attempt was made to
force them to leave town.
HAVE SIGNED THE SCALE OF WAGES.
Chicago, July IA. The officers of the
American Tin Plate company and the
wage committees of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers,
who have been in daily conference for
the past two weeks over the question
of wages of the tin workers employed
by the American Tin Plate company
agreed on a scale yesterday. The scale
which was signed 10y the tin plate Off
Gals and the Amalgamated association
committee grants straight increase
of 10 per cent.
A STRIKE AT wORsTED MILLS.
New York, July IA large portion
of the employees of the dye house o
the Battery worsted mills at Passai,
went on strike yesterday for an increas,
of 80 cents "a day in wages. They hav,
been receiving ST. 20 day. The EN-
ployes OF the worsted mills mum beret
about 900 and they all threaten TO &c
ont with the strikers