Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-06-22
SHELTER STRIKERS.
Thousands Of Men Likely to Be
Made Idle in Colorado.
EFFORTS TO RUN CARS CAUSE RIOTS.
The Argentine smelter May Have to Close
DOwn-New York Quarrymen Strike
and Are Ugly-Illinois Coal
Miners Quit Work.

work within the next three days unless
steps are taken to end the strike OF the
smelter employees. The Omaha and
Grant and the Globe in Denver, the
timetable and the Arkansas Valley at
Leadville, the Eilcr's and the Colorado
smelters at Pueblo are closed. The
Argo smelter in Denver has complied
with the eight-hour law and is still
running. The Guggenheim smelter at
Pueblo is still running. The closed
works are under guard, but nowhere
have the men made any demonstrations.
At Central City the men employed in
the stamp mills are expected to strike.
These mines have already closed: The
Commodore, Amethyst, Bachelor, Bach
elor No. 2 and the Last Chance mines
in the Creole district; the Calliope and
Hagerty at 0uray; the Caribbean and
Montezuma near Ophir; the Iron Mask
and Black Iron at Red Cliff; the Snug
gler at Aspen. The Porter Fuel COM
pany at Durango has closed, throwing
$50 men out of work. From all parts
of the state committee reports that
mines are reducing forces. At Lead
vile 900 men have been discharged
and, in view of the orders to ship
no more ore to the closed smelters, lit
tie except development work is going
on. The loss in wages to the men at
Durango by the 10 days closing Of the
smelter is $50, 1000. Should the mines
close all over the state 5000 railroad
men will be thrown out Of employment.
Four mines of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company, three near Canon City
and one in Pitkin county have been
shut down on account of wage differ
ences.
EFFORTS TO RUN CARS CAUSE RIOTS.
Cleveland, o., June l6.-While the
sixth day of the street railway mems
strike started peaceably enough, there
was serious rioting before nightfall
and three non-union men were taken
to hospitals in consequence. The trou-
BILE began shortly after noon near the
Lakeview car barns on Euclid avenue.
A crowd attacked car on which sew
eral non-union men were riding, and the
conductor, James Murphy, who came
from st. Louis, was hauled from the
platform. Murphy drew revolver
and fred into the air and then took to
his heels. Soon afterward another
car in which were several wo-
men passengers was attacked.
Bricks and stones were hurled
through the windows, but the women
escaped injury. The conductor, An
thony Wuerst, from Milwaukee, was
struck in the face by brick, and
stone which hit him on the head rem
dered him unconscious Motorman
Fox, also of Milwaukee, was hit by a
shower of bricks and stones and was
so badly hurt that he had to be carried
with Wuerst to the car barns. A little
later third car was stopped by a
crowd of men which had been
concealed in bushes at the side
of the street. y fteen or 20 men
boarded the car and II desperate fight
ensued between them and Il. W. New
man and c, W. King, the conductor
and motorman. both from Buffalo.
About $50 o'clock Il ear left the barns
for town. At the corner of Anadale
and Wade Park avenues it was stopped
by a crowd Of men who began to hurl
bricks and stones The motorman,
Schryver, from Cincinnati, was hit
with brick and badly hurt but man
aged to escape and has not been seen
since. j. 7. Leatherwood. of Cincin-
natl, the conductor, was hit in the
temple with brick and dropped to the
floor of the car There were two other
incipient riots during the day.
ARGENTINE sMELTER MAY CLOSE DOWN.
Kansas City, No., June l6.-The Con-
solidated Kansas City Smelling and
Refining company's plant in Argen-
tine, Kan, will be forced to shut down
If the trust smelters of Colorado do not
resume operations within six days.
This statement was made by A. r.
Meyer, president Of the company. The
Argentine smelter depends largely
upon the COLORADO smei,ers ivi uun.on
to keep its men employed and if there,
is no bullion coming in from Colorado
it will have to close down. Mr., Meyer
declared that the Argentine plant has
employed 800 men for weeks since the
Consolidated Kansas City Smelling and
Refining company was absorbed into
the trust. The people of Argentine
are looking forward with some fore
bodings to the possible close down of
the big plant.
NEW YORK QuARRYMEN STRIKE.
Nyack, N. Y, June IA large num-
Der of men employed at the quarries of
the Rockland Trap Rock company,
Rockland lake, struck for higher wages
yesterday and threatened to destroy
valuable property. Forty deputy sher-
ifs were sworn in. All were armed
with rifles, as trouble was expected.
The strikers are mostly Hungarians and
Poles.
ILLINOIS COAL MINERS QUIT WORK.
Springfield, ILL.,, June l6.-All the
coal mines in the Chicago and Alton
sub-districts are idle, the miners hav-
ing struck yesterday owing to the opera
tors posting notice saying they would
pay but S5l1 cents per ton, the amount
recently fixed by the state board of
arbitration. One thousand miners are
out.