The Mena star., 1899-07-20
All the Men at Schwarzschild & Sulzberger's Have Not Signed
 the Agreement.
THE STRIKE AT CLEVELAND SPREADING.
Street Car Men-Freight Handlers at New York Want More Pay-The Brook lyn Street Car strike-Trouble In the Chicago Breweries.


 Kansas City, Mo, July 19.-The man. agement of the Schwarzschild X Sulz- berger Packing company announced at noon to-day that 400 men had signed the agreement which the company re- quired of it's employees as one of the conditions under which they may re- turn to work. The signers include the timers, 20 of the carpenters, majority of the steam filters, blacksmiths, hide pullers, machinists, general rousta- bouts, night watchmen and the mem- bers of the beef butchers committee. The men who have not signed are the tallow gang, the tripe trimmers and number of young men in the various unions represented in the plant. The firemen met shortly before noon to dis cuss what action they would take, and it was predicted they would go back to work but none of the members would state in advance of the meeting what the outcome would be.
 The Strike at Cleveland Spreading.
 Cleveland, O., July 19.-Ihe second day of the renewed strike on the Big Consolidated Street railway system opened quietly. The company to-day began running cars at irregular inter- vals over the Euclid avenue. Wade Park avenue, Cedar and Wilson avenue cross-town lines Up to ten o'clock there had been no disorder, but the strike is spreading. The 30 lincmen of the company last night decided to join the strikers. They do the repairing of trolley wires and are an important factor in operating a street railway. During the last strike no attempt was made to get them to strike and they were kept busy in repairing the lines. Just what the company will do is not known. Linemen are scarce.
 Freight Handlers Want More Pay.
 New York, July 19.-Two hundred and fifty freight handlers of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railway, at the five piers on East river, went on a strike to-day. The men who got TIL cents an hour, demand 25 cents an hour One hundred men employed on the Gen. tral Vermont Railway company's pier on the East river who struck yester- day, went to work this morning, their demands having been granted. The regular men originally got $50 month and 25 cents an hour for extra work at night and on Sunday The extra men received p cents an hour day and night. The men will now receive Sl4 week, 30 cents an hour for extra work and 35 cents an hour for night work.
 The Brooklyn Street Car Strike.
 New York, July i9.--The Brooklyn street car strikers evidently won over l., Al ranks during the night The Putnam avenue line, over which the cars had been running on schedule time for the last few days, was crippled to-day, cer- tainly oEe-third of the cars being tied up. On the Fulton street line, which ran on nearly schedule time yesterday, the number of cars was reduced one- third. No cars were running on the Nostrand avenue and Tompkins ave- nue lines.
 Trouble In the Chicago Breweries.
 Chicago July 19. "A beer famine and general beer strike are threatened in Chicago. The brewing companies and their men have been unable to agree upon wages. The men last night re- solved to present their demands once more tomorrow and if refused to with draw from the conference This would mean general strike. There are 30 breweries in Chicago and TOO skilled brewers and maltsters. There is com paratively small supply of beer on hand and day or two of warm weather would drain every brewery of its beer. 
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 New York, July f9.--A dispatch to