The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23

hHyS many t Agents Working among them to
visiting, the houses o. men who wishCd
do 1o,I work and using threats and intim.
Iep9rts coming from him, utterly without
h run ,r, or f0un1a'tion W. DO not care
10 CLEVELAND and have not been interior
ing with their arrival in any way We
Their expense for the taxpayers in calling ont
soldiers, when all his present employees arc
arm"d and claimed to be sworn Deputies. Mr.
carr the comranys attorney. la about to de-
mnnd ala injunction against us We should
presume presume that it would be necessary to
intcrIerinG before mn injunction could he So
cured An Injunction gainst violence Ia proper
ant right but an injunction against ,!strikers
statement that the old mon would rot hr given
}hn ,c =, places; end that they would be taken
This subject"
The shopmen Of the Big Consolidated were
organized into union to-day. II is said that
men are members Of the new orgnniHa-
to bring the balance Of the men into line AZ
soon rs the Organization becomes strong
on On is fne FtsptG K cal" M the
mand an advance in wages IA secondary
cause for the STRIKE. The Big Consolidated
EFFORT To- get them out proves successful their
st.; strike wi be big factor in cripplinG tho sery-
A labor lender predicted to-day that within
an Other week all the union, men employed
E F. eeG s'mnsss in h'h rr"fdM
a symrathetic strike. 4 meeting "i
The The Il, yari9ns branches, Of the EIcStric3l
Ing Tralrs Council Hall 1t was decided hy
the. electrical workers employed 10y the
United states Telephone Company to quit
Electrical Workers linton. member Of the
Executive Committee Of the union made the
The lnemen Of the Big Consolidated were
promised an advance Of wages after the last
were working from twelve to fourteen hours
$50 aay Of ttSn houra and time and a hAii
word and recently told the men it would CON
ceede them no advance. This and the fact that
strike.
n"nS and told ep the %smea tEat f ffrr
Big Consolidated, All the other electrical
WORKERS ,Es empI"yed by the telephone company
backlisted part OF our men. Now they must
ree2,gniIe our union before, the men go back 70
1t was also said that so per cent. OF the men
employed in electrical work at the power house
arc mem ptFs OF the ELECTRICAL NOrkerS | Mon.
and that they NAV he called out. The linemon
OF the city have called in gangs working for
the United States Telephone Company in
Toledo. Port Citation. Fremont. YounGs-
town. Rocky River. Wooster. Paines-
willie and other, towns where independent
exchanges are being connected They say
they will continue the calling in Of members Of
the order until the company can I put up line
In Ohio. Effort is also being made to prevent
work on the new Electrical block on Prospect
street. In which Henry Everett Is largely in
terested.
The fact that troops had been called out in
Cleveland did not prevent strikers from doing
damage on the Big Consolidated tracks
last night To-day distractions were re-
ported from many parts Of the city.
All OF the distractions proved difficult OF re-
moval and In some cases cars were blockaded
for several hours Early In the morning the
feed wires at the corner OF Jennings and Abbey
streets and on Scranton avenue under the
Nickel Plate Railroad were cut
The state Board OF Arbitration took impor.
tant action to-day toward settling the strike.
In pursuance OF their advice the strikers met
and took vote Of confidence in their officers,
to rspresent them before the Board OF
Arbitration. The board again met with the
full board OF directors OF the street car COM
pany and were told that all the com pany would
do would be to take back such men as IL want
ed to fill about 300 vacancies. and that these
vacancies would not be open long