Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-22
RUFFALO'S STRIKERS
Line Is Not So Solid as IL Was,
Monthly Men Desiring to
Go to Work.
LATEST PLAN OF THE sHovELERs.

frying 70 Go into Business for TIiemseIve:
Union Proposes to Lease the Steam
] Standardization Still Hopeful of Set
| Ting with Conners-Freisht Handlers
Make Their Demands-Chicago Shippers
Condemn the Board of Trade Resolution.
Buffalo. y. Y, May 22-Sa turday' s
developments in the strike situation in
dictate probability of sone kind of set
tI5ment being reached soon. The grain
| shovelers have adopted new tactics and
more conciliatory mood which prom
Use to raise the grain blockade, while
the freight handlers ard monthly men
who run the elevators are weakening.
The monthly men, who went out n
sympathy with the grain shovelers. be-
gan TO clamor Saturday for a settle
ment- They claim that the grain shovel
ers are unreasonable in Their demands,
and that if they do not agree to accept
a compromise they Uhe monthly msn)
Will return to work. a committee from
the monthly men waited on the execU-
tive committee Of the grain shovelers
Union early Saturday night and de-
manded information as to what course
the grain shoVelers intended to pursue.
Strikers Negotiating for Steam shovels.
President Mcmahon, of the grain
shovelers. said that negotiations were
III progress between the executive COM
mittee and the elevator men and indie
pendent vessel OWNS All but four of
the elevators, he said, had agreed to
lease the steam shove!s to the union.
and assurances had been received which
indicated that all the vessel owners not
members of the Lake Carriers asSocia-
ton would do business with the union.
Mcmahon also stated that there was
possibility of agreement being
reached with Contractor Corners. al
though he was not sure that the grain
shovelers would make terms with him.
Mcmahon declared that the trouble
would be probably settled today.
Monthly Men Tire of the Trouble.
The monthly men met Saturday night
and voted to give the grain shovelers
until this afternoon to reach an agree
ment so that work could be resumed at
the elevators. Otherwise they will de-
clare the strike off and let the grain
shOvelers fight it out alone. About 5000
freight handlers met at Fillmore hall
Saturday night and voted unanimously
to return to work tomorrow on the fol-
lowing terms: Discharge of objection
able bosses; no Sunday work except in
cases OF emergency; the appointment of
an inspector To guard the interests of
the men. The question of an advance
in wages was waived. The result of
the meeting will b. reported to Bishop
Quigley today and the men will be |
guided by his advice. The bishop al |
ready has advised them to go back to !
work There is some question as to \
tie contractors Will agree to |
any bosses. but it is be
lieVed this obstacle can be easily re- \
moved. The strike of the ore handlers !
and coal beavers is in a fair way of |
being settled.
Made the Strikers JubiIant.
When the news Of the action taken by |
the Chico go Board Of Trade was made |
known on Friday the strikers became |
jub!lant; but now they see that instead |
of the lake line managers. lake carriers |
and esevatOr representatives splitting |
up they are more solidly banded to- !
gether than ever. These interests are
a unit on the question Of retaining the