The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-05
HE SPRUNG A SURPRISE
PRESIDENT OF STRIKING MACHIN-
lists EULOGIZED NONUNIONIsTs.
Believes I'm Closer Relation Between
CapitaI and LabOr-TrOuble Feared
To-Day Eastern Strike.

CHICAGO, March 4.-President James
O'Connell. of the international Machinists
Union, delivered an address to-day at the
meeting of the Chicago Federation of La
Dor, expressing the belief that a closer
understanding between the employers and
employee would be good thing for the
laboring classes Coming as ii did from
the leader of a striking union. this senti-
ment created a sensation at the meeting.
1t seemed to meet with almost unanimous
approval. Following his reference to labor
troubles, Mr.. OConnell did a more unusual
thing by launching into an eulogy of nom
union workmen. President O'Connell had
been granted the floor to make a report
on the machinists' strike. In his speech
he deprecated the tendency to regard the
present labor trouble as a beginning of
serious strife.
While the utterances of the leaders of
the machinists are peaceable there is little
hope that the building war will be carried
or without trouble. Fights between nom
union men and pickets are expected to-
morrow. Sympathetic strikes of building
material trades unions may be called, al
though the officers OF the Building Trades
Council have expressed the belief that they
were unnecessary at the present time. Sec
rotary +. A. Davis, of the Building Trades
Council, declares they need no help in
their fight. and not enough nonunon men
will be put to work to justify strikes in
material factories. Several of the building
material trade business agents, however,
have declared that attempts to deliver
material to nonunion jobs will result in
strike.
Plans for starting to work many more
nonuniOn men tomorrow at various points
throughout the city were completed to-day
by the United Contractors. If the weather
is favorable 1T is estimated that perhaps
as many as one thousand men will be put
to work To protect them a large number
of special officers have been engaged by
the contractors, and ii was stated that the
city police force will also keep a close
watch at points where trouble is expected.
One hundred and fifty union machiniStS
employed at the Illinois steel works de-
cided at meeting this evening to join the
strikers, ana as result they will not go
to work tomorrow morning. The strike,
leaders say, is for recognition of the union,
and the strikers declare that they are pre-
pared TO make a long fight. Managers of
the corporation say they have secured
workmen to take the places of the union
men. Anticipating that trouble will occur
tomorrow when the new men go to work.
the number of special police and watchmen
at the works has been doubled, and aid
has been asked from the South Chicago
police. Three details of officers will be sent
to the yards of the company at a. m. to-
morrow, when the men Will appear for
work, and the entrances to the yards will
be carefully guarded.
The union machinists of the Chicago,
Lake Shore & Eastern shops, which are
in the Illinois steel works yards, have also
declared a strike and 125 of these men
will not go to work tomorrow. They are
in sympathy with the steel works employees
and will not go back to work, they say
until their grievances are attended to-
Pickets will be placed at and near all the
entrances to the yards and every effort
will be made to induce new men to refuse
to go to work
Chicago Shipbuilding Company at South
Chicago to take the places of the strikers
of that company, and they will report for
work tomorrow. Police have been detailed
to quel any disturbances in these yards.