The sun., 1901-07-17
ll7,OOO Working Men are Now
Idle.
EIGHT-HOUR DAY DEMANDED
Large Crowd Attends the Baseball
Game for the Benefit: of the
j Striking Machinists ts-Glaz-
els Meet and Organize.

me unusually large attendance ut the
striking maehinists' beneht baseball
.same Yesterday afternoon plainly shows
that the citizens of Wilmington are still
in sympathy with the strikers. Inc
game was between the BrownSon anu
All-Scholastic team of Rhiadeiphia'
The management Of the Brownson teain
gave the machinists the service oi us
playprs free Of charge. The game was
Il bis success financially Several nun.
dred dollars were realized which VIII ="
TO the benefit Of the machinists who are
still ont on the strike.
Those Of the machinists who had
charge Of the benefit baseball game dld
not report TO work on Monday morning.
but their places have been held for them
and they will 80 in this morning.
Ther, were no new developments IN
the local machinists' situation yesterday.
The i Morton Poole Company's strik-
r,rs still remain firm and no date has
as vet been fixed for conference win
officials Of the firm. There is now but
about twenty-five Of the ]. Morton fool'
company's strikers to return when n
SpttlpmtnI Is Hluut. Aihiui willy ~
them have secured positions elsewhere
At the Harlan X Hlollingsworth Tom
pany's shops everything is going alone
lust The same us before the strike. TIT
mon say they have been treated fairly
during the two days they have beer
back TO work and have no grievance
They got down to work in earnest YES,
ter,lav. the greater part Of Monday hay
ing hcen taken m in getting the ma
chimes in shane The striking painter,
who returned to work Monday noon ar'
also reported to be getting along al
right.
MOWERS GLAZERS' MEETING.
The Powers GlaZcrs' Union which wa
rocently organized held big mcctin,
nj Shields Library Hall last night.
commemorative Of the Social Trade an
Labor Alliance Of New York, addressc
The meeting. About fifty members wel
anrolcd last night Although the unio
5s Int three weeks old it now has
mcmhcrship Of us. A committee wa
onpointcd last night TO arrange for
moonlicht excursion to Washlngto
Park on .turust Z. IT was decided
meet cverv Tuesday night at Shield
T.ihrarv Hall.
The Ford Morocco Companies giaZe
who recently went out on STRIKE 10y
advance Of 81 per week in wages. dcl
mat tlov are now working on pie'
work. The men claim that they y
working on straight salary Of II wee
which is an advance of per week ov
tho wages received before the strike.
Tho local union of monlders held
regular meeting at the Smith Bnildil
last night. Routine business was trai
acted.
Tho House Painters Association al
held n meeting last night.
NO SECRET PLEDGES.
II has come to the ears of the comm
800 that conducted the machnists' str
chat there is a rumor in Philadeipi
from tho Garment Cutters Union to !
effect that while the two local lodges
rnnchinists did not pass resolution
any kind in regard 10 the ,iarmeht y
rers' Union, they did secretly ple'
their members to sustain any ac'
brought liz the PHILADELPHIA Gnrm
Cutters Union against local cioil'
houses. This rumor is untrue as .
hodges refused To pass any reenlnti
snstninno tho action Of the tiarm
Cntters' Union AGAINST local merchn
sud IA not eccrctv pledge the memh
The machinist lodges would not s'ls'
any action n"ainst the business mei
Wilmington
Machinis