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Show THE STEIKE IS OX. Even the Newspapers in New Orleans Are Affected. ONLY ONE WILL BE ABLE TO ISSUE Efforts at a Settlement Appear to Tie Patile and Traflie Is at a StandstillThe Stand-stillThe (strike of Cotton-Spinners in England Renders 5.1,()0O Persons Idle, But the Workers Will Be Able to Hold Oat a Long Time. New ORLEijs,Nov.7. Effects of the strike are more apparent this morning. Few drays are on the streets. Small spring wagons are in general use. No street cars are running. The eity is remarkably quiet.very little business busi-ness being done. At 7 a. m. the printers struck and the outlook for the morning papers pa-pers is not very bright, though they will try to get out editions tomorrow. The Daihj States being a non union office, is not affected, affect-ed, and will publish as usual this afternoon. The strike braced up tbe other wavering organizations and the result is that all the unions which signed the call for a general strike are now out except the cotton laborers. These have been allowed to remain at work, notwithstanding an important factor in the situation, in order not to arouse the opposition op-position of the powerful cotton exchange. It is understood, however, the men are ready to quit whenever the word is eriven. Not a Etreet car is running, no work being done, and the only sign of activity is in the wholesale grocery district, against which the strike is chiefly directed. The new men there are willing to remain at work till violence is so general as to make it unsafe. Grocers say if necessary they will close from' thirty to ninety flays. All the papers are closed by a strike of printers except the Daily State, which is heartily against the reported attempt to prevent it from coming out. A proposition was made through the governor last night to arbitrate the question of hours and wages, but let the question of unionism alone. This has not been replied to by the labor side, but it is hardly thought it will -be accepted, as the cry of unionism is made the rallying point for the labor bodies. Merchants say they will not recede further. The militia is ready to come out at short notice. There is very little violence so far and nothing to warrant sending troops to the assistance of the police. THE STRIKERS MAY WIS. Cotton Spinners Have Ample Funds to ! Carry on the Fight. Loxdox, Nov. 7. The secretary of the amalgamated association of the cotton spinners spin-ners estimated 53,000 persons to be rendered idle by the combined strike and lock-out in the cotton spinning trade, which began Saturday. Improved conditions, however, make it probable that mauy master spinners will continue to run their mills, and the number of idle may be reduced to 30,000. If this proves correct the strikers will probably proba-bly win, as they have ample funds with which to help those at work to make a long fight. |