Show CAUGHT THE LA boull railroad ra men in a vicy I 1 orous campaign THE brotherhood OF fruim MIKE they will mad rj of th Witt linita ani and go C farther bj by presenting Crit of r their own april A april V 2 the brotherhood of railroad trainmen baa has taken up the cause of the a switchmen itch men var ious meeting were held hold throughout the city but the most important was held by the brotherhood 0 of trainmen T r a lamn which takes in brakemen firemen R remen etc they have not only reached resolved to cling to the switchmen in their demands but also presented grievances ot of their own to be adjusted in addition to the trouble sow row on hand liand the car inspectors freight handlers car cleaners clerks in the freight offices and men employed in tho the transportation department will present in the morning a liet list of their grievances the employed in tho the nume numerous rou shops about the city also present c certain ertain demands the situation tonight to night is all the tor more bore grave in that hit the men have not been idle while the railroad officials have up to tonight to night treated the demands of the men with something eom ething like indifference diffor enre grandmaster grandmaiter Grand master wilkeson says tonight they can call out men if necessary emary and the entire brotherhood is involved the strike will extend from new york on the east to new doleans on the west TOE THE hit no chicago carp Car niter strikers allick son ion fotion men stites april 22 the striking carpenters this morning attacked the nonunion non union men at work and fifty of the t he strikers were arrested all al I 1 the brick makers in the northern and northwest parts of the city to tho the number of 1200 men for a rate of seven thousand bricks for a work instead of eight thousand and that the pay remain the same the bosses are nt rt n t worried as owing to the cari carpenters fenters strike everything ia is at a standstill in the building line president gompers of the federa aton ston of labor is in the city in conference with the labor leaders on the eight hour movement mr gompers tonight to night issues an address to wage workers aud and sympathizers with the progress in america lie says 11 in n accordance accor danca with a resolution of the boston convention of the american federation of liber to select a trade to make a demand for the in of an eight hour work day on may blay tie the executive council have decided that the united brotherhood of carpenters and jailers 0 america shall make the demand it appears that the wealth powei power and influence of the employing and corporate classes of the country are to be concentrated to defeat the movement which seeks not only to improve the condition of the employed brove but ut which will find employment fo and consequently save I 1 from rom poverty degradation and despair hundreds 0 thousands of our idle fellow men a and women in view of this situation it will ba be for the wage w and their friends in america to rally with greater unanimity than thin ever before and to concentrate all their efforts to counteract and overcome t the he action of our enemies they must voluntarily contribute their mite to place at the disposal of the american federation of labor a sum of money suit sufficient to meet all contingencies 11 this evening mr gompers ad dressed a mass meeting in chicago ll 11 lie den denounced need as lepers the non unionists who were now taking the places of the striking carpenters of chicago strike notes at indianapolis indiana a committee from the striking carpenters and contractors associations a met with at mayor la or sullivan yesterday afternoon A and V after five houra hours of conference rea reached chedan an agreement which settles the eight hour strike the contractors agree to pay competent ca cat penters and joiners biners 30 cents an hoar boar and concede the eight hour day about men will resume work today to day at portland oregon the striking carpenters remain firm in their determination to make the contractors yield to their demand tor for eight hours work bricklayers anil and plasters are also out and building en in that cita is almost at a standstill A berlin dispatch says tho the and miners have denounced connection with socialists cia lists and favored the formation of a it new now un union ion on a christian a patr patriotic otic bail s A vienna dispatch says the miners strike is collapsing colla |