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THE OUTLOOK.

Bradstreot's Considers the Situation in LaUor Oiroles Alarming.

ADVICES INDICATE A GREAT STRIKE.

Million, or Cnpltnl Tied up In Chicago Through the Trouble with tho Curpentern—Some I'ruKpcct of

Ki'ttluiiient.

SPIIKAIJ OK TIIR STUIKK FKVEIU

Nkw Vokk, April

T.'le

Goods,

20.—Hradstreot'B

says of the labor troubles: .11

lmlustrlal

outlook has not improved at

a „n '',,v,W"Ck-

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of

ro«tl!s»ness

among the wnge-workers have bocomo mora conspicuous, the number of strikes reported being larger than during any previous week for two ycaH.

nearly serious

Uy far the most

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reported from

Chicago. 1 he strike of 5,000 enrpenters at that city, swelled as it has been by tho necessary Id eness of nearly »),000 other workers in allied trades, has already been noted. The number of idle men has now been augmented by the strike of 11,000 brick-makers and brick yard laborers for shorter hours and more pay. Late advices would seem to point to the uneasiness of labor in other lines at that city, and this is likely to culminate on May 1 in ono of the greatest striken on lecord. "Nearly 2U.000 packing-house employes at Chi* oago are said to contemplate a strike for the eight-hour day. Harness-makers, clothing workers (women), stair-builders, gas-flt-ters. iron-molders, shoemakers and other artisans havo either already announced their .mention of going out or are contemplating such action. This nctlon on tho part of so many trades Is alleged to be against the advice of leaders, who are on record as opposing strikes for the eight-hour day in any but the building trades. "The effect of such a widespread strike upon Chicago Industries can not fail to be hurtful That the wholesale strike is against the advice of the American Federation of Labor is proved by the issuance this week of a circular to the wnge workers by Samuel tioinpers, president of that organization,

Money it Is said Is urgently needed. While the situation in Chicago Is sufficiently grave, that outside of that city is only a little better, at least so far as the building trades are concerned. Strikes of building hands kindred trades for an eight-hour day are reported from Sharon, Pa. Portland, Ore. Indianapolis, Ind. New York City and .Toilet, III. Nearly l.otX) coal miners are out in the ConiiQllsville region owing to wage difficulties. This stoppage of production is said to threaten the suspension of blast furnaces in Cleveland dependent upon this source for coke for fuel. The situation as regards a general strike on May 1 Is not of the best. The carpenters and other building trades at Boston. Milwaukee, Birmingham, Ala., and Lancaster, Pa., ure on record as proposing to strike for shorter hours on that date. More cheerful advices arc received from Indianapolis and Wheeling, where the men have practically gained their point and gone back to work. At Louisville, Phiadelphla and Portland, Me., It is said, no strike will occur, as the employers have agreed on an amicable arrangement with their men. "All in all, the situation in labor matters ia more strained than for several years, and the outcome of the present concerted movement will bu watched with Interest. The total num. ber of strikes In April was 126, involving SIS,35S employes, whereas last year during the same month there were only sixty-one strikes, involving 18.0M employes. Since January 1 this year there have been S03 strikes, involving 66,143 men. while in the first four months of last year there were only S31 strikes, involving 48,(&1 persons."

SKF.KIN'O IMiACE.

Chicago, April 20.—Yesterday President Goldie, of tho Builders' and Traders' Exchange, received a communication signed by committees of tho Ctrrpen tors' Council, Iioss Carpenters' Assoclion and the Citizens' Committee asking lor a conference, with a view to sottling tho strike.

Mr. Goldie sent a reply to the effect that tho association had no cxecutivo committee, but that he would call a meeting of the directors and some of the members of tho association, who would meet the joint committed to-mor-row.

The proposition for a conferenco embodied a request for a joint meeting of all tho committees. In his reply Mr. Goldie ignores this request and fixes upon three separate meetings—ono for each of the committees. When asked tho reason for this plan of action President Goldie said: "Each ono of those committees represents distinct interests and wo did not care to meet them all at onco."

At a conference hold between President Ooldio and the directors of tho association yesterday it was decided to consent to nothing in the way of a compromise which would involve recognition of the journeymen's union. Unless the association sees fit to recede from this position tliero is not much to bo expected from to-day's negotiations.

Should tho old Master Carpenters' Association still refuse to recognlzo tlio Carpenters' Union thon a contract will bo made by tho union with tho now "bosses''" association, which is believed to bo ablo to employ at onco at least 3,000 moil. Tho union itself claims to havo work for 1,500 more. Tho members of the old association will not get any union men. \Vhile all this effort to reach an understanding is in progress the business interosts of tho city aro suffering terribly from tho stagnation of tho building trades. Tho trades most olosoly connected with carpentering work naturally suffer the most. One item in tho cost of tho strike, and perhaps ono of the most startling, is tho amount of idle capital tied up in unfinished buildings which can not bo made to produco any income until tho carpenter work is dono and tho buildings are availablo for tenants. Even an incomplete survey of the buildings thus rendered temporarily valueless shows that the amount of unproductive money invested in them runs well into the millions.

Flats and stores everywhere, in fact, are incompleted for need of carpenters, but no money can socure them. On the West and JJorth sides the pooplo who have expected to move into now homos on May I aro wondering where thoy will move to. Within a radius of a milo from the corner of Western avenuo and Madison street thore are no loss than 600 incomplete dwellings.

The brick-makers havo roturnod to work in most of tho yards and have won their point—that is, tho manufacture of 7,000 bricks a day instead of 8,000, as formerly. In ono or two yards tho bosses romain in a disgruntled state, but that they will agree to the general demand in a day seems certain.

UAIUVAV KMl'I.OYKS MAY STltlKK.

Anew and possibly a very serious element in the general disturbance in Chicago came to tho surface Friday, and (trangoly enough tho cause of the trouble is located in another city— Pittsburgh. The new factor in the almost universal uprising of labor is the federation of Railway Employes. This organization is composed of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, tho Switchmen's Association, the Brotherhood of Railroad Conductor:,, tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and tho Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, as tho Brakemen's Association is called. Last week the switchmen of Pittsburgh presented a request for an eight-hour day •to tho managers of all tho roads centering in that city. The request was promptly refused. Tho federation has taken up tho cause of tho switchmen and has repeated tho request. Tho souncil of tho federation is now In Pittsburgh, and if the roads still refuse to pay any attention to the petition a strike will bo ordered, probably to take effect Monday. Tho strike is to ho directed against the Pennsylvania Company first, and will affect the entire system from New York to Chicago. It was learned Friday on unquestionable authority that nearly every employe of the Pennsylvania, runninginto Chicago on both the FortWayno and the 1'an-Handlo roads, belong to ono of the branches of the federation. The Chicago men have received notice to bo in readiness tJ walk'out, and are prepared to quit the moment tho Pittsburgh railroad managers refuse definitely to consider tho switchmon's petition.

JIow serious a question such a striko would prove can bo inferred from tho tact that

11,000

ZOI.A

men would leave the

two Pennsylvania fines hero alone. Outside of tho Pennsylvania lines, tho five organizations in tho Federation of Railway Employes number 5,000 men. or 0,000 in all, every ono of whom can bo relied on to quit work rather than handle a car of Pennsylvania freight in caso of a strike. Added to these are tho freight-handlers in tho various freight houses, who, it la thought, will not touch boycotted goods.

Till SOFT-COAL SlINlCltS.

Considerable interest is being folt by tho soft-coal doalers in the city over the threatened strike of tho minors for an ijlorcased wago scale and shorter hours. Many of them think the strike is bouud to come and havo called a conference to bo held April 28 at tho Grand Pacific Hotel, with a view to settling any reasonable demands without having a strike on their hands. It is believed that in Illinois the striko, if it occurs, will not last long, as the operators appear to be willing to make certain concessions and meet tho miners half way.

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THE LABOi QUESTION.

Pakis, April

20.—Zola

is out with a

statement of his opinion of tho agitation now in progress among tho working classes, in tho study of whom ho has spent most of his lifo. He considers that tho May-day movement Is. simply a premonitory sign of a universal crisis which is bound to bo reached soon in tho relations of the classes and the masses. Tho present social state of tho world, he says, is about to disappear into history, and whether this bo accomplish^ by pacific or by violent moans it is sure to happen. llo advises those who are in power to watch tho progress of the movement closely, and to use every means to insure a peaceful revolution.

A CLOUD-BURST.

Tho City ot Gainesville, Tox., Visited bj a Dnluifo—Three Feet of Water In the Streets.

Gaisesvii.i.k, Tox., April

20.—It

h«

been raining almost continuously since last Monday night, and at S o'clock Thursday night a cloud-burst struck the city, lasting four hours, deluging the town to the dopth of several feet. Tho water ran in rivers through the streets, in many places three feot deep. A small creek left its banks and swept away numerous small dwellings. The fire alarm was sounded at 11 o'clock and the department and hundreds of peoplo turned out and helped in rescuing families rosiding on tho lowlands along tho creek. The loss to property will run up into tho thousands. Tho whole country is delugpd and crops are certainly ruined.

The storm was tho heaviest ever known in this section. Large washouts havo occurred on all railroads in this vicinity, and It will bo several days before trains can run. The only life lost was that of a woman who died in tho arms of a man who was carrying hor from her home, which was Burroundod by water several feet deep.

6HEVITCH IS FORGIVEN.

Bll Ancostrnl Katates In Kusitla Will Be Keatored to lliiuNew YoitK, April 20.—Sorgius She•ltch. Socialist and editor-in-chief of the New York Volks-Zoitung, who has been an exile in this country for the la6t twenty-two years, having been banished from Russia owing to his political opposition to the Ciar. has been forgiven by tho latter and will return to bis native land. His large ancostral estates, which wore confiscated at tho timo of his banishment, will bo restored to him, and ho will again assume tho social position he lost by advocating tho Socialist cause. Since coming to America he has lived quietly in Hobokon with his wife. He will leave for Russia in a few days.

JOURNAL.

HE TALKS FREELY.

Bismarck Interviewed on tho MayDay Demonstration.

HE HAS SO FEAR OF SERIOUS TROUBLE

»he Kx-Chnueellor Would Vtr, Tact in Dealing Willi the Snelalista, l.ut Force Should 111. Ilel| In Itex-rvr—Ills

View* nn llin l.abor Ulleiitlon.

IIISMAIICIC ANI) MAY 1.

FnKii)i(iciisitt iii April 28.—An American journalist askod Princo Bismarck to give an expression of opinion in re gard to the coming May-day demonstration. At first ho refused to talk, but bis kindly feelings towards the United States finally induced him to relax a fixed rule not to bo interviewed, which has not been onco infringed sinco signing the Berlin treaty twelve years ago. Tho Prince expressed himself about as follows: "If 1 were still Minister of the Crown I would wish to abstain from all Interference and allow matters to take their natural course and pursue the policy of observation. If acts contrary to law wire attempted I would light, otherwise I should look ou with lmiincrence. the laborer chooses to select a day to make merry and walk alniut In procession I should do nothing to prevent him with repressive legislation. Attempts to pre vent mischief are often the sole reason for mischief existing. More mischief is some times done by choosing a street that seems in a (l.in.-.'rmis condition when crowded than by overlooking anil directing tho circulation in it. Herlin and other large cities should lake every possible precaution against e\ety possible evil that might arise out of the situation. It is sometimes better to puller more ill than If you calmly uwalted the Issue. It is a grand rule In such cases to avoid threats us well as to avoid promises. When the turbulent striker sees the authorities take extraordinary measures to preserve peace heknows they dread him, and realizing this tho more aggressive becomes the antagonism botween employer and employed. My opinion is Hint we will never reach tiie situation where the laboring man wiilsny: 'We are satisfied, both for oursclvus and for our children—for those who come after us.' It Hiuy bo considered an axiom that the dcslro of tho laborer to Improve his condition and to gut on will last as long as he sees any one whose condition is better than his own. "Quite an Improvement has taken place In tho condition of the laboring classes during the latter half of tho century. Fifty years ago tho children of the poor In Germany went irefoot In summer, with little more than a shift to cover them, up to the age of 10 oris. To-day the children of the poorer classes are decently clothed and shod, young uiid old. Their food Is better. They do not work so many hours. This Is true, 1 faucj. of all civilized con,itries."

The correspondent mentioned tho prosperous condition of the workingmon belonging to tho guilds in tho flourishing cities. His Highness demolished the whole fabric of th(s theory, saying: •The members of those guilds are not work-ing-men at all In tho modern sense. They are the aristocracy of tho working-men. Their prosperhy is based on excluslveness. In this eternal struggle between labor and capital labor has scored the most victories. Such will bo the case whenever tho laboring man has tho ballot. Should tliero ever be a final victory it would be his. But If this struggle ever did come to an end human uctivity would comeoto a in.-lock. Human struggle and striving wou come to an end, which Is not, I think, the intention of Divine Providence. "In our life tho strire and struggle ihnt accompanies und produces tho progress of civilizatlon is by the frlctlou of liumun competition. If society wi-lies peace it -must nevor cease to be roiuly to ilg a for It, just as between two nations peace is maintained through the danger of war and tho resolution to light for peace If it bo threatened. So, too, in th« interior of any political association composed of individuals of strong will. The interior peace could never be maintained nor Justice upheld unless defended by executive power. If Judges had not the right to demand tho executiou of Judgment by the physloal strength of the executive, Justice would soon entirely disappear and become Impotent. Tho same is true, I itlilnk, of society and socialism. If the political partios who oppose socialism do not unite in defense of their Independence and the welfaro of the citizen and family they must succumb to socialistic domination, until such time as socialism in its turn is overthrown by the exceBS of misery inhorent in it, as in slavery, for the socialistic Bystem of government is a species of slavery—a sort of penltontiary system, for the union of the intended victims of such a system.

A show of strength May day will not be without its advantages. Until now the hatrod of revery party against their next neighbors In politics hns been still stronger than the fear of socialistic domination, because they do not believe in tho strength of the Socialists, and in their struggle among themselves each party courts the favor of the Socialists, their alliance and their votes. In their greed and pursuit of votes they do not keep bofore their minds the danger and suffering civilized society would bo exposed to when ruled by the least educated and least intelligent portion of the population, whose ignorance is easily led by any eloquent liar whoso stock of trade Is the thousand natural Ills that tiesh is heir to, for which they will denounce any existing government as responsible, while they themselves Indulge in large promises at cheap rates. That Is what I consider as being a liar. A mob is a sovereign that needs liattery as much as uny Sultan.

No, this conflict of classcs will never cease. To solve it is like trying to solvo tho problem of squaring the circle. It is the Utopian dream of a thousand years—tho millennium to be realized ouly when men become as angels. Any arrangement on tho basis llxed for the renewal of labor at, say, Ove shillings a day. Is not feasible. No such arrangement could be mado binding on those who shall live a hundred years hence, nor would the labor of to-day rest contented a grant of five shillings, and a demand for six, even seven, would speedily follow. It is useless to think that 'his question is cupable of eternal aettlement so as to exclude all future struggles. Socialism will glvo a good deal of trouble yet. Governments have sometimes been roproached with lack of energy and tenderness. I do not call it tenderness If a man be a coward to yield to tho pressuro of a manifestation. It is sometimes true that it is benevolence iom to shed blood—the blood of the riotous minority in defense of the peace-loving, law-abiding majority. The first requisite in government is the energy not to be a tlino-server—not to sacrifloe the future to an arrangement of convanionce purely tomporary. A government should be steadfast. Tho firmness, indeed the fierceness of the ruling power Is a guarantee of peace, both abroad and at home. A government always roady to yield to tho majority, either local or temporary, which keeps up Its authority by concessions, eaoh one of which paves the way for new concessions, In sore straits. "No, the 1st of May Is sot so dangerous an (nemy, if we consider the Socialists an an-

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cmy. The vmmy who names the day for art assault i« not to he dnmdvd It is a whom fight—tho shsun stnmqth, like thoso of the Salvation Ari».\, thr success or failure of which will dcpoml largely the weather. There Is little danger of co.illtet, but whether there will be or not, depends the tact displayed by thv authorities. The preventive measures must owe their stiecessto thofors* bi^ht of th«« eventUe olHeials, who are rarely lenders of men Matrsnien, «o that their measures are Minietiwc.s troublesome instead of useful. Ho\'«\rr. I do not ixpeet trouble the 1st of May. It will Sleep."

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WILLIAM WILL NOT CiTKUPKHK. April *JtV It will interest American readers to know that Kmperor William, while he disproves tho Mayday mauifestntion. is inclined to tako tho matter coolly, and does not think it advisable to interfere in any way. Hu thinks it wise to let the demonstration take place, iet the outcome bo a guide to action in the future. No special measures will be taken to preserve order. nor will troops bet confined to tho barracks in the city.' However, thero aro 120,1)00 men who can be brought together by the beating of a drum at any time in an hour. Extraordinary measured aro scarcely necessary.

THE FLOODED REGIONS.

The Danger Not Yet I'a.aed—Tributaries of the Mlaslsslppl Kepurlnd na Itlnlne and Fears of lliu Itemilt Are Kxpresaeil.

UATON Ilnt'GK, La., April 20.—Tho stoamor Dacotah, Caplain Mitchell, arrived Friday from tho ovorilowed district and put oil r00 or flOO people and a largo quantity of #took. Tho puople were mostly negroes. Tho Dacotah on Thursday went up as far as New Texas Landing, rescuing people and stock along the route. Tho boat transported about 1.500 pooplo to this side, and could have brought many n.ore, but the people said that the river was falling und they preferred to stay and tako tho chances. Captain Mitchell said that the break in the Old Morganza was 000 feel wide, while tho break in Grand levee, just liulow. was 1.0U0 feet wido and washing rapidly, the soil being of a sandy nature. As these levees aro three miles in length only a small portion of them have yet been destroyod.

SiutiiVKroHT. La., April 20. Heports from upper Red river, above Fulton, indicate a big rise, caused by recent heavy rains along the border of Northeastern Texas. The rise is sufliciont to cause apprehension. At this pofht the river fell ono-tentb, but the situation is not encouraging. The streams aro all bank full, and very little more water will flood all places not thoroughly protectod by loveos. A numbor of places aro already submerged.

Mahinuoui.n, La., April 20.—The water is rising along tho thirty miles front of this district, but most rapidly bolow Kosedale. Up the Fordacho to Fair Oaks tho levees can stand ono foot more of water. From there to Iiavonswood tho water is near tho crest. Water from the Clarke crevasse in tho Atchafalaya is striking Lower (Irosso Tete, but the fight there is being manfully maintained. Lower Jlaringonin is slowly going under, most of tho places in If

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