Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1887 — THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK. [ARTICLE]

THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK.

The National Legislative Committee of the Knights of Labor petitioned President Cleveland to veto the interstate commerce bd!. . _ f The Illinois Labor Convention, in session at Springfield, declined to ask a new trial for the Chicago anarchists. New York telegram: “Twenty thousand man are now on strike among the coalshovelers, ’longshoremen, freight-handlers, and men employed on the river front in New York City, and the number is augmented to close on to 40,000 by the strikers on the Brooklyn and Jersey shores. In consequence it is almost impossible for any of tho steamers for Europe or coastwise to leave port.” Worcester (Mass.) dispatch: “Notice has been posted in most oi the boot and shoe factories here and in Spencer tjiat these factories will be open only to such operatives as will agree to deal individually with tho firm employing them. This movement affects a large number of operatives throughout Worcester County, and it is understood that the manufacturers aro determined to free them-

■elves from dictation by the Knights of Labor.” Unpaid miners in Montana captured four of their employes and shut down the works. A Helena dispatch gives the following particulars of the affair: Hon. A. J. Seligman, H. W. Child, E. W. Bach, and Thomas West, officers of the Gregory Mining Company, went to the mine near Wicks, to close down the worlA and operations, as the company has been running behind for several months. On their arrival, when their mission was known, these gentlemen were taken into custody as security by the exasperated miners, who have two months' wages due. The men closed down the works and took possession of the town. They are peaceable and orderly. Bach, Child, and West were finally allowed to come to Helena to raise funds to pay the men. Seligman was held as hostage and security for their return. Seligman is a son of Jesse Seligman, of Seligman Brothers, bankers. New York. He was only married last month, and had just arrived with his bride. The Nelson Company of St. Louis, in accordance with a plan adopted last March, has declared a dividend of 5 per cent on the salaries of eighty employes.