Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1887 — THE INDUSTRIAL REALM. [ARTICLE]

THE INDUSTRIAL REALM.

A Chicago dispatch of Wednesday says: “The lockout of workmen engaged in the building trades continues unabated, and competent authorities estimate that the army of idle men numbers 25,000. The employers seem to be rock-rooted in the stand which they have taken, and, while they regret the untoward condit on of affairs at the most favorablo portion of the building seasoD, insist that until the mechanics recede from their unwarrantable demands in relation to the hiring of non-uuiou labor and the employment of apprentices it would bo useless to attempt a patched-up peace. The German contingent of the Bricklayers’ Union does not seem to be sat sfied with the situation of affairs.” The shoemakers’ lockout at Haverhill, Mass , affecting 3,090 men, has been settled. A strike ass -cting 2,000 brick-makers was inaugurated at Pittsburgh on Friday. The strike of the coke-workers at Everson, Pa., culminated in an attack by several hundred strikers upon the non-union men who were working at the ovens. The riot was caused by the attempts of the operators to save over 959,009 worth of coke in the ovens. Five persons were severely injured. It is understood that the rioters will be rigorously prosecuted.