Strike At The World's Fair Site

Chicago, April 2).- Five hundred laborers struck work at Jackson park yesterday after McArthur Bros. had refused to accede to their deroands of $1.75 per day for eight hours' work and payment every two weeks instead of once a mouth. Early yesterday morning tha committee appointed by tlie men at their meeting on Sunday night, waited on McArthur Bros., and made their demand. The Trouble liegun. Fred McArthur was the only member of the firm present, and he asked the men if they had any other grievance except their wages, and, on receiving an answer in the negHtive, said that time checks would be given to all the men who wanted them as fast as they could ba made out. When the 1 o'clock beü rang all the teams went to work, but none oí the laborera moved. A hand bilí was got out during the afternoon an;l spread broadcast over the city warning laborers to keep away from the World's fair site. W11I iíot Pay the Increase. In speakiag of the situatiou in the afternoon Alan McArthur said: "We will not pay more than $1.50 per day and we never promised to pay $1.75 per day at the men say we did. There is nothing to cause dissatisfaction. We are paying the same rate of wages that is paid by all the contractors for the same class of work, and we work ezactly on the same system. We pay more than the railwaya pay their section hands, who, in most intances, only get $1.85 or $1. 23 per day. .Labor is a commoclity and is our pal stock in trade. lts price is regulatea bf Ule supjily and deinand. Charges It to I.ubor Agitators. The raen would be satisfied if it were not for tbe labor agitators who come amon; them, and tliere is no doubt they would ask for Í5 n hour if they saw any chance of Ketting it. As regards their board, it is as good as can be given for tbe price, and Mr. Gould and Mr. Seymour, our two engineers, eat at the same place in preterenoe touoing down to Woodlawn. We pay on the 20th day of the month and pay cash. If, Ijowever, a man denvinds to leave during the moutli ve i{ive him a time check, which he can get eished for 2 percent, discount at a real estáte flrtuciose to the grounds, but if he is dischargeJ he gets paid in cash." Meeting íf (he Bien, About áOO of the strikers met dnring the afternoon. and were addressed by 1 William H. Kliver, of the Carpenters unión. He besan by telling the men that i the sympathy of the business men of the city and the press was with them, and it was considereil au outme that in a city like Chicago men should be treated vvorse than slaves. In order to keep tuis sympathy they must, however, be careful that during this strike there was no violence or misbehavior of any kind. He Uien advised the men to thoroughly picket the site, and persuade men goins there to work from doiiii; so.