Evening star., 1867-04-11
The working People.

The eight-hour bill Is already a law in nlt-
nois, and similar bill has passed both
branches of the Wisconsin Legislature. and
only lacks the Governors signature TO become
4 law also. The Wisconsin bill is very sfmpIe
in It's provisions, and declares that eight hours
shall be the limit for days work where no
contract is made, and that women and chll-
dren shall not be compelled 20 work over
eight hours day. In New York the carDen-
tiers, who are striking for higher wages. were
in session on last Friday night, ana reported
that 100 ont OF 800 employers have kept their
men employed at the advanced rate: that 4S0
carpenters are now working at the advanced
rate, and $40 are still out OF employmeRt-
though they expect the other employers will
yield this week. In Brooklyn, the strike of
the carpenters for increased wages has been
completely successful. The laborers employed
by the Morrls and Essex Railroad Company
at their coal wbaryes IN Hoboken, struck for
an advance OF two cents an hour wages on
frlday. The company refused the increase.
and thus the matter stands In Jamaica T.
l., the masons have struck for - so day AZ
Pftsburg, In January last, all the puddlers
and employees OF the several iron works struck
TO prevent a decrease of wages, and over OOO
workmen left the foundries. The mill-owpers
said they were unable 70 pay the previously
given wages, and the men refused 70 work for
any less. Since January the latter have been
unemployed, and very little has been done at
the foundries. Great distress has been caused
oy lnls slrike, wnIeh seems no nearer ADJUST
The strike among the vorkngmen a. the
mines in Morris county, New Jersey, contin-
ues. In the neighborhood OF Dover in thar
county, there are &c different mines, emplsyIur
over 1850 hands. OF these over LOCO miners
have already participated in the strike, and
they keep nearly 100 teamsters and other la
borers from working, as there is no ore for
them 10 transport; so that some 1900 vorkmen
are now idle. Briefly stated, the cause OF the
strike is, that whilst In 1865 these miners earned
aoout s2.So day, they have more recently
been reduced 10 Al .65 q day, and they have
struck for an increase. In addition 10 stopping
WORK the strikers have determined that the
large stocks Of ircn ore that have accum ulated
since the navigation Of the Morris canal was
closed last fall shall not be removed, now that
navigation has reopened; and grear trouble is
feared, as the propretors refuse TO agree . the
demands OF the men, and the wants of the lat
ter may make them desperate. The men claim
that the wages they were receiving were not
sum cient TO procure the neeessaries OF life for
their families. Other movements among
workingmen are announced. The tool-sharp-
eners OF New York struck yesterday for s3-50
day, 'or piece-work II stated prices" The
last determined TO demand 50 day after Mon
day next
The New York carpenters are still on strike.
o ana whilst me employers are gradually ylsld-
ing, new Journeymen are joining the strikers
ana refusing 10 work for present wages
Many employers stIll hold out however
There are about 1900 carpenters in New York,
nearly LOO OF whom may be set down as en-
pioyers; and OF the others IL is estimated that
$40 nave already procured the advanced rate
OF wages; from 200 10 900 are now out of work,
oAN bow W BOW are working at
the old rate, not being connected with the trade
society that has struck for higher wages
From SO TO 100 of the latter, however. daily
Join the society and engage with the strikers,
and the nu mber or Journeymen who succeed
IN securing the advanced wages, owing 10 the
yielding Of one employer after another. daily
grows larger. Ii is announced from Hartford
that about Loo workmen have struck in the
quarries at Portland, Connecticut, because
some Of their fellow workmen were DISCHARGED
on account OF the votes they cast at the recent
Connecticut election. The JoUrnsymen car
penters OF Philadelphia are on a striKe Some
of the employers have agreed to the demand
for 50 per day.-Philodelphia Ledger.