The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-26
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NEW YoRK, June 25.-Four hundred
lemploye yeesoi thB ctstopg ghonae will pre-
sent q petition TO Collector Arthur 10.
night, asking forleight hours, the rule 10
applyIto weighers. SEAllI the a employees
lid the hoop faetotiesi ID Jersey CITY have
gone gtoEwork.v sThe bosa, honeshoers
propose 10 Sadvance The prices because
Of the strike oflrthe ifAen Yesterday.
A party, Of strikers visited u planning
mill at'Sixty!first street, hdislocaled the
machinery and threatening the men with
death unless they bdesisted from work.
They were arrested BY the police. gr,
A London dispatch says, fhe lack Of
builders, carpenters and joinerS is the re-
sult'of the refusal of .thO menitoI accept
the compromise offered by the employees.
Twenty thousand, are out ol: work They
have been jotnedfby the masonsi iantl
bricklayeFs, The men demand 5lhours
instead Of UT hours per week and also
ono shilling per day additional The
employers state that the demand does not
justify the advance. The,Ilen state that
the reason iai the strike is the Increased
expense ofNl Wing andsdonot fear any in.
reference from workmen outside Of
London, a! the latter obtain better pay
than those In the city. They say their
means are financially strong and they feel
confident Of success.
LONDON, June 25-The Times says the
strike will resultin the employed dosing
the present advantages in industrial pro!
ductions, u sIHTHtD NEVrI
NEW YoRK, June s5.-Thc Brooklyn
carpenters are getting 16adyto resume
work at the old rates. ......s, ,-..,,z
At a meeting Of the metal workers Of
this city to,daY, the request of tho 0itl.
zens' Association and the. bureau OF EN-
ploynent, that d conf ierelce be appointed
10 endeavor to effect an qmicable settle
ment oi the difficulties, was Tfayorably re-
ceived and committee appointed. IL
At the meeting or Tho Eight Hour
League It was reported that Baxter g. Co.,
Of No. As Filth street, who employs about
one hundred men. had resolved 70 return
to the ten hour system, though willing
to give 90 per cent advance In wages for
piece work. ,aoosoooosossoo rssors7SSS5 90
i1In regard TO the nambepool men still
idle, the Secretary positively asserts that
there not now more than four thousand.
4 HeE Eackno owledged some aofotheOc cabinet
makers had returned towork at tenhours.
l,ooT The marble cutters and polishers held
. meeting this morning - thieh was large.
,ElY attended. 1t was reported that great
tmAny Of the bosses had with drawn from
their agreement and were falling back on
ltheE ten hour system.J These Steports
caused much dissatisfaction and the men
loudly expressed themselves as determin-
d ed to fight 1t, out totheolast. 900 -fOs1o
H. The strike Of the riourneymen, BARRIERS
lis virtually at an end, and nearly all the
men have resumed work. 0notheir own
terms. gooono' oooNooooo-ooo f-'5oos 80
! a BROOKLYN, June25.-The striking iron
J and metal workers employed in the Erie
Railroad. Company 8 works sthere met this
4 evening and formed an Iron and Metal
d Workers League An address,was made
1 by John Febrenbaeh,, President OF the In.
ternational Union Of 9Iachinists and
Blacksmiths Of North america. . He, did
not advise any immediate strikes, and
proposed that the workmen should first
demand of employers that eight, hours
be considered by employers as a days
work, even at Q. reduction Of wages, itthe
principle could be admitted. Then q
strike Of capitalists combined against la.
Dor, and retaliation In q legal manner
was in. order by refusing to deal with and
N to buy from those opposed to,them, and
combined opposition at the polls 70 al
political parties resisting them. !