The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-06-08

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| The Labor Movement nsithsr diminish !
% in interest nor gives evidence of early |
termination. Each succeeding day brings |
With Il some nov 0rRAni2skih dsansndng{
the enforcement Of the reform The sue
cess Of the laboring men has encouraged
skilled workmen and others to make lka \
/ demand. until every Department Of indua-
try il threatened with the eight-hour rsvo-
4 fution. '-
A prominent druggist told q Swa reporter
Yesterday that the drug clerks Ut this city
were beginning . movement for increased
compensation and reduced hours Of labor.
They are gathering strength preparatory
to strike. Emboldsned by the present
demand for g0od drug compoundsrs, caused
bv the stringent enactments of the last
Legislature, they will press their demand
for eleven hours a Q day . labor, at lncress-
cd pay. At present they are worked from
7 O. M until IL p. m, ut m average pay OF
215 q week.
SUBSTANTIAL VICTORY FOR THE HoUsRsNITHs
The housesmiths held largely attended
meeting in the Seventh avenue Germanla
4 Assembly Rooms yesterday. Mr.. Frank
Cook, Thirty-fi fifth street, incorrectly pub
lished as having refused to yield, gives hls
men eight hours. Favorable reports were
listened to and committees dispatched to
shops not yet persuaded. Messrs. Grant
4 Boden offered ~ . COMPROMISE "'shs
hours at reduced p~y, which was promptly
rejected. Their men Immediately quit
work and Joined the strikers. Ex-Alder-
man Diamond of Thirty-third street has
locked his shop and says it will not reopen
for three weeks. A committee Of one hun
dred visited Burnett's Excelsior Works,
and took out all his men. The house
smiths have added 1000 to their mem
bership since the beginning Of the
strike. They ara encouraged to believe the
movement will end this week. The follow
ing named frms have ac . led
Architectural Iron Works, CornelIs
Works, Vreland, Broadway Ferden &
scott, Thirty-hrst street ; Murray, Eigh-
teenth street Alexander, Wooster street;
: Cochrane, West Broadway Rothery,
= Twenty-ninth street J. L. johnson, TWEEN
ty-eighth street C. Back, Third avenue;
3 Boyce & Mcintyre, Twelfth street /; Mr..
Q Schram, Avenue G Burns, First street ;
. Hanlon, Eighty sixth street; O'Neil, Forty
4 first street Brennan, Eighty-sixth street ;
Toner, Eighteenth street.
rHE srEINwAY COMPROMISE.
The piano makers employed by Steinway
o & Sons, met in the factory early yesterday
!. morning. The firm again submitted Its
proposition to give ten hours and ten per
y cent increase A motion was made to 20
to work again under this system, and car
o ried. Only two branches, the tnishers and
\ top makers, voted for remaining on strike.
4 All the other branches voted for abandon
:. ing the strike.
Mr. Joseph T. Rivers, . bronzer, who
d was considered one Of the leaders Of the
) strikers, and discharged yesterday morning,
:. reported the action Of Steinways men at
the mass meeting Of tbs piano makers in
Germania Hall. He characterized the men
II ~ traitors, and other speakers followed in
% stigmatxinR the course Of Steinways men
= A. cowardly aad ungentlemanly. The Pres
= ident of the cabinet makers said that the
q blood Of the cabinet makers began to boi
II in their vei7s when they heard of the
1t .. eachery of Steinways' men, who had &c
"a msanly abandoned the common cause sfteI
pledging themselves to stand. or fall with
assemble this morning in abody at a. m. al
the Steinway factory, and to dissuade the
men from going back to their work. The
cabinet makers and others strikers will help
the piano makers in this demonstration. II
q the latter does not succeed, the greater
q part Of Steinwsys men viii resume work
under ten hours and ten per cent. increase
for piece work.
4 The piano makers employed by the Arion
r Company joined the strikers yesterday
Durham q Co. have offered eight hours
without increase for piece work. The men
a have not yet decided what to do.
Q THE MARBLE WORKERS PROGRESS
3 The marble polishers have been on strike
one week. They have enlisted every MEM
. Der Of the trade in their organization, which
now numbers over 100 men. Forty five
Of the principal shops have already given
in, among them Vim. Hart, heavy en-
ployer. when we got him, we broke the
ring, said polisher yesterday. 1--WE have
now but three or four heavy firms to fight,
and we will be through with them soon"
The marble cutters are also making sub
stantial progress in their strike, and pre-
dict an early termination.
PREPARING FOR A STRIKE.
The Wood Working Machmists, Division
No. 2, at $50 Ninth avenue, discussed the
labor question last evening John Brian,
President, warmly advocated joining the
popular movement He was convinced
J that the eight thousand wood working ma
chinists in the city would rise rs ons man
and tremendously hold out until the end
was gained. There was everything to favor
the adoption Of the eight-hour system and
little to oppose, A committee was app int
ed TO confer with Division No. I, and to
urge cooperation. The meeting was unan-
imously favorable TO q strike, and doubt
less one will be declared within few days.
The wood turner's, ut I47 West Thirty
second street, last evening effected per-
manent organization, with Henry A. Gar
diner, President The meeting was enthu-
slastlc and unanimous in support Of the
elght-hour new departure. Delegates from
the plumbers, Brooklyn carpenters, and
other trades unions rendered sympathy and