The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-06-11
THE EIGHT HOUR LAW.
THE STRIKERS STUBBORN.
A BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.

New York, June s.-The aspect whicl
the eight hour movement is beginning I,
put OH arrests attention and excitcs alarm
Threats OF burning down factories unt
shutting OFF gas so rs to bury the city il
darkness and give thieves their opportun'
ity, shows that the alarm is not i'll founded
| THE PRESS.
The Herald says: 1--WE cannot afford
to have trade riots in New York, and we
must not have them. We call upon the
authorities to be upon their guard, to be
ready to act If action is necessary. The
strikers in this city are falling into the
worst habits which have disgraced the So
called labor movement Of the old world.
The history Of strikes, in England particu-
larly, 10 a history of fearful crime. AL
ready in this city, within the last few
days, there have been shameful attempts
ut intimidation and violence. If intimi.
dation and violence are resorted to, the
law must be put into operation, and the
interests Of the workingmsn must inevita.
bly,. suffer" The Express this evening
says: Capitalists and employers who
submit to the new order Of things, do so
upon compu.sio1. One half Of them, We
are assured, will stop business as soon as
they close their contracts. Employers
have ceased to oppose trades-unions or
trade combinations for high wages, and
will, when interest, duty, profit or necess-
ity requires close their shops, as the piano
and Singers factories have done, and
either stop business, change their business
or 90 elsewhere. The trade Of the city Is
already feeling the effects Of this conclu.
sion, as by and by other trades will feel IL.
If ten hours work could be done in eight
hours, the proposition would be fair one /;
but this, as a rule is not possible.
One of the largest manufacturers who last
week acceded to the demand, assures US
that q days work has been one fifth less
per day all through the week, aud that
the experiment 10 most dscouraging.
At noon to-day, the gas men, who we're
| to go to work on the night shift, instead
| Of going to work went to the offices in q
body and demanded a reduction of hours.
| The demand was acceded TO by the New
York gas company. At the Manhattan
gas works, the president persuaded the
man to accept the compromise work
twelve hours and recerve "a day. 1t is
feared that the action of tho Manhattan
workmen accepting the compromise will
lay them open to attacks from union men,
and an ample police force rs on hand to
protect them.
ABRoAr,
The great strike of carpenters in Berlin
continues, neither mastcr-carpenters nor
workmen showing any signs of yielding.
Berlin is overun with people who have nc
place to lay their heads. There is scarcely
! street which has not more or less skele.
ton buildings in various stages of erection
WINE there is not an unoccupied room In
the city. Great numbers of people who
are able to pay for beds nightly apply fol
3 lodgings at the police stations, while hun.
S dreds OF respectable families camp out in
. the public parks. In Austria, too, the Ut
j most discomfort prevails among the work
y ingmen. In Vienna this feeling ap
proaches a revolutionary character, ant
b serious outbreaks are only prevented b,
t troops.
PRECAUTIONS.
Gen. Shaler was in consultation with IN,
police commissioners to-day To consido
the probabilities of disturbances among IN,
. strikers next week, If necessary milti.
IS order. '''''' '"'
/ FEW CONCESSIONS
II OF employers in various trades were an
i nounced to-day. ~ "
Inc strike Of employees of gas companie
mas been averted BY an amicable arrange
), ment OF the difficulties complained of b,
Il the workmen. =