, 1880-03-16
THE LABOR QUESTION.
Strike ut Three large KmrffturesTranac
NInnnfacf0rlcH.

Strike ut Three Large Fttrt,ituresTramc
NInntfAcf0rlcH.
The fraf,csnnkcrs ut this city hnyo struck
for MI advance OF Is pnr cent, md three Of
tho larger sl,ops hnvc tocketi tllofE men OUT
Xpngcrc & Co., Hickey & Gu, nnd Jncas'son
4 Co. They employ nbollt 800 men. Thcro
arc about twenty other factories, employing
fram ten tn fifty men eacl. No disorder oc-
CURED at any Of them, nitl the great majority
nf the men were Mt work yesterday, but
1t is expected TINT tho places Of those
employers who will not acceie to tho
demand will be closed today. II. s.
Carter & Co. notified their e,nployes
some days ago TINT they would raise
sIT wpgss 81 rop 10 pST ecnt % Apr 1 Il 81 a1 s % ni
tic M % men. fio euSsc Of # the strike IS said "a
ho tlle recent advance Df IL per cent In wages
u . II 4t xhfrs f ,ns a hs eaeysFs sespss
IN Chicago say that the addition Of Is per
cent here would necessftase MI advance IN
prices which wonltl be, disastrous, sinco
tayS Tux of.r wSd cies fs nrSs Say c IL eompste nse,
hit night and resolved 10 discharge tho men
responsible for tho strike, nEedglng themselves
iot. to give them ,Wor TX hereafter; anu also
there ,.ru ,,l,oitt loo franc,nakers III tio
city, nearly n'f OF whom belong to the Union..
Tie men have heen receiving IN tlle. average
81 t1a day wle II s ter ad fs!l3ws Il Gin1n tn ta
craft a1olle Is working for higher wagrs, but
1t Is anticipated TINT the cgbinct,nakcrs, anti
mattress men also conteMplate taking hand
er r ts 1nadTfer ssk car or IL 9 rlF ar a afternoon
factory tos ol Nes Se 70 ~ N"rth Green street
with statement Of the rclattons ut present
niture and their employees. III tho first pace,
Mr. Hennlng: expressed regret Tint the gnOd
feeling which n few ycnrs aEo existed be-
tween the employer and tl'e employed ~ HI t!lis
when q question Of wages arosn between tho
parties tho matter was discussed. III a
fatr md friendly manncr and satisfactory
arrangement Of the difference waS always
since tho Tradcs- Unions, more. or less tatlt-
ed with Socialism, Ind obtained control 0vrr
the .workingnlen, they Ind got 10 look nnon
their employers rs their natural enemies, and
cnlte Adjustments 80 easy before being lost,
points at issue could not be settled In tito
good old wav The present condition Of tho
fltrnIture-manufactur business wins such
Of the situation they would nt once sec how
! unreasonable any demand on their part for
an Immediate fncEense OF wages would be-.
Last fall tho mnllnfnctnrers, on account Ct Ct
t@helr @ %6rR, coihbiae. in "a Tais!ns prices 10 psr y
cent. Since then prices Ind advanced still
further, so TINT thnre WIS really no profit III
| manufacturing Mt the present prices. But
On further advance In prices on account Of
| tho sharp competition from other tnanufac-
turing centres. Thu season had been dull
ono, mud I'll the largc, manufacturers Ind
STANCES it was very. unreasonable fnr the
Workmen to press for moro pny. It wGa
/ vance prices Just ns soon MS The business out
look warranted It, md, when this was done,
Ing advatce, in their wages, but until thc1
theirdunland would not bo accctted to. Should
tho demand b. lnadc. and z strlko ensne It,
consequence Of lts refusal, tho strikers would
DO tho real, sufferers, Us tho larger manu-,
facturers had such largo stocks on hand thai
! they could close their establishments with
out loss for from two to three months. Mr
Ilennlng stated that no deilnlt tnttMation had
more, wages, but TINT from what ho haG
heard such action oil their pArt was not I'm
pfobable. The strike at Zangor|o e Co..
s 'i51FS Ct RSss osy Re ss
one III. which tile manufacture of fur
ntturc:frames was, carried OH. 1
GpeciAl branch Of the general business
which Ind been very, active Of lAte
III putting the screw OIL hero first tho nle'
hatl carriGd out the customary pulley Of strlk
Ing ut tho weakest polnt and using the nd
vintage gained az lover to secure furthol
advantages elsewhere. In tho present eonsll
t1on Of the furnltur-frnue business tho da
III I'LL probability bo compiled with, aud till
surrender to their claims would BIO used u:
MI argument in support Of their demands
upon those ellgngeI III 4 less profitable
branch Of tho fnrniture.n,nklng trade.