The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-25
Demands of Lnl,Orinr Mon

New York, May 2i.-The dissatisfaction
among the workingmcn oil this city during
the present season has extended to almost
every branch OF skilled and unssilled
labor. The strikes for higher wages and
the demands for other concessions have
been entirely successful in most cases and
in others partly so. Few have been with.
out some benefit to the men.
The journeymen plumbers, who have
been on n strike for several weeks for 81 Il
day, have been unfortunate in the result OF
their efforts. AT a meeting ut their head.
quarters, it was decided 10 abandon the
strike ami to seek work at any price.
The bricklayers arc frequent strikers.
The bricklayers Of this city now receive
81 so day, and they assert TINT no more
demands will he made this year. It is be-
lievcd by many, however, that next month
another strike will be made ior an
additional fifty cents day. a. 5.5,.f ~.
The trades in which successful strikes
have been made so fur this season arc the
bricklayers, stone cutters, carpenters, paint
ers, plastcrers, frcsco painters, coach paint
ers, iramers, coopers, cgarmakcrs, shoe
makers, horscshoers, upiolstcrrrs, ,bIucstone
cutters and ilagscrs, and some compara-
lively unimportant trades. besides these,
the bod carriers made u successful strike.
The trdCkmen on the Hudson river branch
Of the New York Central railroad obtained
concession OF fifteen cents Il day from the
company, and in several other branches oi
unskillcd labor, such us the marble polish,
ers, .Carlmen, street sweepers, helpers to
artisans and others, an advance OF wages
WAS secured. 4gi
Among the trades which have been IN.
successful in their efforts for better pay are
tho marble-cutters, the plumbers, the
coopets, the Belgian PAYERS, the granite.
cutters and the compositors in the World
newspaper Office and several printing
offices. The plumbers, however, we're not
entirely unsuccessful in their strike, rs n
number OF them were given tho price dc.
manded on account OF pressing work
They will be discharged, however, in few
days unless they consent to take less than
81 day. VA yiis 3IS Is )
The movement which the engineers, fire
men, conductors and brakemen employed
on the elevated roads asitated 80 weakly
ior several weeks early ia the s.,~li, re.
suited badly OH accou,it OF the bad man
agcment and the lack OF lir,lneAs wuicl
was SO apparent among the men, Z, 2
{, The strikes among the brewery men
bakers and car.drivers, which camc s,
prominently before the public last summer
have not yet been renewed this season
but there is an undercurrcnt OF ieelin,
among the men employed in these trade
which will doubtless have results ut III
early date. 55 ,sls5 ,sf.5i (. y, '5j77'
Yesterday morning tho 1000 boiler
makers employed in this city and Brook
j, lyn made Il demand for m increase OF 9
cents day, which the bosses refused. Til
men stopped work at 0 clock. :, The boi
er makers union numbers 80, 900 mem
bers in the United States, and the me
will DO supported by II the enti,
, organization. The n boiler.makers e al
; now receiving from : S2 60 to + s. !
day. Some: Of the firms have offered &
I compromise tho matter by a lesser increns
but tho men have refused to accept le