The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-29
The Labor Question.
LABoR'5 DEMANDS.
Striking Painters Succeed, while Marble
Cutters Surrender.


Striking Painters Succeed, while Marble
Cutters Surrender. (
NEW YoRK.-fhe painters through
out the city made a demand on their
employers for an increase of fifty cents
a day, or So so for a days work. The
demand was in nearly every case &c.
coded to, and only some of thesmaller
shops refused 1t. In these the men
struck TO about the number of fifty,
and are confident that they will
shortly be re- employed at the increased
rates. q
The marble cutters and marble poll
ishers' strike was virtually ended by
the return of all but the employees of
two shops to their work. Some were
given a slight increase in their wages
but the majority went back at the old
rates. The men say that the failure
of their strike was due to the wan of
funds to continue 1t. They say they
will strike again when their finances
will allow of it.
The trsckmen of the Hudson River
Railroad who went on a strike for an
increase In wages from ST. 20 to 81. so q
day were granted an increase of Is
cents. Some went to work and others
are determined to hold out for $3.50. Z
The Belgian PAYERS in the employ
of Contractor Cunningham, who is
laying pipes in the city through which
the wires of the Edison Electric Light
Company are to run, notified him
that they would require after to-mor-
row 81 for days work, an increase of
ST.. Their demand will pr bable be
accedei to, and If not the men will GO
on strike.
The striking painters who were de-
handing al incre sse of so cents a day
in their wages are meeting with sue.
cess, and the indications are that the
men will be all back to work at the
increas ed rates.
A large number of the striking men
of the New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad resumed work. A
compromise was effected by the eff
Gals granting an increase of Is cents a
day owe the former pay, SIPS.
1900 Railroad Brakemen out on the ..Hud-
son River Road.
NEW YoRK-About 1900 men EN-.
p,oyed by the Hudson River Railroad
IS trackmen have been on a strike for
IN increase of wages. The strike ex-
tends from the Thirtieth street depot
to Albany, and along the line but few
men are employed. They are paid
$l.20 and $l.373 a day. The city men
are not on a strike, but may join the
others if an advance is not obtained.
The stair-builders' strike has ended
succe ssfully for the men.
The bakers are organizing, and 1t is
thought will make a demand for in
creased wages.
The painters decided to demand
from their employer s s. so a dsy.
Forty-nine employers have signified
their Willingness to pay the increased
rate. s@NeR4E iNN III
Alta secret meeting the HarmoAy
Mills spinners decided not to accept
the ten per cent. reduction. Their ac-
will cause q complete cessation of
work.
Fclosing Of a Cotton Mill at Rsadiug-gC5I
! ~ Troubles Elsewhere
READINa.-The Re,ding Cotton
Mill, the largest establishment of its
kind in this territory, owned and
operated by the. Garner. estate OF New
York, shut down, owing to q strike
among the employees, the cause of
which was q notice posted up some
days ago that a reduction of 10 per
cent. would be made in wages. There
are about $50 hands employed in this
mill, the greater part of whom are
boys and girls. The wages paid are
considered very low, and the strikers
say a reduction of 10 per cent. would
not lea We them sufficient to purchase
the common necessaries of life, some
of the boys receiving as low ISIS cents
per day, while others receive from S.
to 81 per week.
The Superintendent of the mill says
the order for a reduction came from
New York, and was made in order to
have the wages conform to those paid
at the Cohoes and Wappinger Falls
Mills, New York, operated by the
same estate. About two hundred aud
fifty employees are thus thrown out of
employment, whose wages aggregate
about $4,000 per month.
READING, Pa.-At the Reading
Cotton Mill sixty boys employed in
the spinning and carding departments
and ninety girls in the weaving de
pertinent quit work on account of a 10
per cent. reduction In their wages, to
take effect on the 20ih instant. The
mill is still running.
HARRISBURG, Pa.-The moulders
at Msrshbank 4 Sons foundery struck
for an increase of wages from sl.7O to
50 per day.
The lahorers employed on the
Northern Central Railroad tunnel on
the west side OF the river also struck
for AN increase In their pay.
PITTsBURe, Pa. The Amalga-
mated Association of Iron and Seel
| Workers at a district meeting decided
to advance the puddlers' scale, to SO
per ton. The present scale which ex-