The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-02
THE LATEST At HONE AND ABROAD,
WHAT THE WIRES BRING Us.



! NOTES OF TIE sIRikEs IN ALL DIRECTIONS
by telegraph to the Dispatch.l
WASHINGTON, May 1.-AtSt. Paul. Mimi.
the cigar-inakers yesterday asked an ad
vance OF 81 per thousand from the manu-
facturers, and the latter acccded TO the dc
mand. Wv
AT Philadelphia, yesterday, twelve cigar
nauuiacturers signed a scale Of wage,
granting an advance Of 81 per thousand.
Al cincinnati there will be no disturb
ance among the cigar-makers on account
OF the reduction Of tax on tobacco. They
s,ruek some time ago for an addition e
tnclr wages and succeeded. as also did tho
cigar-packcrs. There remains but n singl,
question unsettled between the employees
ana EMPLOYERS, and that will not present
itseIf TIL fall, when gas is burned. Here
toiore the workmen have been required 10
pay 30 cents per month for Gas consumed
while at work mornings and evenings.
Strikes for an advance have been made al
Newark and Portsmouth, Ohio. The de-
mands OF the workmcn ut Wheeling, w.
Va, Steubenville, o., and Urbana, o..
have been complied with.
The demand Of the cigar-makcrs for an
advance OF 81 per thousand was conceded
by all the small manufacturers, consequent
~ only the employees of four large estab-
lishments were ordered out by the Cigar
Makers Union this morning. 1t is thought
the strike will not last n week.
At Louisville, Ky, no strike will occur.
as the cigar-manufacturcrs have acceded 10
all demands Of their employees. Everything
Is going on ms usual except an increased
activity in all the MANUFACTURES and a rush
OF goods for shipment.
At WilkeSbarrc, Pa. in consequence Of
the strike the cigar establishments are all
closed to-day. The latter agreed to pay the
strikers fifty cents per thousand advance.
but they refused To accept that.
At Trenton, y. j., the Cigar-Makers'
Union struck several days ago for an adj
vance Of one dollar. To-day most Of the
employers accedod to the demand.
Reports from the railroad cOal-mines
around Pittsburgh are meagre, but enough
have been received 10 indicate that a gene
raj strike was %inaugurated to-day against
half a cent per bushcl reduction in the
price OF mining. On the Panhandle rail-
road only four out OF twenty-five pits are
reported TO be at work. On the Pcnnsyl-
vania railroad all the mines are idle. On
the Baltimore and Ohio and Pittsburgh.
Virginia and Charleston roads about half
the men are ont. One or two firms are re-
ported TO have acceded to the terms Of the
miners.
The plastcrers all quilted work this
morning, the masters declining to advance
30 cents per day.
a reduction OF 10 per cent. in the wages
Of the wirc-draWers OF the Trenton IRON
workers, TO take effect after this week, has
been announced.
At Boston the anticipated strike among
the cigar-makcrs has been averted by the
manufacturers acceding to the demand OF
the employee. 1t appears that the advance
was conceded because of orders to be filed
rather than of any real prosperity.
At Columbus. Ohio, the Union cigar
makers were on a strike to-day. All were
granted IN advance OF 81 per thousand.
In Reading. Pa, about 500 cigar-makers
are employed. Some manufacturers have
conceded advances from 80 cents 10 81 80.
In other establishments strikes will result.
At Troy, y. Y, a number OF cigar-man-
ufacturers have acceded to the demand Of
the makers for an increase Of 81 per thou
sand. The manufacturers who have not
granted an increase have closed their shops,
asserting that a suspension Of work is
necessary on account OF oyer-production.
At Detroit some Of the cigar-shops have
conceded the advance. while Others refuse,
and 200 men from the latter shops are on Il
strike. They are sustained by the general
labor unions.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COAL-MINERS
STRIKE.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 1.-Reports from
the railroad coal mines this evening state
that 4 strike against the reduction OF half Il
cent per bushel in the price OF mining has
extended to all mines save one or two.
The operators admit that the strike is
general, but profess to be indifferent
whether il is OF long or short duration.
They say they will see their miners idle
until next fall rather than pay more than
three cents per bushel for mining. The
miners officers pronounce this the greatest
strike Of miners ever i~naugurated in this
district, and say they are prepared to hold
out.
THE SITUATION At MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE, May NO strike occurred
among the cigar-makers here. In the
smaller shops, where men do all the work,
the employers were obliged to grant the
advance asked. In the large factories,
where girls make up the oilers and men
only roll the wrappers, no advance was
granted, and the situation was accepted, as
new hands are easily obtainablc.