The Labor enquirer., 1883-04-07
CORPORATION Infamv,

hours at the railroad shops in Sacramento
from ten to eight hours, with a CORES
nonding reduction of compensation. 1t
- is stated that this reduction applies to all
employees except train, all along the road.
In the boiler shops at Sacramento 100
men struck for more time. About 25O
pmpIoyeS were discharged there on
Saturday.
In West Oakland an order was also,
issued by the Central and Southern
Pacific railroads reducing the time of the
workers in the several departments to
eight hours per day, which is considered
to be hardship on the working classes,
who labor by the hour, some getting as
low as 20 cents, making the days wages
$I.6O. Some of these have families of
five or six children and are hardly able
to live on their slight remuneration.
The following notice is inscribed on
the bulletin board at the Office at the
foot of Wood street: "CommencIng
/ March the 18th, the hours of labor for
this department will be from to la. m,
and from l to p. m, making eight hours
per day. By order of NJ. c. B."
Since this order has been promulgated,
three have left summariIy. One depart
ed to-day for Oregon, and another for
Arizona. There is much feeling among
the employees,
There have been two secret meetings,
one on William street and the other in
the neighbOrhood Of Eighth and Willow
street and it is generally understood that
a strike is imminent. Some Of the
workI4en connected with the car repair
department on this division, Iab0ring in
San Francisco struck Tuesday, and Mr..
Ludlow left on one of the morning trains
to fix up the matter, There are twenty
five working on this side connected with
this department, most of whom have
stopped work. What the result will be
is not yet determined. 1t is stated that
the company is cutting down expenses
on account of the probable lack of freight
and passenger traffic
AS a matter of fact they are only doing
it to show their power and bull-doze to
death all opposition or protest against
their egaized system of highway rob-
berry,
All day MONDAY the men neglected
their work and were gathered together
in knots discussing the situation. Many
were heard to utterly denounce the com
pany for their action, one prominent
reason for that commendation being the
poor reward they had received for the
time lost during the last election in work
ing on the outside for the railroad Candi-
dates. Many of the employees devoted
whole days to the work of canyassing
the First, and in fact all the wards where
a railroad candidate was being run, and
were consequently so many hours short
when pay day came around. and they
stated openly, yesterday. that had thev
known they we're going to be treated in
this manner directly after the election
they would have seen the railroad COM
panv and it's candidates at the bottom Of
. the sea before they would raise a iQger
in their behalf, They should have had
more self-respect than to have done such
disgraceful and dirty work, anyhow.
The excitement is great. Reports have
come down that strikes have occurred at
Sacramento, Truckee, Winnemucca and
other division stations.
At Oakland, San Francisco, Los Ange
les and other places where large forces
of men have been employed, there have
been -proporionate reductions Of the
working forces and of the hours Of labor
for those that are retained. Car building
in Sacramento has been entirely stopped,
and locomotives will be laid up as fast as
fhev need repairs and those remaining
on the track will be required to do the
work of the roads as far as possible, The
effect has already been to enforce the
DISCHARGE of several hundred employees,
and there is no telling how many more
will have to go-San Francisco Truth.
Ladies and gents wishing to purchase
good secoud hand clothing, will find 1t
greatly to their advantage to call at
Windsor Tailor Shop, 5l8 Larimer street,
Denver.