The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-08

| The Chicago & Northwestern Rail
way Company, at Chicago, on III,
| 9th, returned an answer to the mer
IN the car-shops at thesuburban towr
OF Cicero. The men had requested ar
advance IN wages, and also the adop
ton OF the eight hour schedule. The
officers OF the company, after fully
considering the request, declined to
grant it, on the ground that the busi
ness OF the road did not Justify such
an expenditure.
One of Oliver Bros. & Phillips roll
| ing mills at Pittsburg was shut down
on the 9th, owing to a strike of 300
workmen for an advance in wages.
| The strike of the Baltimore street
| car drivers ended on the 9th in the
complete defeat OF the men The pay
will be 81 65 for twelve hours work,
the company refusing to give 50. for
which the strike was inaugurated.
The New York Chamber of Commerce
has passed resolutions condemning he
interference OF outside parties in the
relations OF employer and employees;
commencing arbitration for the ad-
| lustment OF differences, and declaring
that strikers who prevent others from
working should be severely punished.
Inspector Byrnes men arrested
| thirty boycotters in New York on the
| 21th, for interfering with the business
OF Messrs Kavanaeh, Sandford & Co.,
manufacturing clothiers at % West
| Twentythird Street. The warrants
on which the boycotters were arrested
were issued by Recorder Smyth.
| Ihlrty-tive more of the employees Of
the Missouri Car and Foundry Com
! pany, who struck because the man
agement OF that company refused to
! cease supplying repair material to the
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company,
returned to work on the 27th. About
two thirds of the entire number of
men necessary to carry on the full
business OF the establishment are now
at work
1t was announced on the 27th that
| a basis of settlement OF the Third
Avenue, New York, street car strike
had been agreed upon, one OF the pro-
visions OF which was the abandonment
OF the prosecution of the recently ar
rested rioters. The case was in the
hands OF the grand jury, however,
which refused to drop it, and the ar
rangement fell through. On the same
day the strikers started a free bus
from the post-office TO Harlem bridge
The employees OF Abendroth Broth
ers, stove founders, at Port Chester,
near New York, organized an assembly
OF Knights OF Labor on the 25th, and
the following morning to the number
OF 400 marched to the works purpos-
ing to demand more pay and strike in
case OF refusal. They found the estab-
lishment closed and anotice posted on
the door directing them to call at the
office for their pay.
1t Is generally thought that the min
ers in the Shamoking, Pa, region Will
accept eight hours pay for eight hours
work
Forty-fve boys employed by the
Great Western Glass Company. in st.
Louis, struck on the 25th. No cause
was assigned.
The coal miners OF the St. Louis dis
trict have fixed upon a new scale Of
wages, and it is thought that no strike
will occur.
The carriagemakers' strike at New
Haven, Conn, has extended to every Y
branch of the industry and 900 men
are now idle.
A large number OF the striking en-
ployes Of the Missouri Car and Foun-
dry Company, in St. Louis, returned
20 work Monday.
The window glass manufacturers re
port improved trade, aud thefactolies
are likely to run until the summer va
cation. Prices have advanced 5 per
cent. within ten days.
Charles H. Litchman, a Boston
knight OF Labor, has gone, at the re-
quest OF Mr.. Powderly, to st. Louis to
represent the strikers on the Gould
system before the congressional COM
mittee.
Pittsburg steel rail manufacturers
report better demand and numerous
inquiries for steel rails from projected
roads, mostly in the West. Prices are
quoted firm at $50 and S36 5Ocash at
the mill. An advance to S38 slooked
for before many days.