New-York tribune., 1886-05-07
THE DEMAND FOR LESS WORK.

Jandyraf Peter Bucket liquor dealer ol 10 rhaiss
b0ycotterG
THE DEMAND FOR LESS WOkk'
pRoGRkss OF THE MOVEMENT IN MANY IhADh'
STRIKES PENDING AND EXPECTED
nc ,ho trades In which strikes for shorter
,oprs arc pepdipg tho varpishers appear to De MAXIM"
the most prosresA They went out to the hu"'ooi VI
l 200 ON Iuesday bat only about 400 arc no" "n "e
The men meet every day at Houston and Alien s's.
The piano makers are baving hard hen' III" '"o'o
appesrs to be but a slight Glance OF their success
Stairway & Co g employees met in the morning. ou' w.
spte the earnest appeals of members OF the Executive
Committee they coula not be induced 10 S''ife' A."
men employed by Weber Co. and othcr ia' y '"
facturers are awaiting the action of seih"ay "o
Mil not strike unless they do C. d. Pease ~ % VI o
31s West Forty third St. who acceded to the e'sn'
rue early In the week, have issued an adoro's W nc
uorlmen IN which they say: From the TACT 'hs' III
several nj our largest factories the workmcn nave
wholly ignored the request of your grand ioase' W" ~
70 see how you reasonably exrect us 10 act o.no
ui.e In this mattel" They will therefore open 'o
sbop at o'clock before the strike and WORK uao VI"
'e Th ari workers who work for the furniture trade
about 25O employed IN min. shops are az y" ~ svs,em
nine hours day. the abolition OF the rece worh sysed
and an advance IN wnGeS arrn"ae and only one firm
Ties and Truck of East Forty sec ends|' no" s'"
The esco painters been generally successful IN
their demand FOL nine hours day VIII ten nours Pay
Among the cabinet makers AMI furniture skfrs & II -
reported that the strike is practically over al i aoo~'
seventy five men having returned 10 worK FehrS cN-
ures.ei however. that there will be ape slrisc "n
Monday when firms which 'aennes oi tr f,rni M
ture Manufacturers Association VIII a''oh'p' W p ~
! ten hour rule In force again ,. -. .,o ,,,r,ors
the members of the strike eomni'tee Of tnf ah'nr s
a that the statements IN regard to wages men were
the hos esand rintsd Yesterday ava are o. @ @
nasmuch aS the en- WORK nn n, sat the amount
th,I average are only anout nsai 'no "No""'
The Epe.l-4peasne bakers intend to AJAX for eleven
honrs as Iay's after My l5 number OF DOS e'
nave -ignifed tbeir ntsnton OF granting tha a'n r
IL has been decided that there Will be no 2cher ~ Ne
IL case the demand is refused but the bossrs VIII oc
taken up one by Que. - A.. .,.or,oan
| TIE men and women employed by the amer afneLlna" va
Manufacturing Company, OF No. III East Eley nnih-s
IN making umbrella 'ips aud fas c"ine, sone o', VIII
on strike vest FOR reduction fonl yen u, MI III,
hours a nay The company offered them Saturday hau
| holiday AMI the Offer was accepted. ., T., +,.,r ,a
manSa For shorter nours Only abont forty are now out
Tha Retail Hat s,esmen' MON have issu y, IL & n "p an
peal To their cmglo' or. TO close te , s nave tn
| SUNDAYS after Nav lG. Tney claim mat teS "ase -, ~
nnt,l mifneit on SATURDAYS and then from "a H. 10 J.
| n IN and In TO p. M on SunnaSs go 20
Penal GO ie witch provides Tor the forfeiture oi
all articles exposed for sale on sunday! hSoouS'' e
iOrcoi.
TROUBLE STILL AMONG THE REFlNhkS.
ELFUsiNG 10 RECOGNIZE THE UNION MEN-piLhM'
MA OF STRIKER.
The BROOKLYN sugar refiners strike Is not ye'
settled Two or three Of the rehrerics are WORKING WIN
fn force and all Of the others have few hands at "os
The cnpoyers still declare they will not recognize
the upion and Havcineyers Eller will not ev Te-eh
poy union Mr. senf. Of his firm stated yes'ef'.
b, they nd not propose put themselves IN the power
OF any labor organizition
"No man can serve masters. he addei. ana any
mar who is completely under the control OF on can
not serve IA faithfully Any of oar od hands who want
TO return ret ont OF the union hrs we "ro III w
hurry 10 get to work aud shall wait Few days mort
before gel ting new men from other places.
The strikers 30 not hang around the uu'hg as '"uo
as formerly d meet the ne" men on 'hrT way
| to and from work AMI try 10 persuade them u
sav at home When arguments tail they re-
sort 10 violence. one of Molenhaner ~ ooh
new hands was knocked dOwn while getting OH
Fourth-st car yesterday morning AID severely bea'ci
by two strikers. John Streetmacher, a STRIKER OF y"
2s4 Kent-ave, taken before usIice Naeher yes'c
dav for Interfering with non.nni"n men VINO "err
work All the men who arrested for assauiiini
Alexander tumble and his son near the brooklyn he
dnery on Wednesday night were h'ei $40 Yesterday
The cas-, against John D. Engle prcsi lent of the Sugar
Mems Union. and the other two officers OF TINS society
who were compiafned OF for threatening MT Banin'
foreman 10 Havemeyers Elders, will prooany p'
cropped sir Blaum says dd not intend TO III
inre MIN and that tho result OF misuh
W"rr sierck & Co. said that they did rot want to EN-
r,ny any more men they have AT present until thc
aSor troubles In the West fully settled The Cn
lpbuted money among the strikers. The marie,
paid IS and the s"sle ,a men MIN iIaveT
meyers & Elder in regari TO settlement ana confer
will probably be held today. Ery ID u ,
X, fnery from tenement house at First ana Son,n sev
ond sts. which is occupied mostly ny s'rAerS Au ne
some curiou. scenes occur when the apply 70
, work One man went to the Oihce or Iiavemty crS
Elder yesterday and wanted advice lie said his WI
Strikers would break his head he DID. He did know
4 which to risk. He was advised To 10 to work.
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