The Portland daily press., 1886-05-01

given length OF tlne ManuaSeuJis ~ .s az nedily
await results The workingmen are like a lake
lashed by the wind. They are turbulent and no
ing with Them / think that Mr.. Chane has hit
the mark when he says that II ms men strike he
will simply close and see 1t out | tried the other
day to convince myself that the builders of Chi
cago were doing one-sixth of the usual amonnt of
building but when figured &. it Up, & found that
we Were doing Or T nbs ~ bar bs aG d3eS not
but the withdrawal of millions which will be
locked up until it is over
joseph Gruenbut, of the Central Labor
Union, one of the leading spirits of the
eght-hour movement, SAID to reporter:
People need not fear any trouble or violence in
this eight-horr movement. The working people
of Chicago are too well organized. That is the
reason that Chicago is the best starting point for
this work. You may be sure that there will be no
mob here on the 1st of May. | do not believe
there is an unorganized trade in Chicago, nor do
think that there are i've worklngme out OF
100 who do not belong to some order The Ger
They belong to labor orders united in q Central
gnoa or in an The cena Labor Uog
includes delegates who are sober-headed men,
who would not allow anything to be done unless
not come out openly in favor of the movement,
but it is very likely that in case OF the success of
the German Socialists, the Knights will pro-
nounce for 1t.
In estimating the force the State can op-
pose to the strikers, should there be trouble,
member of the grand lodge of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen observed yester-
day:
There is an element which l don't think has
been taken into account That is the organized
and drilled branches of orders like ours,-the
Knights of Pythias, the Masons and others. Here
in Cook county are 1000. members of our order,
and close on 1000 of them are welldrilled in
Upton's tactics, with the exception of the manual
of arms. Drilled men or select knights are thor
,uifl are tay and
citizens and will respond at once II summoned by
the authorities. The armed battalions OF knights
of PythiaS could do the same, and no doubt
would the Knights Templar Our order could
itself put force of from 600 to 800 drilled men
at any point in Chicago tonight, If requested by
the authorities.
and Alton roads have stopped work, owing
to refusal to accede to their demand for
eight hours, and as soon as the freight now
on hand is cleared up the houses will be
closed. At 8 O'Clock this afternoon $50 en-
ployes of the Union Brass Manufacturing
Company quit work. They demanded eight
hours work and nine hours pay, which the
company refused. All the plumbing shops
in the city have conceded eight hours work
at nine hours pay.
Company has effected settlement with its
1900 shopmen near this city who demanded
an eight-hOur working day Saturdays with
full pay and made concession to the men
in the matter of railroad fare between the
city and the shops.
One hundred freight handlers on the
Grand Trunk Railroad made q demand for
an eight-hour working day with no decrease
in pay, at noon today, and said they would
wait for decision until noon tomorrow.
PIrTsBURG, Pa, April 30.-A general
strike of cabinet makers for an advance of
20 per cent in wages and reduction OF the
working time from ten to eight hours, has
been ordered for tomorrow by the Alleghe-
nv County Union. This union embraces all
the cabinet makers, burnishers and carvers,
, some 800 in number, in the two cities OF
PIttsburg and Allegheny City. The manu-
facturers are unanimous in their refusal to
grant the Increase. claiming that 1t is lmpos-
sible to concede the terms desired. They
say that they prefer to close their factories.
Dull trade and low prices are given as their
reasons. The workers are determined to Sc
cure an advance, and a long strike is prom
ised. The carpenters of Allegheny county
will also strike on Monday for nine hours as
days work, and a 10 per cent advance in
wages. At a meeting last night it was an
nounced that the master carpenters had re-
out all the carpenters in the county on Mon
day.
Maine Labor Troubles.
FAIRFIELD, April 3O.-The men employed
by the Somerset Fibre Company have asked
through committee for an increase of twen-
ty per cent. in their wages. Wages at the
pulp mill for common laborers are from nine
ty cents to one dollar and thirty-fve cents
per day.
AUGUSTA, April 30.-J. w. Killredge, of
Rockland, w. S. Bowie, of Gardiner, O. G.
Phillips, of Auburn, and J. w. Mcguire, of
Biddeford, members of the executive board
of the Maine Knights Of Labor, have inves-
tigated the case of the two men who are al
legged to have been discharged from the Mills
of the Kennebec Fibre company in Benton
because they belonged to the Knights of
Labor.
Important Action of the Boston
Builders Association.
Boston, April 30-The master builders
association held meeting today which was
attended by over 200 of the members, to take
action on the demands made on it by the
knights of Labor and other labor organiZa-
tions that eight hours or in some instances
nine hours, shall constitute days work in
stead of 10 hours; also that on May 1st GER
tain specified sums be fixed as minimum
wages for days labor. 1t was unanimous
ly voted to give no quarter to the eight hour
movement either to masons or carpenters;
that any reduction of the hours of labor
would be certain to paralyze building enter
prises while an attempt to fix minimum
rate of wages would absolutely destroy the
basis on which their business is conducted
as we'll as produce great and undeserved dis
tress among the workmen themselves. The
association consents to grant a reduction of
two hours time on Saturdays. The above
radical action of the association is consid-
cred important as it represents the employ
ment of IL, 900 to 10000 workmen.
Dover Lasters Demand More Wages.
DOVER, N. H., April 30.-The Lasters'
Protective Union served on the
proprietors of each of the seven shoe factor
les here on Wednesday, new list of prices
to take effect ON May 1st. The proprietors
of the shops have not yet announced wheth-
er they viii accede or not to the demands of
the men.
The State of the Strike on New York
Street Railways.
New YORK, April 3O.-The strikers on the
Third Avenue railroad have run four free
stages today, in opposition to the company's
cars. At 10 O'Clock, the company had Ga cars
running on the Third, Avenue road, Is on
the 125th street line, and 10 cable cars. Fit
teen new men went to work today, and 30
experienced drivers who came from Wash
ington were put on the cars with old driv-
ers to accustom them to the curves and
switches.
then withdrawn. The company said they
had run 107 cars ON the Third Avenue road,
IA on the 125th Street road and 10 on the Ca
BILE road today. They will begin night trips
Monday and expect then to be in full work
ing order.
New YORK, April 3O.-The members of
the executive board of the Empire Protect
i've Association, Joseph K, O'Donnell, chair
man, Andrew j. Best secretary, j. r. Gra-
ham, Jas. F. Downing and John Hughes
came to the district attorneys Office to-day to
learn if they were wanted. They were in
formed that indictments were presented
against them yesterday for conspiracy in
connection with the Third Avenue strike,
and they would be requested to furnish $1,000
bail each to answer. They were accompanied
by a bondsman who became surety for them.
The trial of the prisoners was fixed for the
9TH of May. Geo. Winner, a glass blower
and the last of the six men indicted by the
grand jury for causing the riot on Third Ay-
enue in connection with railroad strikes, was
arrested yesterday and to-day committed in
default of bail.
Weavers at South Hadley Falls Quit
Work.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April 30.-Weavers
in the Glasgow mills at South Hadley, num-
bering 70 to 100 struck this morning on ac-
count of the recent reduction in wages of 13
cents cut. They offered to accept five
cents reduction but the company refused.