The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-05-14
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strike for shorter hours Bradstreet'S sum-
marizes results throughout the country as
follows:
Reported striking for shorter hours. l5O,-
600; reported last week, 5000; total, 1885,
600. Securing shorter hours without strik-
ing, 111,GOO; reported last week,
$4,000; total, $4,000. Number en-
gagged in the short-hour movement
299, 900; total to whom shorter hours were
granted after striking, 5000. 1t is more
than likely that. with all union strikes in
Guided, the grand total on strike will prove
to be nearly LIS, 900. Iii all probability
the 10000 to whom the demands weT5
granted without any strike will bring UP
the total of those actively engaged in the
short-hour movement to 325, 900 working
men.
Shorter hours have been granted to
III, coo men in % cities, during ths, week,
without the effort of striking. The largest
total is of $4,000, Chicago packing-h house
employees. The cigar-makers aggregate
some 1850 in number of whom 1000 are
in New York, 1880 in Detroit, and 1900 in
Chicago. The building Understanding
bricklayers, carpenters painters, plumbers,
stone-cutters ete.-furnish q total of p coo
to whom shorter hours have beef coiicededj
Washington, New York, Chicago and Bal
timore's quota accounting for $4,000 In
the group including miscellaneous trades
there are over 1900 Smaller totals, to
out striking are: Tobacco-factory work
ers, $500 5000 at Baltimore); furniture
makers, $500 5000 at Grand Rapids), and
$500 machinistS 5000 at Chicago and 500
at ST. Louis). The total number reported
striking for shorter hours Is $50, 900 at vari-
Gus cities, rs folloWsI Chicago, $4,000;
New York, 35000 Cincinnati, 80, 900;
Ni1yro,1lyaa r 000. RaItiIonj,a e 0(i0l RhStoI.
400; Pittsburgh, 4, $50; Detroit 5000; st.
Louis 2;0O0 Washington, 1900; Newark,
1900. and eleven other cities with fewer
than 1000 each. The total number striking
among the building trades is 25,0OQ (Cin-
cinnati 5000; Boston; 4,7O05 Pittsburgh,
300, and WashingtO44s. 500; pattern
makers, 10000 100000 in New York, Brook
Ign and Jersey City, $500 in Cincinnati
and 5000. at Chicago; $4,000 furniture
makers (7,000 at Chicago and 4,O00 at Gin
cinnati) 5000 cabinet-makers and 5000
piano-makers (both at New York;, and
5000 laborers 5000 at Cincinnati). The
total number of employees to whom shorter
hours have been granted after striking is
35,000 one-half of whom are classified as
miscellaneous, and probably 10000 (of the
17,000) are in Cincinnati. There are 1000
among the building trades G,O00 at New
York and 1000 at Newark, 1000 piano
makers New York, 1900 machinists 5000
L ~, L,
ment makers.
in the vicinity of New York City, where
it has been reported there are 1870, 600 menu
bers of trades-unionS, a general movement
to secure the "eight-hour day. has not
taken place. The larger portion of those
engaged in the movement, the building
trades, secured a concession some time age
in the shape of nine hours day on FIVE
days and eight hours OH Saturdays. The
twenty thousand striking machine and
and pattern makers in New York City and
vicinity want nihe-hour day. No general
demand has been made, but one shop is be-
ing taken at d time"
CHICAGO, May 10. Officer Timothy
Flavin died at the hospital Saturday after
noon, and Officer Michael Sheahan passed
away at his boarding house, 1853 Dearborn
street, yesterday afternoon. This makes
five policemen who have died from the eff
fects OF wounds inflicted by the death.
dealing bomb thrown in Tuesday nights
riot. Kruger, the man who shot Policeman
Madden, and who was in turn shot by the
officer at the Desplaines street viaduct
on Wednesday evening, died Saturday aft
ternooh. Officer Madden is making fair
progress towards recovery.
Frank Lewis a shoemaker who as shot
through the body in Tuesday nights af-
fair, died yesterday forenoon at 23O7
Wentworth avenue.
Resolutions strongly condemning the
course of the Anarchists in precipitating
the riot in Haymarket square last Tues
day night have been adopted by labor
organizations of this city and throughout
the country. A meeting at Davenport,
Ia. at which the chief speaker expressed
sympathy with the rioters and charged
that the city police were in the employ of
capitalists, was dispersed by the chief OF
police and the orator placed under arrest.
CINCINNATI, O., May 10.-Every precau-
tion has been taken to avert an outbreak
among the Anarchists. A force of State
troops numbering in all about 1,500 men
and provided with field and Gatling guns is
encamped near the city, while the First Regi-
ment is under arms at it's armory in the
city ready for action at a moment notice.
The mayor has caused the- police force to
, he increased by !, 900 special officers, and
has issued proclamation forbiddng pub
lie meetings for the present
New YORK, May 10.-The eight-hour
movement in this city received disastrous
blow yesterday when the United Piano
| Makers declared off the demand for re.
duction in working hours. All members
| On StEIhG NGfG OIucE6Q DSJCh w WIN
to-day. The failure was caused through
| the refusal OF the men employed
| by Stenway & Sons and Weber & Co. to
join in the demand, because they consid-
cred ten hours fair days work. About
twenty-seven piano-factory owners have
yielded to the eight-hour demand, but
they are expected to return to the former
schedule since the demand failed ofgeneral
recognition.
ST. LOUIS, May 10.-The first week OF
the eight-hour movement in this city ended
Saturday, and the situation may be
| summed up as follows: In the larger in
dustries, where the organization has been
incomplete, strikes or lock-outs have oc-
Cured, which still continue; in other cases
the employees who have demanded eight
hours have been discharged and new men
employed. The furniture manufacturers
have, without exception, adopted the sys-
tenn. Among the boiler and sheet-iron
workers the short day is in force, with
double pay for over time The stone and
| marble cutters get eight hours with eight
hours pay, except III one establishment,
where ten hours pay for the short hours
was granted. Among the building trades
| the men paid by the hour have adopted the
eight-hour system. The planning mill COM
| panies and tobacco factories have all
granted the demand for shorter hours.
| The painters have been working on the
eight-hour plan since the first OF March,
and on the first Of May were given an
| increase of wages. In many brewer
| les the working time OF the men has
been reduced from twelve to ten
| hours.
Two men were arrested in St.
Louis the other day. It was alleged
that the men had perfected means Of
taking the change out of the cash
boxes in the street cars, and upon one
or them was found an instrument for
abs tra citing the coins. 1t consists in a
long and moderately stiff strap split at
the end, into which are fitted two pieces
of zinc or tin, which are moderately
flexible. Pushing this down into the
boxes the coins were easily caught be-
tween the two pieces of. tin and alb
/ stracted. -St. Louis Post.
"A young man in large company
was descanting very fiippantly on a
subject his knowledge of which was
evidently superficial, and lady pres
| ax4t oolyod his mama 81 TITS Scarlptt y