Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28
Labor Notes.

Labor Notes.
The stove foundry of Sherman s. Rogers
q Co., in Buffalo, employing 500 men, shut
down on the Oath because OF the labor out
breaks throughout the country.
| The lourneymen OF the building trades at
Pittsburg have in several instances COM
promised on nine hours for days work.
| The differences between the brewers of
| Philadelphia and the Brewers Workman 8
| Union were satisfactorily adjusted on the
Oath. The brewers granted the increase in
wages asked for, but insisted that ten
hours actual work should be done for q
days pay.
The Miners and Labores' Amalgamated
Associations OF Luzerne, Lackawanna and
Northern Schuylkill Counties, Pa, held a
grand demonstration at Wilkesbarre on
the Oath. All the collieries in Luzerne
County suspended work for the day and
about $4,000 persons took part in the
| parade. Addresses were made by Con-
gresham @. n. Brumm, ex-senator John
Parker, the Hon. W. H. Hines, OF Wilkes
barre; Daniel Duffy, of Schuylkil; George
Harris, state president of the society, and
John Brody, assistant organizer of the So
ciety.
| An alleged eight-hour demonstra ton took
| place the lake front, Chicago, on the
afternoon of the 25th. About 10000 peo-
pie gathered to hear eight-hour addresses,
after q parade through the streets The
| speeches had q strong socialistic flavor
and a number Of red flags were displayed.
| The master plasterers of st. Louis have
offered their men 1918 for eight hours, &
slight advance over present wages. 1t is
thought the men will accept.
| The strike of the Lake Shore switchmen
in Chicago is over. The result was effected
| by the company agreeing to find work for
the eight non-union men In some other de-
| partment.
The plasterers at work at San Antonio,
Tex, have struck, demanding So for eight
hours or Sd for ten hours work per day.
No trouble has yet resulted.
The strike inaugurated by the watchma k
ers OF Grammont, in East Flanders, Belgi.
UNI, is spreading and becoming serious. Re-
| Inducements OF gendarmes have been sum-
moned. The strikers barricaGed the bridges
over the Bender River and from behind these
distractions made an assault upon the
gendarmes. A fight ensued, resulting in the
| rout OF the rioters and the arrest OF large
number Of them.
The discovery has been made that an or
ganization Of employers has been perfected
in New England which includes nearly all
the large cotton and wooden manufacturers
in the district. The object defensive.
The strike at the Coleraine Iron Works,
Easton, Pa, is ended, the men receiving
the advance asked for.
One hundred blacksmiths in Hiram
Davis carriage mandatory, Cincinnati,
struck for restoration of the former
wages.
A dispatch from Reese, Kas., says the
Sunfower A ssembly, Knights of Labor,
numbering 4,678 men, surrendered it's
charter on the 23d.
An addition of 500 men was made to the
number already idle at ST. Louis on the
22d by strike of the employees of the Mis-
souri, Car & Foundry Company. The cause
of che trouble was the discovery that re-
pairs were being made for the Missouri Pa
cifc and Iron Mountain roads.
One of the largest meetings of furniture
manufacturers ever held in the United
States was in session at Chicago, on the
22d. Delegates were present from Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, In
diana, and Kentucky. Over 100 firms were
represented. 1t was decided to inaugurate
the eight-hour system, commencing May 1,
and at the same time make an advance Of
10 per cent. on all kinds of furniture. With
the beginning of the eight-hour system, the
wages of the workmen will be reduced in
proportion as their hours are lessened.
The developments in the Chicago switch
mems strike on the 22d were unilnportant
The Lake Shore Company procured writs
of Injunction to prevent the strikers from
interfering with the moving of trains. An
effort was made to run out train, but it
was unsuccessful.
The workmen in the big sugar refneries in
! and around New York went on g. strike on
the 22d. They demand an increase from
$1.35 to $1.75 per day. In the afternoon
| the men belonging at the Havemeyer Works,
at Green Point made disturbance. The
police were called out and fight followed,
in which the blue-coats were badly routed.
| Only one man was reported seriously hurt.
| All efforts at a compromise between the
New Ork street car companies and their
employees appear to be fruitless. Many of
the men are dissatisfied at their enforced
| idleness, and as the roads are running cars
as usual, under police protection, the strike
seems hopeless. At 2:30 on the morning of
the 22d it was announced that the Knights
| of Labor had agreed to order q general tie
up on all lines OF public conveyance, includ-
| ing the elevated roads and the ferries.
The Baltimore street car troubles are
about over. The Union Line has com.
promised with it's men and the other lines
are running cars with new men.
About twenty servant girls employed in
private families at Tarrytown, N. Y.
struck for higher wages on the 21st aud
went to New York to look for new places.
! The girls had been receiving from $14 to
SIG a month, but the demand for help at
the summer resorts stimulated them to ask
| for more.
CD. L. Meyers, Son & Co., sash and blind
manufacturers. Chicago, have acceded to
the demands of their men for an eight-hour
day.
The strike of the Baltimore & Ohio
switchmen at Chicago is over. The eight
Objectionable non. union men were provided
with work outside Of Chicago.
About 100 employees in the school furni-
ture factory of A. II. Andrews & Co., Chi
cago, struck on the 10Th for Is per cent
| increase in wages.
The eighthour committee of the Chicago
Trades and Labor assembly has issued q
circular announcing that May 1 has been
set apart for a general inauguration of the
eight-hour system. and saying that there is
a uniform understanding among the differ
ent unions to accept corresponding reduc-
ton in wages, if necessary, to bring the
eight-hour system into operation. 1t ad-
| vises all trades which have not yet COM
pleted their arrangements to elect suitable
committees and prepare for a mutual solu-
zion OF the question at the time mentioned.