Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-03

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vulcan iron works, John Featherstone. Fl. n
Scoville, Gates iron works. Peacock ives,
division car shops, Link Belt Manufacturing
Company. In fact, all shop, of anv ina
portance except the Bullock Manufacturing
company, have now conceded
rity men, unloading vessels at the Rock
island & Lake Shore dock on the river, struck
1or eight hours and stopped work
Inc drivers and conductors on the Blue
Island line of the West Division Car Com.
pany demand reduction OF their trips from
seven to SIX, confining the working dav to II
hours, without decrease in pay The com.
pany acceded to the demands without anv
parleying.
Two hundred men employed by the West
Division Street Car Company in the extern
sion of its lines struck for eight hours. The
company allowed the men TO go.
AT South Orange, where few of the lum-
Der yards and planning mills are located, the
yardmen and the men employed in the plan
ing mill of one large concern, stopped work,
ahu VIII oouDtiess induce the men in the other
yards to stop also.
The men employed in Kinks soap factory.
numbering 700, have stopped work
The situation has been quiet among the
large packing houses at the Union stock
with the packers, and the men are not in
clined, apparently, to be very exacting The
packing houses are all running about a.
usual, though there were three o'clock
whistles instead of o'clock this morning
In measure the packers are prepared to re
slst any unreasonable demand, but thev all
have important contracts which must be
filed.
The column of railroad strikers and their
followers reached the Lake Shore road about
ii o'clock, and the main body of the men
stopped work. The officials OF the Lake
Shore road are preparing to close all their
freight houses.
ST. PAUL. May 3.
Plumbers in this city and Minneapolis yes
terday struck for shorter hours which the
bosses refused to grant The proprietors of
the planning mills and sash, door and blind
factories of both cities will close their fac
tories rather than grant their employees ten
hours pay for nine hours work
Cigar makers, brick LAYERS and stone ma
sons have secured shorter hours without
striking. The eight hour movement is con-
fined chiefly to building trades.
NEW YORK, May
Everything was quiet on Third avenue to-
day. The company ran so cars on the ave-
nue. and full number on l25th street and
Cable roads. The strikers ran four free
stages, which were we'll patronized.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. May q
Yesterday a body of strikers for shorter
hours marched to Fuller & Rice's mill, out
side the city limits and the leaders ordered
the mill hands to quit work. This they de-
clned to do and battle ensued which lasted
till the police arrived and drove off the strik-
ers. The mill hands went quietly back to
work
BosToN, May 2.
The amalgamated building trades union
council, which is composed of delegates from
every building trades union in Boston, met
this afternoon to hear the reports of the
reports of committees from unions that have
demand for fewer hours and for increased
pay. flod carriers have received conces.
sions from their bosses, and have agreed to
work for $3.50 for nine hours as days
work. with eight on Saturday. This leaves
the painters, plumbers and carpenters unions
The Master Plumbers Association refused to
grant any concessions TO the employees.
MILWAUKEE, Nav 2.
The brewing companies of this city today
held conference and resolved to make q
united stand against the 2000 striking brew.
ers.
CHICAGO, May 2.
There was no disorder in the city today
Capitalists and manufacturers were seriously
considering the situation and there were also
meetings of many labor organizations.
WAsHINGToN, May 2.
From present indications. 10000 men in
this city go out on strike tomorrow for
eight hours as days work, Various as
semblies of the nights of Labor held meetings
today, at which arrangements for conducting 2
the inevitable lockout were made