The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-05-09
LABOR TROUBLES.

York a. 723 to 70 cents on the dollar.
LABOR TROUBLES.
CHICAGO, May s.-The Arbeiter Zei-
lung made its appearance again yes
terday morning, though in a very re-
duced form. The old paper was large
prosperous looking folio sheet, while
to.day's issue is a 1912 hand bill.
The leading article yesterday was ad.
dressed to the workingmen Of Chicago
and after relating the difficulties they
had In publishing the paper owing to
the arrest OF all the printers and editors
the paper says: These twenty-five
printers were arrested ou the ridicu-
lous charge of murder, people who
did nothing but their work and for
which they were paid. Bail was re-
fused them. On all sides there was a
systematic attempt to make the reap-
pearance of the paper impossible:
You see, then, workingmen, that the
ruling class understands better than
you the value of a labor organ. We
will show you that although the reck-
Iessne-s of some may temporarily con .
fuse, 1t cannot disrupt our working
mems party. We therefore appeal to
you workingmen. You will SEQ that
workingmen's movement without an
organ is impossible. We shall contin.
ue the fight for freedom and right that
this paper has always conducted.
Forward, and unhesitatingly for
ward, in spite of all chicanery of the
ruling class. Again, workingmen, do
your duty, we will do ours.
The Peoples Gas company has in
stituted the eight<hour system. It has
heretofore been the custom of the 12O
firemcn to work In two shifts of twelve
hours each at 81 rs per man per shift.
Under tho new system the new men
work in three shifts of eight hours each
at 81 SO per shift. Sixty new men
will necessarily be employed.
About 5000 cloak-makers who work
only six months In the year at an av-
erage salary of % per week, have
made demand on the contracting
cloak makers for eight hours work and
an increase of 25 per cent on their
wages. One of the contractors admits
that the cloak makers have been smis>
erably paid and he asserts that the
wholesale dealers had grown rich out
of tho profits of their work. The con-
tractors number about 700 and they
are organized as Assembly No. 5129 of
the Knights Of Labor. AT meeting
held last night they expressed their
WiAingne IS to grant the demands of
their employees, provided they can in.
duce the wholesale dealers to pay an
advance on the present price of the
goods. A committee was appointed to
lazy the matter before the heading
houses.
A Spsesas dispatch from Logansport
Ind, Says Lewis York, Il mixture OF
insanity, socialism, communism nihi-
lism ansi iniidelity, has made hiunself
odius 50 law.abiding citizens of this,
city recently by ineendiary utterances
and attempts to stir up trouble among
the laboring classes. He has made a
business Of scattering anarchist litera-
iure about the streets and in every
manner has attempted to talk working
men into riot and bloodshei- A COM
mittee Of citizens waited Oh him last
night and gave him five hours to get
out of town or be hanged. EIe left on
the first train.
New YORK, May S.-Three hun
dred builders and !aborers in the en-
psey of Mersz & Sons, at Rochester
have struck for nine hours per day,
except Saturday, when they demand
eight hours. The firm will stop work
rather than accede to the demand. Mr.
Mertz made an effort yesterday morn>
ing to ascertain whether any of his
men belonged to the knights of Labor
but was unsuccessful. 1t Is his inten.
ton not to employ any one belonging
to that order.
The water along the line of the ",
5. 4 F. X. r., is receding and trains
Will 3Onhf lNss no