Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-29
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CHICAGO, April 28.--Ths Western
Boot and Shoe -Msnuiacturers Asso-
citation vas formed last night. Sixty
firms were represented in person and
one hundred and sixty in oil by lstssr.
Tho object Of the Association Is for
mutual protection. A committee from
the Boot and Shoe -Trimmsrs' and Cut.
ters' Union was present and requested
ten-hours' pay for eighthours' work,
claiming that in the East wages
were higher, and that in Cincinnati they
would demand clio, els, and s20 per
week. The committee said the Union.
after May lst, would expect tan hours
pay for eight hours work. The cutters,
with others of the Union, are opposed
to any reduction in the wages, but in
sist on only eight hours for days
work. The manufacturers, on being
asked il they could afford to give ten
hours pay for eight hours work, gave
Q unanimous "No."
1t. was resolved by them that they
agree to adopt the same scale Of wages
for the same class and amount Of work,
and same number Of hours for . days
work that is adopted in the East.
A meeting Of the box-manufacturers
Was held last night to receive COM
mittee from the Box.Mskcrs' and Saw
yers' Assembly Knights Of Labor, IN
reference TO . declaration Of the manu-
facturers declining to acceds to the
eight-hour system.
The committee from the workmen
emphasized the demand Of the Assem-
bly, for eight hours work, but declined
to say anything about wages, the i'm
preston being that that would be con-
sidered later. After much delibera-
tion the manufacturers adopted reso-
lntion as q compromise, "That owing
to the peculiar condition and character
Of our business we cannot consistently
concede to the eight-hour rule, and that
in lieu thereof we agree to pay IN ad-
vance of 10 per cent. on the present
wages on the basis Of ten hours labor,
and otherwise run our business IS hero
tofore-namely, ten hours per day."
The employees committee will confer
with their assembly.
Two hundred and seventy-fve cabi.
net-makers and furniture workers at
the large factory Of X. Rothschild's
Sons went out on strike this morning.
They demanded ten-hours' pay for eight
hours work, and the firm concluded
they could not meet the demand. This
strike is the outcome Of one in their
factory at Cincinnati. This morning
there was no disorder, the men for the
most part staying away from the yicin-
Ity Of the factory.
One of the morning papers publishes
interviews with all the leading from
and steel-manufacturers Of the city,
who declare that the present show
movement among their men has been
badly conceived that the real labor.
ipg.men are not back Of il, but that 1t
is fermented by non.laboring agitators,
and that they will not accede to the
eight.hour plan.
The feeling among the contractors and
builders in regard to the eight-hour move.
mentis one of uncertainty. They seem to
realize that they are occupying very
peculiar position. On one hand they
say they have laboring men who are de-
manding eight hours work and ten
hours pay, while on the other hand are
owners Of lots who are anxious to i'm
prove them. but who will not expose
their plans while the hours OF labor art
unsettled.
The eight-hour movement has tsker
firm hold Of the men employed in the
brass foundry and tinisbing-shops ol
the city, and by the end of the present
week all the firms in that business will
have heard from q committee Of their
men and have taken a stand for OF
against the adoption of the short day.
Some Of the larger manufacturers oI
brass and copper goods have already
received notice from their employees
that they want eight hours work with
ten hours pay.