New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-22

NOVEL DEMAND IN MASSACHUSETTS.

KNIGHTS or LABOR ANNOYING FNEMER-THE
QUESTION OF HOURS N CnICAGO-NOTrs.
Boston, May 81 (Spccial) John Cum innings
Is positive He not propose to permit the
Knights NJ Labor dictate to him unnecessarily Ho
Is president Of tho shawmut National Bank OF Boston,
aud Is the OF a large tannery and an extensive
farm IN the neignboring town OF Woburn. lie employs
about forty his farm at this season OF tho year
a few days ago he waited upon by u delegation
from tue Knights OF Labor who proposed to dictate the
number Of hours his should work and the wages lie
should pay them Mr.. Cummings Informed his oihcious
visitors that " his wished to strike they could 90 So
lie could procure all help he needed He is paying
his men from s. to $40 week. Only tho green hands
get AS little 5 So They arc paid every month.
CHICAGO. May 81 CSpccian Considerable uucaslnes'
Is fe t the stock yards to the proposal to return
TO inc Ten hour system II Is sad INA. one OF T." " n
large houses Will make an effort on Monday 10 go pacs
10 the old cnour plan and that at least % per cent OF
the men are willing accept the change one OF tho
large beef Strengthening and canning firms has Introduced
the single hour plan all departments. and the change
ance 1t is rnmored that all the labor unions. whose
members are employed about the packng,honses, IN
helr members to agree to work eight hours or eight
hours pay.
HUSrINGToS, May q (Sp,ciaO. -Movements are on
foot that Will result In the settlement OF the miners
strike In the Cieareld the first OF next week
The strikers the reports that tho men
In the Cumberland region had resumed n the old rates
ana committee appointed at meeting held AZ Osceoa
Georges Creek to ascertain the situation The commit
tee VIII will report at meeting
OF the Ceareld be held at Tyrone in the after,
noon. Representatives. Of Berwnd, White u Co.. ana
Fisher. Miller * Co.. from this city. aud OF other opera
tors OF the region Will be present at the meeting 10 CON
Ter with the miners Ii IL generally understood that
the latter will abandon their demand for an advance or
Ten cents ton but Will ask that none VINO nave pee
on strike shall he backsted that just weights sha DC
allowed aud that they be paid IN cash aud permitted 10
buy their goods where they choose.
PHILADELPHIA, May 81 (Specidp.-Labor In number
traton committees OF the knights OF Labor have thus
Tar failed TO bring about settlement Tno trades ar
fected are those OF pork fchers, packing box manu-
LECTURERS bakers. textile workers and others OWING 10
James Brson IL co. Will be closed every week on Friday
and Saturday.
hearing given to-day by Magistrate Lennon to
John Hrrzog. Severn Miller. Eberhardt Nulenberger
GustaYe kerbnsky, Henry :. Schlichting. Martin Ham
merschmdt ii Ewood L. Beck. charged on the oath OF
Cheney kllburn OF the Hale u knbufn lanuiactur-
ing Company, with conspiracy to prevent the company
from carrying its business by preventing persons
from from working al the establishment by means or n
tmidatIon and threats. The magistrate held Miller IN
$1,000 bail to the charge OF aggravated assault
and battery; 5000 keep the aud $500 Tor cor
spiracy. All the other defendants were held In $500
bail upon the charge Of conspiracy.
ST. LorIs May p tSp,ciab. eighty Knight, OF
Labor. miners. delegates to the National Convention
held their first yesterday and effected tempo
At the evening session resolutions
were adopted promising support to Mr. POwdery at te
election be held At Cleveland II he shall be a cdnil-
date for General Master Workman.
The Grand Jury which has been In session in fsboro
Mo. nve-tsacd the charges OF conspiracy agn-t the
late railroad strikers. nftynlne OF whom were ndlce
Many OF them escaped before warrants could De served
them and only four have been arrested.
DETROIT Mich May 2l.-Two hundred moro Michigan
Car Works strikers resumed work this morning aud the
shops to-day all departments although NOT lu1i-
handed.