Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-14
! THE TolLERs' DEMAND.

re GGNstesNO
The Movement for q Reduction I'm the
Hours Of Labor MISUNDERSTANDING
Wdrkshops and Factories Deserted by
Dissatlsfled working-men-1he Uprising
Not So General as Expcctet-A Freight
Blockade In tClicago-The In
Other Citles-The Gould Strike About
Ended.
Dispatches received show that outside Of
Chicago the movement on Saturday by
the trades-unions for the adoption OF a
rule making eight hours a1day's labor was
not as general as had been expected.
There appeared to be no concert OF action
among the workmen, and only in one city
-Milwaukee-did the movement reach
magnitude. In that city the demands OF
the brewery employees were refused and
5000 of them struck. THIS number in
Guided the drivers, andth breweries candle
liver no beer. The meninE E. P. Allis Coos
machine shops went out. and enough men
in various other trades TO swell the num-
her of strikers in the Cream City to nearly
5000. In st. Louis st. Paul, Minneapo-
lis, indianapolis, Akron, o.; Boston, Pitts
Bburgh, and number OF smaller cities de-
mands were made by but few Of the trades.
In New York the movement was confined
to the. carpenters and ~joiners. There was
a monster eight-hour demonstration in
the evening. An army 81 policemen were
within call in anticipation Of trouble, but
the meeting was quiet and orderly and
there were NO communicate u~tterarces.
There are no reports upon which the total
number Of men striking or forced out OF
work can be approximated.
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IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, May BIN accordance with
general expectation there has been no vio-
9lence in Chicago as an outcome OF the ces-
satiopeof labor in a majority Of the manu-.
featuring establishments, lumber yards
and the freight-houses OF several trunk
line railroads.
1t wass estimated last night that 10000
OF the 525,OO0 wage-workers OF Chicago
have alFeadv protited by the eightshour
movement. About 65,OOOare supposed to
to Saturday 1000 brewers, as many
bakers, 800 furniture-workers, 1900
neutrality-suspicious. and 100 tuck-pointershad
secureda reduction of their working hours.
According to the reports received up to
midnight by Mr.. George A. Schilling, chair
man OF the eight-hour committee, the de-
mands of the following have been salts
fed: Eight hundred tobacco handlers,
700 street-car employees. all sthe men,
bers Of the Ci4ar.Makers Union, 300 beer
barrel makers, $50 drY-goods and notion
stores employees, $500 packers and a
large number of workmen employed in
smaller industries. Besides, the following
unions have adopted the eight-hour stand
ard: Brick-Layers', Stone-Masons', Hold
Carriers, Plasterers' and Lathers' Out OF
the thirty-seven Establishments where iron.
molders are employed, twenty three shops
have won, five OF the firms are resisting the
movement and the Remainder are nego-
Batting. The Machinists and Blacksmiths'
Assembly, which is striking for eight
hours, with the ten-hour wages scaled, re-
ports general success. The upholsterers
are being resisted in nearly every instance.
5Thirty-three hundred brick-makers are
striking for eight hours work attenhours'
pay. About one-half OF the GOO butchers
in the city have secured reductions from
sixteen to ten hours. Tho Shoe-makers'
eight hours pay for eight hours work,
The Clerks Union will be eatis-
fled with ten hours. Four hum
dred w-agon-makers begin work to-
day under the eight-hour reform. The
marblc-workers have also won under the
eight hours pay agreement. The Coop
ers' Assembly is still standing out for nine
hours pay. In many instances, where
large bodies OF men are solicited under q
trade movement, long strikes are threat.
ened if the present attitude OF the employ
ers is maintained. The movement has not
yet been attended by any violence, though
in some quarters the socialisticelementhas
caused seeming pickering and disquiet.
This is particularly true of the lumber re-
gion and North side furniture district.
TheSreport received at a late hour that
the Milwaukee & st. Paul Company was
sending 400 men into the city, to take the
places Of the striking freight handlers
caused no little uneasiness in railroad
quarters. The strikers decided t resist
any attempt Of. the imported men to han.
die the freight. Observation-Disclosures Of the
Burlington road struck Friday night,
those Of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. Chi.
cago g. Alton, Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern, Chicago, Rock Island& Pacific,
Grand Trunk, Chicago q Eastern Illinois,
Chicago q Atlantic, Michigan Central,
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago,
Chicago & Northwestern, Panhandle,
Wabash, and Pittsburgh & Fort Wayne.
The Illinois Central men made the same de.
:nands-ten hours pay for eight hours
work-and gave the company until to-
night to return an answer. When asked to
strike Saturday by the delegation Of strik..
ers they refused to do 30, but said that ii
the company refused their demands they
would gosout. The Baltimore & Ohio men
refused to strike,Sand were not pressed, az
it was understood they enioyede exceptional
advantages and had made no demands fol
fewer hours or increased pay. The total
number Of the freight handlers on q strike
isnot far from 100. Themen say they are
in favor Of peaceable measures and
will resort to no violence unless forced
to do SO.
h good8news Of the day was the capit-
ufntion OF the packing firm ofwhich Philip
y Armour is the head. The Chicago Pack
ing and Provision Company voluntarily
recognized the eight-hour movement some
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