Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-05-13
THE SHORT HOUR MOVE.


The Extent and Results of the Movemen
Summarized by Bradstreet's- Concession
Granted Without Strikes Show q Graft
Tying Aggregate to WOrkin 2men-Thre,
Hundred and Twenty-Five thousand Mel
Engaged i'm Working Out the Prob
lem.
New YORK, May s.-One week ago
Brddstreet's presented the results OF an
extended telegraphic inquiry as to the
probable extent of the movement on foo,
among trade unionists to secure fewer
hours of daily labor without decrease in
wages. 1t was shown that so far as then
made public 10000 men would strike
within the week. that 5000 were already
on strike to That end, and that eight (or
other) horrs had already been granted to
"Z,ooe employees at various points. 1t was
plainly indicated that over 5000
men were moving in the matter, either
by request alone or with threats to strike,
AS it is now made plain, these figures
were below the marx. Brudstreet's
special tclegraphic inquiry this week,
while presenting totals materially in ex.
cess OF those foreshadowcd on last Fri.
day, shows that the aggregate mum.
Der OF strikers for fewer hours
work daily has not been as large
as some Estimates" and other careless
editorial utterances have stated them,
possibly for the reason that the mobs of
1dlers, Anarchists and others ut Chicago
and Milwaukee have not been included as
Workmcn on strike. The totals given
herewith will doubtless prove under rath-
er than over the actual aggregate, but are
believed to be the result of as close an
enumeration as the present mixed condi.
ton OF affairs at various industrial centers
will permit.
The "Eight-Hou" demand has already
been transformed into a "demand for
shorter hours" so many of the posi-.
tons taken originally having been
changed by compromises. An attempt
at this time to distinguish clearly or
fully as to the extent Of the movement
Tor el9ht, Tor nine, or other hours is i'm
pracllcaple. There is reported to Brad
sTeet's irop twenty-five cities III, 900
men to WON shorter hours have been
SrahtS'. within a week without
the Pif"rt of striking. The largest total
Is Of 5000 Chicago packing-housc en-.
ployes. The cigar makers aggregate some
$4,000 in number, of whom $4,000 arc in
New York, 800 in Detroit and 800 in
Chicago. The building trades, including
brlcklayers, carpenters, painters, plumb.
crs, stone cutters, ETC., furnish total of
$4,000, to whom shorter hours have been
conceded, Washington, New York, Chi
ca@o and Baltimore quotas accounting for
1900.
In the group, including miscellaneous,
there are over 1900,
Smaller totals, 20 whom shorter hours
were conceded without striking, are:
Tobacco factory workers, $500 5000
at Baltimore); furniture makers, $500
(3,G0o .. Grand Rapids, and $500 ma
chip:sts (2,500 at Chicago and 800 at ST.
Iouis).
The total number reported striking fro
shorter hours Is 1906 at various cit
les, rs follows: Chicago, $4,000; New
York, $4,000; Cincinnati, $4,000; Mil
waukee, 1000; Baltimore, 5000; Bos.
ton, 400; Pittsburg, $3.50; Detroit, 3d.
600; St Louis, 1000; Washington, 1900;
Newark, POO, and eleven other cities
with fewer than 900 each.
The total number striking among the
building trades is $4,000; Cincinnati,
5000; Boston, 400; Pittsburgh, 3.10O,
and Washington, 800; patternmakers,
10000 ZOO New York, Brooklyn and
Jersey City; $500 Cincinnati, and 5000
at Chicago; $4,000 furniture-makers-
1000 Chicago and 1000 Cincinnati; 5000
cabinet makers and 5000 piano makers,
both at New York, and 5000 laborcrs-
5000 at Cincinnati.
Tho total pumhcr of anplnvac 70 whom
shorter hours have been granted after
striking is $4,000, one-half of whom are
classified as miscellaneous and probably
10000 of the 1900 are in Cincinnati
There are 5000 among the building
trades-l 900 ut New York and 1000 at
Newark; 1000 piano-makers at New
York; 5000 machinists-3, 200 at New
New York, and 1900 agricultural imple-
ment-makerS.
Summarizing the results: Total re-
ported striking for shorterhours, l50, 900;
total reported last week, 5000; total,
10000.
Total securing shorter hours with strik-
ing, Ill, 900; total reported last week,
$4,000; total, 10000.
Total number engaged in the short-hour
movement, $4,000.
Total to whom shorter hours granted
after striking, $4,000.
1t is more than likely that with all
union strikes included the grand total on
strike will prove to be near $4,000, with
which, in all probability, the 10000 to
whom the demands were granted without
any strike will bring up the total of those
actively engaged in the short-hour move
mcnt to $4,000 workingmen.