Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-04
WASHINGTON LocK0UTS.

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WASHINGTON LOCKoUTS.
From IL, 900 to $4,000 sIen Out-EVery
thing Very Orderly.
WASHINGTON, May S--A very genera
lockout began here today against :ht
eish;.hour demands Of the Unions o.
br:cklayers, hodcarriers, stonecutters, stone
rubbsrs, pai0ters. plumbers and carpen'
ters, numbering in the aggregate over
0G0 men. The demands nave oeen com
piled with in some instances and negotis'
tions looking o the adjustments Of the dit
ficulties are under way in several others.
There has been no disturbances OF the
place and none threatened 10 any quarter.
Only those employed in what ore knoWn
as the building trades are engaged in the
present controversy. Early this morning
delegations from the different Assemblies
appeared at the different railroad depots
for the purpose Of intercepnng
auy "sca6s" from neighbo;ing
cities who might arrive. 1t is
the policy of the leaders 10 keep the men
of the street, and in consequence few work
men sre 10 be seen. Everything is quiet
and orderly and no loud talk is to be he Ardi
At headquarters District Master Work.
man Hobbs said this morning there
were lot half as many men locked out as
reported S Saturday. Many OF the bosses
have conceded the eight hours and many
more would II they were not forced to hold
our by master builders who threaten 10
b ,ycott thcse sub contractors BY not taking
estimates for work from any Of them who
refuse to stand BY them in their resistance
10 the eight hour moyemsnt. Mr..
Hobbs estimate the number lock
ed out from 1000 to 1900. A Committee
on Amslgamation OF the trade met
to day and perfected o scheme for meet.
ing of all the building trades. The COM
mittee was appointed bv the District As
sembly Of the Knights Of Labor. The COM
mittee mutually pledyed these different or
ganizsyiops to stand firmly together. The
working card system WAS adopted. Some
of the employers whose men are at work to-
day assert that they are working ten hours,
but as a rule where work is in progress, it
is under the eight hour system.
In Full Blast.
Sr LOUIS, May After a shut down of
several months the Fulcan Iron Works at
Csrondsle resumed operations this morn.
ing, giving employment to about coo men.
The bosses of the works prepared sched.
ule Of wages which is TO remain In force
until January lst, 1887. THIS schedule
was presented 10 the men yesterday after.
noon and they unanimously resolved to go
70 work at the proposed terms, and this
morning the furnaces are in full blast
Union Pacific Brakemen StrlHe.
CuEYENNE, Wy, May 3-The brake
men on the Union Pacific
railroads on the division between Sidney
snd Laramie struck to-day agsinst the
new schedule of mileage and pay. The
brakemen Claim the new schedule to be u
reduction. The company denies this
Freight trains are beiug Tied up here as
last as they arrive. Passenger trains gre
sent out without brskemen. General
Superintendent Dickinson arrived from
Denver at noon and will be interviewed
by the committee, The brakemen demand
the old schedule of pay Of $65 per month.
No Trouble Expected at Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 3.-At eight
O clock thiS 2o?nins nine hundred union
men, employed in eleven furniture factor
les of this city, quit work. They demand
that the eisht.hour law be adoped, for
which they shall receive ten hours pay.
The trrni,ure manufacturers exchange
decided to refuse the demand. The
strike was very quiet, and no trouble is ap-
pretended.
Irons Not Expelled.
ST.. LOUIS. May 3.-Mar,in Irons arrived
in this city this morlipg from the West,
and was asked what truth there was in the
statement made by G. j. yerliech, of Chi
caSo, to the effect that he (lrons) has been
besn expe led from among the knights Of
Labor. Hs replied that there was SD 10
iutely no tru,h in the report; that perfect
harmony existed between all the officers Of
the order, and that so far as he knew there
is not nor aYsr has been any such man as
ysrleich upon any Of tae Committee 'f
the E of /.
Another Row At Grand Rapids.
grand RAPIDS, MIgH May a.-Tbe fur
niture factories, with bat two exceptions,
started up this morning with full gangs Of
men, all satisfied with the arrangements
made; at the Berkey H. Gay and the Oriel
factories the men refused to respond, ow.
ing to the indefinite terms offered,
A mob Of fifty foreigners, Poles, Ger
mans, and EolIsnders, attempted 10 force
q suspension Of labor on the Bridge street
grade this morning, and had lively scFip'
mage. Blows were exchanged. The po-
lice we're called and quelIed the riot Four
sgitators were arrested for melting riot,
and are now in Jail.
Miners Troubles.
PlrTsBuRG, May : AT e Convention Ct
railroad coal miners of his district held
here to day it was unanimously decided to
not load coal for the East while the strike
now in progress in the Third Federation
District continues President Hughes, ot
the Third district, VAS present and stated
that there were twenty thousand men
in his district demanding an advance
OF ten per cent. We sre pretty confident
said President Hughes, that our demands
will be granted within week. Ii not
meeting Of Ihs National EXECUTIVE Board
of miners will be called FOR the purpose ot
insugursting general strike throughout
the whole bituminous coal region.
In the Pittsburg district the demand tol
II cents per ton has been granted. Abou
1 !, ,0Da miners at Mansfield, Pa, went on
10 DAY, however, TOR seminonthly Pay
mspts which the operators refuse to con
cede.
; Minor Pittsburg Strikes.
PIrrsBURG. May 3.-Eighty men en-
ployed in 0esterling and Lspgerhsin an
VIM. Simons planning mill IN AlIegheD
City struck for eight hours work and ts
, hours pay. Twelve upholsters at Hsgms
/ Albrecht's establishment struck for tn
restoration of twelve per cent reductio