Morris tribune., 1886-05-12
THE EIGHT HOUR SYSTEM.
THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND MEN INVOLVED.

Interesting Statistics from Braistreet's
Regarding the Eight Hour Day-Con-
siderable Freight Being Handled in
- ehtcsgo-Notes from the labor Field.
New YORK, May10 In q review of the
strike for shorter hours Bradstreet's says:
Shorter hours have been grantnd to ILL.,
000 men in twenty-five cities, during the
week, without the effort of striking. The
largest total is of 5000 Chicago packing
house employees The cigarmakers aggre-
gate some Il, 800 in number, of whom 5000
Sre in New York, 1900 in Detroit, and 800
In Chicago The building trades-including
bricklayers, carpenters, painters plumbers,
stonecutters, etc.-furniSh total of y, 600
to whom shorter hours have been conceded,
Washington, New York, Chicago, and
Baltimore's quota accounting for $4,000. In
the group including miscellaneous
trades there are over 1000
Smaller totals, to whom shorter
hours were conceded without striking, are:
Tobocco factory workers, $500 5000 at
Baltimore); furniture makers, 3, 800 5000 at
Grand Rapids, and 5000 machinists 1000
at Chicago and 800 at St Louis. The total
number reported striking for shorter hours
is 10000 at various cities, as follows
Chicago, $1,000; New York. $1,000; Gin
cinnati, $4,000; Milwaukee, 1000. Balti-
more, 5000; Boston, 4,7Oe; Pittsburg,
4,250; Detroit, 5000; St Louis, 1000;
Washington, 1,500; Newark, 1900, and
eleven other cities with fewer than 1000
each The total number striking among
the building trades is $4,000 Cincinnati
5000, Boston 400, Pittsburg, 3,10O and
Washington 1,5o0): pattern makers, $4,000
10000 in New York, Brooklyn, and Jersey
City, $500 in Cincinnati, and 5000 atChi-
cago9 Is, 900 furniture-makers 1000 at Chi
cago and 1000 at Cincinnati); 1000 cabinet
makers and 900 piano-makers both at New
York, and 5000 laborers 5000 at Cincin-
natI. The total number of employees to
whom shorter hours have been granted
after striking is 81, 900, one-half of whom
are classified as miscellaneous, and probably
10000 (of the 10000 are in Cincinnati
There are 5000 among the building trades
1000 at New York and 1000 at Newark),
1000 piano-makers New York;, $500 ma
chinists 5000 at New York., and 900 agri-
cultural implement makers.
Summarizing the results: Reported strik-
ing for shorter hours, 10000; reported last
week. 5000; total, $4,000. Securing storter
hours without striking, 111,000; reported
last week, $1,000; total, 143,0t0 Number
engaged in the short-hour movement, 2g9,-
900; total to whom shorter hours were
granted after striking, 5000. It is more
than likely, with all union strikes included,
the grand total on strike will prove to be
nearly 175,0O0. In all probability the 15O,-
600 to whom the demands were granted with
out any strike will bring up the total of
those actively engaged in the short-hour
movement to 325, QUO workingmen.
In the vicinity of New York CITY where
1t has been reported there are 10000 men,
bers of trades unions, general movement
to secure the "eight-hour day" has not taken
place. The larger portion Of those engaged
in the movement, the building trades, Sc
cured concession some time ago in the
shape of nine hours day on five days and
eight hours on Saturdays. The 10000 strik-
ing machine and pattern makers in New
York city and vicinity want a nine hour
day. No general demand has been made,
but one shop is being taken at a time.