Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-05-12
Labor Notes.

James .. hlrk& 20, soap manufacturers,
Of Chicago, employing 500 men, have agreed
to an eight-hour day at the old wages.
The piano-makers of New York, at a meets
ing on the 9th, resolved to return to work
at the old rates. The failure of the strike
is attributed to the refusal of the men in
two of the largest factories to join in the
movement.
All the streetcar conductors and drivers
in Toronto struck on the 8th because of the
refusal of the company to employ Knights
of Labor. A dozen cars were run during
the day time under the protection of the
police.
An inquest was held at Milwaukee on the
7th on the bodies of two of the men killed
in the riot at Bay View. The jury sustained
the action of the troops.
The Peoples Gas Company, of Chicago,
has introduced the eighthour system. The
change necessitates the working of three
shifts instead of two, and costs the com
pany $120 per day.
Five hundred brickmakers at Lake View,
near Chicago. returned to work on the 18th,
but mob Of idle men visited the yards
during the day and forced the men out
again.
About 5000 cloakmakers at Chicago
have asked for an increase in wages. 1t is
stated that they average So per week.
Work was resumed on the 7th at Ar
mour's glue factory, Chicago, 200 men re-
turning at the old wages.
Fort Wayne freight engine was ditched
by strikers at Chicago on the 9TH, who tore
up the tracks and then sent the engine into
the break. An attempt was also made to
wreck passenger train on the Burlington
Road by opening a switch and removing the
light, but the engine only left the rails and
no damage was done.
St.lLouis brewers have boycotted all the
breweries that refuse to recognize the union.
The Joseph Schneider Brewing Company is
the only one working under union rules, and
is reaping the benefit of the boycott.
Robert Montgomery and w. G. Bailey
former Missouri Pacific employees at Green
leaf, Kas., were arrested on the 7th, charged
with wrecking freight train at Wyandotte,
by which two lives were lost.
The Sinker & Davis Engine and Boiler
Works at Indianapolis have shut down,
pending an adjustment of the demands of
the employees for fewer hours at the same
pay.
The coal miners in the Kanawha and New
River districts of West Virginia will return
to work at the old scale.
Great excitement was caused in New York
on the 9Th, by an attempt to mob Chair
man O'Donnell, of the executive board
Knights of Labor, who signed the agree
ment with the officials of the Third Avenue
Street Car Company. The men repu Hated
the agreement, and refused to surrender
O'Donnell has resigned from the board. A
mob of clerks, belonging to the Grocery
Clerks Early Closing Association, raided a
number of groceries whose proprietors had
refused to close at 8 O'Clock, smashing win
dows, destroying goods and beating the
proprietors. The mob, which numbered
about 200, was dispersed by the police.
The strike at the Deering Harvester
Works, Chicago, is over, the men accepting
the firms offer to compromise on 15 per
cent. advance in wages.
An organization of manufacturing metal
workers was effected at Chicago on the 9th
inst, nearly 100 proprietors joining the
combination.
The series of religious revivals at Chica-
go were ordered suspended by the police, on
account of the labor troubles, on the 9Th
Mr.. Moody was holding largely-attended
services at the skating rink.
The freight handlers of Cincinnati have
returned to work.
The Muskegon Shingle and Lumber Com
panys mill, at Muskegon, Mich, was closed
on the 9Th, owing to the blockade caused
by the strike of freight handlers at Chicago.
In Detroit, on the 9th, between 400 and
500 painters struck for a nine-hour day
and ten hours pay.
One thousand miners along the Panhan-
die Railroad struck on the 9th for the Col
The differences between the st. Louis
brewers and their employees have been set
tied by the latter accepting the propositions
presented. This includes ten hours for a
days labor, free beer and satisfactory
wages.
The master plumbers of Chicago have &C.
coded to the demand for nine hours pay
for eight hours work.
A number of Pittsburg employers have
conceded the eight-hour day, and indica-
tions point to a peaceful victory over the
strikers. There have been no acts of vio-
lence.
At ST. Louis 200 girls employed in
tobacco factory are on strike for eight
hours.
The employees of the Diamond Match
Mandatory, in st. Louis. are on strike
for eight hours. The plumbers made
similar demand.
The strike of the Union Pacific Railway
brakemen is blocking traffic on the main
line between North Platte and Rawlins.
No disturbances have occurred.
At Sedalia, Mo-. on the 9TH, Fred. Page,
chairman of the executive board of the
Knights OF Labor, and George Fisher, were
sentenced to ten days imprisonment in
jail for contempt of court.
The q, 1000 employees OF the Pullman Car
Company have struck for eight hours and
an advance of 10 per cent. in wages.
All the Detroit brewers have signed the
scale of the workmen.
The striking silk-weavers at Union Hill,
n. j., now number about 4, 900.
Only about 600 men are locked out in
Washington on account of eight-hour de-
mands.
1t is expected that the strike of the Union
Pacific Railroad will spread to all the
divisions of that system.
All the manufacturing furniture houses of
Baltimore shut down on the 4th, the en-
ployers refusing to grant the demand for
eight hours.
Eight shoe firms of stoneham, Mass,
have agreed to the price-list presented by
the Knights of Labor, and work was re-
sumed on the 4th.
The Buckeye Engine Company at Salem,
O., shut down on the 18th, owing to the men
refusing to work ten hours per day at the
present rate of wages.
The employees on the custom-house at
Lynchburg, Va, struck on the Sd for eight
hours.
Some of the bricklayers in Mobile, Ala.
are striking for the nine hours work without
reduction in paw.