The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-01
AT PITTsBURG.
General Strike ofCabinet- -Makers-Moyem
in Other Trades.

General Strike of IN abinet- -Makers-Moyem
in Other Trades.
PITTsBURG, April 30.-A general strike oil
cabinet-makers, for an advance of 20 per cent in
wages and reduction of the working hours from
ten to eight hours, has been ordered for to-mor.
row by the Allegheny County Union. which EN-.
braces all the cabinet-makers, burnishers and
carvers, some three hundred in number in the
two cities. The manufacturers are unanimous
in their refusal to grant the increase, claiming
that it is impossible to concede the terms de,
sired. and prefer to close their factories A dull
trade and low prices are given as the reason
The workers are determined to secure the ad
vance, and long strike is promised.
The carpenters of Allegheny county will strike
on Monday for nine hours as days work, and q
10 per cent advance in wages. At meeting last
night it was announced that the Master Carpen-
ters had rejected the Offer and it was decided to
call out all the carpenters in the county on Mon
day
At Imperial. Pa. the coal-miners will lnaug-
urate strike tomorrow for an advance of half
cent per bushe The Scott-Haven miners
ployed in W. l.. Scott's mines expect to resume
work on Monday at the advance. The fans and
furnaces have been started, and general re-
sumption is looked for by the strikers. The
strike at Browns Wayne iron and steel mills
sumed in all departments this morning.
Norcross Brothers, the contractors having in
charge the new county buildings, now in course
of erection, notified their 300 employees this
morning, that, beginning with tomorrow, nine
hours would constitute days work, instead Of
ten, as heretofore.
The stone-cutters and nasons of Allegheny
City have joined the movement for a reduction
of hours. Meetings will be held night and
if the employers refuse to concede the workmen
a ed far RI nil hny1r Aou
strike will be inaugural ted tomorrow.
At the 0 Hara glass works about 125 men and
boys out The factory is still in operation,
and the firm claim that they will not be com
PEELED to shut down.
The employees at Stern & Co.'s planning mill in
Allegheny City made demand to-day for eight
hours work with ten hours pay If the demands
are not granted the IneL will strike tomorrow.
The movement Of the labor unions in this city
for reduction in working hours is confined al
most exclusively to building trades, the largest
local Industries. iron. coal and glass, not being
disturbed by the demand. Those trades which
have demanded n reduction in hours generally
show disposition 20 compromise nine hours,
and no extended or general strike to morrow is
anticipated. The plumbers, brcklayers. hod-
carriers. plasterers and stone-,nasons have
already settled with their employees on the nine
hour basis, and will continue at work usual.
AT meeting of the stone-cutters, to night, ii
was decided to strike tomorrow for eight hours
and $3.50 per day. There are about
four hundred stons-cutters in the two
cities. Strikes will be inaugurated tomorrow
or on Monday by the carpenters and cabinet
makers The former want ten hours paw for
nine hours work, and the latter demand an ad
vance of 20 per cent. in wages and reduction to
eight hours. The employers have refused the
demands.
At meeting of bakers. to be held Tomorrow,
demand for a reduction in hours will be made,
and if not granted the men will refuse to go to
work on Monday