Daily Republican., 1886-05-03
EIGHT-H0UR MOVEMENT,
THE GENERAL DEMAND FOR LESS
HOURS OF LABOR,
More Pay Asked For-strikes All Over
The Country y-BrAdstreots
statement


eral 40 1t appears throughout the coun
try today 10 shown by the folowin,
sy nopsis compiled from The Press d is
patches of SaturI ay and Sunday ant
from Bradstreet's Of May 1.
In the anthracite coal fields of th,
Eastern portion Of the State there ar,
now 36,00qminers demanding tfe eight
hour day and threa tsping q strike i
they are denied. The strike would b,
inaugurated to-day II the men Of tn,
lower districts were confident OF the co
operation Of those OF the Luzerne anS
Lackawanna fields. who are not ye
| ready 10 mi AXE q s.aEd. In The Mahon
Ing Valley 5000 miners are likely 10 &,
out.
In Philadelphia 1000 garment cutter.
To-day inausurate strike for eigh
hours, which will affect from 10, 900 /,
900 other operators who depend upon
| the cutters for work. Toe carpenters
bricklay ers, plasterers, tin rooiers
sheet-iTon workers, PLAN berg aud
stonemasoDs have compromised on nine
hours. OF the German cabinet makers
all but the employees Of nine manu-
iactureTs have been granted the eight
hour day, and the 40 cabinet makert
and 3OOe other hands employed by the
nine manufac iRrers who refuse the
| concession will probably strike to-day.
In Camden, New Jersey, the carpen
ters, bricklay ers and laborers will TO.
day demand eight hours work and ten
hours pay.
ln Pittaburg 600 furniture workers and
200 carpenters strike today for ten
honrs' pay for ei2 ht hours work. The
stone-cutters are already out for ten
hours pay and eight hours work, and
the brass.workers will rest con tent with
a Saturday half-holiday.
Chicago at present has greater mum
Der OF idle men than any other one
city. The strikers there probably
number 40,00J. They are principally
freight handlers employed by the
several railroads entering Chicago,
lumbermen to the nun ber OF IL. 600 and
the employees OF the great packing
houses of the linton Stock Yards or
this vast army nearly sll are demand
ing the eight-hoar day, aud some also
ask an increase OF wages. Individual
employees In various trades, it 10 esti-
mated, have already granted the reduo
tion of hours 10 0, 600 employees.
Iu bt. Louis the furniture manufac.
turers have organized and resolved TO
operate all factories here after on the
eight hour plan. Those who have
already strRck for the same concession
are 200 plum bers aud 200 employes OF
the East St. Louis water works. The
operatives ut the planning mills prom ise
TO strike to-day. In some OF the
tobacco factories the concession is
granted.
Milwaukee has between 5000 and
10000 unemployed workmeD. OF these
5000 are brewers, 5000 are shop tailors,
200 cabinet makers and carpenters,
600 coal yard hands, 300 cigar makers,
100 broom makers, 200 slaughter houge
employees aud 150 brickyard men
There are some local issues involved,
but the eight-hour demand is para :
mount IN almost every case.
ln Boston ths carpenters and ioiners
and the plum bers-50O0 men In all
will strike to day If the eight hour de
nand is refused. The brick LAYERS
have compromised on nine hours.
Baltimore has 2000 house carpenters
already IN the ranks OF the idle army.
while the 1000 brick. layers have accept.
ed nine hours work for ten hours pay;
the hod-carriers and stone masons are
satisfied with niue hours and the cigar
makers, Toofers and furniture makers
are sill agitatinS for the coveted reduc.
tion.
la Cincinnati 500 employees in furni
ture factories and 100 men Ia the Bruins.
wick q Balke Billiard Table Company
are out; In Rochester, N. Y, the cigar
makers have already begun work on
the eight-hour plan; IN Washington
building operations will be pracGicall
suspended 10 day; in Toy, N. Y, 3O0
Italian railroad laborers are on strike
for higher wages; In Louisville, Ky.,all
furniture factories will shut down
unless the mon accept eight hours pay
for eight hours work, and in Detroit,
Mich, nearly all tho brewery employees
are out, but the carpenters have
compromised on nine hours work ard
ten hours' pay.
BrRdstreet's OF Saturday gives the
epitome Of the situation:
One hundred and Ave thousand men
will strike, 1000 for eight hours and
30, 900 for nine hours; 60Oo men are now
on a strike for eight hours, 5000 men are
now on = strike for eight hours, aud
eight houra have boon granted TO 80. .OOO
employees at various points. There are,
additionally, $4,000 men who have
ASKED Tor the eight-hour rule, but who
have not stated that they will strike.
At leading ceutrss alone 1t Is probable
that over 226,0o0 industrial employees
are actively interested in tho move.
ment.
These figures are probably as nearly
correct as can now be furnished, except
that the number of men who may fairly
be said to have actually gone on strike
Is to-day much greater than 5000, the
majority OF them having inaugurated
the movement on Saturday at an hour
too late to be covered by Bradstreet's