Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-01
chinists in the city, getting from s9.75 to
SO per day OF ten hours.
s1FFT WORKS SHUT DOWN

PITTsBuRe, Pa, April S0.--The labor
ers employed BY the Brown 4 Co.'s steel |
works struck to-day for an advance OF 10 |
per cent TIE works are shut down
Three hundred men are thrown out,
cHlCApo LABOR rRoUBLKs.
Cn1cAGo, I'LL, April so. Tho immense |
iron works OF the Crane Bros Manu- |
featuring company viii close down to-
morrow night for several weeks at least. |
The company mumats that II viii then
Inaugural the eighthour system, and
deems the shutdown necessary TO ar
range Tor the order Of affairs.
The Goss & Philips Manufacturing
company, which owns very extensive
planning mills, has arranged for an eight.
hour working day with all It's employees on
the basis OF eight houis' pay, beginning
tomorrow
Tnc committees representing 1000 men
employed In the Chicago rolling mills
after consulting with the owners OF the
mils reported back TO the men, and they
decided for the present TO continue work
ing On the eight-hour plan.
The employees Of the extensive coal
docks aud yards ct South Chicago struck
to-day for an increase OF cents per ton
for handling coal. AS there were several
CHARGED, the companies had no option
and paid the men the advance
ARRAiGNKD IN COURT.
NEW York, Apnl 80 The members OF
the executive board OF Empire Protective
association came 10 Tire district attorneys
Office to-day to learn II they we're wanted
They were told thar indictments were
presented against them yesterday for CON
spiracy In connection with the Third
avenue railroad strike, and that they
would be required 20 furnish $1,000 bail
each to answer They were accom-
panied by bondsmen who be-
came security for them. The accused
men were arraigned In court and pleaded
not guilty with leave 70 withdraw the
plea and moved 10 quash the indictment.
! The trial Of the prisoners Is fixed FOL
May 8,
READY TO SHUT nowN.
CnIcAGo, I'LL, April 20.--lt IL stated
that Nelson Morris and Armour Co.
two Of tho largest packers, have deeiied
to shut down II the demands OF theii
men for eigAt hours are insisted upon,
BIa TIME Al BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, MD, April 80.--rhe frs
public demonstration IN This city o
organized labor IN favor of the eight
hour movement took place last night. 4
monster trade procession paraded th'
principal streets, twenty thousand mti
Participating. After the parade q mass
meeting was held az which addresses wrr'
made by 7 ] Mcclure OF Cleveland, sec
rotary Of the Carpenters brothernoodi j
j McNam8re aud others. The carpenter
. of Baltimore will demand eight hour
work at the present pay alter May |. !
is expected that great strike viii result
WANT FiGHN HOURS,
, .nfjE6SsGeo, LII, April Son thousan'
have made a demand b. s,rnt hours attS
I tomorrow.
CIGAR MAKERS STRIKE.
KEY WEsr, FLA, April SO.--Three hun
drvd cigar-maktrs In one factory struc
I to-day because the 1im refused to dls
charge one non-nnion man. Ia anothe
: factory 100 men struck because q unto
! I reman was discharged.
CONDEMNED BY THE GRAND JURY.
= NEW York April S0.--The grand iur
of the court VI general sessions was dis
. charged to-day, but not until For,ma
Brown handed 10 Recorder Smith pre-
sentiment cOndemnlng boycoiting Tn
presentment severely condemns Polio
Justice Welde, who, when q number o
buycOtters were arrested ana brough
before him for annoying Cavnnaugh
Sanford CO. tailns, promptly dIs
charged them ON the ground that th,,
were not violating the law Police Cap
tains Williams, Mccullough and Copeland
had confessed hiatt icy were powerless &,
relieve thu bnycottd firms from thenuls
ances so long Is the police justices faiet
, 10 commit the prisoners. In couclusiol
he presenlment states at appears eyl
dent TO the grand jury, representing N,
IaW-abidiug citizens OF this county, tha
great dplencii1n OF duty and great ignu.
rance OF law Is mani, stud on the part o
This recognized legal auth, rlty OF our 20
lice, othtrwise we claim that our city
would not have been dsgraced aft,l
w SO d ciions Of Justice Welde had
been gwen by this nefarous conspiracy
agsinst the people The arand Jury +, grett
to reject upon any officer Of Justice, but,
now ithstunuing tue opinion " Jusnct
Wslde, q thorough examination conyinceh
them that this so-cIlled boycotting IL a
cursed exotic, and they urge that every
effort oil our legi>la ule, tue bench ana
bur, the press 81 the land and every
American citizen be taken 80 aid IN *
terminating the bydra-htaded monster
dragging It's loaihsome ], myth slong thi.
continent, sucking the very life blood
from our trade and commerce, equally
haneiul 70 employers and employed"
WILL STRIKE.
special to the Gazette
WAsnnGtoH, April 30-Tbe laboring
men here are 10 strike tom ,rTow, as pres
ytously arranged, for eight hours per
dsy. This viii seriously interfere with
the building boom which hus been ia OPP
Grafton girce the lst OF ~ ,rch At no
4 time In the history OF the city has buiId.
iDg been so active az al present, and the
action Of the labbrlag men Is looked
upon with some apprehension. The boss
| builders state, however, that they viii
hold ont, aud IL seons nov ID be ques-
tion OF endurance The dnlon men left
Tor thsir homes tonight, carrying their
tools with them. Ga many unnnish,d
buildings placards are paced bearing the
! Inscription: Eight Hours.
The car drivers here viii parade to-
morrow 10 celebrate The action Of the di-
rectors OF their roads "a granting them
twelve hours per day with ~ decrease In
pay.
LITTLE TROUBLE ANTICIPATED,
ST. Louis, Mo, April 80 The general
| Impression prevails that but little trouble