The Osceola times., 1886-05-15
THE SHORT HOUR MOVE

Tie Extent and Results of the Moysu
summarized by Bradstreet's-Conee..,s
Granted without Strikes show "A c..
fying Aggregate to oWorkingmen-rh,s-
Hundred and Twenty-Five I Ihousana IN
Engaged in Working Out the p,,A
lem.
NEW YORK, May s.-One week Az,
Bradstreet's presented the results Of 4,
extended telegrapbic inquiry as to In.
probanle extent OF the movement on foo,
among trade unlonists to secure fevs,
hours Of daily labor without decrease IN
wages. 1t was shown that so far as then
made public 10000 men would strIkp
within the week, that 5000 were alread,
on strike to that end, aud that eight for
other) hours had already been granted to
80. 600 employees at various points. Itwa,
plainly indicated that over 225,Go
men were moving in the matter, either
by request alone or with threats to strike
AS 1t Is now made plain, these figures
were below the marx. Brddstreers
special telegraphic inquiry this week
while presenting totals materially in ex.
cess of those foreshadowed on last Fri.
day. shows that the aggregate nun.
ber of strikers for fewer hours
work iaily has not been as large
rs some "estimates" and other careless
editorial utterances have stated them,
possibly for the reason that the mobs Of
idlers, Anarchists and others at Chicago
and Milwaukee have not been included as
workmen on strike. The totals given
herewith will doubtless prove under rath.
er than over the actual aggregate, brt are
believed to be the result of as close an
enumeration as the present mixed condl.
ton OF affairs at various industrial centen
will permit.
The "Eight-IIour" demand has .lready
been transformed into "demand for
shorter hours" SO many of the pcpl.
tions taken originally having been
changed by compromises. An attempt
at this time to distinguish clearly or
fully as to the extent OF the movement
for eight, for nine, or other hours is 'u-
practicable. There is reported 10 Brad
streets from twenty-five cities III, 900
men to whom shorter hours have been
granted within week without
the effort of striking. The largest total
Is Of $4,000 Chicago packing-house EN-.
ployes. The cigar-makers aggregate some
$500 in number, of whom 1900 are In
New York, 500 in Detroit and ] 800 in
Chicago. The building trades, including
bricklayers, carpenters, painters, plumb.
ers, stone cutters, etc, furnish total Of
22,OOO, to WI ON shorter hours have been
conceded, Washington, New York, Chi
cago and Baltimore quotas accounting for
$1,000.
In the group, including. miscellaneous.
there are over 1900.
Smaller totals, 20 whom shorter hours
were conceded without striking, are;
Tobacco factory workers, $500 (5,vo
at Baltimore); furniture makers, $500
5000 at Grand Rapids), and $500 ma
chinists (2,5o0 at Chicago and 500 at 81.
Louis).
The total number reported striking fro
shorter hours Is 10000, at various cit
les, as follows; Chicago, 10000; New
York. 5000; Cincinnati, $4,000; Nil
waukee, 1000; Baltimore, 5000; Bos-
ton, LOO; Plttsburg, 4,25Q; Detroit, 81
600: st. Louis, 1000; Washington, l,500;
Newark. 200, and eleven other cities
with fewer than 900 each.
The total number striking among The
building trades Is 10000; Cincinnati
5000; Boston, 400; Pittsburgh, S.l0o
and Washington, 500; patternmakers
100000, ,O00 New York, Brooklyn an,
Jersey City; $500 Cincinnati, and 500
at Chicago; $4,000 furniture-makers-
1000 Chicago and 200 Cincinnati; 500
cabinet makers and 5000 piano-makers
both at New York, and 5000 laborers-
5000 at Cincinnati.
The total number Of employees 10 whor
shorter hours have been granted afte
striking is S5 900, one-half of whom ar
classified as miscellaneous and probabl
10000 Of the 1900 are IN Cincinnati
There are 5000 among the huldin
trades-l 300 at New York and 1000 a
Newark: 200 piano-makers at Ncy
York; 5000 machinists-3,O00 at New
New York, and 800 agricultural implc
ment-makers.
Summarizing the results; Total re
ported striking for shorterhours, l50, 600
total reported last week, 5000; total
l56, 600.
Total occurring shorter hours with strik
ing. Ill 600; total reported last week
$4,000; total, li3,00o.
Total number engaged in the short-hou
movement. 1880
Total 10 whom shorter hours granite,
after striking, $1,000.
II is more than likely that with al
union strikes included the grand total OF
strike will prove to he near 10000, viii
which, in all probability, the 10000 Il
whom the demands were granted withou
any strike will bring up the total OF thos'
actively engaged In the short-hour move
ment TO 325,000 workingmen.