The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-10
THE EIGHT HOUR SYSTEM.
THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND MEN INVOLVED.
Interesting Statistics from Bradstreet's
Regarding the Eight Hour Dayton
Chicago-Notes from the Labor Field.

siderable Freight Being Handled in
Chicago-Notes from the Labor Field.
NEW York, Maybe In review OF the
strike for shorter hours Bradstreet's says:
Shorter hours have been grantnd to III,
00u men in twenty two cities, during the
week, without the effort of striking. The
largest total is of 5000 Chicago packing
house employees The cigarmakers aggre-
gate some Is, 800 in number, of whom l5,001
are in New York, 800 in Detroit and 500
in Chicago The building trades-inciuding
bricklayers, carpenters, painters, plumbers,
stonecntters, etc.--furnish a total of q, 600
to whom shorter hours have been conceded,
Washington, New York, Chicago, and
Baltimore's quota accounting for 1900 In
the group including miscellaneous
trades there are over 1900
Smaller totals, TO whom shorter
hours were conceded without striking, are:
Tobocco factory workers, $40 5000 at
Baltimore furniture makers, $500 5000 at
Grand Rapids, and 1900 mschinists e, 900
at Chicago and so at st Louis. The total
number reported striking for shorter hours
is 10000 at various cities, as follows:
Chicago, 5000; New York, $500; Gin
cinnati, $1,000; Milwaukee,, 1,0J0 Balti-
more, 900; Boston, 400; rfttsburg,
$3.50; Detroit, 5000; st Louis, 1900;
Washington, l,50O; Newark, 1900, and
eleven other cities with fewer than loco
each The total number striking among
the building trades is 25,005 Cincinnati
5000, Boston 400, Pittsburg, 5,l00 and
Washington ! 900; pattern makers, 5000
-,
City, $500 in Cincinnati, and 5000 at Chi
cago9 l5,o0J furniture makers 600 at Chi
cago and 1909 at Cincinnati; 3,GO0 cabinet
makers and 5000 piano makers bath at New
York, and 5000 laborers 5000 at Cincin-
natl. The total number of employees to
whom shorter hours have been granted
after striking is $500, one half of whom
are classified as misce .laneous, and probably
| 10000 (of the 1000 are i'll Cincinnati
There are {, $50 among the building trades
| a, 600 at New York and 900 at Newark,
1000 piano -makers New York., 300 ma
chinists 500 at New York, and ! 800 agri-
cultural implement makers.
Summarizing the results Reported strik.
ing for shorter hours. 10000: reported last
week. 6,0o0; total, 15G,004 Securing storter
hours without striking, lll,00O, reported
last week, l., 600; total, l4a,G0 Number
engaged in the short-hour movement, 29,
0oQ; total to whom shorter hours were
granted after striking, S5,0J0 1t is more
than likely, with all union strikes included,
the grand total ON strike will prove to be
nearly li3,O0a In all probability the $50,
| 900 to whom the demands were granted with
| out any strike will bring up the total of
those actively engaged in the short-hoIr
movement to 80, 90 workingmen.
In the vicinity of New York city, where
| it has been reported there are 10000 MEN,
bers of trades unions, a general movement
to secure the 'eight-hour day" has not taken
place. The larger portion Of those engaged
| in the movement, the building trades, Sc
cured concession some time ago in the
| shape of nine hours day on five days and
eight hours on Saturdays The 20 go strik-
| ing machine and pattern makers in New
York city and vicinity want nine hour
day No general demand has been made,
but one shop is being taken at time