Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-05-13

The strikers at the Standard and
Morehouse Coke Works, in the Oonnells.
vile region, resumed work yesterday,
q compromise having been effected.
The Consolidated Ice Companies at
Pittsburg hAve granted the demand Of
their striking employees for an advance
of ~ per week, and all returned to
work yesterday morning.
The Eight Hour Association Of Chi
oago, at meeting on Tuesday night,
adopted a resolution, after opposition
by Joseph Guanhut, denouncing "all
and any kind of personal violence az .
means toward securing lessened hours
and better condition for the working
classes" Aspecial committee was ap.
pointed to visit the manufacturers
whose shops are closed and endeavor TO
effect . compromise on which the men
can resume work. Eight hours work
for eight hours pay will be the aim.
The proprietors Of the Riverside Iron
Company at Stubenville, Ohio, ON
Tuesday, refused the req quest of their
furnace employees for nine hours o day
with ten hours pay, banked the fur
naces and announced that work would
be inded nitely suspended.
A mass meeting OF striking tailors
was held on Wednesday at Boston. 1t
WAS addressed by several New York
delegates who promised pecunia larry aid
and assured the strikers that no New
York union would allow It's mem bers
TO touch piece Of work coming from
Boston.
The switchmen's strike ut Indianapo
lis Is .pract cticall 7, . failure, tine day men,
except on the Wabash road, refugine
TO Join the strike. The strikers are
weakening and evincing desire to &c
back to work.
The slate pickers at the Enterprise
Colliery at Shamokin, Pa, have struck
I for an advance of ten per cent. They
also ella i'm they have not been paid fol
overtime and ask that both matters be
al jus ted. Their demands were refu ,ed.
Four hundred men are idle.
A telegram from Pittsburg says ths
carpenters of Allegheny County OF
Wednesday renewed their strike fol
niue hours, and 1900 men are now idle
Builders a1d contractors claim that tn,
strih has prostrated business, and that
at least $500, 900 worth OF work hal
been postponed until next year.
The Spinners' Union, of Fall River
Massach usetts, ON Tuesday night We tet
TO join the knights of Labor on Frida!
levening next, retaining intact thei
Ipresent organization as O spinners
union. The meeting declared that tn
Corporations were violating the ten
hoar law, and adopted q resolution
lpraying the Governor for Its enforce
Iment.
A telegram from Reading says tn
cigar makers Of that city presented .
the manufacturers schedule OF wage
adopted by them, which called for o.
increase ranging from 10 to 40 per cent
The proprietors decided that the
could not pay the advance, and yestel
day Yocum Brothers, Glazisr & Fran
and five or six other large manufac
turers closed down indefinitely, throw
I ing from 600 to 800 persons out Of en-
lployment. The proposed schedu
would have advanced rates 81. 30 {
50 so per Thousand cigars.
The Western Nail Association, Il
session at Cincinnati, yesterday adopt
ed resolu ton reducing the price G
nails TO 50 so per keg for 10s, ten cent
Iper keg off In car lots; go days or 2 pc
cent. off for cash. The association wi
meet in Chicago June 18th.