Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-30
Labor Notes.

Inc puDnSneO announcement that the
Iron Moulders' Union was about to ANAL
gamate with the Knights of Labor is denied
| by the president of the union.
| An engine and caboose OF the Lake Shore
road, carrying large party of Pinkerton
detectives and Town of Lake police, under
took to reach Englewood about noon on
the Goth. The striking switchmen seized
engines belonging to the ST. Paul and Nick ell
Plate roads and gave chase, capturing the
Lake Shore train at Grand Crossing and
hauling it back to the round house at Forty
third Street,. When the officers fired upon
the strikers during the race, many of the
| latter leaped off. John Newell manager of
the Lake Shore road, has notified Sheriff
Hanchett and his bondsmen that they will
be held liable for all damages that may &C.
crue from riotous proceedings.
The great strike of the Pittsburg nailers,
which has lasted over a year, was settled
at conference of the manufacturers and
the employees on the 25th. The Mingo
compromise scale OF 1S cents on So SELL
ing card, which was offered by the work
men, was rejected and the following scale
agreed upon II cents on So card, with
an advance OF cent for every increase of
% cents in the selling price. The difficulty
being now settled, work will likely be re-
sumed throughout the country. The mills
which have been running on the Mingo COM
promise will come down to the new scale.
William Quarles, Edward Hollis, W. L.
Buchanan and Albert Jaystall, all OF whom
participated in the late Southwestern Rail.
road strike, were found guilty of conspiracy
in the criminal court at Parsons, Kas.. on
the 25th, and were sentenced to pay 500
fine and costs, and serve thirty days i'm
prisonment in the county Jail. Counsel for
defendants filed a motion for a new trial.
The plasterers OF Pittsburg and Allegheny
City, some 700 in number, have gone out
on another strike. This will close building
operations for some time, unless the trouble
is settled. All the houses that were begun
in the spring are completed, with the excep-
ton OF the plastering. The plasterers
struck on May 1, when their demands for
eight hours per day and SIG per week were
granted. The employers signed scale
agreeing to pay this rate for one year.
This agreement was violated, it is said,
by refusal to continue the scale,
and a strike was the result. The Con-
tractors Union have filed new scale,
which stipulates that ten hours constitute
days work, at thirty cents an hour. At
more money, but they positively refuse to
work more than eight hours a day.
The effort to induce the iron moulders to
Join the Knights of Labor seems to be in a
fair way to be successful. The Moulders
Union has membership of over 100000.
At New YORK on the 23d, Paul Wilzig, a
German waiter. was found guilty of ex-
torting money by boycotting The walters
employed by George Thesis, owner of q
concert hall, struck some months ago, and
were Joined by the Musical Union. A boy
colt followed, and Thesis was induced to
pay S 900 to restore peace. He then had
the boycotters indicted by the grand Jury.
Wilzig was the first to be tried. He will re-
ceive sentence Of one to five years in the
penitentiary.
The striking stone-cutters of Detroit met
on the 22d, and decided to continue the
strike indefinitely. The support OF the
other building trades has been assured. and
if necessary q strike will be inaugurated in
every branch of the building trade. While
the men believe the bosses will finally yield,
they are preparing for hard struggle. A
meeting Of master builders is now in session,
the object being to consider the advisabiIity
of a general shutdown. A general lock. out
would lay off over 5000 men. The trouble
was caused by the refusal of Knapp &
Avery to pay the strikers fine Of $3.50
and reinstate three discharged men.
La accordance with resolution adopted
by the representative council of the iron
trades, as San Francisco, all union men
employed in union iron works, except pat
tern makers. who were on a strike, are to
remain out until all non-union men are dis
missed from unionir iron works. The strikers
number about 400.
The moulders' strike at Troy, N. Y, has
been settled, and work will be resumed as