Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-05-05
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Labor Notes

flags and transparencies, assembled in
Union Square, New York on the evening OF
the 1st, in behalf of the eight.hour move
ment. John Swinton was one Of the
speakers.
The men employed on the new water
works at East st. Louis struck on the LIST
inst.
The plumbers of st. Paul and Minneap-
| oils went out on the 1st inst, on the re-
| fusal of their employers to pay them $3.50
| for eight hours.
Between 600 and 500 carpenters en-
ployed by the master builders Of Milwau-
| kee, went out on the 1st inst, pending a
settlement of the eight-hour question. It
| is estimated that about 10000 men in
different trades were idle in that CITY on
| that date.
The furniture factories at Grand Rapids,
| Mich, have all acceded to the demand for
eight hours. Those of Pittsburg refused,
| and 600 men went out.
| An eight-hour demonstration was held in
! Milwaukee on the I'd inst, in which 5000
| people took part.
| An estimate of idle laboring men in Chi
cago on the Sd inst, placed the number at
65,O0O.
| A dispatch from st. Louis on the I'd
| inst, says a secreG conference of the
national executive committee Of the Knights
of Labor was held in that city, after which
|
| committee had decided to expel Martin
Irons from the organization.
| Freight handlers in Chicago to the num-
| Der OF about 8, 900 struck on the 1st inst.
| At Detroit the carpenters have secured a
per cent. increase and nine hours. The
| stove works employees receive an advance
| of 10 per cent.
Many additions were made at Chicago on
the Both to the large numbe of men already
N a effort IN r..
hour day. Among the establishments af
fected were the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy Railroad, whose freight handlers, to
the number of 300 went out; the Union
Brass Manufacturing Company, which en-
ploys $50 men, and Clark Bros. & Co.,
furniture manufacturers 500 men. About
140 sewing machine makers, employed by
the June Manufacturing Company, also
struck for eight hours. The immense iron
works of the Crane Bros. Manufacturing
Company are about to close temporarily
on account of the labor troubles. The
number of idle men in the city on account
OF the various strikes is estimated at 25,-
900.
The strike for eight hours by the men en-
ployed in the North Chicago Rolling Mills is
over. the company acceding to the demand
OF the employees.
The thirty-nine stone-cutters OF Mayer &
Son, Newark, N. j., struck, for a quart of
beer day instead of a pint. The firm
granted the increase, and the men went to
work.
The fires in the O'Hara Glass Works,
Pittsburg, were drawn on the goth, and the
factory closed down indefinitely on &C.
count of wages differences between the firm
and some OF their employees. Over 800
men will be thrown out of employment.
There is little change in the New York
street car strike. All the roads are running
as usual except the Third Avenue, which is
putting on cars as fasta as men are procured
to run them. A novel feature has been
added by the employment of large mum.
Der OF Texas cowboys in place Of the strik-
ing drivers.
The striking laborers at the Lake Su-
perior mine, Ishpeming, Mich, have re-
turned to work, with the exception of the
ringleaders, who were discharged.
Four hundred cigarmakers, at Key West,
Fla, are out on strike.
The New York master bakers have decided
to resist any demands of journeymen below
twelve hours.
The Pennsylvania Coal Company refuses
to accede to the demands of it's employees to
make eight hours days work.
All the miners in the Kanawha coal re-
gion, about 5000 men, have struck for
higher wages.
A general strike of machinists has been
inaugurated in Jersey City. The demand is
for fewer hours and more pay.
Brown q Co. iron and steel works at
Pittsburg were closed on the goth, the
laborers and engineers having struck for an
increase in wages.
The freight handlers on the Ohio &
Mississippi railway at Storr's Station, o.,
have gone back to work, the company hav-
ing agreed to advance wages.
An immense dem onstration of working
men in favor of the eight-hour system took
place in Baltimore on the night of the goth.
Speeches were made by P. J. Mcclure, of
Cleveland, j. j. Mcnamara, OF Washington,
and others.
The employees in the architectural de-
partment of the Union Brass Works, Chi
cago, struck for an advance in wages on
the 2Sth.
A notice was posted in the factory of the
Adams & Westlake Manufacturing Com
pany, Chicago, on the 28th reducing hours
and pay after May /.
Rothschild & Sons furniture factory,
Chicago, was closed by strike on the 2Sth
for eight hours. The firms factory at Gin
cinnati is closed for the same reason.
pastoral letter was received at Mon
treal on the 2Sth from Cardinal Taschereau
con0erutEg the Knights of Labor as a
secret org4..ization inimical to theinterests
of religion and good morals, great efforts
have been made by the local officers of the
Order TO influence the cardinal and prevent
the issue of this pastoral. The cardinal, it
is understood, before issuing it, conferred
with all the principal bishops, who all
agreed with his decision.
The Chicago & North. Western Railway
Company, at Chicago, on the 9th, re-
turned an answer to the men IN the car
shops at tie suburban town of Cicero. The
men had requested an advance in wages,
and also the adoption of the eight-hour
schedule. The officers of the company, after
fully considering the request, declined to
grant it on the ground that the business OF
theroad did not justify such an expendi-
ture.
The Beaver Falls, Pa, Steel Works, after
two and half years of idleness, resumed
work on the 9th. They give employment
to about 100 men.
The engineers and fremen on the Pitts
burg & Western and the Pittsburg, Cleve-
land & Toledo Railroads, are asking for a
general increase in wages and regulated
runs.
One Of Oliver Bros. & Phillipps' rolling
mills at Pittsburg was shut down en- the
9th, owing to strike of 800 workmen for
an advance in wages.
The strike of the Baltimore street-car
6riu oy1od ~, tho 9th in, 4bo