The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-25

at Centralway. The men wanted pay for bad
castings, and were refused Osborn & Co. have
advanced wages of the molders Is per cent
GRAND HAVEN. Mich, March A.-The strike
of the 250 freight handlers of the Detroit, Grand
Haven 81 Milwaukee railroad was ended, to-day,
by the company acceding to the demands OF the
men. Work will be resumed in the morning
MILWAUKEE, March 4-The Daily Herald Of
this city to-day announces that arrangements
have been made limiting the labor in the me
chanical departments OF the composing, stereo-
tipping and press-rooms to eight hours, the
wages to remain the same. The compositors,
however, are to receive 45 cents instead of 40,
as heretofore.
PHILADELPHIA, March 24-At q mass-mee
ing Of street-car drivers and conductors, last
night, it was decided to abide by the agreement
of the arbitration committee. and wait until
April for the answer of the board of presi-
dents Representatives of many OF the roads
expressed desire to stop work at once, but it
was decided to run the cars cut this morning as
usual.
PrrTsBURa Pa, March A.-The Knights of
Labor of Pittsburg will shortly establish an en-
poyment bureau for union workmen. Nothing
of this kind has ever been attempted in this
country before, and its success is assured. even
before it has commenced its workings The
bureau will furnish union men out of employ
ment with positions, and at the same time viii
keep listed all mills or employers employing
union meC.
CHICAGO March 24-Bruschke & Ricke, fur
nture manufacturers. today decided to ask for
an injunction against Furniture workers Union,
No. l, as an organization. and its sixty-four
members, Individually, to prevent s'picketing" Of
the factory, where a strike is progressing. By
picketing, the firm mean that the strikers have
guards along all streets leading to the factory,
by whom non-nnion hands who might be going
there to work are intercepted and discouraged.
NEW YORK, March A.-Today all the cloak
pressers belonging to the independent Cloak
pressers' Union joined the ranks of the strikers.
about seven thousand persons are idle in the
different branches of the cloak making trade.
SIX firms have acceded to the demands of the
strikers A conference with the other manufact
urers will be held tomorrow. The strikers de-
ihand that no work be given to outside contract
ors, the prices heretofore paid to contractors to
be paid to employees direct, all of whom shall be
members of the union, and that no work be done
on Saturday tine Hebrew Sabbath.
DAYTON, o.. March 24-The strike among
the drivers Of the Thrd-street carline still con-
tinues, with prospect of settlement soon
From 5, 900 to {, 900 men are now c0ngregated in
the vicinity of the West-end stables, expecting
that the company will make another attempt to
run their cars. But this will not be done for the
present. The lakewood line struck at noon to-
day, and it is expected that the fifth and
Wayne-street line will follow in the strike to-
morrow.
The molders of the city are all off duty to-day,
not on strike but to aid the railroad strikers.
ALI the employees Of the Glass cigar manu-
factory struck to-day at 10 A. M. because the
proprietors refused to make it a union factory.