Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-05-01
Fhe Eght-HOur Scheme UnSGttling
Labor in The East.
BUSINESS MEN AaslTRATING TEE
SOUTHWEST STRIKE.
Alleged conspiraters in a New YORK City
Strike Arrested.
A REDUCTION IN TRANsO0NTI-
MENTAL FARES.
A Conspiracy to Hang an In
nocent Miner.
FOUR MORE MURDERERs
HANGED.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
The FIguf.HOur scheme.

DAA4 OAL I1FtA /
demonstration in this city of organized
labor in favor OF the eight-hour system
took place tonight. There was a monster
torchlight procession, in which many thou
sand men, representing all classes of labor,
took part, followed by a mass meeting at
the Concordis Opera House. where adj
dresses were made by P. J. Mcclure, the
Cleveland Secretary of the Carpenters
Brotherhood; ]. J. Mcnamara, of Wash
ington, and others. 1t is understood that
house carpenters will demand eight hours
after May /. Builders are willing to CON-.
promise on nine hours, but there is not
much probability Of an amicable settle
ment, and a strike is,looked for. To-nights
meeting was very enthusiastic, and it is
said all branches Of labor will demand
shorter hours before long.
JERSEY CRY, n. j., April 30.-A general
strike among the machinists of this city is
threatened next Saturday. The proprie-
tors OF machine shops having knights OF
Labor in their employ, to-day received let
tiers from the Executive Committee OF the
Association of the United Iron-Workers,
demanding less work and more pay. The
proprietors made no reply to the demand,
and the result was that the men have been
ordered to strike on Saturday. There are
about 30 shops in the city employing from
a dozen to 200 men each. Most are get
| ting 50 rs to SO per day Of 10 hours.
CHICAGO, April 30.-The freight hand
lers on the Burlington and Alton roads
| have stopped work, owing to the refusal to
| acoede to the demand for eight hours. AS
soon SIS the freight now on hand ID cleaned
| up the houses will be closed.
At 8 o'clock this afternoon $50 employees
| of the Union Brass Manufacturing Com
pany quit work. They demanded eight
hours work, and eight hours pay, which
| the company refused.
All the plumbing shops in the city have
| conceded eight hours work at nine hours
pay.
Five hundred workmen OF Clark Bros,
furniture manufacturers stopped work this
morning on receiving a refusal of the firm
to pay the old wages for eight hours work.
A general demand will be made on the
large meat. packing houses, employing 30
900 to $1,000 people this afternoon for
eight hours. AS one OF the largest houses
has acceded to the demand il Is thought
others will follow.
The freight handlers OF the E.. and A.
Railroad Company made d demand for the
eight-hour rule this morning. The men
are at work at all the roads, waiting re-
plies. Orders will be issued to hold all re-
serve police in the stations tomorrow as a
precautionary measure.
PITTSBURGH, April 30.-A general strike
Of the cabinet makers for an advance OF
90 per cent in wages and q reduction OF
working hours from ten to eight hours,
has been ordered for tomorrow by the
Allegheny County Union, which embraces
800 in number in the two cities. The
manufacturers are unanimous in their re-
fusual to grant the increase, and propose
to close their factories.
The carpenters of the Allegheny Com
pany will strike on Monday for nine hours
as a days. work. and 10 per cent advance in
wages. At a meeting held last night il
was announced that the Master of Car
penters objects to the offer, and decided to
call out the carpenters in the county on
Monday.
catholicism and the knights.
New YORK, April 80. The action of Car
dinal Tachereau, of Canada, in issuing a
mandate, f~orbidding Catholics from join
ing the knights OF Labor, is attracting
-
great attention in labor circles. Arch
bishop Corrigan last evening referred a re-
porter to Mr.. Quinn. The latter said the
subject of the propriety OF Catholics be-
coming Knights had been discussed by
officers of the church in New York, but no
decision had been reached. 1--WE have
been watching the knights. and shall con-
tinue to do so. Up to the present time
they do not seem to differ much from a
great many other societies. They are not
exactly forbidden by the church. True
there have been disturbances, and posi-.
bly, violations of the law by the Knights,
but it ia something the church cannot regu-
late, or be held responsible for. The soci-
ETY. has not been mentioned by NAME, as
Free Masons and others have been in the
list OF forbidden societies by the church,
and is not therefore on the same footing at
present. Therefore, with relation to any
probable action by the church against the
knights the matter rests with the Bish.
ops. They can advise against it. and pun
ish any one for remaining in the society
in opposition to their warnings. but in the
! United States il cannot go so far as to ex-
communicate Catholics for remaining in a
society without first referring the ques-
ton to the Pope"
Business Men and Arbitration.
ST. LOUIS, April 30.-The Congressional
Labor Investigation Committee began an
executive session, which lasted the greater
part oil the morning. Immediately upon
| adjourning Chairman Curtin handed a
list of names OF the most prominent men
| OF st. Louis to Seargent-at-Arms Coombs,
and requested him to secure their attend
ance at a meeting TO be held this after
noon, when the taking Of testimony will
begin.
II is generally expected here that the Of.
fer made by the Citizens Committee to the
General Executive Board OF Knights of
Labor, 20 attempt to secure the reinstate-