The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-01
Labor NOIRS

Lie SGIihe VI Cuo Lake SlOFe SWlCcn-
men IN Chicago is over. The result
was effected by the company agreeing
to find work for the eight non-union
men in some other department.
The plasterers at work at San An
tonic, Tex, have struck, demanding
So for eight hours or 81 for ten hours
work per day. No trouble has yet re.
suited.
The strike inaugurated by the
watchmakers of Grammont, in East
Flanders, Belgium, is spreading and
becoming serious. Reintorcements OF
gendarmes have been summoned. The
strikers barricaded the bridges over
the Bender River and from behind
these Instructions made an assault
upon the gendarmes. A fight ensued,
resulting in the rout of the rioters and
the arrest OF q large number of them
The discovery has been made that
an organization OF employers has been
perfected in New England which in
cludes nearly all the large cotton and
woolen manufacturers in the district.
The object defensive.
The strike at the Coleraine Iron
Works, Easton, Pa, is ended, the men
receiving the advance asked for.
One hundred blacksmiths in Hiram
Davis carriage mandatory, Cincin-
natl, struck for a restoration OF the
former wages.
A dispatch from Reese, Kas., says
the Sunfower Assembly, Knights oi
Labor, numbering 4,67S men, surren-
dered its charter On the 23d.
All efforts at a compromise betwe n
the New York street car companies
and their employees appear to be fruit
less. Many OF the men aredjssatisfei
at their enforced idleness, and as the
roads are running cars as usual, under
police protection, the strike seems
hopeless. At 2:3O on the morning OF
the 22d it was announced that the
Knights of Labor had agreed to order
a general tie-up on all lines OF public
conveyance, including the elevated
roads and the ferries.
The Baltimore street car troubles
are about over. The Union Line has
compromised with its men and the
other lines are running cars with new
men.
About twenty servant girls employed
in private families at Tarrytown, n.
Y, struck for higher wages on the 21st
and went to New York to look for new
places. The girls had been receiving
from S14 to S16 a month, but the de-
mand for help at the summer resorts
stimulated them to ask Tor more.
{. j. l.. Meyers, Son & Co., sash and
blind manufacturers, Chicago, have
acceded to the demands OF their men
for an eight day.
The strike OF the Baltimore & Ohio
switchmen at Chicago is over. The
eight Objectionable non-union men
were provided with work outside OF
Chicago
About 100 employees in the school
furniture factory of A. H. Andrews &
Co, Chicago, struck on the 10th for a
Is per cent. increase in wages.
The eight-hour committee OF the
Chicago Trades and Labor assembly
has issued a circular announcing that
MAY l has been set apart for ageneral
inauguration OF the eight hour system,
and saying that there is a uniform
understanding among the different
unions to accept a corresponding re-
ductlon IN wages, If necessary, TO bring
the eIght-hour system into operation.
1t advises all trades which have not
vet completed their arrangements to
elect suitable committees and prepare
for a mutual solution of the question
at the time mentioned.