St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-14
INDUSTRIAL

Jan. 4-Wilkesbarre mines closed ON account
OF strike of dock hands, throwing 8, 100 persons
out Unemployment.
Jan. 8-Fifteen hundred miners made idle
by fire In coal mines near Shamokin, Pa.
Jan. 12-Three collieries at Shenandoah, Pa,
suspended on account OF the coal-handlers'
strike in New Jersey, throwing several thou
sand men and boys out OF work.
Jan. 14-In 2. Lorillard's tobacco factory at
Jersey City, $500 employees struck against re-
Jan. 22-Strike in Lorillard's tobacco works
at Jersey City ended.
QJan. M-Twenty-flve hundred employees in
Higgins & Co.'S carpet factory, New York,
struck because certain employees had been dis
charged.
Jan. 25.-Eight hundred and fifty girls ia the
Elizabeth IN. ~ cordage works struck against
out OF work.
Jan as-The 5000 operative tailors in Boston
Withdrew from the knights Of Labor. %. Strike
In Higgins carpet factcCy ended.
Jan. 27-Ferty thousand men employed in the
vessel interests at New York on strike and the
ocean steamships and other vessels were de-
tanned in the docks.
Feb. 3Seven hundred men in blast furnaces
at Sharpsville, Pa, struck for higher wages.
Feb. lockout of Philadelphia clothing
manufacturers; 10000 people idle.
work for refusal to discharge foreman.
Feb. 9-'Longshoremens strike in New York
and strike Of 5000 miners in Monongahela dis
trict settled.
Pittsburgh returned to work.
Feb. 25-Seven hundred men employed in
American wire works, Cleveland, O., struck for
Mar s-strike Of $50 stove-molders in 80.
Louis threw 1900 other men out OF work.
Mar 16-Strike OF 1900 hands In Sheffield
saw works, Indianapolis.
Mar 17-Strike OF 700 architectural iron.work.
ers In Cincinnati and Covington for hours
work and 10 hours pay.
Mar 26-Strike OF II, GOO silk weavers at Pat
erson, NJ j., ended.
ApI 1-over 1000 carpenters in Chicago
struck for advance In wages.
Apl 7-Over 5000 carpenters and stone ma
sons ih BROOKLYN struck for higher wages.
conceded, and $50 men set to work.
Apl. 18-Seven Thousand Chicago carpenters
returned to work =. Stove molders In Pitts
burgh and Louisville struck against boycotted
ST. Louis patterns
Apl. 19-New York Legislature made every
Saturday afternoon holiday.
May 2-Over 500 coopers at Milwaukee struck
for increased wages ....2,s 500 hands locked out
riers in Chicago struck for higher wages.
May 5-Seven hundred and fifty men locked
out OF Union Steel Cos Works, Chicago.
all their union men =. Detroit stove foundries
shut down, throwing 1880 men out Of employ
May 1i-1n chicago 1900 bricklayers struck
May 12-Chicago building contractors shut
down ON all work. Probably $4,000 men az
fected.
-Haverhill, Mass, locked out g. 600 hands.
May 19-At Haverhill, Mass, 5000 striking
shoemakers resumed work.
May ao-At Pittsburgh 1000 brickmakers
May 25-At Cincinnati 700 employees Hall
Safe & Lock Co. struck for reduction Of hours
to nine.
June Great strike OF natural gas in Black
June 9-North Chicago Rolling Mill shut down,
throwing 500 men out Of work.
June l1-General strike OF Pennsylvania coke.
June 15-strike Of building trades, St. Paul,
Mimi, inaugurated.
juno 20-Strike OF bootmakers at Worcester.
Mass, ended in defeat OF men.
June 21-At New York 400 Chinese laundry
men struck for higher wages.
June 23-Bricklayers' strike In Chicago de-
clared Oh. Strike of New York silver-chasers
o failure.
July 8 Strikes Of Chicago and ST. Paul brick
July 22--Coss Of Pennsylvania Coke strike
Aug. 1-About 1000 ,ron-workers stopped
work in Mahoning Valley, Pa.
Aug. 15-Chicago carpenters gave up trying
for an eight-honr day and IS cents an hour.
Aug. i9-At ConnellsVille, Pa, 800 coke.work-
ers struck, making nearly 4,O00 men idle in the
Pennsylvania coke region.
Aug. 24-At Youngstown, o., $500 Quarrymen
struck for higher wages.
Aug. 2s-Typographical Union Of Chicago
agreed tqsdemanG ten hours pay for nine
hours work from November /.
Nov. 2S-Buffalo IN. ~ Union Stock Yards
strike ended by strikers giving up contest.
St. Louis declared on.
Dec. 5-Inauguration Of giass-b1owers' strike
in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sept. s-Labor Day generally observed
throughout country by paradcs, picnics. etc.
Get. 3-General Assembly Knights OF Labor
convened at Minneapolis.
Oct. 7-Secretary Litchman reported $4,000
members In knights OF Labor q decrease OF
les, 600 during the year.
Oct. 8-About 1900 brass-worlzcEs quit work
In New York and Brooklyn
Oct. 19-Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers
met in annual convention, Chicago. !. At Phila-
delphia 5000 shoe makers quit work.
Nov. 1--Union book and job printers Of Chi
ca4o struck for nire-hour day.