Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-12
INDUSTRIAL.

INDUSTRIAL.
Jan. 3-Fiftecn hundred men on the New Jer-
sey coal docks struck against reduction of wages.
Jan. 4-Wilkesbarre mines closed on account
or strike OF dock hands, throwing & 100 persons
out unemployment.
Jan. 6-Fifteen hundred miners made idle
by nrc IN coal mines near ShGmolxin, Pa.
Jan. 1a-Three collierics ar Shenandoah. Pa
suspended on account OF the coal-handlers
sand mon and boys out of work
Jan. 14-In p. Lorillard's tobacco factory at
Jersey City, 3,o0o employees struck against re-
Jaa. a2-Strllso iu Lorillard's tobacco works
ut Jersey City ended.
Dian. 2-Twcnty-h five hundred employees In
Higgins & Co.'S carpet factory, New York.
struck because certain employees had been dis
Jan. 25.-Eight hundred and fifty girls in the
Elizabeth On. j. cordage works struck against
q reduction OF wages. throwing 600 other hands
Jan. s6-The aoo9 operative taiiors In Boston
Withdrew from the knights of Labor Strike
in Higgins cnrpet factory ended
Jan. =1-Forty thousand men employed in the
vessel interests At New YORK on strike and the
ocean steamships and other vessels were de-
Feb. 3Seven hundred men in blast furnaces
a. SharpsyiIs, Pa, struck for higher wages;
nanufacturers; 10000 people idle
Feb. Sat Marquette, Mich. 500 miners quit
work for refusal 10 discharge foreman.
Feb. 0-'Longshoremens' strike in New York
and strike of 5000 miners in Monongahela dis
trict settled.
Feb. Alive thousand striking miners around
Pittsburgh returned to work
Feb. 2o-Seven hundred men employed in
American wire works, Cleveland, o., struck for
advance OF wages.
Mar. S-Strike of $50 stove-moiders in st.
Louis threw $40 other men out of work.
Mar. 16-Strike of 1000 hands in Shenield
saw works, Indianapolis.
Mar. 17-Striko Of 700 architectural homework
ers in Cincinnati and Covington for hours
work and 10 hours pay.
Mar. 26-Strilse Of 1U,Oc0 silk wcavers at Pat
erson. NJ j., ended.
ApL Lover 1000 carpenters in Chicago
struck for advance in wages
Apl T-Ovrr 5000 carpenters and stone
sons in Brooklyn struck for higher wages.
Apl 12--DeEands OF Cine matt carpenters
conceded. and $50 mon set to work.
Apl. 1S-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 sos coopers ut Milwaukee struck
for increased wages 1000 hands locked out
by Cincinnati shoe factories =. 1000 hod car
riers in Chicago struck fpr higher wages.
May 5-Seven hundred and fifty men locked
out of Union Steel Cos Works, Chicago.
May San Francisco breweres discharged
ell their union men Detroit stove foundries
shut down, throwing $500 men out OF employ
ment
May lin Chicago a.o0O bricklayers struck
May ia~Chicsgo building contractors shut
down on all work Probably 5000 men af-
May notwithstanding establishments at
Haverhill. Mass, locked out 1900 hands.
shOcmalSers resumed work.
May 2o-At Pittsburgh 2,cO) brickmakers
May 25-At Cincinnati zoo employer Hall
Safe Lock Co. struck for reduction OF hours
TO nine.
June 2-Great strike OF natural gas in Black
June 0-North Chicago Rolling Mill shut down,
throwing 1900 men out of work.
June 11-General strike OF Pennsylvania coke
workers ended.
June 15-Strike of building trades. st. Paul,
June ac-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-Brcklayers strike in Chicago de-
clared of. -. Strike of New York silver-chasers
a failure.
July s-strikes of Chicago and St. Paul brick
July a2-Cost OF Pennsylvania Coke strike
estimated ut 81, COCOA.
work Is in @ahoDinr valley. PA. "-e' ''ppeN
Aug. 15-Chicaso carpenters gave up trying
for an eight-hour day and IS cents so an hour:
ers struck. making nearly 4.oOO men idle in the
Pennsylvania coke region
Aug. 24-At youngstown, o., 2,5OJ Quarryuen
struck for higher wages
Aug st autographed, Union Of ,6 Chicago cage
hours worl, from November 1.
Nov. 2s-Buralo On. W Union Stock Yards
strike ended by strikers CIV ng up contest
St. Louis declared on
Dec.5-Inauguration OF glass-blowers' strike
In Pittsburgh, Pa
Sept. 5-Labor Day generally observed
throughout country by parades. picnics etc.
Cot 3-General Assembly Knights of Labor
convened Ut Minneapolis
Oct T-Secretary Litchman reported $4,000
members in Knights OF Labor, decrease OF
$4,000 during the year.
Oct S-About 1000 brass-workers quit WORK
In New York and Brooklyn
Oct 10-Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers
met in annual convention, Chicago. - AT Phil2-
oeiphia 3, 900 shoe-makers quit work
Nov. Union book and job printers or Chi
eago struck for nine hour dag.