Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-10

oe4 so-By railroad aeskdeas caused by ;
landsiide 8 LateExA Italy, 100 persons wsrs
Nov. e-Brisish PsTi:sment ressssmbled.
aos 81 sas vsaacs total
/ y Destroyed By hre. thousnnds Of people betng
q died a.
Doc i-President piax, Of Mexico took the
Dec. e-ssyerai nysssri i s-i murders In tho
Wnisecaspei dsssslcs Of tenden occurred dur.
si S s:s ;s ss Sas s sss
Stanley: the African explorer. was alive and
Dec: se.dsssrs. Louis Me ll,sea. famous aas-
Dec. S@sss ss sseess Of = ssrthsaaks in
sastesn and northeastern parts Of spssa.
INDUSTRIAL
Jan. "a strike OF $4,000 miners ~ progress
In the schuyikiii. Pa Feglea, tbs strike else 60.
| IN. ~ shoemaker's Trades Union decided 70
| withdraw from the knights 81 tabef,
closed because OF railway msasseFs refusing 70
purchase at over sal per ton.
OF Labor report 5000 Increase N membership
| OF order in January.
ssss sf IRON sssp. ss
cent. reduction in wages
Feb. la-Several colieries ia Residing, Pa. dis
| trict resume operations.
Feb. l7-S,rking miners In sehuyikiii, Pa,
region ordered to return "a work
! Feb. 20-Tcn per cent. increase In wages vol.
unfairly given to workmen IN betairs O) blast
Fob. 2I-Striking miners at PaImrya. tO.) re-
sumo work at old prices
men on Chicago, Bnriing on & Cniney road
Three ss1usa opS epgsyss Of t9s Edgar Taom,
for refusing to accept ter ms OF comnasy.
| Feb. 29-Many strikers in LehightPa,D winning
20 81 ar 20 IL
| struck for 10 hours pay for nine hours work.
Mar: Eight hundred striking miners at
Mouat Carmel. Pa, return to work at old rates.
Mar. 7-Strike OF engineers on Burlington &
Northern railroad inaugura,ed At Minneapolis.
that railroad could not lawfully suspend re.
cDrocal relations with u connecting road
| through fear OF precipItating o strike.
| Mar: 15-Str.ke inaugurated Of engineers and
nremen on the Atchison. Topeka & Santa F'e
system. -. Two thousand employees OF Mcclure
| s. Co., coke operators at Scottdnle, Pa, struck
| for division of work.
| ng:neers and nremen returning to work.
| Mar. 21-Strlking carpenters and calkers In
| Mar. 23-Stril1e OF union plasterers at Buffalo.
N. Y, for 10 hours pay for nine hours work
engineers and firemen of the burlington lines
Mar. 29-Mob OF strikers attack c., B. & @.
nremen in yards OF c., M. ST. p road strike.
Apr. 1-Ra lroad strikes in Chicago spreading.
for increase OF pay and reduced hours.
Apr. 3-Railroad strike in Chicago modified
the strike being confined to Burlng ton road.
Apr. 4-About LOCO strikers, alter several
Reading Pa.) iron works, at a reduction in
| pay OF ~ per cent.
APE & sRat Gown 1 } COKE producers in
| out Of work EMPLOYEES of Chicago brewers
struck because proprietors would not recog-
Apr 16-Brewery lockout inaugurated in
Apr 19-About 40 employees of Cincinnati
breweries struck because OF discharge OF sew
Apr 23-Braddock Pa.) steelworts ed
operations with non-union men, after laying
idle for four months
May 3-Strike IN Edgar Thomson steel works
at Braddocis, Pa, declared of by Knights of
Labor, and men resume work at old rates.
May ABOUT LOCO iron miners strike near
May l9-Boston Herald divides $4,000 among
May ssINew York Brewers p. declared long
strike ended, and would take back none OF the
Jun. 11-Annual convention OF International
Typographical Union assembled at Kansas
Jun. 15-Window glass factories of Pittsburg,
Pa, closed down, because of disagreement of
Jun. 1s-Seven coke works in ConnellsviIle,
Pa, region shut down because OF strike OF
Jun. sO-All the iron mills in the West but 70
operated by non-unlon men shut down because
OF dsagreement as to wages:
April H. declared OF.
Jul: 14.1ron workers strike at Pittsburgh
Jul. NSOwners and operators of glass-works
at Pittsburgh, Pa, agreed upon a scale OF
wages. Operations TO be resumed Sept. j.
Jul. 31-Six thousand coal miners in vicin-
ity Of Pittsburgh, Pa. struck against reduction
Aug. 1-Letter-carriers'e ighthour law goes
Aug. a-Four thousand street laborers in Dr-
luth, Mimi. struck for Increase in wages.
| number, in Pittsburgh, resumed work at in
collapsed. union men at work refusing 10
longer support the strikers.
Aug. l6-North Chicago rolling mills shut
down, throwing out 500 men.
Sept. 1-Most of the glass bottle factories in
the country resumed work after eight weeks
shut down: slight advance in wages.
Sep. 5-Federaton of Miners and Mine-La-
borers. in session at Indianapolis decided nine
coal miners at sherodsviiie and Sai.neviIie O..
Sep. nc. A -Pfllsbury & Co.. Minneapolis
q Oct ct io0str,ke on, on West SIDE Chicago City
street railways in sympathy with the strikers
Oct. 1.-TWO thousand miners at Blocton,
Ala, struck against reduction OF pay -. The
great strike on street railways in Chicago set
| tied by compromse and men resumed work.
Nov. 9ESanford & Sons carpet mills, AmSter-
dam, N Y, shut down for some time, resumed
| operations.
Nov. 14-Brakemen of the L., N. A. c. rail-
road on strike at Lafayette, Ind.
Nov. 15-Five hundred puddiers in American
| iron works at Pittsburgh, Pa, struck against a
| change of hours.
| Nov. 17-Wages of !, 400 men employed in fur
| naces at Sharon. Pa, voluntarily advanced by
employers 10 to Is cents per day. Large fur
mace at Clymer, Pa, resumed operations after
| lying idle TO- several months.
| Nov. 19-R yer and coal operators decide to
| shut down all mines along the Monongahela
river in Pennsylvania fer an indefinite period.
| Nov 22|Three -fourthS Of switchmen at Indi-
annapolis Ind. struck for higher wages
Nov. 2S-Lockout in New York and New Jer-
| GO
| men would thereafter be employed by them.
| Dec. 7-The National Progressive Union OF
| Miners and Mine Laborers organized at Colum-
| bus, O.. John Mcbride, of Ohio. being chosen
| president.
| Dec. 15-Samuel Gompers e-elected presi-
| dent of American Federation of Labor in ses-
| sion in st. Louis.