The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-06-20
spARK COUNTY RnpunLIoANe ON
PROTECTION,

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We quote! oprotectlon 10 American |
industry and labor against tho industry
and labor of the world"
In the present condition of tho labor
market this exhibition of bra2enry ana
gall Ia astonishing
There has never been three months
in the history Of the country, not even
during the period Of our most dlsaa,
troua money pNnics, when the price OF
labor has been 80 materially reduced as
during the first three mouths OF Gen.
Haulson's administration, and THIS re'
duetion has been very generally IN the
so.ealled protected industries, IopToye
this let the facts be submitted TO q
candid world,
First take tho record for March, com
mencIng Immediately after tho royal
pageant, the most gorgeous In the ms
tory of the country, by which President
Harrison was uaugurated Prea'denI
on March 4, the very day OF Presl,
dent llmrisuud inauguration oNol
.ebiuh coal miners were thrown OUT pl
employment, aud 900 puddlerS, ,irpoka
lron %. Pennsylvania, accepted u re'
ductlOn of from 70 II per cent, also
the furnace employees Ia Mahohlils hnu
shenmgo valley accepted reduction
of 10 per cent Notice was glVoh nt y
colleries OF the Reading company thAt
mineIa must work three quarter 'lhe
four dayaa week. III.
b-Faimre Reading Iron works,
Twenty,nye hundred mep out OF Work,
G-OTegun Navigation Co, reduce pay
of ali men whose wages were 500 per
month aud upwards, ,-. ..,,.
s-The Fiudloy (ohio) Iron WORKS
Alden sampson & Co., oilcloth man
ulnctufeIs, Maspeth, L. !, discharged
| lgO hands. In last campaign lhe men
had TO work for Harrison, .., ,
Chicago Milwaukee " ~ fa9l ran.
road company reduce wages OF large
number 0i employees 33l per cent
If -EmplOyes OF brooklyn liubOcr
company atfike against u reduction OF
10 per cent In wages c,..,. q,
l3-Notice given that Chicago 81
Paul a Kansas CITY railroad company
will cut number Of employees down W
balf at Wo.t ~, Paul yarda, ,.
l8-The last OF thH pipe NILS or tha
Reading Iron company closed, Two
Thousand men IDLE a.. .,,,i,.
Puddlcrs and helpers In the rolling
mill OF the Central Furnace company
M Bellefonte, Pa, strike against To-
ductlon OF 10 per cont In wages.
u-PalnterS and helpers In Erie ra,l
road shops ~ Jersey City cut IRON IL IC
l2 cents an hour .-,-
i5-One hundred and Alty clgarmak
erg nc Hahn n Bausela factory, New
| York, strike against ID per cent ieduo
ton IN wages, lit,
Salt filters at Leroy, ~ " strikI
against reduction OF wages, .,
3O-Faluro of fegthGr workers Strikl
New York for u fair scale OF prices
Girls forced 70 leave their unloD
% Pennsylvania Coal company no
tilted minerg no Scranton thAt 10 cor
Uerleg would be shut down. The min
ers have been earning IRON 80 70 $40
month, ,.r-..p.u
Failure Of weayers' strike NJ Fal
River ior an increase OF wages,
Notices issued at Clark thread WORKS
Newark, n. j., Of reduction OF wages o.
apinneS, 10 per cent, - A.,
8O-TWO hundred weayerS OF thI
Berkeley mills strike on account OF
cut In wages, Providence, X, L. 49,,
The broad loom weOyers IN the Cut
ter silk mill NJ Bethlehem, Pa nolihgI
of Il reduction OF wages from 20 10 "
cents u yard, an eQulyaIentto W cehu
day ...
Chicago, Burlington u Quincy rail-
road company reduced the hours o
labor of the shop men, from lO 10
hours, with pr0pOrNonnte ,cut II
wages. Men receiving sl,lJ u day leu
TO " cents, ,.
Pennsylvania Steel works, Harris
burg, Pa, reduce skilled labor llYG pei
cent. and unskilled labor 10 per cent
Twenty-Five hundred men Affected
A, Pardeo n Co.. coal operators
Wilkegbarre, Pa, notify employees OF
reduction of two per cent, In wages
Fifteen hundred men and boys affected
2 One thousand employees deprived
of work by the shut down OF D0wne
~ Foxg shirt factories NJ jamestown
and Bordontown, Nd, ,.--,-, -,
Strike of Coopers NJ Standard Ol
Works, Constable Hook, against u re
duCtion, ,. =,
Strike of car drivers, Roshester, n
Y, against Il reduction of wages,
iOsStnke Of Bplnners nv ClWkB v
n, 4. thread mills keWny N. y
against q reduction Of l}6 per cent II
Strike Of saw makers at Middletown
n. v, against u reduction In wages,
General strike OF surface roh'
employees (horse and cable NJ 81, Pau
| aud Minneapolis, Mimi, against u re
ductlon In wages. 49,, -.
i8-WageB OF employees Of Crane lrol
company, w CatasauQua, Pap reduces
Reduction OF 10 per cent in WAGES o
employees Of Allentown (Pa) rollinI
mill. r.,
Employees Of Rothbone, soTd " co.
stove foundry Albany N. ~ notllle'
of reduction of 10 per cent IN wages,
Cigumakers of New York city pro
test against a large reduction Ia wages
Spring bed and mattress makers en-
ployed by B. Fitch y Co., New HorI
city, strikc again1tareducti0n OF wage'
23-General strike Of timers ut Plain
neld, Nj. ...,.,..
Syracuse, n. T., against reduction o
10 per cent In wages.
faIorg employed by j. w. Parker
Co, Boston, Mass, strike. ThoBlriker
ASSERT that wages have been cut thre
times within Che last Is months. tn
last cut Was about 90 per cent
+ Failure of the Minneapolis lMlnni
surface road strike. Men forced
lenve their organization.
L 20. THE two mills Of the White MAJ
a. Ia. II. N.s