Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-03
MANY SMALL STRIKES
Which Cover Nearly Every Section of
the United States.
A SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION.
The Carpenters Seem to be the Ones Chiefly
Interested.
A SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION.
MANY MORE DEMONSTRATIONS TO COME
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE prsrArcH.1

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
NEW YORK, May 2-In its issue Brad
streets will publish tomorrow: This weel
has witnessed the elimination of the agita
tion for fewer hours of labor daily by tn,
building and kindred trades which may bt
said to have extended over the past two
years. As is usual in such cases, expecta'
tion has rather exceeded realization, so fal
as the number of men involved is concerned.
But the number of strikes reported as large,
although on the average numbering few
men each, except in few instances. Their
distribution is so wide as to FULLY bear out
the claims made by the labor leaders regard
ing the influence of their organization over
a large area.
That the number OF strikes or the number
involved were not larger may be credited to
two causes. One is the readiness exhibited
by employers to meet their employees half
way and the other is the willingness of the
latter to accept some concessions rather than
imperil the success of the entire movement
In some instances the men have accepted a
reduction in wages to correspond with the
decline in time of work.
ANUMBER POSTPONED.
Another reason, and a potent one, for the
small number OF strikers is the postpone
ment until later on in the month of the de-
mand of the Federation at several large
cities. Notwithstanding all these infu-
ences. Thursday, MAY l. 1890. will go on
record as having witnessed the starting of
more strikes than any other single day. The
extent and character of the disturbances
with which the present month has opened
are illustrated by the following list of May
Day strikes:
Jeannette, Pa, carpenters, ITO; Jeanette.
Pa, other building hands, 25S; Colorado
Springs. Col. carpenters, 10; Kansas City,
tailors, q; Cincinnati, carpenters. 40; Cleve-
land, carpenters, 20; Detroit, carpenters, l,9O0;
Poughkeepsie. n. Y, carpenters, so; Lancas-
ter, Pa, carpenters. so; Scottdale. Pa,
penters, 25; Grand Rapids, Mich, wood carvers,
bakers. %; New Haven, coopers, IL;
New Haven, other trades, q: Memphis,
bakers, 80; Columbus other trades, Is: Salt
Lake CITY, carpenters, 100; FIT Wayne, carpen-
ters, $50; Duluth, carpenters, 700; Duluth. dock
laborers, 2O0; Philadelphia, metal roofers, for
advance, $50: New York city, trainers, 200; Min
neapolis, plumbers l25: Toledo, bakers. s.;
JohnstOwn, building hands, 4O9; Braddock. Pa,
carpenters. $50; PHILADELPHIA, carpenters.
wages only, 2,3OO Boston, carpenters. LS00:
Brooklyn, lumber showers, for advance, 100;
Bayonne n: j., carpenters. for advance,
l25; Fishkill Landing, N. Y, carpen-
tiers. %; Matteawan, n. Y. carpenters
10; Rochester n. Y, sash makers 2OO New
London, Conn, stone cutters. $50; Norwich,
Conn, stone cutters. sympathy, 200; Quincy,
Mass, Granite cutters. 800: Brockton, Mass,
building hands, SO: Westerley, R. L, granite
cutters, 800; Cincinnati, iron mOlders, for ad-
vance. 800; Worcester. Mass. granite cutters.
40; Hallowell, Mass. granite cutters, zoo; Brook
line, Mass, carpenters, 50; Newton, Mass,
carpenters. 20: Providence plasterers, 100:
Yonkers n. Y, carpenters so; Dayton. wood
carvers unionism, Co. Total number Nav Day
strikes reported 81. Total number May Day
strikers reported l., 9Sa.
THE FIGURES FOR THE COUNTRY.
The total number of strikes occurring on
Nav 1 is 81, involving 1888 employees,
most of whom are in the carpentering trade,
as over 5000 alone of this branch of the
building trades went out In kindred lines
the agitation was very prominent. Stone
cutters to the number of over 2, 900 went out.
Already there is nearly one-third of the
whole number of strikes in April reported
on the LIST day of May, and this total bids
fair to be greatly enlarged the coming week.
During the month OF April there were 160
strikes reported, involving 5000 men,
against 81 strikes and II, 1913 men in April
last year.
In the first four months this wear there
have been 337 strikes, involving 6S, 947 men,
against only 221 strikes and As, ,924 men in
1889. Estimating the number of April strikers
still idle on May at $4,000. and adding to
this the total number of idle men caused by
these strikes, probably $4,000, we have
total Of 40, 600 idle on that date. Reports to
this journal show that on Nav 1 there were
13, 600 men on strike at 46 cities, and fully
5000 more were idle. This gives grand
total of $1,000 men actually idle on this
date for various reasons. The estimate takes
no account of any idle men except those
specified. But it is not unlikely that the
total number out of EMPLOYMENT on May l
was nearer IS, 900 than 80, 900.