The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-03
The LABOR SITUATION
Many Shops and Factories Entirely
Suspend Operation-The Dis
affection Rapidly Spread
Ing to all Trades.


ployes in sash. door and blind and other
wood working establishments struck this
for eight hours and the remain
ing 1900 will probably 20 out before
night.
The iron molders In the shops Of the
Malleable Iron works, Mccormick Har-
vester works, Deerfhg Reaper works and
n number of other establishments went
out this morning ON demand for eight
hours. The Illinois Steel company has
acceded the demand. The Fairbanks
Canning company has refused the demand
OF its 5000 employees and they will strike
on Monday.
Eighty coopers struck this morning.
The iron molders number about 600, but
unless they resume work soon several
thousand men will be made idle for lack
of material.
One thousand employees of the Wells x
French Car company struck this morning
without notice for eight hours. The works
are left idle.
The threatened strikes In this city
which may be said to have technically
begun yesterday when organized labor
took its holiday, were not made apparent
until this morning when the men failed to
resume work at many shops. Black Road
i'm the vicinity of McCormick's reaper
works, had much the same appearance
to-day as il had four years ago. None but
strikers could be seen and they had entire
possession. Every man, boy and girl en-
ployed in the Malleable Iron works at
Twenty-sixth and Rockwell streets Is
out. The total number OF employees
is LOO. Noparticular reason was assigned
by them for quitting work. committee
was appointed last night to wait upon the
officials, but they seemed disinclined to
go before their employers. President
Bailey called the strikers about him and
upbraidcd them for going out without mo-
tice and told them that when they found
ont what they wanted TO let him know
know what to say in reply. The chair
man of the moulder's committee says
they want ten hours as days work, 10
cents advance i'm wages and 80 per
cent extra for overtime. At the great
Mccormick reaper works about fifty
ing as usual. A large proportion of the
employees OF the foundries of Barnum d
Richards, Ajax Forge company, and the
Chicago Car Wheel company went out
and those concerns are closed. As else
where no formal demand was made on
the employers. AT the Wells d French
car company's shops every one OF the
1000 employees went out and the shops
were closed. Blacksmiths were the only
ones who made known their demands,
which was for eight hours as days
work. At +. Z. Roberts foundry II was
said that the men seemed anxious for
either strike or n vacation, so the works
have been shut down till next Monday
to accommodate them and make repairs.
The entire number OF employees of n. X.
Fairbanks & Go. soap and lard,wi go out
Monday. Coopers to the number of
10 struck this morning. This was
surprise as the men employ
ed byFairbanks are receiving better wages
than those paid elsewhere. They want
eight hours work and nine hours pay.
about GOO men will strike. The coopers
are earnest i'm their demand for eight
hours and i'm all portions of the city men arc
quitting work on the refusal of the em-
ployers TO surrender. In the northwest
ern districts OF the city there is not one
| cooper working. From three to -four
thousand sash, door and blind men
| walked out of various factories. In the
southwest lumber district this morning
the action was apparently without warn
| ing. The men came TO their places as usua
| this morning and with a few exceptions
| proceeded To work when the whistles
blew. An hour or so later they threw
down their tools and quietly walked out
giving no explanation. A report is cur
rent tonight that nearly all the planning
mills men i'm the city will quit tomorrow
Ii was also said that all the wood worker,
in whatever branch Of business were
restless and might join the strike a
any moment. Everything remained quie
Notwithstanding the large number of mel
idle, and the police say they, do not antic
ipate any disturbance. Four hundred
men I'm Demanis furniture factory and 20
in the Chicago Cottage organ factor.
struck this afternoon for eight hours. Sew
errl thousand lumber showers In the lum
ber district along the Black road are dis
satisfied and strike is anticipates
| among them.
The board of arbitration 90 settle tn
differences between the striking carpen
tiers and new bosses, association was il
session all day and evening. At a lat
hour tonight Judge Riggs said they wer
making favorable progress. The oil
Master Carpenters association refused 4
join the conference.
PHILADELPHIA. May 2.-Sx maste
carpenters, employing 200 hands. afte
holding out until noon, conceded the ds
mand OF the men as individuals, but vii
N ,t recognize the union.
There was rejoicing among the carpei
tiers at strike headquarters this mornin
when il was announced that the brickla,
| ers had come to the aid of the strikers
ordering that no bricklayers could 81
window or door frames for bosses who n
fuse to grant the demands OF the carpei
tiers. In some cases the bricklayers stol
ped work on this account, and all wi
obey orders. Fifty-eight out OF three hun
dred master carpenters In this city ha,
already conceded an advance. The stril
ers feel that victory Is within their gras
MILWAUKEE. May 1.-The strike for Il
eight hours did not materialize this morl
ing; Many carpenters have been grant. graz .
\ taken till Sunday, when meeting to d
l eide ON action toward bosses who refuse
to compromise will be held.
BosToS, May 2.-The strike Of carpe
tiers is proceeding quietly. There a
LOO men out and only about twenty ms