The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-04
TIE LABOR WORLD.
MOVEMENTS OF WoRKlNGMEN N
THROUGHOUT The GLOBE.

Strikes for the Eight Hour Day Gen
orally Successful - EmpIoyes and Em-
pIoyers Disposed 10 Treat AmicabIy
with Each Other.
CHICAGO, May 3.-About two thousand
marblo-cuttcrs in the retail yards Of the city
went out or strike this morning for the
oigbi-hcur day and nine hours pay. The
demand was granted at one or two yards.
The strike Of the one thousand two hundred
employees OF the Malleabe hon Works will
Doe continued indefinitely, the company this
morning having positively refused 70 grant
their demand for ten hours and 10 per
cent advance.
There will be- no strike Of the walters. the
prominent restaurants in the city having
granted an they asked for. With the oNcep-
lion of the employees at the Malleable Iron
Worls many OF the hworkers have NJ
turned to work and their demands granted,
with the understanding that they shall NJ
tara % the Old standard In the case OF tho
demands being not generally acceded TO.
The Mccormick factory Is running with
reduced i.rce. MANY Of the planning mill
workers are retsrning to work with the
same understanding as thdt, Of ihe iron
workers. There have teen 10 signs so FAR
to-day Of trouble along the ce.ebrated
Brock Road"
At O'Clock this afternoon the arbitration
committee IN the carpenters strike had
agreed upon every point except the matter
of minimum wages. The carpenters want
% 90 bee forty cents an hour.
but at present It looks as il the
contention ~ the bosses for thriy.two
and bali cents will prevail. This. IL il
believed, will Doe settled this afternoon. IL
not by the committees. by the three Judges
who have been called 10 act as umpires.
The eight-hour clause. the apprentice sys-
tenn. and other important concessions have
been granted b, the bosses.
SAN FRANCISCO CARPENTFRs or.
san FRANCISCO, MAY 3.-Aboui two
Thousand carpenters. j0iuers and mill
workers struck YESTERDAY afternoon for the
eight hour day. The mill owners declare
the, will re,1luieiy fight against the de-
mand.
SASH DOOR SID BLIND WORKERS.
CHICAGO. May 3.-rhe strike OF the sash.
door and blind workers In the lumber dis
,rirf was settled temporarily this morning
loo more than half the factories. the employ
ers granting thr cight-huur day until Mon
day. when anal answer to the demand
VIII be- given.
BRGChLANTns VICTORIOUS.
BROCKr0S. MASS. May 3.-rh, strike
among Toe brichlaycr- and tenders, " lich
began here Thursday, has practically Dme
iO AN end. only one contractor holdiHg ont
against The advance asked hy the union.
All the men but his VIII go 10 work Mon
day.
2,5oO CARrENrERs sTRlkE IN DETROIT.
DErRor, MICH. May 3. There are $500
carpenters on strike to-day. The machn-
cry men went Out this morning. closing ten
plahing-mili-. The contractors and the
mon are sitting together ani semi-oillcial
proposition from the Builders Exchange 10
The carpenter, for an arbitration Of tho
trouble Is ia,orhiy entertained. The men
are confident Of winning il the bosses force
.hrm 10 stay out.
EfGur-nOUR MEN GENERALLY WIZ.
NEW YORK. May 3.-At the meeting Of
the United Brotherhood Of Carpenters and
Jo.uer- Tonight. the chairman announced
that one hundred and ninety-six bosses
had conceded the demands Of the
men in regard 70 the oight-hour
movement. and that only fifteen had
refused. There was great enthusiasm. The
United order Of American Carpenters and
Joners also met, and their chairman de-
c'ared that ninety per cent. Of bosses had
accepted the terms proposed by the men.
rhcre was much rejoicing. lti-n0t expect
ed that strike viii occur.
PORK PAokERs RESUME.
CHICAGO May 3. The packers AZ the
stock ylIds have concluded that all danger
Of q strike ha- passed. The special police
mon have all been discharged, aud the
extra force ot city oiliccr' has been with
drawn. The international Packing Com
pauy. which has been closed for several
weeks, resumed business this morning with
a iull force Of men.
AN IMPENDING -rRIRE.
CHICAGO, May g. About three hundred
men. employed by the Western lmnspOrla-
ton Company 10 unload their freight boats,
will probably strike the ir-t of the coming
week for am advance IN wages and the eight
hour day. The employees az the Gas Trust
Will ON Monday dcmfnd lhe eight-h0ur sys-
tenn. There is little probability that their
.mplOyers viii c0nccdc it, and 10 - likely
SIS or seven hundred men VIII strike Mon
day night.
40 noon to-day in an the tailor shops
along Milwaukee avenue and adjacent
streets the hO-sC, were presented with a de-
maud Tor an increase OF ten Per cent. IN
wages some ~ them granted the demand,
uui many others promised am answer Mon
day.
A LOOKOUT.
FORr WAYNE. iND.. May 3.-Tho sfrik-
ing carpenters. and those who had returned
tO work yesterday because their demands
bad been granted by the BOSSES, were lock-
e'. ont this morning 5y order of the Master
buiider, Association. u Is now expected
fhgt bitter struggle Will follow, and the
.r,cklaycrs and ofheromrloyes in the build
hr trade viii strike Monday out Of SYM
Paihy with the carpenters.
FARHERs AID KNIGHTS on LABOR.
LRAyFNWORI KAN, Nay Delegates
irOm the Farmers Alliance met delegates
from ibo knights Of Labor, the Carpenters
and ,lOiner,'. thc 1igarmakers'. and the
typographical Unions IN joint convention
here to-day. The aim of the convention
was % perfect a combination. Committees
,,cre appointed. aud "a permanent organ IA