Telegram-herald., 1890-04-20

Progress OF rhs Struzgis for the
Essas-Ho@r Day.
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NV Yoex April 1s.--WishiA lesz
thaa fsstalgat tae AnerieAa Fedora
si0a et Lsser : body claiming assat
81. 80 nsAl ssEA preaalses 70 be.la its
'canp4isaf fsr tAs slEht-hsaF a2y. IL
a q intsresE . kaos Enthusiastically
just .ast sas fs3srssloa Nsnt 2nd bow
10 proposes - 80 70 work u secure IT.
The prssldsrs OF The American Fed.
sratien o. Labor. Samuel GomPsrs.
writes 70 Braastresrs a. follows
'-rhs hissery q tAs Industrial aesslo2nSns
Of tkls SsastFy szs~s leat ne sigas seaf day
eaa zsE - saaeA le9gsr asfsrea TIE esaa-
paiga 10 ss. tss kosts ave eesa aaFsas-se-
9rillsd, smnuAitios z@s osea 4sd u being pro
vtcsd pusiae syDPassy sn1 sentlGess have
eesA aroused. xad las sra1d aF2s 81 iAoor -
ready for tie battle.
'-Aee.isss viii es he'd n ths great cesters OF
gopui4lie iez froEa AaiRe - Ca iornis. ane cities
where manufacture are established Will Ieel
ths lnnaeneo LOe4l speakers have been
trained 70 Tho work Eaca lscal uEioa Is q eta
eel Of power "a army OF iatsls~sts4i dril aHd
a distributing sgeocy isr els hoar literature
Eash International sad Sat.os4! unica Ia
grand dfvisi0a aader ssis colnuanders-
The BFotserhood - CarpsateFs and Joiners-
whieh has been sslecteC 20 lead. il fsli of tes
enthusiasm OF past Eicsortss Recrulss are Iosn-
iEg the ranks BY haadFsas sud thousands. aa4
places that weTe uners saiEed arcrapld.y cehins
uEdor the shield u that organization Tae Een
IN shops aud factories .nd In all branches Of
labor Will contribute 10 the success Of the
mescmsst and nearly . DilllOa OF organized
men AID milions OF others in sympztay are
centering their hopes aad their energies upon
the oas given psiat-eighs hours
"In fact tbs battle lines have been drawn,
Il -. .fsa q
cOuatry refuse 70 ADOPT the eight hour Gay the
earpen,srs viii strike and viii receive the
support OF the federation to the fullest extent
OF its funds, and other trades viii open
their treasures 20 sustain them. Many
OF the employers ars ready 70 graat
the concessions but are held back
oy the power OF their organizations, while other
large employers privately declare that they are
helding back 10 see II the men mean business.
The prospects OF The building trades are good
and men OF brains and money will not long
persist IN fighiing the inevitable. The building
contractors base their hope OF success upon
their ability 10 secure sufncient mum
Der OF non-union carpenters and thus create =
panic in the ranks Of the union men. That they
will fail Ia this is evident for two reasons:
First. that non union men in this instance will
manifest their sympathy with union men. and
second. because non-uniOn men have learned
they become 'scabs
THE American Federation OF Labor will not
scatter its forces but will center upon the
lines laid down. Trade oy trade, city by city,
town by town 10 vii move along over the whole
industrial field AS war provokes patriotism,
SO the strike for eight hoars will arouse all the
latent enthusiasm of the union men. The non
union men not In sympathy will be held back,
not by physical force but By the overwhelming
influence OF union sentiment
Amid the diversity OF theories advanced for
the solution OF the labor problem the eight.
hour movement has held its place as the meas
ure nearest the heart Of the lsboring man. The
complaint that the builders and contractors can
not afford the reduction is q confession that they
ought rot 10 make. They have had ample time
20 prepare for the ist Of May. 1880. and they
must have known that their refusal to con
cur with the workmen would precip-
itate a strike, and they also know that
strikes are too expensive. The loss Of
time caused BY strike. even ~ II lasts
but one month, viii cost the employers more
than they would lose by the adoption Of the
eight-hour day May i. II il was possible TO
s;arye the men faio submission the product
would not be much greater, even IL as great, as
the product under eigAt hours oheerfully given"
Bradstreet's says: AS the 1st Of May
approaches the industrial situation
tends TO become more and more trou bled.
That this uneasiness is not local is
amply shown by the number and char
acter OF the disturbances reported. In
Europe, as in the United States, there
Is discernible general tendency
on tho part of the industrial en-
ditiens and hours OF labor and c. COM
pensation therefor. In this country the
building trades undoubtedly monopo-
lie attention. Already the movement
has taken actual shape at Chicago, In
dianapolis, and other smaller centers.
Chicago thus far is apparently the CEN
ter of the great disturbance.
so far this month seventeen days.
there have been seventy five strikes re-
ported TO Bradstreet's. involving 81. .542
strikers, whereas last year the total
number for the entire month was sixty
one. and the number OF men involved,
19, 1913. Since January the total mum.
Der OF strikes reported is 253, involving
5s.S2l men. whereas last year from jan
uary 1 TO May there were only 22l
strikes and IS, 934 men affected
WAGES OF RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.
WASHINGTON, April le. - Carroll d.
Wright, toe commission OF labor, has
submitted 70 the President for trans
mission TO Congress his fifth annual re-
port The single subject treated is
railroad labor. Tas report shows that
on June 80, 1889. the whole number of
railroad corporations in the United
States was apprOxirn ately LIS, and the
mileage of these roads, approximately,
f5s. 400 miles The nun Der OF employees
on all Of the railroads OF tee country on
that date was 6s2, 3l2
Upon investigsslng the subject OF the
relation Of employees and corporations
az 20 500 roads, By which the real rail-
road business Of tie country is per-
formed is was found that nineteen
roads maintain beneficiary institutions