Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-07
TOILERS' TROUBLES.
THE CHICAGO CARPENTERS HAVE
BURIED THE HATCHET.
Illinois Miners Still Out-The Santa Fe
Company Will Cut Wages-Painters
Strike at Seattle-Other Labor News.

CHICAGO, May 6.-The carpenters
strike was finally settled today, when
the representatives of the carpenters
council and New Boss Carpenters Asso-
citation signed the agreement reached by
the arbitration committee yesterday.
The terms of settlement were given in
yesterdays dispatches. In an address
to the public by the joint arbitration
committee, the statement is made that a
fair estimate of the loss to the city by
the strike will not fall short of 81 ,00O,-
600, besides causing much suffering to
thousands OF men, women and children.
The Miners Strike.
There now seems to be no prospect of
a settlement of the coal miners strike,
and according to the Euening News a
general strike of $4,000 miners is immi-
nent About $4,000 are now out. Their
demand is for an increase of ~ cents
per ton. ra
About one hundred employees of An
drews d Co., manufacturers of desks
and office fittings, struck today for an
advance of wages.
Shops Giving In.
New YORK, May 6.-Seven more shops
today gave in to the striking carpenters.
Only four large firms and few small
ones are still holding out.
Santa Fe Wages Reduced.
KANSAS CRY, May 6.-The Times will
tomorrow say: ''The employees of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad
have been notified that beginning
May 1st, salaries are to be re-
duced to the figures prevailing be-
fore January lst. In addition to this, to
the great surprise of the employees, the
order sets forth that all money received
in advanced salaries since the first of
January, over and above the old rate,
must be refunded to the company from
the next months salary.
The Philadelphia Plan.
PHILADELPHIA, May 6.-Letters were
sent to the master builders, notifying
them that if they did not by 10 O'Clock
tomorrow. morning concede the demands
of the strikers, certain plan which had
been formulated, would be put in oper-
alton: This plan, it is said by
an official of the carpenters brother
hood, is sort of a cooperative
arrangement by which the building
trades, including everything from stone
masons to frescoers, would form one
grand organization, employing thirty
thousand men. This organization would
make contracts, erect buildings, pay
workmen and divide the profits among
the men themselves.
Seattle Painters Strike.
SEATTLE, Wash, May 6.--The union
painters of Seattle, to the number of
$50, went on strike this morning. The
question involved is that of working
ixyad &c
men. 1t is understood, however, that
the contractors signed an agreement
to discharge all non-union men who re-
fuse to join the union after two weeks,
and the men will return to work tomor-
row. About fifteen GLACIERS also struck
today for shorter hours.
Eight Hours in San Francisco.
SAN Francisco, May 6.-At a meeting
supervisors today, Mr.. Curry, represent
ing the eight-hour league, appeared to
represent petition that the fire bells
be rung at 8 a. m. and D. m.
to establish the hour for working
men, to thus avoid disputes between
employers and employees. 1t was
finally agreed on the part of the commit
tee to recommend that the petition take
ChCSt Wlollu OllC WCCh. IL WAS ueclQeQ
to recommend that all of the various
committees do all in their power to see
that eight hours should constitute a
days labor on all municipal work.
"Scab" Molders Assaulted.
SAN FRANCISCO, May edwin Stokes,
of Philadelphia, who came to this city to
take the place Of striking iron-molders.
was nearly killed Monday night by a
crowd of men whom, he says, are
strikers. He worked in the Union
Iron Works and had agreed to
join the strikers, when he was set upon
by crowd of men and fearfully beaten
and stabbed in the leg. He was taken
to the strikers headquarters and his
condition not ascertained until today.
Frank Urel, one of the non-union men
captured at the Fulton Iron Works Sum
day, was practically held by force at the
strikers headquarters yesterday.
Ribeiro; Portuguese minister of for
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