Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-05-10
FOR EIGHT HOURS.
The Movement Assuming Large
Proportions in Chicago.
Moidors and Planning Mill Employees Join
the strikers Ranks-Non-Union Mon
Attacked and Stoned-strikes
in Other Cities.

and their helpers in most of the large
Misunderstanding establishments of the
city, including the Mccormick harvest
ing machine works, on the BLACK
road. the scene of so much turbulence
and rioting four years ago. went out on
strike Friday morning Tor the eight
hour day and uniform rate of wages
The number of molders out is estimated
at 5000. Eighteen hundred were en-
ployed ut the Chicago Malleable Iron
Works. the largest concern of the kind
in Chicago. The Illinois Steel Company
granted its 200 molders the eight-hour
day and averted a strike.
All the employees in the planning mill
establishments of the West Side also
struck for the eight-hour day and eight
hours pay.
Shortly after one o'clock in the after
noon number of non-union molders
who were being conveyed in bus to
McCormick's harvester wor ks were at
tackled by strikers at Blue Island ave-
nue.. The windows of the bus were
broken and several of the occupants
were more or less injured. The driver
lodged the rocks which were aimed at
his head and, lashing his horses, sue
ceeded in escaping. A report of the as
sault was telephoned to the nearest po-
lice station and squad Of officers went
| to the works.
All the factories and shops along the
"black road" were closed in the after
noon and business on that celebrated
thoroughfare is at complete standstill.
At noon the 300 employees of the Ajax
| F0rnp CnO1nonu ha iclr
factory, struck for an eight-hou day.
The striking molders have made no
effort to procure meeting with the en-
ployers and the latter are in absolute
| ignorance of what is demanded. The
bulk of the men also do not seem to
know their own mind and say that they
struck because ordered by their leaders
to do so. The whole affair has the APP
pearance of being simple case of strike
fever. The authorities app rehend no
further disturbance, but the neighb bor-
hood is we'll patrolled by officers and
any incipient outbreak will be speedily
repressed. So far the strike has not
caused cessation of work in the other
departments of McCormick's reaper
| works.
The men employed at the Goodwillie
box factory struck for eight hours yes
terday morning. At noon their demands
were acceded to and they returned to
work. The men at the Cooper Lumber
Company's yards were also victorious.
The firm agreed to grant the eight-hour
day and the men went to w orlt at noon.
Four hundred men employed by Dem
ma Sc Durka's furniture factory struck
for eight hours. Seven hundred men
employed by the Chicago Cottage Organ
Company are also affected by the strike
fever and refuse to work unless granted
the eight-hour day.
BosToN, May 3.-The strike of the
carpenters is proceeding in a peaceful
and quiet manner. Yesterday so men
reported at headquarters. Walking
Delegate Clinkard addressed the men
briefly. He said that only forty-six men
were at work in the shops of the mem
bers of the Carpenter Builders Associa-
tion visited and twenty eight of them
| had joined the strikers at the request of
| the delegations that called upon them.
| The number of carpenters that struck is
| 1850.
MINNEAPoLls, Mimi, May 3.-Three
hundred men employed in constructing
a street railway struck yes terday for an
advance of wages from S1.25 to S1.5o per
day. After remaining out two hours the
demand was acceded to and the men re-
sumed work. The journeymen plumb
ers to the number of about 200 have
struck for nine hours. They have been
working ten hours day.
DETROIT, May 3.-The carpenters
strike situation here is unchan ged, save
that few small contractors have con-
ceded the eight-hour day and the scale
of wages demanded by the strikers. 1t
is reported that the planning mill own
ers employing carpenters will compro-
mise by conceding the demands of the
men if they will agree to boz ycott ma
chine mill products made GU tside the
city.
PHILADELPHIA, May 3.-The second
day of the carpenters strike opened
Friday morning with nearly 5000 men
refusing to work unless their demand
for an advance of five cents an hour was
acceded to. There are nearly 1000 car
penters in the city, and nearly all of
Them are identified with the three Or
ganizations. These are the Brother
uOOu VI dilu oOluefS VI HAmcI-
lea; the Amalgamated Association OF
Carpenters, and the Carpe nters' Pro-
tective Association. One of the bigges
victories which the strikers have so far
gained was won yesterday, when tho
Bricklayers' Union came into line and
issued orders that none of its members
should set the door or window frames on
any job where the boss had refused ia
pay the advanced rate.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 3.-one thou
sand carpenters went on strike here
yesterday morning, dema nding eight
hours as days work, wi tn no reduc.
tion in wages. Twenty boss carpenters
have conceded the strikers demand
and the trouble will probably be amica.
bly, settled in day or two.
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