The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-02
1T PASSED OFF QUIETLY
The Hay Demonstrations Conducted In
an Orderly Manner.
Parades and Mass Meetings Held
In Various Cities-News OF
the Toiiers From All
Sections.

MILWAUKEE, May 1.-The carpenters
have demanded eight hours work with
eight hours pay. While the master car.
penters declined to grant the demand as
a body individual members are left 10 do
as they please and many have complied,
50 the strikes, II any, will he against indi-
viduals. In such cases the masons and
bricklayers will 20, ,olIt with them. The
latter already have eight hours. There
will he no parade. There IL no likelihood
of strikes In the other trades.
MINNEAPoLIs, May There will he
no parade to-day but an open air meeting
will be held by workingmen tonight.
Most of the important trades have already
received reduced hours. About the only
movement for reduction is by plumbers
who take holiday to-day and will de-
mand eight hours and an advance in
wages for second-class men.
Labor day passed very quietly. There
was large mass meeting this evening In
the interest of the eighthour movement.
Plumbers struck to-day for nine hours
work without reduction of wages.
ST. LOUIS, May lit Is expected fully
%, 700 men will be i'm line in the great
labor demonstration under the auspices OF
the American federation. The labor par
ade will be swelled by the presence of the
book binders, shoe-lasters, harness-mak-
ers, cigar-makers, garment-cutters. plate
printers, collar-makers, machinists, coop
ers and a dozen other trades, above all
being the ten organizations of carpenters.
II Is believed all the demonstration will
be followed by strike In one or more Of
the building trades, precipitated by the
employees OF the planning mills, as the car
penters already have an eight hour day.
After the parade there will be appropriate
exercises at Schneider's gardens and
various halls throughout the city. Thou
representing the figure eight are con-
spicuously worn to-day. No extraordinary
precautions were taken by the authorities,
as no serious trouble is anticipated.
The parade was q pronounced success
and the crowd was an orderly and loyal
one. The stars and stripes was the only
flag to be seen and there were many flag
bearers. A few banners were displayed
and the tone of the inscriptions were very
moderate. The labor situation here is
problematical. While there is no direct
knowledge of proposed strikes, II is not at
all improbable that there will be trouble
i'm the building trades.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May kansas
City is a non-union town, consequently
there has been nearly no agitation at all
OF the eight-hour question. Practically
there is no prospects of the occurrence Of
strikes and no May day demonstration is
CHICAGO, May LIE now appears evil
dent that the number OF strikes here Is
not near SO numerous as was anticipated.
Representatives of the Federation of
Labor have been busy among the discon-
tented workmen during the past week,
doing their best to allay the strike, and
with apparent good success. They have
been asking all trades to lay aside their
grievances till the carpenters get their
demands all over the country. II looks
now as IL there will only be a few sporadic
strikes here and there, and that none of
the city's great industries will be tied up.
Many are out to take. part in the parade
or witness II. II is impossible TO accu-
rately state the number who will refuse to
go to work tomorrow. Up to noon not
the slightest trouble is reported from any
quarter, and the police do not anticipate
any.
May day with its demonstrations by or
ganized labor i'm behalf of the eight hour
work day has come and gone, and the
predictions of riot and bloodshed and
almost universal strike has not been
realized. Labor. indeed, was i'm a great
measure suspended: but those who
dropped their tools for the day did not do
SO for the purpose of taking.up sticks and
paving stones and indulging i'm riotous
demonstrations. Thousands of them
quit work for the day 10 march In the
grand parade; and many more thousands
made II holiday. II was an
orderly, good natured crowd. and
am orderly parade. The marching line
was about four miles long. II occupied
two hours in passing given point, and
the number of men i'm line was estimated
at about 5000. The carpenters, who
have been placed by the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor i'm the van of the eight.
hour movement, led the demonstration.
They had about 5000 men, including three
assemblies of the Knights OF Labor.
They were followed by 5000 stonemasons
and bricklayers, then came delega-
tions from unions Of printers,
metal-workers and moulders. These
were followed by dozen German
Turner societies forming the second di-
vision. Next marched the furniture
workers. cabinetmakers. carriage and
makers, boilaremakers, rattan-workers
and harness-makers. Many OF the trades
escorted i'm their ranks gaudily decorated
floats on which were realistic presentation
OF members of the craft pursuing their
daily occupations. There were brick
layers building miniature houses boiler
makers pounding with frightful noise
coopers working on huge casks; carpen.
tiers, stone-cutters and many similar ex.
hibitions. One of the features of the pro.
cession was the enormous number OF
banners and notices carried. Among
the many notices were the following
arbitration is our motto. Down with
monopoly" mo carpenterss' Eight
hours and arbitration is a just demand '
1--WE live by labor, not by war;" "When
arbitration Is compulsory strikes will
cease" "Child labor should not be on the
bench or I'm the shop, but In school,
Eight hours for work, eight hours fol
sleep and eight hours to do what W,
will"
The line of march was crowded will
people who chetred the marchers ant
notices. After parading through som,
| of the principal streets of the West Sid'
they marched over to the South Side an,
| TO Lake Front Park. where they listene,
| to addresses from several stands.
PITTsBuRG. May Labor day i'm Pitts
burg was uneventful. Peace and har
mony prevailed in all branches of bust
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