St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-03
Thousands Of Chicago Arti-
sans Join the Movement
for Shorter Hours.
Workers in Iron and Wood
Propose to Assist the
Carpenters.
Several Of the Many Strikes
Declared Seem to Be Un-
justifiable.
The Mania for Walking Out
Is Spreading Among the
Workingmen.

CHICAGO. May 2.-The threatened
strikes in this city, which may be said
to have technically begun yesterday
when organized labor took its holiday,
were not made apparent till this morn
ing, when the men failed to resume
work at many shops. The Black road
in the vicinity of McCormick's reaper
works had much the same appearance
this morning as it had four years ago to-
day. None but strikers could be seen,
and they had entire possessisn. Every
man, boy and girl employed in athe
Malleable Iron works, corner of Twen-
tv-sixth and Rockwell streets, is
out. The total number of en-
ployes is 1900. Among them are
fifty girls employed as''core makers" in
the foundry. No particular reason was
assigned by the men for quittingwork.
A committee, consisting of two men
from each department. was appointed
last night to wait upon the officials. but
they seemed disinclined to go before
their employers and make statement.
President E. p. Bailey called the strikers
about him and upbraided them for
Going Out Without Notice,
and told them that when they found out
what they wanted to let him know their
demands. The men seemed not to know
what to say in reply. The chairman of
the molders' committee says they want
ten hours as days work. Is per cent
advance in wages and so per cent extra
for over time. At the great Mccormick
reaper works about fifty molders went
out, but work was progressing as usual.
One hundred and fifty men in the
foundries of Barnum & Rich
ardson and a like number in that
of the Ajax Forge company went
out, and those concerns are closed.
As elsewhere, no formal demand was
made on the employers. At the Chicago
car works foundry and the Wells &
French Car company most of the mold
ers also went out. At the Wells &
French Car company's shops, every one
of the 1000 employees went out, and the
shops were closed. The 200 black
smiths were the only ones who made
known their demand, which was tor
eight hours as days work. AT F. E.
Roberts foundry it was said that
the men seemed anxious for either a
strike or vacation, so the
works has been shut down
till next Monday to accom- modate
them and to make repairs. Over 100
men are idle here. Nearly all the
molders at the Chicago Car Wheel
company's foundry are out. The en-
tire number of emp loyes of the n. K
Fairbank company, about 550 will go
out Monday. The coOpers. numbering
eighty. struck this morning. This is
something of surprise, as the men en-
ployed there are securing better wages
than those generally paid by the large
concerns. They want eight hours work
and nine hours pay. The cooperS are
Earnest in Their Demand
for eight hours, and in all portions Of
the city the men are quitting work on a
refusal of the employers to surrender.
Tn the northwestern districts of the city
there is not one cooper at work. From
5000 to 1000 sash, door and blind men
walked out of the various factories in
the northwest lumber districts this
morning, The action was apparently
without warning. The men came to
their places of employment as usual
this morning, and, with only few eX-
ceptions, proceeded to work when the
whistles blew. An hour or so later
thev threw down their tools
and quietly walked out, giving
no explanation and without any sort
of a scene. A rumor that the planning
mill men would quit tomorrow morning
could not be traced to any reliable
source. 1t was also said that all wood
workers, in whatever branch OF the
business, were restless and might join
in the strike at any moment. Every
thing remained quiet, Notwithstanding
the large numbef Of men idle, and the
police say they do not anticipate any
disturbance. Four hundred men in
DEM Denman & Durka's furniture factory
struck for eight hours this morning.
and 700 employees of the Chicago
Cottage Organ factory did the
same for a like cause. Several thou
sand lumber showers in the lumber dis
trict along the Black road are diSsatis-
fed. and strike is anticipated among
them. The board of arbitration chosen
to settle the differences between the
striking carpenters and the new bosses
association has been in session all day,
and is understood to have made salts
factory progress. 1t was announced
late this afternoon that eight hours
as regular days work had
been agreed to. At the first
session to-day the letter from
the old bosses association was read. 1t
claimed that this association employs a
majority of the carpenters of the city
and that no effective settlement can be
made without the assent of this body.
1t further says that the members of the
association are ready to concede the
eight hour day and to treat with their
men as to wages. but they decline to
submit to arbitration the proposition to
recognize the union to the extent of pre-
venting themselves from hiring or dis
charging whatever men they may
choose to employ or dismiss.
EIGHT HOURS GO AT BOSTON.