Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-05-01
LABOR AND PAY.
MEETING OF WoRkMEN At
piFFERENT POINTS.
A General Advance Of Wages Demand
ed and shorter Hours-Conces.
slons and RsIusaIs-Btrikss
ThreAtened-A Fight
with Rifles,

About 500 journeymen carpenters
rspresenting local unions Of the United
Brotherhood Of Carpenters and Joiners
and some non. .uuion mon, in Philsdel-
phis, last evening resolved to 20 on strike
for an advance IN wages Of from 80 to 50
cents al hour for nine hours. 1t wal ro-
ported 1t the meeting that twenty car
psnters, employing 476 men, had con-
csded the advance.
Committees of the new Boss Associa.
t,ou and the striking c.:penters In Chi
cago have reached An agreement upon
oil points Of difference except two, and
these will be submitted to arbitration.
About two-thirds Of the boss carpen.
ters 10 Haverhill, Mass, have granted
tbeir men the nine-hour day.
The principle builders In Lancaster,
Pa, have decided 10 grant the cArpon-
tsrs' demand for nine hours and 81 q
day.
Thirty-six contractors and builders 10
Maiden, Mass., have granted the nine
hour law.
The master builders in Fort Wayne,
Ind. have refused the demands OF tbs
carpenters for nine-hour working day
with . minimum Of 25 cents an hour
The men will strike.
The boss carpenters IN Boston hav,
refused 70 grant the conference asked fol
BY the men.
Representatives from all tho packinI
houses 10 Chicago mot yesterday, an,
decided that their employees may strik
If they want to. No change In workin
hours will bo made.
'Longshoremen ON Grand Junctlo
wharf, in Boston, yestsrday refused I
handle . quantity Of bacon from th
packing house OF sauires b Co., 70
shipment 10 Antwerp. on the plea that
Was prepared by Don-unioE labor.
Seventeen Italian lAborers employed 0
Squires' packing establishment, 10 Bos
ton, IN place OF strikers, were assaulte
on Tuesday night.
The timbermen and day laborers OF tn
Atlantic copper mine IN Hancock, Mich
igan, are on strike. They have been gel
7 ting $40 . month, and demand Sl.75 pc
day.
: The brakcmeu on the Altoona divislo
!; Of the Pennsylvania railroad have asks
o for an increase OF wages. Similar d
; maDds will be made by the conductor
enginemen and nremen OF tho same
vision.
AT a meeting of German trainers |
, New York, last night, IL was announce
! that 55 bosses had conceded the eight
+ hour day, and that only six were holdin
!; out,
!, The carpenters IN Detroit, Michigan
. will 90 on strike to-day for eight hou
and 30 cents an hour. The mast
builders have organized and adopted
0 plan Of campaign.
n In Boston all the carpenters employ,
l. by firms who have conceded eight hOu
. will 20 to work as usual to- day.
!, The carpenters III Salem, Massach
8 setts. will quit work at tye O'Clock
J; day.
|. TIE demand oil the journey meu masol
4 for nine hours day At Taunton, Mass
, chusetts, has been conceded BY all Il
employs-a
A Hght with rifies took place on Il
Columbia river, about forty miles frol
Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday, betwee
: union aud non union Aldermen. Jac
Haymau was killed, Charles Olsen fatal
wounded, and Charles Wilson ssriousl
hurt. Tho trouble was caused by unio
men attempting to prevent non-uDio
men from fishing along the river. Tn
non union men are selling fish for 7
cents apiece, which is so cents belo'
union prices.