The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23
LABOR TROUBLES.

LABOR TROUBLES.
Tho Strike of Carpenters Growing In tn
Proportions-Almost Riot ut Philadel-
phia-Reports From Other Places.
PHILADELPHIA, April 16-The strike
Of a number of Italian street cleaners
for an advance in wages caused two
riots here yesterday.
In the morning a mob of about fifty
women, mostly the wives and sweet
hearts of the strikers, assaulted the
non-strikers and, taking their brooms
and scrapers from them, commenced
beating them vigorously. The laborers
were beating confused retreat when a
policeman appeared on the scene and,
by firing his revolver in the air. kept
most of the frightened women corralled
on the street until the arrival of a
patrol wagon, when twelve of them
were taken to the station house and
held in default of 5000 bail on the
charge of incitiug a riot
At Tenth and Taylor streets. later in
the day, squad of Italians were work.
ing quietly, when seventeen women and
one man swooped down upon them, and
it looked for awhile as if the men who
had refused to demand an increase Of
wages would be annihilated, the women
selling the cleaning tools of the labor
ers and beating them SO badly that shell
ter was sought e the Seventeeth street
station house. A squad of police capt
ured the assailants and they were COM
mitted for hearing.
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.
CHICAGO. April 16.-Judges Altgeld
and Tuttle of the circuit court will issue
call for mass meeting, which it is
thought will be held within day or
two, with view to arbitration of the
differences between the striking carpen-
tiers and the master builders. The strike
is of such serious proportions that if the
differences are not settled within week
it is thought that the planning mills and
brick works will have to shut down,
thus throwing out Of employment many
thousands of men.
Yesterday apparently demonstrated
beyond question that the striking car
penters have Chicago's building opera
tons at their mercy. The only carpen-
tiers at work were scattered over the
city in small groups, and taken alto
gether they probably numbered less
than 500. In one building on Twenty.
second street, between Loomis and
Throop. a small group of non-union
men were at work under police protec-
ton. On the same building were a
number of union masons but as soon as
the executive committee of the masons
heard that their men were working with
non-union carpenters the bricklayers
were ordered off the building. A n M
Der of similar cases occurred in other
parts of the city.
APPREHENSIvE OF A GENERAL STRIKE.
UTICA, n. Y, April 16.-The railroad
men in this city are apprehensive of a
general strike on both the Central and
West Shore railroads. 1t was learned
that the employees of all classes on this
division had arrangements made to de-
mand An increase of wages this summer
and the action of the company takes
the wind out of the mems sails and
makes them doubly indignant The
men who were discharged and the men
detained had frequent conferences yes
terday. The trainmen, engineers and
firemen are reluctant to talk of the
situation.
LABOR MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND.
LONDON. April 1s. The societies
which are affiliated with the London
Trades Council have declared them
selves in favor of an eight hour working
day without stipulating the method to
also decided not to hold a labor demon.
stration May 1.
LABOR TROUBLE IN AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, April 16--A strike has been
inaugurated in the large collieries of
Count Wilcsk. The strikers forced .
number of men employed in other mines
to join them. The authorities deem the
situation So menacing that they have
called out the military.
THE BOSTON STRIKE.
Boston, April 16.-The building
trades strike still hangs fire. 1t is said
on apparently good authority that the
bricklayers recently signed an agree
ment with the contractors not to strike
within three years and that their pay is
to be increased ten cents per hour.
INDIANAPOLIS CARPENTERS.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, April 16.-The
strike of the carpenters in this city
commenced yesterday morning. All
union and some non-union men are out
for eight hours day and 35 cents per
hour.
The Death OF Randall.
WASHINGTON, April 16-The House
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