Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-05
All Quiet Along the Chicago River
Today.
ANOTHER WRIT FOR KEMMLER
Can Prison Warden Execute the
Sentence of Death?
EMPLOYERS GRANT THE EIGHT HOURS
ARBITRATING THE QUESTION.
Employers Here and There Concede the
Eight-Hour Demand.

CHICAGO. May 5.-Todsy will probably see an
amicable adjustment of the labor troubles IN
the lumber district and the BLACK road" II
Is believed that all the planning mill owners will
grant the demands of their men for an eight
honr day and resume operations. In all the
iron works on the Black road with the possible
exception of the Malleable. business will be
resumed as If nothing had happened The
strike at the Malleable may be settled, too.
The molders, who have demanded a 10 per cent
advance of wages. feel confident that they will
reach definite settlement with President
Bailey, in which case the strike will come to a
sudden end.
The striking carpenters read in the afternoon
papers of Saturday and the morning papers of
Sunday that the arbitration committees had
come to an agreement and that work was to be
Resumed for the new bosses association today.
without waiting for orders from the strikers
headquarters many of them went 10 work this
morning. When this fact was reported at
headquarters runners we're sent out to pull
them of
Secretary Howard of the Carpenters Coun-
Gil says the men will not be allowed TO resume
work till every point of difference between the
men and the bosses has been fully settled and
this will IN all probability not be accomplished
before Thursday or Friday The coopers at
the stock yards who had resolved to 90 on
strike this morning, evidently thought better
OF 1t. as they went TO work as usual
A visit TO the planning mills. box factories and
sash. door and blind factories this morning
discloses the fact that the strikers had for the
most part given in TO the terms of the bosses
which are ten hours work per day. and that
business was proceeding as usual About three
fourths Of the strikers now at work. and it
Is understood that the remainder will go back
soon.
SPRISGFIELD. Ill, May 5-The situation
among the miners here is still unsettled. Work
has stopped at some of the mines. Men who
are still at work will be asked today to quit
until prices can be agreed upon. Another con-
ference between the miners and operators is to
be held Wednesday.
The carpenters who went on a strike for an in
crease OF wages and gained their point now
strike for an eight hour day with the same pay
1t is understood the demand will be conceded
for the present. at least.
NEW YORK, May 5.-The carpenters of this
city as body did not go on strike today TO en-
force their demands for eight hours as a DAYS
work. At the carpenters meeting held this
morning it was stated that two hundred bosses
had granted the demand and that only thirty
five had refused In the latter places the men
had struck, but 1t is expected that all the diff
cultles will be settled within "A week. The
housesmiths did not go on strike, their de-
mands having been complied with.
FALL RIVER, Mass, MAY 5.-At yesterdays s
meeting OF the trades council representatives
of the Amalgamated and Protective Weavers'
Unions expressed themselves in hearty accord
with the plan to merge the two unions. and a
committee was appointed to secure this end
There are 1900 weayers here. with but 1000
union members. the plea of the outsiders being
that they don't know which body TO JOIN.
BosToN, May 5.-The steamftters of Boston
have decided to accept the offer of the Master
Steamtitters Association of nine hours per day
for SIX days in the week without reduction IN
wages, waving their demand for an eight-hour
day on Saturdays.
Dover, Nh, May 5.-The Carpenters Union
last night voted unanimously that nine hours
for ten hours pay should constitute a day 5
work. Trouble may follow.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. May 5.-After a long and
stormy meeting last night the carpenters of
Milwaukee decided to postpone action on the
elght-hour day for one week. They will 20 to
work this morning as usual. There was a great
deal OF dissension and the majority are not in
favor OF working eight hours for eight hours
pay.