The morning call., 1890-04-02
MANY STRIKES.
A General Move Among New"
England Trades. s..
COOS 90 .':;': ::
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Employers Succeed IN Inducing Some of
Their Men to Continue at Work. {.
% @ - 30.
Two Thousand Carpenters Go Out atChicago.,
: The Nine-Hoqr Movement .:the. s
- Principal Cause ss.. .;:.:-.:.
: jspee,al. by the California Associated Press


3 RosToN. April II, :. To-day: was the
time set for the: Inauguration sof the
nme-hour system of. the labor; bodies,
but the success met with was snot
aas encouraging gas was anticipated.
All O. over New England .:thes* move.
was made, and it. has been looked
forward to. with such dread by ,manufae-:
( turers and contractors that they Success.
fully temporized with their employees to
postpone final actions until May: 1st, and
this brought dissenti6n5 in the labor ranks
and prevented the movement from being:
unanimous Most of the organizations.
made the stand, however, and numerous:
Strikes are the result g q. . - o.
In Boston most Of tile trades put the de-:
mand off for one month, butthe.j j0drney-.
men fathers. p1asterersa and large numbers:
of carpenters held out and@were promptly
discharged, the result being an almost,
totals cessation of work Gn3buildings. Be:
sides nine hours, the fathers want fifty
eentsga day more pay. 80 = w.:
t Ia Haverhillthe carpenters held off till;
May, but al the painters struck for more;
pay alsO9o
In Providence 1000. carpenters and
+ painters are oaout ana 500 sat Portland,
200 in Lowell. the same. iu Lawrence,
and 800 at Springfield, and inamost caseS.a
demand for some increase in pay is made.
with that for less hours. Employers of all
kinds are making determined stand
against them, Claiming itsanseXtortion. 80
3 Throughout New England fully 5000 men
7haye struck, 8but double that number, have
deferred action. sThe . result has s.. al
ready been bitter recriminatioIls among the
various labor assemblies, and the leaders
are .feaTful':tha a lack of unanimity has
ruined all chances of5suceess. IS
CHICAGO, Arfl 1.A2Nearly 1000 plumbers
employed throughout the city, went on
strike this morning Tor an increase of
wages. 90 - o: o.
The labor situation seems to go from bad
to worse. Besides the plumbers, who went
out to-day, the carpenters are becoming
mere restless, and number struck to-day.
The clgar-makers formally declared strike
at Goldsmith Brothers factory, aud the
shoemakers and shirtmakers have taken up
the matter of eight hours work, and will
strike If their demands are not acceded to.
1ae ELIZABETH On. J.), April Fifteen hun
dred7 1nasons aud brick-layers here struck
this morning for So 80 per day and nine
hours
GLOUCESTER Mass }, April Fifty ship
painters connected with the Marine Rail-
way struck for an advance of cents per
hour.
WHITMAN Mass.), April 1.-The Carpen-
ters,, Union this morning began work on
ten hours pay for nine hours work.
LONDON, April l. - The shoemakers'
strike Is extending to all parts of England
Thirty thousand men are out and some dis
orderly scenes have occurred. The Liver
pool police have been forced to interfere
with public demonstrations in order to keep
peace among the workmen.
BERLIN, April 1.-The miners in the two
coal-pits at Dartmund have joined the
strike. Work is proceeding quietly in the
Essen District.
VIENNA, April 1.-The masons and other
workmen in this city have struck for higher
wages and lever hours of labor.