The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-05-01
FIGHT HOUR ISSUE
HE COMING STRIKE OF CHI
CAGo WoRKINGMEN.
Fly THOUSAND IDLE WORKMEN.
imates of the People Who Will BE
Directly Affected and Names of
\ the Trades That Will
Participate.

4 bHIcAGo, April "a. Reports from various
| PTS OF the city show that no building
/ brk of any importance is being done.
kI Is the opinion of capitalists, as well as
kNbor leaders, that May l will find Chi
Nlgo in the midst of one of the greatest
rikes ever experienced. The demand for
kght hours will be almost universal, while
re employers are all seemingly deter
lined not to grant the demand.
he carpenters strike seems as far from a
& Srmination as on the day it started. The
hs filters and harness makers go out Mon
by. The brick makers are now out with
10 assurance of speedy termination of
heir strike, and these with $4,000 stock
jards employees who are determined to get
fight hours or quit, make a total of about
I 1900 men who will, from present lndica-
Nons, be striking on May l.
|Should such a general movement be
bade innumerable branches of labor and
bdustrles OF less proportions will follow in
he wake of the great outbreak, and bust
= Jess III Chicago will be all but paralyzed,
lhile fully $4,000 men will be idle.
I Considerable elation was felt at the car
penters' headquarters this morning, over
lhe, signal defeat. OF the attempt
olaQe by one OF the contractors
10 import workmen. Contractor
Geo. Fuller brought seven men from Mil
Eaukee last night, but upon reaching this
pity were met by committee of strikers
Ind straightway joined the union this
morning. They claim that Mr.. Fuller has
Ame of their tools in his possession and
inounced their intention to demand that
ey be returned to them at once.
NTHE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED.
lo,,h h,,t ho hal
Snent place among the sociallstic la
ltators of this city, and who is now a
ent house inspector and statistician
sad health department, has completed
Atable of figures of the number of laboring
people in this city who will either strike
itor eight hours on the LIST of May or be
Imade idle by the strikes in collateral in
fdustries on which they depend. According
= to his table the number of wage workers,
male and female, who will not be at work
Z at the time reaches the surprising
aggregate of about 223,0O0.
This calculation, too, covers only the
city as it was previous to last years an
neXation of the towns of Lake, Hyde Park,
Lakeview, Cicero and Jefferson.
The Importance of this statement will be
apparent when it is stated the town of Lake
, alone contains $4,000 people directly al
!, fected by the strike now contemplated.
The report shows the number of employees,
male and female, who are affected by the
leight hour movement to be as follows:
Fuel and light, 1920; drugs 1851; trans
2 portation, 43 4n7; prinung and publishing,
I 1919; financial, renting, etc, 1911; leather
goods, 6,O57 building trades, 27727;
wooden materials, goods, etc, 26,9l9; 1000
J drink, 26,S4l; textiles, 24.12O; metals, min
J erals and chemicals, $3.50.
Of this great aggregate 3d. LA are males
and 23,650 females. The number of firms
involved Is 1887.
THE STAIR BUILDERS.
The Stair Builders union held a meeting
J last night at which 1t was decided to strike
for eight hours as aday's work May l. The
union has about $40 members.
ILLINOIS MINERS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 24.-The convention
of delegates representing the coal miners OF
Southern Illinois is in session in East st.
|, Louis under auspices of the United Mine
Il Workers association of America. The new
scale of prices for day workers, being an
4 advance of % per cent over present wages,
kwas adopted, and the scale for piece
II workers of like character will be agreed
u to. Arrangements also will be made for
the establishment of the eight hour day
II system There is no talk of a strike, the
Il delegates being of opinion that the opera
tors will grant their demands without
hesitation
| Resolutions were auOpteu unlS AFTERNOON
Ito appoint three del. gates 10 the convention
Ito be held in Chicago April IS to request
1.-THE National executive board to send good
lorganizers into this district and TO invite
the coal mine operators OF Illinois TO meet
the miners in joint session at the Chicago
convention. The wage scale committee
luade report which was adopted that the
hiners of the Southern Illinois district will
Eand by the scale made by the Columbus
6onvention-the wages of hand miners at
Ill mines to be raised to 56K cents per ton !;
4 That the wages of day workers be advanced
b Is cents per hour, and that the wages Of
III mine workers not regular miners receive
4 proportionate advance.
I Resolutions were adopted advocating the
light hour system, but they do not make
n arbitrary demand on the operators
tor it. -
BosToN, Mass, April PA Journal spe-
cial from CHEYENNE says: A conference
has been called to consider the demands of
the Union Pacific trainmen for an increase
of wages and that nearly all the officials
are now at Cheyenne. The trainmen are
determined and if some solution is not
reached todaya strike will ensue, taking
in the Denver, Texas and Fort Worth. Ore
gon Short Line, Kansas Pacific and Union
Pacific.