The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-02

Thursday unless their request 10, IN
e%ight-hour day should DO complied with.
The announcement of the vote was fol.
lowed by d~eafcning cheers.
The first speaker. John Mccullough,
said that the packers owned the labor.
crs. body and soul. since the last strike
and that now. when an effort was beinR
made to shake on the coils that bound
them. they should take advantage of
the opportunity and embrace II quickly.
President O'Neil In an interview after
the meeting said the men had an or.
Hanization Of 1000 members and were
being backed by the Chicago Personal
Rights League and the Federation Of
Labor. March 10 they had sent sietter
- every packer at the yards asking that
aeommittec he appointed To confer with
. like committee from tho union To dis
cuss the eight hour day move. Only two
hosaes responded. All efforts made by
Congressman Lawler met with
no better result. lie had not vet
despstred Of . hearing and was
still e~ndeavoring to arrange one. In
any event. Wednesday tho packers
would M served with q demand for the
cight-hour day and m increase Of ~
cents an hour which would leave q DAYS
wages lcas than at present. Thursday
. strike would cnsue In all houses not
making the concession. Employment,
he Said. had bcen very unsteady, there
being cases where the men did not ob.
tain seven months In the year, thus
averaging but - o week.
President VNeil asserted that the
man who held the key u the situation
was Philip ID. Armour. The packers.
including Mr.. Armour. argued that I'm.
der tho eight hour system they could
not compete with Kansas City. Armour,
he commended, did not have 10 compete
with Kansas City, for at that place he
had q virtual monopoly.
n NEw ENGLAND srRiKvs.
BosroN. April 2s.-The Globe pub.
fishes an article showing the situa.
ton in New England regarding the
b demonstration to take place May
]. 1t says that Boston and Worcester
will bc the main battle grounds for this
state, In both Of which the contest will
be- for q wOrkday Of eight hours. The
greater part OF the q, 900 carpenters I'm.
plOyed In nostOn will strike for eight
hours, but they make no demand for an
increase In the nine hour rate OF wages.
They believe that . decrease in
hours will " an increase In wages ~.
cording TO the law Of supply and dc.
mand. The carpenters are so we'll or.
ganixed all through New England and
even the Canadian provinces that there
II little fear Of outside carpenters com.
ing here u take their places. It II said
that In Worcester tho paintseA PAGmb-
Crs and skaters will ask for nine hours.
N~orcross lsros. and Darling Bros. have
announced that they will adopt nine
hours for May I for carpenters and their
mill hands and other indoor workmcn.
In nine other citics In this State the
carpenters demand y working day o.
nine hours. In several cities the plumb.
era, briSklayers and mason will demand
nine hours.
The quarrymen and granite cutters in
Quincy will probably strike, ~ the boss.
eM while willing to grant the nine hour
system, will not agree - the prtce pci
hour demanded by the workmen. Strikes
are expected among the granite CUTTER
In Westerly. r. l.; Concord, n. H.. and
Hallowsll. Me.
The mechanics at Portsmouth. n. H..
and the carpenters 1t Portland and
Lewiston. Me-, demand nine hours.
WILL Acv KIT 4 REDUCTION.
CHICAGO. April Is. ALL idea Of . strike
by the employees Of the United Express
Company has been finally bsnished.
The men met and by unanimous vote
decided TO accept, for the present ~
least, the now reduced scale Of wages
announced by the company Ia take cf.
result Of . thorough discussion OF
vicc-Frcsidcnt Crosby's communica.
tion In swc to the employees
committee that waited upon him
April ?s, In this he said that tho ~
duction In salaries was absolutely neces.
aary md that the c~xiacncics Of the com.
pAny could he mel In M other way. Tn.
restrained competition Of exprcas com.
panies neccssitatcd Improbable cou.
trscts with railroads and the employees
had been paid regularly when the stock-
uObOevw uoO VNciNeu uOtutuE. ~ VteSlke
was given that when the condition of
the company would warrant IL the sals.
ries would bc restored.
DETlfOtT C~ARrNNrEKs NAY srRikE.
DErRoir. Mich, April N. --Commi,,~es
from the Builders Exchange and tho
Rrolherhood VI Carpenters and Jo!ners
met 10 consult On the demsnds VI the
carpcntcrx Tor thirty cents an hoSr and
eight hours . day. The builders Aeured
Ia increase the ~agcs. but declined u
shorten hours. This did tot sasisfy the
carpenters and the conference ended
without result. Roth sides seemed de-
tcrmined.
PHILADELPHIA cARrESIERs MAV srMNr.
PHIi.ApEiruiA. April ss-A meeting
Of carprnters' delegations Saturday
Aisht ~eprscatine Owe half the car
prnscrs Of the city, decided Ia support
the demand for IS cents PER hour and
eight hours . day.
4 rastas EsVsSss esssssy.
MONTREAL Can. April u. The case %
Walton. the cxpress messenger ho stole
ss,o . from the Pacific Company and ~ss
arrestrd 1t - JohN. n. r.. with pArt Of