Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08
LABOR DAY.

CHICAGO, May May day with its
demonstration by organized labor In be-
half of the eight-hour work day has
come and gone and the predictions OF
riot and bloodshed and an almost uni
versal strike by the trades have not
been realized
Thousands of men quit work for the
day to march in the great parade and
many more thousands made it . holiday
and dressed in their Sunday clothes, to-
view the procession. 1t was an orderly,
good-natured crowd and an orderly pa
rade.
The marching line was about four
miles long. It occupied two hours in
passing given point and the number of
men in line was estimated from $4,000
to SO, 900. .--e
The carpenters who had been placed
by the American Federation of Labor i'm
the van of the eight-hour movement led
the demonstration with about G, 600 men.
including three assemblies OF the
knight of Labor. They were followed
by 5000 stonemasons and bricklayers-
Then followed delegations from the
unions of the printers. metal workers
and molders. Then came q dozen Ger
man Turner societies, forming the sec
ond division. Next marched the furni-
ture workers, cabinetmakers, carriage
and wagon builders, cigarmakerS, cloak
makers, boilermakers, gasftters, box
makers, rattanworkers and harness
makers.
Many of the trades escorted in their
ranks gaudily decorated floats" on
which were realistic representations of
members of the craft pursuing their
daily occupations.
The line of march was crowded with
people who cheered the marchers and
their notices. After parading through
some of the West SIDE streets they
marched across through Lake street,
Wabash avenue and Van Buren, street
to the lake front, where they paused TO.
listen to the addresses from the differ
emit stands.
PHILADELPHIA CARPENTERS STRIKE
PHILADELPHIA, May 2.-The journey
men carpenters of this city went on a
strike yesterday morning. as they had
previously announced they would do.
for nine-hour working day, with pay
at 35 cents an hour. The present union
rate of wages is 80 cents per hour. A
majority of the master carpenters at a
meeting Tuesday night decided to resist
the demand of the men for an increase.
was confusion. The strikers had been
ordered to report early and from seven
o'clock until noon continuous stream
of men, a number of them carrying
their tool boxes on their shoulders.
poured into the hall. Secretary James
Day of the local brotherhood was busy
mapping out the work for his numerous
lieutenants. He declared that all the
union men had struck as ordered, and
with them a great many non-union men,
He was unable as yet to say how many
workmen were affected by the strike,
but he roughly estimated that in the
neighborhood of 8, 600 men were out
BOSTON CARPENTERS STRIKE.
Boston, May 1.-The strike of the
work day was formally inaugurated yes
terday morning. About 1850 men are
out, and of this number $50 are new re-
cruits who joined the ranks of the disaf-
fected within the past day. 1t is esti-
mated that there are 1000 men in the
city who have been granted eight hours
by about 100 firms who are not members
of the Master Builders Association The
men have the approval of the Carpenters
Union in continuing at work
The strike is quiet and uneventful as
yet, but all signs point to a determined
struggle.
DETROIT CARPENTERS OUT.
DETROIT, Mich, May 2.-Fully 1000
carpenters are out in this city. The
strike is expected to be short-lived, how
ever, as the principal contractors are
conceding the mems demands and it is
thought work will be pretty generally
resumed to-day. The strikers have
pickets posted throughout the city to
| watch for new corners. the Windsor
boats being watched to prevent the i'm
portation of carpenters. No trade ex-
eept the carpenters has been affected by
the movement.
THE DAY IN FRANCE
PARIS, May AT 7:40 last evening
on the Place de La Concorde a body of
workmen wished to pass down the Rue
| de Ia Cirque toward the Elysee Palace
The police barred the way and the pa
raiders tried to force a passage through
them A squadron of the municipal
guards then charged upon the crowd.
wounding large number of men, Many
| arrests were made
The municipal guards left the Hotel
de Vile at seven o'clock Upon their
departure the crowd began to sing the
'.Marseillaise'' and were dispersed by
the police after brief scuffie. Another
skirmish between the police and sight
seers occurred in the Place de La Repub-
| lique at ten o'clock last night Dur
| ing the fracas a man fired revolver at
| the police, but nobody was hurt Sew
(; eral persons were arrested AT eleven
o'clock all other quarters were calm and
| the extra police were being withdrawn
At late hour the boulevards were
thronged with excited people In the
| Place Chateau d'Eau the cavalry
/ charged upon the crowd, and seven more
/; arrests were made-the total number of
arrests during the day approaching 50s-
] At Marseilles disorderly crowds gath
| cred. The police were powerless and
| infantry dispersed the mob Noisy
groups elsewhere were dispersed by the
1 cavalry patrols
Labor Notes.
| During the labor demonstrations at
| Pesth, Hungary. on the 1st riot oc-