Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-18
STRIKES AND LABOR GRIEVANCES.
Five Hundred Union Carpenters Dis
| charged.
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fBy telegraph TO the Dispaich.l
PORTLAND, OREGON. April H.-About 5OO
union carpenters were discharged yesteI-
dav in accordance with resolution adopt
ed by the Builders Exchange. A contrac-
tor had employed noD-union carpentesff
and the union men threatened to strike II
he was not discharged. IL was decided ~
the builders TO discharge the union men III
anticipation Of astrike IN May
FIFTEEN HUNDRED woRKMEN OUT.
II is estimated that there are now l,5Oo
carpenters. brio klayers. and other trades
men out of employment in this city by rea-
son of the lockout declared yesterday, oy
the Builders Union of Carpenters. Ihey
saw non-union men cannot be had ana they
propose to stand firm.
A STRIKE OF WAIVERS AND sPTNSERs.
NASHUA, N. H., April 1.-THE expected
frike Of employees of the Jackson Com
uany's mills occurred this norning-the
weavers. spinners, and help all going out.
The mills have been shut down, but for
how long is not known. Eight hundred
hands are out of employment. They VIII
be paid of Saturday. The weayers march-
ed through the streets and then quietly
went home. A demand for an increase III
wages is the cause of the trouble
PIrrsBuRaH. Pa. April 1.-THE feeling
in railway circles tonight is that strike
Of the switchmen cannot well be avoided.
The railroad officials have refused TO re-
copnize the Brotherhood, and the tght II
it takes place will be over this point. III
was intimated that by noon tomorrow the
men will all be out.
CONTRACTORS YIELD.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 1.-THE contractors
Yielded to the demands Of the carpenters
to-day. making thirty-three who have
given in thus far.
STRIKING CARPENTERS PARADE.
Chicago. April 1.-THE striking carpen-:
ters To the number of about 5000 paraded
through the principal streets this after
noon with bands, banners, and notices:
Large crowds gathered along the route and
al occasional cheer of sympathy greeted
the marchers.
STRIKE or cEoIR-BoYs.
Tbirtv-fye of the forty-fve choir-boys of
the Fuglewood St. Bartholomew church,
at Sixty-ffth street and Stewart avenue,
have gone on strike because OF the dis
missal of their instructor and the appoint
ment Of new one.
There was a strike Of fifteen or twenty
men of the night force at the gas-works,
but it has not spread further.
VERY SERIOUS DISTURBANCES IN AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, April 1.-THE riotous coal
miners at Ostran, in Moravia, have COM
PEELED complete cessation OF wor k IN the
mines. Troops guard the houses of miners
who are willing to work. In the Ostran
and Karwin districts there are 80, 900 miners
out on the strike. The men demand n
working-day of eight hours and settle
ment of minor grievances.
Later The latest news from the dis
turbed mining districts IS that the strikers
attacked party of soldiers and that in the
fight that followed three miners were killed
and many wounded. The troops in the
mining districts have been reinforced.
Twelve thousand workmen in the Wittko-
vitz Iron-Works have struck. The troops
at Karwin fred among the rioters. Sew
eral persons were wounded, one. ii is re-
ported, fatally. The mine-owners OF Ro-
konitZ have asked the Governor of Prague
to send troops. The Ostran strikers to-
night attacked a sugar.foctory at Kunzen-
dorf and a factory at Ratiman and COM
PEELED the hands to leave work.
A fight with the troops at which three
miners were killed took place at Willko-
WITT Bodies Of the strikers are pillaging
the villages in the vicinity. The mines af-
fected by the strike belong to the richest
class. including the Archduke Albrecht,
Baron Rothschild. Prince Salm, Count
Larlsch, and the Northern Railway Com
pany. The wages of the men are fairly
good. The disorder is due to agitators.