Telegram-herald., 1890-05-03

obedience = tie 0rcers q tks military.
A fss wao we're iRclins1 tobS disorder
" wsrs arrested TIE workusn in
Bolszna. Pisa, Palermo. L4gi aad Otksr
towns attempted 70 held denOnstra.
tlonS They ~sre dispersed By the police
IS LOSDos
L.oxDos, May 2-Ths vislsst s0sr-
rels of tks wof 4eR sn the oontinsnI
did not influence me attitude Of their
fellOs-strikers in England; indeed the
demonstrations Of dissatisfied wOrkmen
Of az trades passed onesietly. although
several sensational socialistie prsclS-
nations calling on the nen 70 rise
against their masters tyranny we're
scattered broadcast
Sunday Sill DO big day 70 London
workmen. Ten meetings will be held
In HYDE Park Ia the afternoon. and 10 Is
expected they will DO attended by
20e. 900 men. The police will be ordered
on duty all dsy. The soldiers daily
leave has been withheld for the same
reason.
Holland passed through May day in
undistuFbed tranquility. In Anster-
dam alone were meetings held. In that
city two very orderly meetings were Ad-
dressed by speakers who advoeatsd the
eight-hOur principle.
Work in the various manufactures OF
Geneva continued without interruption.
| During the day = procession OF working
men, about 1000 strong, marched
through the principal streets Of Berne,
but there was no disorder.
RESOLUTIONS IN coS0Ress.
WAsHINGToN, May 2.-In the House
Thursday Mr.. Reilly pa offered a
resolution recitiBg the eight-hour law
/ of June, 1865. declaring that the me-
1 chanics, workmen and laborers com
/ posing a. they do the great bulk OF our
! patriotic citizens, are this. the first day
OF May, 1890 agitating and demanding
/ thae henceforth eight hours shall
constitute a legal days work. "and re-
| solving that il is the sense OF this
House that this demand is reasonable
and just and that il ia our belief that
the Inauguration Of said system OF eight
hours for 4 days work would be con-
ducive 10 the public veal and calculated
10 advance the Industrial, commercial,
intellectual and moral welfare of the
people," Referred.
IN AMERICAN CITIES.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, May Labor day
in Pittsburgh was uneventfuL Peace
and harmony prevailed in all branches
| of business except the cornice and tim
work industry. Three hundred timers
marched out for an advance Of twenty
FIVE cents a day. and seven firms
have already granted the demands 1t
is thought that the strike will be over
by Saturday There was no trouble
among the carpenters and contractors,
an agreement having been made last
| year for nine hours work.
Throughout Western PENNSYLVANIA,
however, mum Der of strikes were re-
ported. At Johnstown, Scottdale. jean
nette,, Greensburg and Braddock the
carpenters and joiners came out for
eight hours work or an increase in wages
The demands have not been granted
and building operations have been prac-
ticaIly suspended. A. McKeespert, Pa,
there was a monster demonstration
under the auspices of the Carpenters
Union. In the Smithton mining dis
trict the strike situation is unchanged.
Both sides are firm and a settlement
seems far of. 1t is reported that the
operators have under consideration the
Importation OF new miners, in which
event trouble may be expected.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 2.-The great
est parade of organized labor ever seen
in Louisville took place Thursday.
There were about IA, 200 men in line.
representing every craft employed in
this city. President Gompers, Of the
National Federation OF Labor, rode
with the local labor leaders in the line.
The procession marched to National
Park, where addresses were made by
Judge Sterling B. Tony and President
Gompers. The carpenters have made a
demand for eight hours.
DETROIT. Mich, May 2.-The Labor.
day agitation passed of quietly here,
Notwithstanding the fact that 2. 900 car
penters were out No disorders oc-
CURED and both sides are hopeful of a
speedy settlement of the diriculty. The
strikers pzrsded the principal stree is
Thtrsd afternoon and afterwsrd
quietly dispersed.