Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-08

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house this demand is reasonable and just
and that it is or belief the inauguration of
said system of eight hours for days work
would be conductive to public wealth and
calculated to advance the industrial, COM
mercial, intellectual and moral welfare of
the people. Referred.
An Immense Assemblage.
BRUSSELS, May 1.-The workingmen of
this city attended to their various callings
no heed being paid to the prevailing labor
An immense meeting of
workingmen was held at Charleroi Thirty
thousand men marched to the place of the
meeting singing Marsellaise. They were
orderly and there was no trouble.
A Proper Move.
PARIS, May IA deputation of work
lngmen went to the chamber of IDENTITIES
this afternoon and presented petition
asking that the chamber make eight hours
a legal days work The large crowds on
the streets were orderly.
Austria.
VIENNA, May despite the belief
that the labor demonstration in this city
would be attended with grave disorders,
there has been no disturbance whatever
The strike movement in the provinces is
spreading. 1t is estimated that through
out Austria and Hungary one million
men have already struck and threaten the
government
PARIS, May 1.-Everything is quiet
here. Dispatches from Marseilles, 3or-
no disturbances have occurred in any of
thncp rNlaaou ap1 +ha+ lc
Germany.
BERLIN, May |. - Quiet prevails
throughout the entire city and the streets
bear their normal appearance. In conse-
quence either of notices issued by the
employers, threatening to discharge EN-
ployes who absented themselves from work
to take part in the labor demonstrations,
or the apathy of the men themselves,
almost all the large manufacturing estab-
llshments are running with near y full
forces OF men today
A Bayonet Charge.
PEsTH, May EARLY this morning a
large number of workmen gathered in
front of rolling mill Under the excite
ment Of agitators they engaged in riot
Gus demonstration which the police were
powerless to quelI The mob was ordered
to disperse and upon refusal to obey the
troops charged with fixed bayonets wound
ing many Of the men
stopped by the Guards.
PARIS, May All was tranquil in the
provinces today. In the city large
crowds gathered at various points, but
perfect order was maintained until eight
o'clock this evening, when a body of work
men trying to march down Ruedela Cirque
toward Elysee palace were stopped by the
police. The paraders tried to force their
way through and were charged by a
squadron of the municipal guard and
many wounded. A large number were
arrested but will be released at midnight
They are merely charged with disorderly
conduct.
PARIS, May AT 1890 the boulevards
were again thronged with excited people
In the place Chateau d Eau the cavalry
charged the crowds and several more ar
rests were made The total number of
arrests during the day approaches 500
In skirmish In the place De La Concorde
30 persons were wounded but most of them
escaped arrest.
CHICAGO, May 2.-The threatened
strikes in this city which may be said to
have technically begun yesterday when or
grnized labor took its holiday, were not
made apparent until this morning when
the men failed to resume work at many Of
the shops. The black road in the vicinity
OF Mccormick S reaper works had much
the same appearance today as it had four
years ago. None but the strikers could be
seen and they had the entire possession.
Euery man, boy and girl employed
In the malleable iron works at 26th and
Rockwell streets is out The total num-
Der employed is 1900. No particular
reason was assigned by the men for quitting
work.
A committee was appointed last night
to wait upon the officials but they seemed
disinclined to go before their employers
President Bailey called the strikers about
him and upbraided them for going out
without notice, and told them that when
they found out what they wanted to let
him know their demands. The men
seemed not to know what to say in reply
The chairman of the mOlders' committee
says they want ten hours as a days work,
Is cents In advance of present wages and
50 per cent. extra for over time At the
great Mccormick reaper works about fifty
moulders went out, but the work was pro-
crossing as usual. A large proportion of
the employees in the founderies of Barnum
and Richard Ajax Forge Co. and
the Chicago car wheel Company
went out and those concerns
are closed. At the Wells-French car COM
pany's shops, every one of the thousand
employees went out, and the shops were
closed. The blacksmiths were the only
ones who made known their demand,
which was for eight hours as day s work
At f. <. Roberts foundry, it was said
that the men seemed anxious either Tor
strike or vacation, so the works have
been shut down till next Monday to
accommodate them, and make repairs.
The entire number of employees Of n.
X. Fairbank & Cos. soap and lard fac
tory will 60 out Monday. The coopers to
the number of eighty struck this morning
This was surprise as the men employed
by Falrbank are receiving better wages
than those paid elsewhere. They want
eight hours work and nine hours pay.
About six hundred men will strike
The coopers are earnest in their demand
for eight hours and in all portions of the
city men are quitting work on the refusal
of employers to surrender. In the north
western districts of the city there is not
one cooper working. From three to four
thousand sash, door and blind men walked
out of the various factories in the south
west lumber district this morn
ing. The action was appar-
emily without warning The men came
to their places as usual this morning. and
with few exceptions proceeded to work
when the whistles blew. An hour or 50
later they threw down their tools and
quietly walked out, giving no explana-