Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-10
MAKE THEIR DEMANDS FELT
r;r.t combined Movements Made for
an Eight Hour Day.
rbou,aHds of Chieago's Carpenters
prep Their Tools and Quit.
Ruidmg Operations suspended in Con.
sequence of the Trouble.

crc,eo April Z. The carpenters
.,r;Ep took place this morning according
nr7or8m. Ii is estimated that between
s010 and 6 600 men are out. The car
..otar work on nearly all Of the large jobs
E5s been brought TO a standstill, No
troubIa has been reported from any quar-
Ter So far
INV similar to that which existed
,5;s month four years ago. At that time
a5 sgitatied in favor of an eight
Ioer iav was being actively carried on,
mi some so 000 organized men We're in
..1oliti0r of extreme discomfort Out
N tbis grew the anarchist agitation that
eliminated in the Haymarket riot. To-
5av fine men of nearly all trades are or
r,nizing. either for an increase of wages
S- far the eight-hour demand. although.
fortunately. the turbulent spirits Of four
ra9r, AFRO are now conspicuous by then
sbsapcp and the radical socialist element
ss spcb is taking no part in the agitation.
Today was the day fixed for the re-
nIv of The master carpenters to the ulti-
m3tnm of the men, and failing OF salts
factory response several thousand are idle.
The United Carpenters Council represents
nearly 5000 out of the 5000 car
renters in the city, and their demands
IRE in brief the eight-hour day; and adj
vance in wages of from 35 to 40 cents an
bopr the establishment of an apprentice
system. and q permanent arbitration COM
Mite to which all disputes shall be refer
red and the decisions Of which shall be
binding. A similar board has been in
satisfactory operation among the brick
masous for two years.
m the other organizations the union Of
hacking house employees Is demonstrating
upeypected strength, considering the
condition they have been in since their
ab9ri.e fight Of 1856 and they will APP
near in the eight-hour column.
The painters have organized for
thetray under a charter from the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, and the plaster
ems. fathers of the building trade are also
waIImganized. Altogether there are fully
10000 trades unionisis in the city. 1t is
understood that the American Federation
of Labor regards the movement of the car
panter, as in the nature ofthe preliminary
struggle, and stands ready to render both
moral and material support. They will
also have the support of the National
Brotherhood. which numbers over 10000.
A great many of the non-union men quit
work today out of sympathy with their
union brethren, and it was claimed that
most of them would Join the carpenters
union I'VE are we'll organized, have
plenty of money and will make "a fight to
The last ditch said Secretary Howard.
Reports are coming in rapidly from all
over the city, and, so far as we know, thera
j. not "a union carpenter at work. In fact
building operations have been practically
stopped
Secretary Jones of the lm..ster carpen-
ter- ,ud that so far as he could tell about
al, the union carpenters in the city had
iett their tools we shall not attempt to
40 once resume work with the help Of the
umauion men, said he, but will wait
uaH, aT Thursday meeting before doing
anything decisive
Many of the masous and bricklayers who
were at work on the buildings have been
compelled TO lay off because of the car
I0Hter work ON various structures being at
a,tm5.tiIl Altogether the paralysis of
'Ae building operations in Chicago, Is to-
day al least. complete.
Tonight it is estimated that about 1000
mmweout In some places the brick
ayers went out with the carpenters, out of
sympathy. and is reported that the entire
body % urlckIayers be called ont unless the
trouble is settled within a week. In
any event nearly all the other
uHmg trades will have to stop
"as soon unless the carpententer' strike
h@red. In that event, fifty thousand
men viii be idle Some contractors wish
Hg TO complete the work ON hand, today
offered TO accept the mems terms; but the
"r.Harhood is after the builders associ-
alton and refuse to let any one return to
w. until that body has recognized the
seems ot the union Mr. Goldie, of
Oh. builders exchange, thinks it will be
rt week before the strike is settled
A"M..rof the bosses said today that they
". .e willing to pay 40 cents an hour
'H 'ne present contracts are filed,
" t these rates were too high for the
.. md they could not afford to adj
them.