The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08
LAeOR.S ARMY.

LABOR'S ARMY.
Bradstre~t's Review Of the Indlastriai
sItaation In the UnIsed states ~ II
Estimated Thst 9O.OOO Men Arc ON
strike Thousands ~ Iron snd Wood
Workers In chicago Lay Down Their
Tools.
NEW York. May a-Isradstreets con-
tains the following review Of the indus
trial situation:
This week has witnessed the elimination OF
the q i,ation for fewer hours Of labor dai , BY
the building an kindred trades which may be
said TO have extended over the last
two years. As IS usual In such
cases. expectation has iasher exceeded
realizati q 80 far as the number Of men In.
volyed is concerned but the number Of strikes
reported Is lar e. although IN the aver age mum.
beriny few men each. except In . few instances.
Their distribution IS SO wide ~ TO fully bear
out the ciaims made by the labor lcaders re-
gariiny the influence Of their organization over
Q large area.
That the number OF strikes or the number
Of men involved was not larger may be cred
isei to e~o causes. tJnc Is tue rsaiiness exhib.
tied by employers to meet their emplOycs hac
way and the other IL tn. willingness Of the Int
peril the success Of the entire movement by
insisting on the original demand In
some instances the men have accepted . reduc-
tion In wa yes 10 correspond with the decline In
lime Of work. Another reason. and lotent
one, for the su al number u strikers Is the
pos ponement until later on In the month Cf
the demand Of the federation AZ several large
cities. This is notaLl, the cas- In New YORK
CITY and vicinity, aad in the West at ST. Louis
and San Francisco
Notwithstanding ali these influences Thurs
day May !. 1850, vi 60 on record as having
witnessed the starting Of more strikes than
any other day. The total number Of strikes oc-
curing on Miy Is 81. involving 1e,8t1 en-
ployes, most Of whom are In tue car
pen:er trade, Ms over 900 alone OF this
branch Of the building trades went out. In
kindred lines the agitation Was also very
prominent, stonecutters TO the number Of
over 2,OU going out During the month Of
April 100 strikes were reported, iny0lv.
ing 3aOD men against sixty-one strikes
and u ls3 men in April last year. During
the first four months of this year there
have been 81. strikes, involving 66.9f7 men,
against only ~ strikes and ~. .02i MEN In Is .
Estimating the number uf April strikers still
idle on May at 1870. and adding to this the
total number Of Idle men canseo by these
strikes, we Lave q total Of 10 600 men Idle on
that date. II is not unlikely that the total
7aON
Late advices Indicate that the earlier con.
I, servatiye feeling existing In Chicago has given
place to 3 more radical one. AZ We GO to press
1t is reported that lo.0O workers In the sash
door and blind factor Of that city have struck
and that the total number of this class oi
! strikers alone may equal 1 CO... II this proves
true the total number of industrial employees
idle on May may equa 90OM"
MORE STRIKERS IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, May 3.-Between 5000 and
! 10000 men, apparently without serious
grievances and certainly without any
organization. went on strike Friday
in the lumber district and along the
''black road in the southwestern par,
J Of the city. the scene OF 50 much turbu.
lence and rioting four years ago.
! As result the malleable iron
works 1T Western avenue and the
''black road" employing about l,2Ot
men and women. was compelled te
close; the Mccormick reaper works los,
one-third of its men; the Ajax Forge
Company had its men stop work te
avoid an attack from the strikers
| which was feared; the Wells-Frencf
Company locked out nearly 1000 men
while Barnham 4 Richardson's 15C NOR
and Il. f. Roberts force Of III qul,
work in body.
In the mill district along the river
from Halsted street west the situation
at the close Of the day was much better
than in the big iron works, but 1t was
far from satisfactory. The planning
mill hands and sash, dool
and blind hands, all OF whom
started to work in the morning
caught the eight-hour fever. by
o'clock one or two mills shut down, the
! men having dropped their work and
started out to stop the other mills BY
noon something like 5000 men were ou
demanding eight hours and threatening
to tie up all the lumber business of ths
town il their demand was not granted
The entire number of employees o.
the N. X. FairbanK company OF
Eighteenth street. about Ave hundred
and fifty, will 60 out on Monday
The coopers, numbering eighty
have already struck. The coop
ers made . demand week ag,
for the adoption Of the eight
hour day with nine hours pay. It wa
refused them and they gave notice 0
thei- intention to strike. The 0the
employees quit work, 1t is supposed on
Of sympathy with the coopers-
The coopers are earnest in their de
mand for eight hours, and in all portion
Of the city the men are quitting work OF
arefusal Of the employers to surrender
At Demma & Durka's furniture fac
tory, corner Of Nineteenth street ant
Blue Island avenue. the 400 men EN-
ployed there came to the shops yes
terday prepared to work. The,
formally demanded that the firm
observe the eight-hour day, and upol
being refused the 400 quietly marche,
from the building. They say they viii
stay out on strike until their demand
are acceded to-
PROGRESS OF LABoR's sTRUGGLE
With very few exceptions. the journeymc
carpenters at Louisville went out on strlk
Friday.
The striking carpenters ut Boston are doin
jealous missionary work. and their ranks NJ
constantly gaining In numbers
S:xty.two Of the Philaiephia bosses hay
acceded to the strikers demands and Il Is b.
lieyed that all the other bosses will give In at
conference soon to be held.
The txilors at Oshkosh, Wis, have settle
their wage troubles without res0rting TO
! strike. The list Ct prices formulated by Il
Tailors Union has been signed by the mel
chants.
Four hundred carpenters and employees OF tn
planing-mill sash, door and blind factories Q
San Francisco quit work Friday m ,rnng be
cause the employers refused TO @ .edc tn
oighthour day. meeting OF the bosses wa
he d and 1t WAS resolved to accede to the &c
mands OF the men for . reduction Of the hour
OF labor.
Pays Forty Cents nm tho Dollar.
ST. LOUIS May 3.-Moses Fraley, tn,
grain speculator who failed here few
weeks ago, has compromised with hi
creditors on the basis of forty cents OF
the dollar-twenty cents in cash, tcI
cents in notes for six months. and tel
cents in notes for year. Mrs. Fraley
who Is reputed to be rich, is to indors,
the notes.
l A Lie Sentence for Robbery.