The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-01
FOR EIGHT HOURS.
May-Day Strikes and LOGkOutS - More
EYiCtlOnS at SCOttdals.

PITTsBURG. April 30-The carpenters of
this city will strike tomorrow for eight
hours and an advance in rate of pay. The
stone-masons, who are not now out, will
also strike. The contractors have agreed. to
lock ont all other branches OF the building
trades as we'll as the strikers, because they
are all under sort of confederation. There
are about 5000 workers in various trades
here.
Tonight the master builders concluded
not to lock out the other trades, and the re-
suit will be all will work ON the present con-
tracts until they have gone as far as they
can without the carpenters, when they will
themselves simply be unable to proceed, not
locked out. The master builders determined
on this move to protect the builders in other
cities, and so that the trades outside of the
carpenters could not have a pretext for
striking for eight hours and thus cause the
movement to spread.
Reports from many towns in this section
say the carpenters generally are striking for
eight hours, and indications point to the
strike spreading rapidly.
LASALIE QtL) April 30.-To-morrow all
the coal shafts in this vicinity, excepting
the White-breast Mines at Laid, will shut
down and 1000 miners and company men
will be out OF employment. 1t is under
stood there Is no strike at present, but
simply that the contracts for the coming
year have not yet been arranged, and until
they are no coal will be mined. The opera
tors in this vicinity are willing to post last
years scale. The eight-hour day does not
figure in the movement
ST. LOUIS, April 30.-If the DEVELOPMENTS
in the labor situation can be said to be the
fOrerunner Of what is to happen tomorrow,
one of the most serious strikes in the his.
tory OF St Louis is imminent. The men
who will 60 out will number fully 5000.
d.. Nr...a y.
timers, inside wiremen, architectural IRON
workers and maltsters and the union strikers
will probably go out.
SCoTTDALE, April 30-The Sheriff re-
sumed evictiOns to-day, throwing out six
teen families. Little resistance was offered
The coke companies are gradually increas-
ing their working forces.
COLUMBUS Ohio. April 30-The deter
mination of the Executive Board of the
United Mine-workers and Presidents of the
State organizations TO defer the strike in the
interest Of the eight-hour labor day does
not seem to have definitely settled the
question even among miners of Ohio. The
Executive Board made proposition to the
Ohio operators to continue at the old rate
for mining and accept a nine hours dav for
the coming year, beginning tomorrow. The
operators refuse to accept unless they can
have assurance that the agreement will not
embaTraSs them to such an extent that COM
peting fields like Illinois and Pennsylvania
will beat them In the market. Tie Ohio
miners also convened this morning and are
considering the matter. Some OF the miner
delegates representing strong districts are
disappointed over the action OF the Execu-
tive Board In postponing the strike for the
eight hours day.
Brazil Qnd.), April 30-A strike will be
on tomorrow, and 1900 block-coal miners
and 800 bituminous-coa miners will be out.
The eight-hOur demand seems not to affect
the miners so much as scale questions.
In the Davies County coal field the
miners, about 800 in number, have been out
since Wednesday, owing to the discharge of
the mine boss.