Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-01
MAY-DAY STRIKES.
The Eight-HOur Demand Not
Universal.
United Mine Workers Ordered
to Stand AlOOf.
Much Discomfort Among the Men
With the Action of the Bosses.
Building Trades Strikes Imminent in
Pittsburg and st. Louis-Gen-
era1 Labor News.
Associated Press Dispatches.

COLUMBUS, o., April 30.-The deter
mination OF the executive board OF the
United Mine Workers and the presidents
OF state organizations to defer the strike
in the interest of the eight-hour day,
does not seem to have definitely settled
the question among the miners. The
executive board made proposition to
the Ohio operators to continue at the old
rate of mining and accept nine hours a
day for the coming year, beginning to-
morrow. The operators refuse to accept,
unless they can have the assurance that
the agreement will not embarrass them
to such an extent that competing fields,
like Illinois and Pennsylvania, will beat
them in the market. The Ohio miners
also convened this morning, and are
considering the matter. Some of the
delegates, representing important dis
tricts, are disappointed at the action of
the executive board in postponing the
strike for the eight-hour day.
PITTsBURG BUILDERS WILL STRIKE.
PIrTsBURG, April 30.-The carpenters
of this city will strike tomorrow for
eight hours and an advance in the rate
of pay. The stone masons who are not
now out will also strike. The contract
ors have agreed to lock out all other
branches of the building trades, as well
as the strikers, because they are all in
the same confederation. There are
about 5000 workers in the various trades
here.
MORE COOKERS EVICTED.
ScoTrDALE, Pa, April 30.-The sheriff
resumed evictions today, throwing out
sixteen families. Little resistance was
offered. The coke companies are grad
ually increasing their working forces.
CAR WORKS STRIKE OVER.
DETROIT, Mich, April 30.-The strike
at the Michigan car shops is practically
over. Every department is working,
and by Saturday full operations will be
resumed.
The first sod of the tunnel between
Detroit and Windsor was turned this
morning.
COAL SHAFTS CLOSING DOWN.
LA SALE, ILL.,, April 30.-Tonorrow
all the coal shafts in this vicinity, eX-
cepting the White Breast mines at Ladd,
will shut down, and two thousand min
ers and company of men will be out OF
employment. 1t is understood that
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
operators in this vicinity are willing to
post last years scale. The eight-hour
day does not figure in the movement.
NO FEDERATION FORMED.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, April 30.-Speak-
ing of the dispatch from St. Louis about
the newly formed federation of railway
employees, Grand Master Sargent. OF
the Locomotive Firemen, said today,
that no federation was formed at last
Sundays meeting. The effort was sim
ply made on Sunday to induce the order
of conductors to enter the federation
which already exists.
STRIKES IMMINENT AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, April 30.--If developments
in the labor situation can be said to be
forerunner OF what is to happen to.
morrow, one of the most serious strikes
in the history of st. Louis is imminent
The body of men who will go out will
number fully 5000. Besides the carpen.
ters, marble-cutters, timers, inside wire
men, architectural ironworkers, NAL
sters, and others will probably go out.