Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-02
r,pEDLABOR-DAY
...,,r Anywhere in the United
States.
,rv,NDS MADE QUIETLY
,l,.g.u Question Yields to
u,-es in Importance
,r MINERS IDLE.

say, However, That They
s,rike. but simply OBJ
~ ~. pay-The Bnilding
: ~, ..,I,. for Right HoOFs-R'-
II. from All Labor
Ccntrcs
a.,,-ara to the Disp'''h-l
vayl.-From a great num-
. hos from labor centres
.%, country the following has
"a. No demonstration what
pa. a, any point in the Penn
n-,,.te coal regions. All the
N. -.,. work as usual, and a con-
',.sr of mines which have
~ some time past resumed
some feeling IS expressed oy
1 ..s miners on the subject.
III Tos TAT.
i .a. 20 the disastrous Heading
~, !. ..,r,Sc Of couple Of years
L -i'.t ~. while II was on the btu
4 8! ."' .".''r.inued 20 work and their
mod 10 the anthracite re-
4 r -t-.ed largely TO defeat that
,fs anthracite miners Will
=. thew can get. Not all are
4 .-s-samc making half and
=. '.... '.-.-..,r,ers-but not many are
.-s,5rs are inclined 10 favor
1 igy as 3 means of lesseninG
-t-- crr,ailments and suspen,,
j caused by oyerstocked
r.-rwyors oolI-FIELDs.
strikes IN the Iowa btu
-,3S and but few IN the
.-r5.rf central and western
Igs.lthe other bituminous-
r- states the miners are di-
1 80 adjoining coAl-tields, one
I .s.-r other idle in several re-
mp movement is more gene
4 t-lluc trades than IN any
..,,,s So for heard from any,
i es United States.
j-r-yrsE uGHI-HoU8 QUESTION.
-... mn, eleven hundred miners
e. ,.v.rcsd wages. They are
4 n. el-ht-hour question. At
4 .sri core. mining towns in the
4 i ~ miners are at work with no
s.-k.r.. At majority OF the
4 -as V0.k.n, Valley the miners
f.- tg, say II Is not a strike,
4 .4sr A. S,raitsville and one or
4 -rH ss,a. Valley towns the miners
4 fe;E to-day.
vi-TS THE ISSUE.
4 -. Sch places where strikes were
j -ssv'l. agLt-hour question cuts
=. fr,, IS the case at Brazil, Ind,
Ii -..ers ore out. Wages are the
4 s,r,. There was no strike IN the
-4 Li-'Tl't.
i - ..r,,.h from Ottumws, Ia. says
-. :. Southeastern Iowa laid down
-. .,-r,.h, and say they will not
-q s-s.n until ordered TO do so
4 !. ---.ue officers of their union.
! ,la. they are not on strike,
/ ~ -ce.r suspended work.
II FrnBUE5H DISTRICT.
re- 1900 and 6,0O0 miners in the
-t "a. district struck to-day on
--.r ai wages. the strike having
e.. b wt,l tile eight-hCur day. 1t
d.. viii be settled by to-mor-
,-s.-,sh 800 men employed in the
..li.l. trades are idle on an
z. demand. The same condition
a.. 4. towns md cities in Western
au.a Ohio. and West Virginia,
|-lNzle radius from Pittsburgh.
ClE rFyASD FoR EIGHT HOURS.
D.. p. H.. one Of the places where
---. demand an eight-hour day.
49,, 4re out. They also demand
Iirsy-a-'. one mine IN this dis
--s ;Le,e demands and Is in opera
,--l.. and Philadelphia no eight
s-,-l has disturbed the building
'-' az C1y.ugt1n, Ky., the carpen-
r- stuck ~ nine hours with ten
a-
I--ls -EE EE,ULT oFA CONFERENCE.
--.. from Columbus. O., says that
-lD -.lsr- employed in the Hook
Lg a.iSgliay-Cr districts only
q. yEElr. The remainder are
--- .ta ,e,gl: OF the conference with
-. No 'l1 wages question.
'---.. ". Va, 1000 miners quit
'-. aLl await o settlement of the
-r.I.
,te threatened strike hangs
/ 'A'syE demands have been made
.--e hours.
-sH LARGEST PARADE.
EsJ..s Ky.. Labor-day drew out
s' -s .aEgest parade seen. The
'1tasl1. aud was made a general
a. ;le manufacturing estab-
lE2s City there was nothing to in
- u was Iabor-day. while at
= h--. the day was generally OBJ
3. '-t working classes as a hoh-
2 .-i Colorado, New Mexico. and
"a 1' little notice was taken of
N-,lsIe arc no strikes of any
N"-E OF WAGE REDUCTION.
I.ls.t, ILL.,. all the coal-miners
I'-.ar.l sub-district, about 1900
~ are l1le. The operators to-day
4.'.cs that hereafter they will
.-li, per ton over an inch and
s'7el Ihls Is l712c. less than
- i'L Hi1uER WAGES SUCCESSFUL.
u ..s TIE carpenters strike for an
I've cents an hour was success
80 "a Of $50 having granted
- Tie remainder have not
:, , Iuu. The allied trades will
.E employers who reject the car
-4-.,. They gained the eight
= .Fays..s ago.
pEAoSsrElrIoS IN CHICAGO.
.argo crowds and great en-
--iAnigrzed the labor demon
~. ~ .'s-' hours. The bricklayers'
,,.i zJ0J strong, did not take
~ parade, that trade having al
- accorded the eight-hour day.
49,. Ha1e unions, however, were
h., :. p'e,sl'ed. aud with bands and
~. ,--- tga's On which their re-
~ az. rats were being exempli-
La'oaed away, about 10000
.-- route lay through some of
IA street, q the business dis
/ 81. l parade was dismissed at the
- ,,l.lIefe Were speeches were delivered
'''1r's STRIKE INAUGURATeo
WI out Not More than 1000