Telegram-herald., 1891-05-02
STRIKES GENERAL
Thousands Quiz Work at Big Gen.
tsfs OF industry
Al EIGHT HOUR DAY AND MORE PiY
1arPenrers a. Pittsburgh. Ainsrs ia Ohio,
Iaaiaaa and Missouri All Locking
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Builders association met Thursday
night and decided positively not 70 grant
the carpenters demand for eight hours
and an increase of five cents per hour. As
decided upon by the carpenters 900 of
them quit work Thursday night for
their demands. The result viii
DC that 10000 men. comprising
stone masons. roofers, marble
cutters. planing-mill men, etc,
viii work on present contracts until
they have gone as far as they can with
out the carpenters, when they VIII
find themselves simply worked out OF a
job, not locked out. Reports from Nc
keesport. Bradaock and other surround
ing towns say carpenters generally are
striking for eight hours. and indications
point 10 the strike spreading rapidly.
THE COKE WORKERS..
ScorTDAL.. Pa. May THE opera
tors are freely using their nsost power
full weapon 10 break the strike and are
bringing carloads of men daily into the
region. complete resume of the sit
ration shows twenty-four plants run
ming under the sliding scale. embracing
1857 ovens ana Asst men.
PENNSYLVANIA MINERS.
HUSrIse DON, Pa, May 1.-The pro-
posed general strike of the Pennsylya-
MIA bituminous miners has been in
definitely declared off. and the work
will therefore continue as usual.
The Huntingdon, bedford and Cam
bria county miners were dependent
on the action of the Cearfield region
men, and the latter having decided that
not enough money was in the treasury
TO justify strike, it was abandoned.
The men are thoroughly organized, and
their grievances may result in shut
down at any time.
ILLINOIS MINERS on STRIKE.
ST. LOUIS, May dispatches from
Duquoin, Ill, say the most stubbornly-
contested coal-miners' strike ever had in
this district has been inaugurated. The
contest is to enforce an Gght-hour
day and pay every Saturday. The
men say they will stay out until the
law is upheld and their demand granted.
The operators say the law is unjust
and will fight it to the United States
supreme court. In accordance with
orders from the operators of the
fourteen mines here, all miners
and mine laborers have cleaned
up their various places and
taken out their tools. These mines have
served notice that they will lie idle un.
Til the LIST day of November and but one
mine (thc Egypt;an) will be running on
this prairie or in this district. This mine
is new one, pays its men weekly,
works the e;Sht-hour day and is having
all work done under contract. Fully
1,5o0 men viii be directly interested in
this strike, which, with their families,
swells the total mum Der affected to 5, SOC
souls All miners below here are also
ordered out. which will make this strike
the most stupendous one ever had in
the state.
THE OHIO MINERS.
COLUMBUS, o.. May Ia special ia
the Columbus Dispatch, from Nelson
vile, o., one of the principal points in
the Hooking coal regions, says: The
miners are all idle. but in an interview
with q number of the leading miners we
are informed that this does not mean
strike, as the 1st of May is Labor
day. The opinion of the majority
of miners interviewed is that there
will be no strike in the Hooking valley
and Straitsville districts. At Carbon
Hill, over 800 miners working at Sand
Run, Lonstreth and Monday mines
quit work and declare they will stay
out until the price question is settled.
All the miners of Lucas district No.
are out. They number about Lice
men. So far as can be ascertained
they demand an advance in the scale OF
machine mining TO three-tifths of the
rate given for pick mining. There is q
division OF opinion as to the eight-houl
question. New Lexington and Gore
both small mining towns in the same
field. report their men at work, Will
no intention of going out at present.
SHAWNEE, o., May Messages re
ceived from Vice President Nugent in.
structed the miners of this district tc
stay out. as no settlement had been ar
rived at with the operators. News was
received here with great surprise. as il
was generally believed there would be
no strike in this valley.
BRAZIL MINERS STRIKE.
BRAZIL. Ind. May 1.-The strike i:
on and 500 block-coal miners and so,
bituminous coal miners are out. The
eight hour demand seems not tn affect
| the miners of this district so much
as other questions. Last year tn,
- a.
lest until May l., 1891, and the tims
having expired and no rate being
established the miners viii go out un
Gil such time az an agreement can bs
reached. This relates TO block Goa
| miners exclusively. Some days agC
the operators in bituminous Goa
had meeting at Tcrre IIauts
and agreed that reduction foi
| mining bituminous coal Of ten cent,
| on the ton should be made. The
scale now is FIVE cents a ton less thar
for mining block and II the operator.
adhere strictly 20 the Terre Haute seals
| i. means bi. and vigorous strik,
| among the employees In the Iavic.
| county coal field the miners. about 50l
F. in number, have been oft since Wednes
dav owing 10 the discharge of mine
boss.
CrScTssarf May Every builder
| and contractor, as well az all the car
penters and other building trade work
ers in Cincinnati join in congrstula
tion That no strike is here to disturb
business and cause general trouble ans
distress Leaders of the vorkinCner
say there is no prospect Of trouble arts
ing.
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