Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-05-02
THE FIRST DAY OF MAY
1t Passes OF More Quietly
in Europe Than Was
Expected
A Gathering of Workingmen
in Florence, Italy, Dis
persed by Police
Thousands of Miners in the
East Strike for Eight
Hours

there Is some rlotiug and In Belgium Il
large number Of men went ON a strike, but
nothing serious has yet been reported.
Dispatches from districts in Eastern
Pennsylvania show that every thing Is
quiet, and that no strikes have been in
augurated. Miners are reported TO be
uneasy In few districts, but all are
awaiting the outcome OF the eight hour
movement In the West.
PARIS, May Every ything Is quiet this
morning and there are no outward signs
that this state Of affairs will be disturbed
for several days. Troops Of cavalry are
patrollinR the streets In the socialist
quarters and In addition many infantry
regiments are held under arms The
police are not idle either. They have
| arrested about 800 anarchists, socialists
aud Other persons coming under the cate
CORY Of dangerous characters. These
! men Will be held as prisoners until all
signs OF danger have passed, In order TO
| prevent riots.
About noon there was great excitement
In the vicinity Of Rue Berry. The cause Of
the tumult was a loud explosion which
broke windows all around the locality
mentioned The street was deserted at
seems able to explain the motives for the
explosion, which Is said to have been
caused by a dynamite cartridge.
A dispatch received from the provinces
reports general quiet.
MARsEfILEs, May I-SOcIallst demon
| stratiOns took place here this morning.
The socialists taking part refused to dis
pcrSc when ordered TO do 50 by the au-
! thOrltics. The military was called out,
aud they quickly scattered the socialists.
! Many Of them were arrested
BERLIN, May THE majority Of the
| people here are either peacefully at work
! this morning or preparing TO make the
| day holiday There seems 20 be no pos
| sibility Of any disturbance. Reports re-
ccivcd here from the provinces are Of
| similar character. Socialist papers refer
| ring 20 Mayday, Indicate thai the social.
| ISIS Will postpone the celebration OF Labor
! Day until Sunday.
RoME, May AT $50 this morning all
Is quiet here. There are no signs " the
peace OF the city being disturbed by labor
riots.
FLoRENCE, May /, 4:3O p. ma crowd
composed Of about 900 wOrkugmcn gath
| cred This afternoon on plaza SaVUnavOla.
In the progress OF the meeting one speaker
| gave most violent iucindiary address,
! calling upon the workingmcu present 10
| plundcr the houses Of the wealthy classes.
| The police arrested the man who was
making the remarks. A tumult followed
! and the wOrkinRmcn handled the police
! roughly In attempting to rescue tho prls-
Oncr Finally two troops Of cavalry
| charged upon the rioters aud made them
! retire. As the rioters rctreatcd down the
| ncighbOring streets, they broke store
windows right aud left along the route Of
] their Hight. Several Of the most prpmi-
ucnt In the disturbance were arrested aud
stores throughout the ncighborhood were
| closed for fear Of further disturbance
! COLUMBUs, Ohio, May IA special -
the Columbus Dispatch from New. onvlllc.
| Ohio, one of the principal points In the
/ Hooking coal regions, saws. The miners
are all idle today, but la an Interview
| with a number Of leading miners we are
] Informed that this does not mean a strike.
as the 1T Of May is Labor Day The
opinion Of a majority Of the miners Inter
| Viewed Is that there viii be no strike In
! the Hooking valley aud Straitsville dis
tricts. Delegates from all the mines are
In Columbus today, and II Is believed
that satisfactory arrangements will be
reached.
Moxahala reports no strike or trouble,
with little prospect Of either
At Carbon lllll over $50 miners are
working. Al Sand Run, Longstreet and
Monday the miners quit work this morn
ing aud declare they will stay out until
the wages question Is settled
A special from Logan says none Of the
mines are running IN Hooking Valley to-
day except Straitsvlle.
Prominent miners stated 10 the Dis
patch reported yesterday that the opera
tors In Hooking valley, especially those
owning mines In Pennsylvania. are schem-
ing TO incte the .mlners Of this district 20
strike In order 10 secure the bulk Of the
Ontracts for the Pennsy ylvania mines.
The above Is being pretty generally be-
lieved among the miners. They are
quietly waiting, hoping 10 derive some
benefit TO their cause from the fight which
they claim Will surely occur between the
operators.
JACKSONVILLE, O., May lover 100
miners held a meeting this morning and
notified the bosses that no one excepting
them will be allowed around the mines
until the question of wages Is settled.
TRlMBLE, o.. May All miners OF Lu-
cas- district, No. /, about II 90. are ont
today. They demand an advance IN the
machine mining seale and have decided
not to take up their tools until the qucs-
ton is settled.
SHAWNEE, o., May IA message re-
ceived from Vice President Ngcnt this
morning instructed the miners Of this
district 10 stay out, as no settlement has
been arrived at with the operators. Tho
news was received here with great sur
prise, as II was generally believed there
would be- no strike In this valley.
, PITTsBURG, May - The eight hour
strike OF the building trades was inaug-
urated today. About 700 men are out
PfTTsBUR0, May This morning be-
tween 5000 and 500 railway miners In
the PlttsburR district went out on n
strike Their old scale expired yesterday
and they went out pending the ADJUST
ment OF wages. Their strike has nothing
TO do with the clght-hour question.
The minerf convention is now Ia ses-
sion here. The proposition Of the opera
{ tors 10 pay old wages has been received
. but no action taken As yet. Nearly all o
the session this morning was given up \,
I debate on the wage scale aud II wa,
practically decided % adopt the two
scales, one 10 rule IN the coal trade, th'
. other 10 govern IN the lake trade.
( A general review OF tho situation herr
at o'clock this afternoon shows that th'
carpenters, bricklayers and stonenasons
10 the number OF 5000, are on a strike
with great many planning mill hand
also idle. Several independent cOntrae
. tors have already granted the elgbt-hou
demand and the men say II Is only ques
tlon Of a short time when the builders
e association will be forced 10 terms.
! Specials from Newcastle, Erie, Wash