Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-12
STRIKES IN rnG UNIFIED STATES.


TIE latest In the way OF sensational
intelligence from Homestead Is strike
among the COOKS. This head cook went
out, taking seyenty.'our ,nboriinates
with him. From the tenor Of the dis
latch the trouble must have originated
between the head cook and head
Waterman, ~ the latter add four as
sistautz are under arrest
Under the new regime the men now
working In tue Carnegie works are AL
boarded aud lodged within the premi-
ses. This watchmcn are employed to
keep strikers out and the new men In.
side, aud to prevent rs much ~ pcs
sible Intercourse between the classes.
The commissarlat department In al
establishment OF the Carnegie kind at
present is an important one. Without
II there could be- no possibility OF
carrying on business In opposition to
strikers. The new men. Immediately
they left the grounds, would be
set on and maltreated, then In
many cases boarding houses would
refuse to entertain them, and stores
would deny them supplies. So that
an essential TO break down strike Ia n
boarding house within the promises,
under tho supervision OF the hrm or
one OF It's active managers.
The Philadelphia Prea has been
diving into the literature Of strikes.
II has found out that the first In this
county occurred Ia that city in 1896.
IL was not then termed strike, but =
"turn oup for higher wages, which
the Philadelphia journoymen boot and
shocmakers did. After being out two
weeks they obtained their demands.
In two years after they turned out
again, and In 1893 came out third
time, receiving what they wanted on
each occaslou. In 1903 tho sailors Of
New York "turnod ouw fora raise Of
from $40 to sl4a month. They failed.
The Quaker Crespins, emboldcned
by former successes, turned out once
more In 1905, but this time were
sIgnally unsuccessful. They fought
for seven weeks, and the leaders were
prosecuted for conspiracy to raise
wages. In 1900 the New York shoe.
makers turned out, and obtained their
demands. In 1915 Pittspurg ex-
perienced its first turn out. The shoe
makers again were the strikers, but
they failed. In 1891 the printers were
first heard from at Albany, n. Y.
The Typographical Society organized
Against non.union men. Uptill 1880
there was nothing said about hours %
labor. In that year tho masons and
carpenters OF Boston struck for ten
hour day. They were unsuccessful
In 1882 labor unions were be
coming no strong that IN
boston employers resolved moi
10 employ union men. The ten houl
day was agitated In Massachusetts anl
caused serious disorder. In 1884 thi
military were called out ~ suspres
T rioting. This issue extended to New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, aud Abou
1886 the ten hour day began to he gen
orally observed. Hitherto It had beer
from sunrise to unset. In 1886 French
Canadian laborers IA Maino struol
. because the bosses prohibited then
| from smoking Mt work. They gaine,
b their point. From 1896 to lsi2 flfteer
, strikes occurred, two Of which wsr'
! among women,
In the Plttsburg district the firs
, iron strike occurred In 1912. In thi
, year the weavers OF Eastern Pennsyl
1 wanna also struck. Next year the brick
D makers were heard from. In 1915 tn
( ron men again inaugurated n big
: strike, obtaining their demands
o In 1850 the Disturbances In PittsburI
o were alarming. Women and children
. were engaged in rloting. Imported
0 men were put to work, and the Ameri'
Q can men and women destroyed a larg,
/. amount Of property. From 1850 Il
:. 1860 strikes were numerous. In 1856
b au attempt was made In the iron In
dustry to make scale which botl