New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-03
NEW-ENGLAND QUARRIES IDLE.
woRKMEY Go on STRIKE N MANY PLACES
MORE PAY AND SHORTER HOURS WANTED.

woRKMEy co on STRIKE N MANY PLACES
MORE PAY AND SHORTER HOURS WANTED.
Ou,ncv Mass. May 2-Work suspended In all
the Quincy quarries to-day The price list agreed upon
May l. 1890 between the quarTymen and manu-
facurers having expired April 30 lS2. and no satls
factory settlement in regaId 10 the amount 10 be paid
TIE men from May !, ls92. having been arrived at by
both bodies il was voted BY the quaIH IN 10 SIS
pend work until May i. ON that day. II no sa'ls-
factory LIST agreed on the strike will begin In ear
nest. The demand first made by the mon wa for -
cents an hour for average men, ag:'iiat Fl cent an
hor which has been The price up TO th" first o TINS
month"; since this demand was made the executive
committees Of both bodies have met and the committee
Of the quarrynen agreed 70 reduce tie hour rat; for
the average man % cents. This the manufacturers
uoud not agree TO- The committees have not met
since but Is thought that they Will get together be-
fore Wednesday, May 4, and that the whole affair VIII
hc settled At present there 800 members In the
Ouarrymen's Union IN this city.
Worcester Mas. May This morning the marble
cuttcrs in the employ Of Evans Co. quit work on
dcmnrd for nine hours a day and eight hours on satlr
dov Mr. Evans offers 10 cOncede the demand, BEGIN
ming June l. and the men Will consider ii.
Aunusta. Me-. May D. About 100 quaIrymcn en-
nIovcd by the Iiaowell Granite Company struck this
mor,ine The men say that the company wanted
,hn, :, make a price list January !, but they re
fused and made h'V ior Nay j. vi 'is t'c ooP'
ha, taken po;ice
Gloucester Mass, May o.-Thc general strike OF
granite cuttes In the Cape Ann quarrlcs which ms
boon ANTICIPATED for some time nauglrl'ed to day
,rh yyorkmcn at Rockport and Pigeon Cove have
,o,ned in the strike and soon 1000 men were Idle
1v demand % cents an hour and nine hours, Instead
| OF ten. VI ..
| - and st1necut;crs employed In the quarrteS at
| " C,reot and Lcctc's Island went strilc to
,oi icansn their demand for an Increase oil cent an
uS u, vas not acce;ed = by the quarryowner'. me
@ ,,.u, ,,nrc receiving - cents an hour. They also
omtod ,m a reduction one hont on SATURDAYS .-.,..
larre ,,cE E' mi, @ morning Tor increase Of
rhe granite cutter, are sun ~ WIZ, WIZ Du' a. mnNr ~ -
! agreement WIN tio "''
| expected sool'
| ,,,nts Of Labor through District Assembly
| nv ,t oi,v have begun fight herc which H.
." r, ,ul be Of great as ancc 10 the 800
| = vim were "Iockc1 out7 from the
'i'" ,' ,o. c,,chusctt, and Ncw-lampsh!re We Ger
rho acbt here was begun DS th' i"V'rs ana s'"hc
,,a., u's unions. which are directed by william Nc
Sr,n ~ District Assembly 4O' lhee uhlohs nave
N'''' ,,c.,ve order, to refuse to handle paving
recciNcu -, ,,cs into this city from the quarros
| >u""' .,oclout, occurred TWO boats were
whcio Wv ..,crdov one Thrtyeighth-st. and Ea't
| ~ ~uou W and another In the Harlem kNer'
l"'.' ,,,h ylng-bocks from the Massach'se'tS
| "" pjchteen boats losocd WIN liV'he pi"@,'
.. xpcc,cd 10 arrive In Ne" 'orn 'ou'p an" '''.'
are eNPo .amaio untouched. II these boats ara
| cafgoe' wiz w. ,nlon men, the Paver1 Union Will
| nni"ideu W ,h ctoncs Thus work on new pave
refuse 10 aJ ,,Js cv may be at sandstill for sever"
ments in thi' '"'
| weels. a., vcyair last night that the
- who have bohght uc'c P'''"s ~
Tsss VINO q: % Of "a. s s.a s1a'. s,.yss Ss s
paving Ssss. n, be shs 1'% from % to to sis
from " " :, 80. blocks, 1t Is SAID, are u ihchc'
wide. Mos. o' ,nos long. so large that they are
wide and ~ sas l's nv the PAYERS. As the contr"et
called iols'u" bv the squire yard will be seen
,,a, the work Of laying pa'e"'0""
| by using to'''as "tonos' said prominent knight OF
| "These coh'i"o 'as signed BY John Pierce and
! Labor, "furn'sh oo~ "o who own most Of tho large
! noo,h Brothers Co.. WI"