Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-04
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
May Day in America Followed by
Many Strikes and Lockouts.
REPORTS FROM EAST AND WEST.
The Pennsy to Move Grain Trains Without
Change of Engines.
FIRES, FAILURES AND RAILWAY NEWS

The advent Of May has witnessed many
| industrial disturbances throughout the
country. That is the date on which the
wage scales in many tradea are revised, and
the consequent disagreements between en-
ployer and employed have resulted in a
number of strikes In most cases the
length of the working day has been a
greater bone of contention than the amount
of wages.
Press dispatches from Chicago say work
on the Manufacturer building at the
Worlds Fair grounds was brought almost
to staudstill Monday by 100 out Of 125
ironworkers going on strike for S5 instead
of 80 cents an hour The trouble is not yet
adjusted and the men are still out The
ironwor on the Administration build
ing were more successful They went out
for the same demands, and returned to work
within four hours, the contractors granting
the advance. In the same city there is q
strong probability that the trouble between
the master painters and journeymen will be
shortly settled. So far IS Of the most prom
inent firms have signed the agreement for
an eight-hour day and minimum price of
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April 1, 1893.
UpheavaIs In New York and New England.
Boston reports several strikes. More than
half the journeymen plumbers who asked
for 81 per day Monday have had their re-
quest granted, and it is expected the others
will be successful in q day or two. At q
meeting of the Boiler Manufacturers Asso-
citation 1t was voted to refuse the demands
of the Boilermakers Union for a nine.hour
day, and it was further decided that should
combine and lock out every union man.
On May 18 the clothing pressmen of Bos-
ton, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Balti-
more and other large cities will demand an
advance in the wages and reduction in
their hours of labor from ten to nine hours
per day. In New York the men will demand
an advance of over2 per cent. The Boston
pressmen will ask for a 10 per cent increase,
and in other cities the advance demanded
will range from 10 to 25 per cent.
AT Cleveland eight hundred members of
wages on the docks. They demand IA cents
per ton, an increase in some cases of cents.
There is no trouble, for the busy coal season
has not begun. The strikers say they will
not allow other men to take their places.
From Several Western Points.
ALL the lumber showers on the Chequame-
gon Bay, in Wisconsin, struck Monday for
an advance of 10 cents per hour. They be-
gan last week at 40 cents per hour, but Mon
day refused to go to work unless the incsease
was allowed. After consultation among the
lumbermen they decided to accede to the
demand of the men, and the men resumed
work.
At Saginaw, Mich, the Bricklayers' Union
ordered a strike to-day. All the members
quit work and building operations are at q
standstll in the city. The men have been
receiving So 5Oa day and demand an advance
of ST.
At Wilkesbarre, in this State, the unions
connected with the American Fedora ton
of Labor vert out on strike yesterday. Five
hundred men are out, including carpenters,
bricklayers, stonemasons and plasterers.