New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-08
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LABORERS FORMULATE DEMANDS
SILK WEAVERs GO on sTRIKE-TRoCbi&
THREATENED ON BUILDINGS IN COURSE
or, CONSTRUCTION.

SILK wEAvERs GO on sTRIKE-TRocBi&
THREATENED ON BUILDINGS IN COURSE
OF CONSTRUCTION.
The broad-sjIk weavers in the employ of John W.
Stearns & Co. No 90 East Forty-thlrd-st'' went
on strike Yesterday for an increase OF ABOUT % pei
cent in the price for piecework the sulkeis a'9o
desire the abolition Of the system OF Hhe9 ".''0'
they declare exists in the mills They ihc'uue "
number of other things in their demands Inc
strikers number about one hundred and htty' ana
fifty of them girls. The strikers met al iui'e
Bay Hall. No. $50 Second-ave, ana one OF 'Hehi
said that among the things when they compIalhed
Of In the mills was the fact that they could not
obtain a sufficient quantity OF good drinking wafer
The strikers have chosen John Barrett as their
leader Committees were appointed yesterday 10
visit all the other silk mills in the city and ask
the weavers support them in the present trouble
Tho strikers said they had sent a committee
to the mills to confer with Mr.. searns but that
be refused to listen to the complaints. Mr.. Potts
the superintendent of the mills denied that the
charges made by the strikers were true. He de-
clared that not more than fifty of the Weayers
were strike.
The Board Of Delegates at its meeting at head
9ointed a committee consisting Of Peter Gibbons.
James Nugent and George WnTio.9 10 ViSh h,o me
club and try TO have It use its Influence with
the builder Of the CLUBS new nouSe d, SIX sn.are
filters employed on the building dlschdIsed. Inc
committed the nOn-OnlOn men arr nol u!S-
cbaroed will order a general strike OF al union
rperhanics at work the clubhouse to-day
II vas reported TO the Carpenters Union, "a this
civ Yesterday that several hundred carpeiters
were on strike in different towns ana cioJs IN
Westminster County for an eight-hour worko'y
snd the union rate of wages. The carpenters II
Vonkers have won their demands, but the bosses
in the other places have held out since Apiil J;
When the strike started. The Executive Council OF
Carpenters and Building Trade Wood WORKERS heu
a meeting at No 40 East Eishtieth-st' y esteruiay
,o nrenar re- for the enforcement Of the resolution
recently adopted by the trades not TO- handle non
nnion-made building material in this city alter
Nav J. a strike was threatened on the Q queens
20 Insurance Building. in Cedar-st. yesterday
because Of the employ ment on the structure OF
amber OF non-uniOn housesrliths. Delegate IarKs
nS the Housesmiths and Bridgemens Union had
conference with the contractors. ana IL resulted III
tho discharge Of the nOn-union men: .
Tbe Reliance Labor Club OF Marble cutters
Whitestone Association of Marble Poishers ana me
Comnact Labor Club Of Marble Cutters Helpers
have submitted their yearly agreement 10 me
bosses and ii will be either ADOPTED or rejected pc
fora Nav / as il Is then that the OLD asreemeht
expires. The agreement has been lndorsed ~
~ Roard of Delegates. District Assembly NO. 20
of The knights of Labor and the BulldlnS Iraqes
Section OF the Central Labor Union. me marpie
cutters want 81 q day.