Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-01
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May Day Utilized for the Purpose by
Organized Labor.
LESS HOURS and MORE PAY DEMANDED
Thousands Stop Work in PhiIadeI-
phia and in Western Cities.
SITUATION AT BUFF ALO

PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-The struggle
for an eight-hour work day, which has
been under consideration by the labor
| unions of this city, began in earnest today,
when, according to Secretary Joseph B.
Allen of the Allied Building Trades Coun-
Gil, workmen representing every branch of
the building trades went on strike to en-
force by concerted movement the de-
| mands of the unions.
The movement for a working day of eight
hours and a general increase of wages
averaging about % per cent, began some
months ago by the amalgamation of all
the trades connected with building, with
the exception of the Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners, which, though still
| an Independent organization, is in sympa-
thy with the Allied Building Trades Coun-
ell AT recent meeting May l was de-
cided upon as the day for presenting the
demands.
In the event of an EMPLOYER refusing to
sign the agreement members of the various
unions were instructed to remain at work
until business agent could make a set
tlement, and the question of a strike rested
with the agent
Early today these representatives were
securing the city
Mechanics and Helpers Go Out.
Reports received by Secretary Allen at
the councils headquarters, in Odd Fellows
Temple up to 10 o'clock this morning show
the following to have stopped work:
Plumbers and helpers, $50: hod carriers
800; mill hands, 300; steamfitters and help
ers, 800; sheet metal workers, go; hard
wood finishers, 200; mosaic tile layers and
helpers, 1872; floor layers, 12S; mosaic work
erS, 81.
he haa
OF Carpenters and Joiners it was stated
that nine-teenths of their members were
at work, and that signed agreements were
constantly coming in from the master
builders The carpenters ask thirty-five
hours
The entire police force has been ordered
On GUY IN anticipation of possible trouble,
put lnefe nave been no disturbances as vet
300 Stop Work in Passaic.
NEW YORK, May IA strike of 800
men employed in the building trades began
IN Passaic. N. j., today. The men ask for
shorter hours and more pay.
Plumbers Quit in St. Paul
81 PAUL, Mimi, May ALI the union
plumbers in this city went on a strike to-
day in support of a demand for shorter
hours and an increase in wages.
"OOdwOrlers Out in MINNEAPOLIS,
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, May lover
eleven hundred union woodworkers. prac-
tically all the employees of the sash and
door, bar fixture and show case factories
of st. Paul and Minneapolis decided to
strike today. This is election day in st.
Paul and the strike will not be effective
there until tomorrow. The building trades
unions nave agreed not to use non-labeled
stock in their work and this may cause a
spreading OF the trouble. The strike is the
result of a dispute over the wage scale and
non-union labor, the manufacturers agree
ing to the wage scale, but refusing to dis
charge their present non-union employees.
Extra Police on Duty at Buffalo.
BUFFALO, N. Y, May 1.-Members of
the executive committee of the Carriers
Association and many of the strikers are
at their hall awaiting advces from Com
missioner Delehanty and the appearance of
Assistant Superintendent of Motive Power
Brazier of the New York Central, who, it
was reported last night, had left New York
for this city.
The extra force of police ordered on duty
last night reported this morning.
BUFFALO, May l, 1910 a.m.-Commis-
missioner Webster of the state board of ar
bitration has received the following mes
sage from the superintendent of motive
power of the New York Central, filed at
New York, this morning:
Your message delivered in my office by
Western Union people at $50 o'clock am
hence impossible for me to get to Buffalo
today
At 1918 o'clock Commissioner Webster
mad heard nothing in regard to the coming
to Buffalo Of Mr. Watts assistant, Mr..
BraZier.
Commissioner Webster will inform Chair
man Fish of the strikers executive commit
tee of the contents of Mr. Watts message.
In and Around New York.
About 5000 stonemasons and bricklayers
in Westchester county and a part Of
Bronx borough went on strike today. The
stonemasons demand $3.50 a day, instead
Of s.. The masons' helpers want 81 day,
instead of $1.5O. The brcklayers who
have been working nine hours a day de-
mand an eight-hour day. Building opera
tions all over Westchester county are at a
standstill on account Of the strike. Twenty
five or thirty of the bosses have granted
the mems terms. The others say that,
while they would be willing to pay the in
crease in wages demanded by the stonema-
sons and the masons helpers to really good
men. they are not willing to advance the
wages of inferior workmen. They claim
that it Is the poorer workmen who are
making all the trouble.
Albany Carpenters and Plumbers.
ALBANY, N. Y, May 1.-Five hundred
carpenters and sixty plumbers went out on
strike here today. The carpenters demand
35 cents an hour, eight hours to constitute
a days labor, while the plumbers ask for
Nov d Qdy Oh elBnL nOuTS. Inc state DOaru
Of arbitration and mediation will strive to
bring about a settlement.
Situation at Reading, Pa.
READING, Pa, May 1.-This was the day
stipulated by the Carpenters Union for its
new scale Of wages to go into effect. Some
Of the contractors have signed. while others
have refused. AS this Is CIRCUS day."
many carpenters did not work. SO that the
situation will not be fully known until to-
morrow. The contractors are given until |
then to sign. A communication was re-
ceived by President Goodwin of the local |
union from one of the largest builders in |
Boston, in which he stated that he was in
need of 200 carpenters, to whom he would |
pay union wages and give them steady |
work. A number of contractors have prom
ised to sign the scale, provided all agree to
the advance.
Big Strike in Duluth
DULUTH, Mimi. May 1.-Many branches
Of organized labor struck today for higher |
wages and shorter hours. Carpenters want
SO cents per hour. plumbers, 80 cents and
a Saturday half holiday paid for; painters,
40 cents, and other trades in proportion,
with q general eight-hour day. No accur-
ate estimate OF the number Of men on