The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-02
Carpenters, Painters, Briclxlayers,
PIasterers and Plumbers Seek
ing Higher Wages.
CONFERENCE AT BUFFALO
SUPERINTENDENT WAIT WILL CON-
FER WITH STRIKERS TO-DAY.
700 More Car Repairers Go Out-Sec-
ton Men ON the b. 81 o. S. w.
Making Trouble.


has been under consideration by the labor
unions of this city began in earnest to-day.
when. according to Secretary Joseph b.
Allen, of the Allied Building Trades Coun-
Gill; workmen representing every branch OF
the building trades went on strike, to en-
force by a concerted movement the de-
mands of the unions. Nearly three thous-
and men are reported to have quit work
and this number is but small representa-
ton of the total membership of the Allied
Building Trades Council which embraces
about 95 per cent. of the men employed in
the building trades. The fact that SO few
workmen were compelled to strike is con-
sidered by the unions as favorable to their
cause. The movement for working day
Of eight hours and a general increase in
wages, averaging about % per cent. began
some months ago.
DULUTH. Mimi, May 1.-Organized labor
in the trades is on strike to-day for high
er wages and fewer hours. Carpenters
want IS cents per hour, plumbers
so cents and Saturday half holiday paid
for: painters 40 cents. and other trades
In proportion, with a general eight-hour
day. At meeting last night contractors
decided to take no work If necessary all
summer. but union leaders say they expect
to win in few days.
SAVANNAH, Ga, May lit is claimed
by the president of the Building Trades
Council, representing all branches of labor
connected with building in Savannah to-
day, that eight hundred men are on a strike
In this city. They include carpenters, paint
ers, bricklayers plasterers and others con-
nected with house building. They ask an
increase In wages and decrease In working
hours. The builders and contractors claim
they are not seriously embarrassed by the
strike.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, May lover 500
members of the Woodworkers' Union of
Minneapolis. after an all-night session, de-
all the sash and door. bar fixture and show
case factories In the twin cities. The man.
ufacturers agreed to the wage scale and
offered to employ % per cent. union men,
but declined to discharge their present nom
union employees. In all LOO men are af-
fected The building trades unions have
agreed not to use nonlabeled stock I'm their
work and this may cause spread of the
trouble
OMAHA, Neb, May 1.-All the union car
penters in the city are idle to-day and not
a single contractor of any importance did
anything. The men demand an eight hour
day, an increase from 35 cents to 40
Il
union label planning mill material. The
contractors would be willing to concede
the demand regarding wages, but say they
cannot secure material promptly at all
times If confined to union planning mill and
sash and door works.
CINCINNATI, o., May 1.-The architec-
tural iron workers have decided to strike
because their demands have been acceded
to but by one firm, the Stewart Company,
whose employees are not in the union.
About 500 men are involved The demand
is for nine-hour day with the same wages
as is paid for ten hours, so per cent ad-
ditional for overtime and double pay for
Sunday work. The men say a general
strike will be inaugurated If their demands
are not soon met.
YOUNGSTOWN, o., May 1.-Commencing
to-day the journeymen plumbers, timers,
skaters and carpenters employed here will
receive an advance in wages of from
Is cents to so cents per day. The
unions made a demand for the increase
which was granted to-day, while the ul-
timatum expired About 1000 men are
affected.
RACINE, Wis, May 1.-Two hundred
carpenters struck to-day and fifty hodcar-
riers and masons also went out. All build
ing has been suspended in this city. The
carpenters union demands an eight-hour
day, double pay for overtime, Sundays and
holidays, 30 cents per hour and the en-
ployment of union men only.
DENVER, Col. May Under the de-
cision of the Carpenters Union the new
wage scale of s.. so on an eight-hour day be-
came effective to-day
The majority of the contractors have re-
fused to pay the higher wages and sew
eral hundred carpenters are strike.
PITTSBURG. Pa, May l-About one
thousand bricklayers and five hundred hod-
carriers struck to-day for an increase in
wages and fewer hours The scale of the
!, Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners was
signed by the Master Builders Association
and all are at work.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 1-Contractors
and employers generally to-day refused de-
mands for increased wages and as a re-
suit about 1000 workingmen struck They
| include timers and sheet metal workers
hodcarriers, plasterers and quarry work
| ers.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May building opera
tions In East st. Louis, ILL.,, are at a stand
still and about one thousand men engaged
| in the building trades are out. The strike
grew out of sympathy with the carpenters
who struck recently for an advance in pay.
BOSTON, May 1.-The eight-hour day
was established to-day in almost every dis
| trict in New England where journeymen
of the building trades have organized and
| friction and only a few strikes
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May ALI the union
plumbers in this city went on a strike to-
| day In support OF demand for a shorter
work day and an increase in wages.
NEW YORK, May IA strike of 800 men
| employed in the building trades began in
| Passaic. n. j., to-day. The men ask for
fewer hours work and more pay.