Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-05-01
A STRIKE EPIDEMIC|
Samuel Gompers Takes Special Pains
to Violate An Injunction By
Judge Freeman.
OTHERS ADVISED TO DISOBEY
The Cigar Makers International Union En-
joined From Paying Benefits to Strik-
ers In New York-Strikes In
Many Cities.

| New York, May 1.-Samuel Gompers
president of the American Federation
of Labor, has taken special pains to
violate the injunction issued by Justice
Freeman. of the supreme court, prohib-
ting the officers and members of the
lCigarmakers' International Union from
paying benefits to the striking employees
Of S. Levy &. Co. In ;. le!N,er to Morris
Brown. secretary of Cigarmakers'
Union No. 444, Gompers advises that
the injunction be absolutely disregard
ed, and he incloses check for S. to be
used in paying man to picket Levy &
Co.'s shop.
ORGANIZED LABOR MAKES DE-
MANDS.
Duluth, Mimi, May 1.-Organized la
Dor trades struck to-day for higher
wages and shorter hours.
PLUMBERS STRIKE.
ST. Paul, Mimi, May ALI union
plumbers struck to-day in support of
the demand for shorter hours and in
creased wages.
w AMI AIN
Akron, O., May 1.-Six hundred boiler
men and molders struck at the Stirling
boiler works at Barberton to-day for an
increase of Is per cent.
WANT HIGHER WAGES.
Ludington, Mich, May 1.-Two hun
dred freight handlers employed by the
Pere Marquette railroad here struck for
higher wages.
1T STRIKES PITTSBURG, TOO.
Pittsburg, Pa, May 1.-About 1000
bricklayers and 900 hod carriers struck
to-day for an increase Of wages and
shorter hours.
ONE THOUSAND STRIKERS.
St. Louis, Mo-, May 1.-Building oper-
ations in East St. Louis, ILL.,. are at
standstill. Conservative estimates place
the number of strikers at 1000
RAILROAD MEN OUT.
Buffalo, N. Y, May 1.-The shop men
of the Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern railroad have gone out in sympathy
with the New York Central men.
NOT GENERAL YET.
Denver, May 1.-Several hundred car
penters quit work to-day, owing to the
refusal of contractors to pay $3.50 for
an eight-hour day. The strike is not
general yet, however.
OMAHA CARPENTERS IDLE.
Omaha, Neb., May 1.-All union car
penters of the city are idle to-day. They
demand an eight-hour day, an increase
from IS to 40 cents per hour, and the ex-
elusive use of the union label on plan
ing mill material.
IRONWORKERS, TOO.
Cincinnati, O., May 1.-The architec-
tural ironworkers decided to strike be-
cause their demands have been acceded
to by but one firm, whose employees are
not in the union. About 800 men are in
volved. The demand is for nine-hour
day, with ten hours wages
CONTRACTORS WILL FIGHT.
Kansas City, Mo-, May 1.-The con-
tractors generally to-day refused the
demands for increased wages, and
about 1000 workingmen struck. The
contractors declare they will fight till
they have broken up the trades council.
WOODWORKERS STRIKE.
Minneapolis, Mimi, May lover 800
members of the woodworkers' union of
Minneapolis decided to strike to-day.
The manufacturers added to the wage
SCALE offered to employ 95 per cent of
union men, but declined to discharge
their present nom union employees. The
strike will be effective in st. Paul to-
morrow. In all, LOO men are affected.
WANT EIGHT HOUR DAY.
Philadelphia, Pa, May 1.-The strug-
gle for an eight-hour work day began
in earnest to-day, when, according to
Secretary Joseph B. Allen, of the allied
building trades, the council Of workmen
representing every branch Of the build
ing trades, went on a strike. Nearly
5000 men are reported to have quit
work. The fact that SO few workmen
were compelled to strike is considered
by the unions as favorable to their
cause. Many employers have already
signed agreements.