The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-04-03
BIG STRIKES
? In ALL PARTS

New York. April 2.--About 1900 me
went on strike throughout tho borough
OF Bronx to-day. The carpenters want S.
a5 for eight hours work and half holi-
day on Saturday.
.f2Newark, N. j., April About 1000 car
penlers 700 painters, decorators and pap
er hangers went out on strike to-day.
Mt. Vorna, N. y Apri! g. There are
1900 carpenters and 500 plumbers and gas
filters out on strike The carpenters and
plum bers demand 80 % for eight hours.
psnters at New Rochelle and Larchmont
are on strike for an increase of wages from
s9.15 to $3.26 day. And 800 men are out
at New Rochelle. Tho painters here will
strike tom orrow, their demand for increas-
ell pay having becO refused.
Pittsburg, April 2 More than 200)0
miners in the Pittsburg district, struck
to-day against the new scale, and 10000
moro are expected to go out by tomorrow.
The strike grows out of general dissat-
fsfactlon over the now scale Of wages Cs 1t
was recently adiusted between the Pitts
burg Coal Company and tha aNonongahela
River Coal and Coke Company, tho two
clal trusts, and tho wage committee of
the miners This was the dato for the now
scale of wages to go into effect, but the
miners manifested considerable dissat!s-
in the river mines want 81, 40, whilo the ud-
vance only gives them S?.25, and they re-
fuse to stay IN until this price is Iail
Indianapolis. April , 2.-Several hundred
uulon carpenters Of this city did not work
to-day. No word was received from tho
C0ntractors Association with reference TO
to the demand for an Increase of wages to
aje an h0ur Tho men say they do not
wish to be regarded as strikers but simp-
ly quit work pepd!ns s negotiations between
tho union md The contractors,
Long Branch n. y. April 1.-TWO hun
dred carpenters wont out to-lny, demands
ing working day Of eight hours, The
men now work hours for 500, All but
three OF the contractors have signed the
luon's agreement.
Cleveland April ?.--Journeymon plum
bers to tho number If aEouj 900 went on
strike in this city tU-d day for higher wages
The loutneymcn are at present receivinG
: per day, while jutor plumbers get s? %.
y They demand $3.50 and s.. % respective
ly, all men who have served five years or
mnresto be entitled to the maximum pay,
About J.; !atl crS also struck to-day.
They have been getting ? &C n yard for
piece work ana 2.h0 a day. The demand
Is Sc yard and IS u day.
As result uf The luthers' strike about
800 plastGFarE are thrown out Of work 1t
looks now as though the painters will de-
clare stiEe at meeting 10 bc held TO-
hight.
Joliet, III AYyA GA general strike OF
workman in TIE building trades OF Jolie.
was declared 10. lay, about jJJ men being
Involved. The demand generally is fot
an eight honr day ana an increase in
wages from to l. cents al hour.
Duncannon pa, April THE entire
plant ofstLe iEncannon Iron Company is
shut down &c day tho result Of Il strike
upon the part %! The employees. During
the panic putllerS received s.. 10 per ton
for pudding and other workmcn in pro-
EortiHn, Wascs Wele since raiscd t. 81 q
ton, but tie workWgu asked for si,J1 p8r
ton and rs 4 vas refused they refused
to returi, b. work llg works hays been
running regularly mp tG this timo.
st. Louis AIrN 1--we thousand jour.
cor men painters aud 100 carpenters TO-
fused to "a It Wor& to-day, pcndiue an
adjustment Of ljicreDCos with thuig boss
os over th0ir GCnlaiG for an incfcNsa cl
wages, The carpenter asked for an in-
crease FROM 81 TO 45 cents an hour, 1t Is
estimated that there are 1000 union car
peEters in this city and oi these 40 are
still at work tE" new scale having been
granted by :heir bosses lhey demand for
al increase IRON s., JJ s. day.
Boston hEril Tho granite cutters of
Boston AVID the vicinity, whose contracts
Win then ,mp.oyers expired Saturday,
have prcscHte the National Union schch-
tie for 81 pay far a Wyrl.lay Of eight hours.
some q! tGG manufacturers have grant
sl The Ge'unn,.t Of tho men but Ia en-
p'9yei by ytT.JGs lrms have struck.
Ahou. .% linI a'C AZ work at tho price
And hour a;.l!ei t
bridgctyu Alr,I : The plumbers en-.
glsod at M".lI Aniurryns establishment
t"re Went o.! o. 4 sIrlGg this mos ming be-
cause vi Anderson refused o sign papers
70 run h.r ;!ct ,,Ii,,"r the Plumbers Tn
ttn rIios
Grccns1Grr hT.1 . the minors in the
l,yln, MAo.suY a@t export districts NUM-
O3ring probably bev0M thousand, quit work
to-day WIFE the exception Of Just enough
. Keep the var 1"S w1Yks in motion. The
pehu works hCNcYer are closed down en-
tr5iy, ana -. men hrH out. The miners
40 not want ;, understood that they arc
p.tt OH n strike
tht operators granted tho men what
goat nU'Ar"! G! them consider h far adj
yshce.