The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-05-05
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! YorE-Confcrenc+ Today.
BUFFALO, May 1.-Approximately
700 more car re,,airels have joined the
strike, which WHs begun by the men OF
that craft employed ~ the New York
Central railway. and this constitutes
tOdays active dcvelo 'ments. The much
deferred ultimatum stands over until
tomorrow, when Superintendent Watt.
of the motive power department. of the
New York Central, is expected from
| New York to confer with the executive
committee of the strikers. The an
! nouncement that Mr.. Watt would not
be here today caused a 'erceptible ruff
| file at strike headquarters. but on the
| receipt of later information that he
would be here TOMORROW the situation
| resumed the attitude Of deferment it
has maintained since Sunday. The
strike Of $50 Lackawanna and $50 Mic
llle Plate shoDmen is not technically
regarded as an aggressive extension Of
| the strike, according to labor ethics,
| but logical sequence to a demand
| that they repair crippled ears for the
New York Central. Of course these
men struck by an official order of their
organization. ,,:'
| 1t does not appear to be the policy
Of the executive comm ittee to night to
extend the strike until after the con,
ference with Mr.. Watt tomorrow,
which will be participated in by. n1em-
bers of the committees, Commissioner
Webster and COMMISSIONER Delehanty,
Superintendent Whit, President But
| Ter of the Trades and Labor assembly
Of this city, and possibly President
Gompers Of the American Federation
| of Labor.
Everything is juliet in the strike dis
| trict tonight. Thde were several meet
ings of organized railway men tonight
but their >action, if any, was of an
| unimporttnt nature.
Kansts City, May 1.-Contrac tors and
employers generally today refused de-
! minds for increased wages and as a re-
suit about 1000 working men struck.
They include timers and sheet metal
workers 10 the number Of ESQ., nearly 500
bod carriers and about 25O plasterers
and quarry workers, Nearly 300 hfck-.
layers have been laid off in cbnse-
luence of the hod carriers action j..
r.
steam filters will so Eo,t, but they will
probably not take action till May 49,
The contractors are determined ants de-
clare they will fight the mems demands
to the end till they have finally broken
up the trades council.
Omaha, May ALL the union carpen-
ters in the city are idh2? today and not
contractor is doing anything. The
men demand an S-hour day, an increase
from IS to 10 cents an hour and the
exclusive use of the union label planning
mill material The contractors are will
ing to concede the demands regarding
wages, but say they cannot secure ma
terial promptly at all times if con-
fined to union planning mill and sash
and door works.
Ludington, Mich, May 1.-Two hun
dred freight handlers employed by the
Pere Marquette railroad here have gone
on strike. In making a contract for
the ensuing year, the company refuses
to pay the grain handlers 80 cents an
hour, an increase of 10 cents over last
year. The freight truckers ask the
same pay they have been receiving
The men all belong to the American
Federation of Labor.
Pittsburg, May 1.-About 1000 brick
layers and 500 carriers struck today for
an Increase in wages and shorter hours.
The scale Of the Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joners was signed by the
Master Builders association, and all
are at work.
Akron, Ohio, May 1-Six hundred
boilermakers and moulders struck at
the Sterling boiler works at Berbeton
today. An attempt will be made to re-
sumo with non-union men, and trouble
is expected.
Milwaukee, May 1.-About 100 union
Workmen employed in fourteen carriage
and wagon works in this city walked
out today because the firms as whole
refused to sign the scale. Fifty men
have been locked out of two other
shops for about three weeks. The un-
ion men demand an increase in wages
Of about 10 per cent.
St. Paul, May 1.-All the union
plumbers in this city went on strike
today in support of a demand for
shorter hours and an increase in wages
The employers are firm in resisting the
demands, and both sides seem conf
dent of winning.
st. Louis, May 1.-Building operations
in East St. Louis, Ill.,, are at a stand
still, and all the union men engaged in
the building trades are out. A conser-
vative estimate places the number of
| men out at 1000. Some time ago the
carpenters struck for an advance in
pay, which was not granted by their
employers. Out Of sympathy the other
trades have Joined the strike, until all
are now involved.
Milwaukee, Wis, May 1.-Two hum
dred moulders employed in the works
of the Edward p. Allis company went
on a strike today, the cause being the
fo; HIM IL