The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-05-05


Kansas City, May /. Contra ctors 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 to the number Of $50, nearly 500
shod carriers and about $50 plasterers.
and quarry workers, Nearly 300 4hss: e3st -s:
layers have been laid OFF in cRnse-
auence hod zdar ierss sacsion ~
atsam filters VII ed Io,,t. Isl will
probably not take action till May Is.
The contractors are determined and 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 idlYtoday and not
a contractor is doing anything. The
men demand an 8-hour day, an increase
from IS to 40 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 'Joiners 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 a 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. a."
st. Paul, May 1.-All the union
plumbers in this city went on a 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. II
st. Louis, May 1.-Building operations
in East St. Louis, ILL.,, are at 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. Il"
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
Aoonui ot!ll - g " LIE }cOMpdHy 70 comply with
q quest of the union men to discharge
an old mploye* who would not Join the
union. S AZ
|ss She eboy gan, May i, Coal sheay-
ers ~ the numb of S1OS ssbf the Creisllal
sCoals company were paid on today and
are now WI out work. !. The men NJ MI
shorter horr They HAD bee, /, 81 l,Ss
ding tho achluse III. Non.isr,f
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