The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-02

the exception Of the abolition Of the piece
work system. nave been granted.
About one hundred members of the
United Order OF BoxTnakers' and Sawyers'
unions struck Yesterday at the two Lead
ing manufactures in Cincinnati Their
demand Is for an increase of wages.
The machinists. blacksmiths and helpers
Of both the big New Castle. Pa. plants OF
the American Tin Plate Company went out
yesterday on a strike for a nine-hour day.
About one hundred men are concerned so
far.
All the linemen Of the Cincinnati Traction
Company struck yesterday for an advance
In wages Their places were filled by
promotion. and no Inconvenience was SUI
fered by the street-car company or the
public.
The carpenters. painters. tinsmiths,
plumbers and electricians of Easton. Pa,
quit work yesterday in sympathy with the
bricklayers and plasterers. who went on
strike May l for a shorter workday with
no reduction in pay.
Carpenters of Boston, who had not been
granted an eight-hour workday. presented
a demand yesterday for that schedule.
There are only a few hundred OF the o.OVO
carpenters in the city whose employers
nave not already conceded the eight-hour
rule.
The threatened strike to-day OF the three
thousand woodworkers, in Chicago, was
averted last night by the manufacturers OF
saloon, store and office fixtures. who ac-
ceded to the demand OF the men and signed
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vance of % cents a day in the mems wages.
Four hundred freight handlers. employed
in and about the warehouses of the differ
ent railroads entering East St. Louis. ILL.,.
went on strike yesterday for an advance
in wages of 70 cents an hour for regular
truckers on the platforms and TO Is cents
per hour for pickers, the men who sort
the merchandise.
Mass meetings were held at the various
mining camps OF Alabama yesterday TO
decide whether the miners would accept
the miners state convention and the oper-
ators Saturday night. All the mines so
far heard from voted TO ratify the agree
ment, and the miners state convention
Will reassemble tomorrow 10 sign the
scale.
General Manager Taylor, of the Republic
Steel and Iron Company. visited Youngs-
town. o., yesterday. and upon learning that
the inventory at the mills of the company
there would be completed this week gave
orders TO have the fires In all the mills
Sunday night. The early resumption is a
surprise to the men, as they had expected a
vacation of several weeks.
The striking machinists at the Newport
News shipyard are adhering to their de-
termination to hold out for their demands.
The strike is now in its fifth week and
| seems no nearer a settlement than on
the day of its Inauguration. The machin-
lists claim they have IS per cent. OF the
number solid for a continuance Of the strike.
The shipyard employed 1900 men before
the present trouble. NOW ABOUT S,VU are
employed. General Superintendent Post
states that no concessions will be made.
The committee on revision of the consti-
tuition of the Amalgamated Association of
Iron. Steel and Tin Workers is In session
at P%ittsburg, engaged In cleaning out OF
the present constitution all of the dead
timber that has accumulated In the past
twenty-six years. The revision probably
Will consume the entire week. An i'm
portant addition will be made under the
action of the recent convention in the con-
tinuous wage clause and the discretionary
power accorded the chief executive of the
organization.
A conference was held in Cincinnati yes
terday between representatives of the
Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon Company, and the
striking machinists in an endeavor ito reach
a settlement OF the trouble at that plant.
A proposition was submitted by the manu-
facturers and IL was so amended hat the
representatives of the strikers agreed TO
submit IL TO their executive board for APP
prevail. The nature of the proposition was
not made public. About $50 machinists are
employed at the plant. II is expected that
should this trouble be satisfactorily settled
other settlements will speedily follow.