Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-05-08
TROUBLE IN LABOR WORLD.
Nine Organized Trades In Plttsburg
Quit WOrk--StrIkes es In Other Places.


Pittsburg, May Mime organized
building trades IN the Pittsburg dis
trict started the conflict Thursday
morning for higher wages. Many of
the employers agreed to the demands
during the day and ut its close there
was every indication that the strug-
gle will be of short duration. or the
12,O 900 men who were ordered out yes
terday morning, probably not more
than 5000 will be idle to-day.
Much of the building operations OF
the city were forced to suspend dur
ing the day, while strikers commit
tees and employers were negotiating
settlements. Trades involved in the
wage disTutc are the structural iron
workers, bricklayers, carpenters, cleo
trio linemen, lathers, sheet metal
workers, hoisting and portable en-
gineerS. slate and tile roofers and the
hod carriers.
The structural iron workers came
out to man and tied up a vast
amount of work. About one-thirA of
the brick layers remained at work,
their scale having been signed by the
employers. Before night about one
IlilI oI lut III lNh ''ll dNi'l7 iihi
signed the agreement. William j.
Kelley, in charge of the carpenters
strike, said last evening that fully
three-fourths of the employers had
met the advance in the wage scale.
Planning mill operators are standing
together against the wage conces-
sion.
Employers of about onc-third of
the sheet metal workers are reported
as having agreed to the advance of
20 cents per day in wages. The adj
vanced scale of the engineers has
been signed by four of the largest
contractors, and other concerns have
expressed a willingness to meet the
increased wage, but object to sign
ing n scale. Employers of one-half
of the slate and tile roofers have
signed the scale. About one-third of
the electric wiremcn are reported as
having gained their point. The tile
settlers also report success with q
number of their employers.
Philadelphia, May May day in
labor circles was quiet one here,
differences between labor and capi-
tai, except in a few instances. hay-
ing been amicably adjusted. Struc-
tural iron workers to the number of
100 quit work owing to the failure of
the Pennsylvania Steel Co. and the
American Bridge CO.. to sign the union
agreement. There was a complete suS-
pension of work among the tile lay
era and tile layers helpers. Two
hundred and fifty houses out of a
total of 425, went on strike.
Reading, Pa, May Owing to the
failure of contractors to sign the new
wage scale for a year, the planning
mills of this city were idle yestcr-
day. Over go men went on strike.
The building operations are practi-
cally at standstill as a result of the
strike of hod carriers. These are the
only trades having difficulty over the
question of wages.
Boston MAY 2.-Strikcs occurred
yesterday at a number of places in
New England, attended, however.
with no disturbances. Strikes in the
building trades occurred in several
Connecticut towns and at number of
points i'm other states.
The strikes of the American Wool
en- Co. yycavers is extending, and some
10000 operatives are affected. The
weaverH in T. plants of the combine
are out.