The sun., 1903-04-02
APRIL BRINGS MANY STRIKES,
LESS WORK AND MORE PAY A
WIDESPREAD DEMAND.

Twelve Thousand Union Men Lay Down
Their Tools In Chicago-Lake Transc st
standstill-Ohio Valley Building
stops-Miner Troubles Elsewhere.
CHICAGO. April l.-More than 1900
Chicago workingmen are striking, most
OF whom walked out to-day. Employees
heretofore among the unorganized class
have combined within the last few months,
and they are asserting their new strength.
Arbitration n offered In most cases. Alto
gether there are ten strikes.
Following are the strikes ordered to-day
and the number OF union men idle: Marine
nremen, oilers and ~atertenders, 5000;
tanners. $500; exoavating teamsters, 800.
Men out on previous orders: Cofflnmakers,
700; picture frame makers, 1000; wood
workers IN desk factories. $50; shirtwaist
and underwear cutters. 900: divers on the
lake. rs; sheet metalworken, 750; gas In
spectors, $50.
BOATS TIED UP AT CLEVELAND.
CLEvELAND. April 1. - The marine
hrenen and oilers have completely tied
up the commerce OF the Lakes by their
strike. The firemen said few days ago
when the difficulty with the Lake Carriers
Association arose that they would not per-
init boat to stir this summer unless their
demands were granted. It was supposed
at that time that reference was made solely
to tho boats owned by members OF the
Lake Carriers Association. The men,
however. have made IL more sweeping.
Lumber boats, stone boats. vessels OF all
oaAAses and nondescripts are included in
the order to strike.
BUFFALO. April 1.-Navigation was to
have opened At this port at noon to-day, but
1t u now uncertain as to when 1t will be
opened. This condition Of affairs is due
to action taken at Cleveland last night,
whom strike for higher wages affecting all
ports on the Great Lakes was declared
BY the Marine Nremen. Oilers and Water
Tenders Association.
Last night, before the strike order was
received. the Steinbrenner left the port
and tied UP outside the breakwater 40 as
to Be ready to proceed up the Lakes as soon
a. insurance went into effect. This morning
the strikers sent q delegation Of their men
to the boat and forced the union men to
leave.
CHICAGO. April THE strike Of the
hrennen and oilers was In full force to-day
and not a boat left port, notwithstanding
that number Of the grain feet had made
prsparations to get away.
The union demands that the wage scale
and other concessions be granted by the
Lake Carriers Association and has refused
TO treat with vessel owners individually.
xPTDsMIc or 0 RIxEs IN roy
Troy, April 1.-The strike fever has
reached this city and to-day the town was
afflicted with an epidemic OF strikes. Five
branches OF industry were affected. and, al
though the differences in two instances
were nearly adjusted, there is a prospect
that much bitterness will be manifested
before all the controversies are settled
Federation Hall. where the various labor
with hundreds Of men to-day. and meetings
were held by the plumbers union. the car
penters' union. the painters' union, the
teamsters' union and the laborers' union.
The teamsters held q meeting tonight, |
and report was made that the employers had |
refused to accede to the demands for Sl2 |
per week instead of $40. The teamsters |
say they are at present employed from |
thirteen to fifteen hours daily
The painters demand an increase in |
wages from IS cents to 10 c nts per hour, |
All the painters. who are members OF the |
union quit work this morning and about |
two hundred are out. 1t was reported |
that a number of the employers had agreed |
to the demand.
The union plumbers are on strike and |
have decided not to, return TO work till |
their demands are complied with. The |
plumbers ask for $3.50 per day Of eight |
hours work. They had been paid from |
22.7S to s. per day and some 1925 per day |
VI nine hours. The employers propose to |
continue the old scale OF wages for a day |
Of eight hours. or 10 pay the men at the |
hours they are actually employed. but |
these propositions were not satisfactory. |
The Employer association announce that |
'hff fhe VIZ Fonndry "Gs % Workers Union n declared s
a strike in the Ludlow Valve Works. Rens- |
selaer Valve Works and Eddy Valve Works |
at Waterford and the strike went into effect |
to-day Several hundred men are out, and
unless the trouble is adjusted it will be
necessary TO close all the works. The union |
made demand for nine-hour day about |
two weeks ago OF the twelve foundries in its |
jurisdiction. April was the time set when |
but the above three foundries granted
the demand.
The strike Of the Carpenters Union affects
only about twenty members who have T been
demanded the regular union wages and
strike was declared this morning.
The laborers employed on the constric-
tion Of the Union Railway Depot. about
dsy OF eight hours. They had been receiv-
ing 81 so Tor a day OF nine hours.
RIKE IN YFAto.
BUFFALO, April i.-About two thousand |
nnion plumbers went on strike here to-day
because the master plumbers refused to
sign an agreement giving them $3.50 a |
day for three years, Saturday half hol- |
days in July and August, board when work |
ing outside the city limits and guarantee |
that only members Of the local union shall |
be employed by Buffalo master plumbers. !
no matteri in what cities the master plumbers
NAV do work. The strikers also want |
the number OF apprentices In any one shop |
limited TO two.
The bricklayers. stone masons, painters. |
structural iron workers and boisting en- |
Rineers also made demands for higher
wages. The painters were informed to-day |
that their request for an increase from |
~ SO TO s. a day would be refused. Ac-
cordingly they will go on strike next
Monday.
The contractors had until May to reply |
to the demands OF the stone masons, brick |
layers, structural iron workers and hoist ng |
engineers, but they became 30 aroused by |
the publicity OF the demands that they |
issued informal statements early this after |
noon that no demands from any OF these
unions would be granted. In consequence |
The last manned workers will 20 on strike |