The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-02
STRIKES BECOMING
THICKER THAN EVER
Men in Building and Other Trades Out
for Advance in Wages.

NEW YORK, April IA general
STRIKE In the building trades, which it
Is pelleVed, viii involve beWeen IL. 900
ana ZO,OOO men, and extending through
out westminster county to the Connec-
lcul border, was inaugurated TODAY.
Inc strike, too, has extended to points
Iurther up New York state and places
IN connecticut The contractors as well
as the men are organized and are pre-
pared for a siege. The men in West
chester county demand an eight hour
day, with Saturday half holiday and
the following scale:
Plumbers, 81 a day; fathers, 1920:
carpenters, $3.50; painters, $3.28; brick
layers, masons and plasterers, 1920:
tlnners, 1928, and bench and machine
men, $lI a week. A proposition to meet
the men half way was rejected. Work
was stopped on several new mansions
along the sound today, between 600
and 1000 men failing to report for
work.
AT Glen's Falls the demands Of the
employees of the building trades for a
20 per cent increase was acceded to.
Strikes in the building trades in nu-
merous cities of the East and Middle
West began today.
CHICAGO, April Five strikes. in
Volving over 5000 men, were inaugu-
rated today in addition to the spread
ing of that of the tanners and curriers'
which began yesterday with 800 men
out. Two thousand of the latter re-
fused to go to work today. Lake YES
sells are tied up by strike of marine
firemen, oilers and water tenders TO en-
force demand for $50 month until
October and $50 thereafter Five hum
dred tailors demand rooms in which to
work in lieu Of using their homes as a
workshop. EXcavating transfers de-
mand an increase of % cents a dav
and called strike in all barns where
the union scale is not paid. Steam
filters, numbering 700, declined to work
pending the settlement of a demand
for $3.50 day-an advance Of so
cents.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 1.-Nu-
merous strikes, none of which, how
ever, involved a great number of men,
We're 1naugurated in many Of the small
er towns in the eastern half of Penn
sylvania today. The principal trades
that struck were painters, plumbers,
paper hangers, carpenters and brick
layers. Higher wages and a shorter
work day were the principal demands.
In some instances the request of the
men was granted.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. April Ten
thousand bituminous miners in In
diana are on strike today, but the
operators and miners leaders believe a
settlement will be reached before many
hours through the influence of John
Mitchell, who will confer with the OPP
orators. The operators contend that
the miners should accept last years
contract, changed only to include the
9O-cent price for mining instead of 80
cents as agreed on by the interstate
conference
CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 1.-The
trouble between the Great Lakes Tow
ing company and it's tugmen has been
settled. The disposition of thirty-five
men who worked last summer during a
strike of their brethren will be left to
the friendly locals, to which the men
will apply for readmission to the as
ISOLATION. The wage agreement reach
ed is: Eight per cent increase and the
third day and every third Sunday off
instead Of the second day and second
Sunday as required by the men. The
Great Lakes Towing company will deal
only with the licensed Tugmen's Pro-
tective association.