The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-22
Chicago and New York Centers
of the Great Labor
Troubles.
WAGE LOSS s1,500,000 WEEK.
None of Great Industrial Difficult
ties, However, Due to Demand
for Wages or Shorter
Hours.


More IMAM 's,"o union men are now on
strike In various sections Of the country
-. =, .na 10 -.
fha'eiy N.oV.VN weekly. Chicaso ana Ne"
York are the storm centers. buffalo. Bal
timore and Denver are free from labor
troubles. while striking IN ofher large
cities seems to have lost its popularity.
NEW YORK.
NJ
new 1orK. Aug. Zl.-in the metropohtah
district there are idle to-day because of
strikes NJ ,ocLo,,. oho,, a, no NOR These
figures are conservative. Many unin-
formed writer's have placed them much
higher ~ that number 2s OO are includ-
"A IN ~. .,r,r,,. ~ 1oc..d-ort ,rions ~
Gu IN tho STRIKING OF iocheo-out ufiiols VI
skilled craftsmen and their helpers and
laborers in the building trades.
About On men in New YORK and v,c,n.
,tv are included In Tho svmna,by s,r,ke of
~. A-.,.-a,.s H.. Cu,,.r. I'D
n,,ch.r Worrnon ~, Nor,h America
,,h,oh v.. ,.r.a u,no,, =, che s,r,La
of the same or9anization against the trust
packing-houses Of Chicago. Minor strikes
would probably add the remaining 1900
men to make the total Of $1,000.
IL Is All lnLSTesIlnk IdCL Indt UOuc VI
the great Industrial difficulties of the pres
ent summer Is due directly TO demands for
higher wages or for shorter hours. The
local butchers strike Is essentially a SYM
pathy movement. The men here were con
zen. m wJh sn Sa SHSeS anu ,haV th. nre.
dent Nj Donneiivs and the general sec
Rotary, Mr.. Call, Of the International AS
ISOLATION prevailed upon them TO go out IN
'I Pripns r Il a tbe chies can.e q, the strikes
kAS >AhNA Nee'S "
ID p,,tIde,o TrnIs. am,ono. &c asser, itssiy
=. nn.,rtui se,tnr a. that brsnch of in.
q ond the dissatisfactjop Of certain
OF the trades unions composing the an. an,
Nan nut into enect = wear ago by the
building trades employers association.
The general lockout decreed oy that as
sociatioh aeaiIst nth ns as au "a r ~
the EMPLOYERS held. those trades had vio-
lated willfully in an effort to restore the
old one-man power.
OMAHA.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Omaha Neb.. Aug. are s.SW
strikers in Omaha to-day, all being from
the b,g nackins.bousex last wear at this
time the strikes were confined to the
bufldink trades. the men out numbering
about LOO. The Omaha strike has lasted
fix and a half weeks. during which the
MI "SH IAVe IOSI 4ZY.VV III X Nv
loss in business to the packers cannot be
stimated. hut the los. to the big cattle
raisers Of the West will run into the mil
r,.~r.
SPECIAL
Atlanta. Ga. Aug. A-Ihere mas heeh
only one strike IN Atianta this yeaT-'hat
Of the union plumbers. This involvsd about
forty. men and has Just been settled. Thu
Rt,shhns s.socA THU .srsIa r,as ~ .bnrt
duration. and the losses on both sides
we're slight. Last year the job printers.
month involving a wage loss of $1,000
.,Caco
Chicago, Aug. AIN Chicago to-day
there ar. .onroxfmately ~. 600 men on
-~-- -. -. e.. am
this time last year. OF the present strik-
srs there are. In round numbers. 1900
stock yards employees. Since July r.. the
date of their going out. 1t IL
they have lost 81 1904 900 in wages. Six hun
dred machinists have been out since June
Is. They nave lost 800. 900. Seven hundred
garment workers are on strike: having
The total loss in wages for the men
mentioned. and DINERS IN sm p y ~ sur TN
ksouPs' 800. ~ emnIovers-not actual
loss. but in volume Of trade-is estimated
at the stock yards at $lo,Voo.oU OIner
employers probably nave iost *l,Wo.vO
. rat.ntton of the present scale of wages
paid to unskilled labor. The garment
WORKER ana macnihis!g yam h're "o"e'
=" o"' - IN
REPUBLIC
Cleveland. O.. Aug. A.-The cloakmakers'
strike which has been in progress in this
city for the last week now Involves 2,1O
men and girls. The loss to the strikers is
estimated az *0;oO: Sky nao'uerS a. 1nr
Westingnous pan. nave vee ~ ~ I'll tbe
tWo montns. iU sna - ~" IT.. Ho,isrmsLs
tline they nave oe1n outt Uyo1ns ,..ho
ers IN me LAKE hr MT, iI rnrL ,birty davs
nou'peI snla.y, ~. me- 90 "a ~ ,hef
ago ano nave .oyS q. aoy III, IN s,r,La Tor
eme' { !. nH ron..sh,a 70 a.iimate
the Ice. IN wages Incurred by this strike,
for when II began 800 men left work and
remained OUT foI TWO months. wnen =
c c ~" S.r,snd ha. been made for the
closed-shop principle and refused by en-
ployers. A year ago there was not a sin
gle strike IN the CITY, thousn the mas
ters' and piioe trouble was just coming 10
q head.
BALTlMONE.