STRIKES. 



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breweries in resistance to demand that they resign 

 front Knights of l.aoor. 



Baltimore, Ml. May 15, 1887. (leneral Htriki- of 

 employes in the breweries for higher wages. De- 

 mands granted ;iiid .strike ,-etiled in u few days. 



/;//// V", A. Y. -May 2, J887. Employes in L'O 

 breweries strike for more wages. DeiDAOCU gltWtcd 

 Hiirne day. 



/A//V-/7, ,1/iV//. Jan. 1W, 1887. Strike by employes 

 in several breweries. Settled liy mutual OODO 



Bricklayers. />Wr,//. May :(, 1880. Briekluycrs 

 join in 11 Lfcncral strike of nil the building-trades for 

 eight-hour system. 



ciii<;t<j<i. May 4, L886. Bricklayers join in the 

 general strike for i-i/lit hour*. 



I'iiK-'uiitdii. Air.;.:;, is 1 ,*;. l!rieklayer' Union rc- 

 > work where lion union hod-carriers are em- 

 ployed, uml muster builders slop work, milking idle, 

 :;,0oo men in the other buildint;-! i .: 



hi-t.l-o'd. Alltf. 10, 1886. III eonsec|Uenec of jren- 



erai strike of the building inuieM, bnokyards Hhut 



down, making idle 2.500. 



Mniii' u, Mass. May 3, 1888. Bricklayers strike 



for nine hours. 



Mni.il,. Ala. Ma;. :;, L886. Iiric-klayers Btriko for 

 nine hours. 



Ntubwy. A'. >'. May 3, 1886. 200 bricklayers 



strike for ei'/iit hours, but compromise on nine. 



//// :/,,</ f'n. May 3, 188U. Bricklayers and 

 ma on* tril.e for nin- b 



'//"</, A'. >'. M.. Mrieklaycrs strike for 



work to bctrin at 7 A. M. The ci-_r|it-hour system had 

 pjv, ioii.-ily been granted by bl 



WatMnfftoa. l>. . May 8, 1880. Bricklayer* 



Htriki: for eight-hour system. 



< iiii'iniiiili. April i, 1-87. Fifteen hundred in'-n 

 engaged in 'In; building-trades (strike for nine bourn 

 and $2.80 ]>er day. Strike hettlcd by mutual 



. 



<'/,;,-<itj<i. May 1,1887. Strike of employe* in the 

 bllildili'j-tnide^ for mop' pay. 



.July 1. Arbitration agreed upon and Htrike set- 

 tled by mutual eonee.-sioiw. 



,\.//v, r /fc, N. J. May 10, 1887. General Htrike of 

 ma -on- and brirkluvr toaMistMtrikiii(,' txnie-cuttcrH. 



uriinii,'. A'. J. May 2, 1887. Three hundred 

 ma-on:< and brieklayers strike for hHier wa^'e~. 



/.''//,.-/,/, A'. >'. June ii7, 1887. Hriekla;.* 



\erH Mtrike for more pay. Kiotiir.' followed, 

 and strike, finally settled by mutual COncOHHionH. 



Brickmakers. - J V'/y,/W'. N. 7. July 27, 188C. 

 Ts'im: hundn-d men e, n ].lo\ed in eleven briekvardi 

 strike for more wayes and abolition of |ilii'-k-me-Htore 



jctem. 



I'hir, 1,1/1. " 7. Seven thousand brick- 



inakurs looked out by],, ii r / of brickyardson aceount 

 "i-ral strike of the building Irade.-i eniplovi's. 



Kingdom A. )'. May u;, 1887. Five hundred 

 briekmakers strike for more pay. Strike nuttled by 



mutual eiill'-.e^-ioilS. 



Buildera. -,S'/. /,'/. June 9, 1886. Master- build- 



ers decide to return to the t-n-hour syMtx^lU. (See a I ,, 

 /,'//'<//(//</, <'iir/n'nl<r:<. BtO ) 



Butchers. <?///>"/". An;/, -i, 1886. Ei^ht hundred 

 nun employed in the, llately l'aekinj,'-liouHe strike for 

 the eij_rht-liour system. 



' ttli d. Forty men in Fowler 1'ael;- 

 intr-le for the eight-hour yHtem. 



Aii);. Pork-paeken renolyn to return to 



ten |,'.:ll - . b 1/1. 



AUL'. 1'^, 1-8'!. About , li'io rncat-handlerHof Robert 

 Warren >V- < 'o. strike rather than load Lake Shore 

 ears Hwitehcd by Heads. 



Oet. 8. Insi;. (ieneral strike of employes of pack- 



-ainst return to tin: ten hour 

 'kin-.' \ard- were put. in ehaive of I'lnkerton's 



O. i. Twelve hundred beef-butcher* em- 



plo-,ed i,y AM,. oiu A- Co rtrtki - 20,000 men out 



Oct. 19, 188C. riiikei|.,n men w),ile ivmovin^' 



cab are surrounded by a mob and fire into it with 

 deadly i Ileet. 



Nov. 6, 1886. All the bcef-killcnj (about 6,000) 

 strike to aid Btriking beef-killers in two packing- 

 houses. 



Nov. 4, 1880. Baof-paolun still oat, boMcsgi 



a few new hands. 



Nov. 19, 1886. Five thousand packer* taken bock 

 on the name tertrm a exint<:d before the strike. 



h'itnt (,'amliriili/,-, Mum. Aug. 4, 188H. Serious 

 rioting by Ktrikcrs at Squire'n pork-packing e.-tiibl'iHh- 

 ment; several neabs asHuulted. 



Aii(^. 9. Settled by arbitration of the Mayor of 

 Cambridge. 



llncki iixitck, N. J.tiov. 4. 1880. Ho^-butcherH in 

 ( 'ent rid Stxjck-Yards Htrike for disclmrKeof non-union 

 men. 



New York Olty.Junv 13, 18S. (Jeneral Htrike of 

 sheep killers employed by butehcrinjf-hoUBOH iri New 

 York, Brooklyn, and Jcraey City_, for advanei: in pay 

 of 2t cents per sheep. Thirty-nine out ol forty em 

 plovers yield, but htrikerh refuse to return to work 



until all yield. 

 June 17. Strike ended ; the recusant butcher bcinjr 



boveotted. 

 Nov. 8, 1880. Ilo^-butchcrs otrikc for uniform rate 



Of t!8 per week. 



Nov. 9. Conference held with employers who 

 offer $18 per week to a few and lower rates to others. 



Buttonhole-Makers. (See < '/<-<//- Makers.) 



Oan-Makew. JlnUvnwre, Afd.Muy 8, 1886. Can- 

 makers strike for oi^ht-hour system. 



Gap-Makers. AV/r )',,,-l fit//. Sept. 5, 1886. Cap- 

 makers Htrike against reduction in wages. (See also 



Ji/lltifH.) 



Carpenters, Baltimore, Md. May 8, 1886. Car- 

 penters strike for eight-hour s\ 

 Boston. May 8, 1886. Carpenters strike for cight- 



hour system. 



Chivayo. July 21, 1888. Carpenters on strike as- 

 sault workmen <>ri California Avenue. 



Maiden, Mass. May 8, 1886. Carpenters strike for 



nine hours. 



.\. York. March 19, 1880. Carpenters strike 

 for $3.50 and nine hours per day. Uranted by all 

 employers except twenty Hhops. 



PUttbvfffi I'a. May 3, 188'i. <'arpentcrs strike for 

 nine hours. 



Tfii/, N. Y. May 8, 1880. <'arpenterri htrike tor 

 working-day to begin at 7 A. M. eight-hour system 

 had been previously granted by bosses. 



WriHhiiiijIfiii, l>. i'. -May :;, 18bO. Carpenters strike 

 for ..'edit-hour system. 



<'l,i,-n.<i',. III.- April . r , 1887. Six thousand five 

 hundred earpenteis strike for ei^ht hours. 



April 7. Bosses a;/ree to demand for eight hours, 

 but refuse to recognize union. 



Aliril 10. -Settled--all ilj:miindH granted. 



Newburgh,N. Y. June 13, 1887. Carpenters strike 



for nine hours a day. Settled bv mutual concessions. 



Carpet-Weaveri. New York CUj/. April 17, 1887. 

 Employe's of IligKins fe (',<>. strike tor more pay. 

 Strike fails, and men gradually return to work. 



Carriage-Makern. Cun-i-niKiti., <>!,;<,, -May ''., 1880. 

 Sixteen hundred carriage-rnakerrt sti bt hour 



system. 



tfw //,;/,/?/),, Conn. April 26. 1880. (lem-ral strike 

 mftken for the e'urhi-hour M\>' 



New York. May 3, 1880. (,em-ral strike of the 

 carriatfe-makers for eight-hour system. 



Oigar-Makeri,-^ > .-May aa, 1881 



teina:ional Cigar-makers' Union strike lor in 



July 22. Strike settled: manufacturers concede 



a'l- a nee of *J .00 per thousand cigars. 



A.,/ Yon OUy. J:m. o, IH*O. Bmpteyei of i.., 



/ano. r . :-triki-. demanding uddilional sani- 



tary arrangements. 



April 3. Strikers gradually return upon HU^hi im- 

 provements being made. 



