STRIKES. 



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strike for arrears of pay. Strike settled by mutual 

 concessions. 



Hazleton, Pa. Sept. 12, 1887. Twenty thousand 

 laborers and miners in the Lehigli district strike for 

 more pay. 



Sept. 15. Heading Coal and Iron Company grants 

 increase of pay and strike declared off. 



Pittslury, Pa. May 2, 1887. General strike among 

 the miners and laborers in the coke region. 



June 12. Strike ended by mutual concessions. 



June 14. Strike declared on again. 



July 15. Serious rioting following attempt to im- 

 port new laborers. 



Vincennes, Ind. Sept. 24, 1887. Miners in the In- 

 diana coal-fields strike for more pay. 



Oct. 31. Strike settled by mutual concessions. 



Coopers. Cincinnati, 0. Nov. 23, 1886. About 

 1,000 coopers strike for an advance of 10 to 25 per 

 cent. 



Coppersmiths. Brooklyn, N. Y. May 3, 1887. One 

 hundred and seventy-five coppersmiths strike for 

 more p_ay. Demands granted in a few hours. 



Cornice-Makers. New York City. May 2, 1887. 

 Four hundred cornice-makers strike for more pay. 

 Demands granted same day. 



Cotton-Pressers. New (Jrleans. March 24, 1 887. 

 Nine thousand laborers at the cotton-presses strike 

 for recognition of the union and exclusion of scab 

 labor. 



Cotton-Spinners. Augusta, Ga. July 30 ; 1886. 

 Seven hundred hands in Sibley Cotton Mills are 

 thrown out of employment by the strike of the strip- 

 pers for advanced wages. 



Aug. 11. Strike of employes in cotton-mills results 

 in closing all cotton-factories ; 2,738 hands out. 



Aug. 17. Officers of Knights of Labor visit Au- 

 gusta to investigate strike. 



Sept. 8. Mills endeavor to start up under police 

 protection. 



Sept. 9. Considerable rioting. 



Nov. 4. Strike settled ; employes gaining nearly 

 all that they demanded. 



Cincinnati, O. May 3, 1886. General strike of 

 cotton-spinners for advance in wages. They are 

 granted increase of 10 per cent. 



Fall River, Mass. Jan. 14, 1886. General strike 

 of cotton-spinners for a return to the rate of wages 

 which had existed prior to a recent reduction. 



Jan. 26. Attempt made to keep the King Philip 

 Mill in operation ; scabs assaulted and considerable 

 rioting. 



Feb. 3. Mill-owners offer compromise ; wages to 

 be increased after March 1. 



Feb. 6. Strike declared off. Employes return to 

 work. 



July 28. Two hundred weavers at Durfee Mills 

 v Nos. 1 and 3 strike because of poor material given 

 to them for piece-work. 



Au<. 10. Strike of spinners at Barnard Cotton Mill 

 settled after a conference. 



July 16, 1887. Employe's at the Pocassett Mills 

 strike against a reduction of wacres. 



Dec. 25, 1887. Spinners at Stafford Mills strike be- 

 cause of defective sizing of yarn. 



Dec. 27. Upon promise of arbitration strike de- 

 clared off. 



Dec. 28. Promise being repudiated strike is re- 

 newed. 



Frank ford, Pa. Sept., 1886. Strike of weavers at 

 Wingoh'ocking Gingham Mill. 



Oct. 2, 188ii. Manufacturers' Association decide to 

 close all mills, throwing 3,000 hands out of work, if 

 strike is not fiuled. 



Oct. 18. Strikers resume work on employers' terms, 

 but strike when they learn that their committee-men 

 have been refused work. 



Nov. 4. Strike settled after conference between 

 Knights and manufacturers ; grievances of employes 

 to be settled by arbitration. 



Manchester,' ' N. H. Feb. 15, 1886. About 5,000 



employes of Amoskeag Manufacturing Company 

 strike for advance in wages: 171,096 spindles and 

 6,246 looms stopped ; noticeable as first large strike 

 in Manchester since 1865. 



Mar. 4. Strike practically settled by company 

 making some concessions. Nearly all the employes 

 return to work. 



New Bedford, Mass. Sept. 13, 1886. Employe's 

 strike because one of them is required to do extra 

 work. 



Norwich, Conn. March 10,1886. Strike of 1 ,000 

 hands at Baltic Mill for shorter hours and better 

 wages; their present hours being 11, and wages 83 

 cents. 



Philadelphia. Sept. , 1886. Strike at Troth's mills. 



Oct. 20. Manufacturers' Association resolve to close 

 the 100 mills represented by them if strike is not 

 ended. 



Oct. 26. Wm. V. McKean, editor of " The Public 

 Ledger," consents to act as arbitrator. 



Salmon Falls, N. ff.Aug. 10, 1886. Strike of 

 cotton-weavers for revision of rules governing blem- 

 ished cloth. 



Aug. 16. Strike settled. 



Cohoes, N. Y. July 1, 1887. Two thousand cotton- 

 spinners strike for fewer hours of work. 



Norwich, Conn. March 30, 1887. One hundred 

 children, mostly under fifteen years of age, strike for 

 higher wages. 



Putnam, Conn. July 11, 1887. One hundred and 

 fifty spinners strike for shorter hours. Six hundred 

 persons thrown out of employment. 



Schuylerville, N. Y. April 24, 1887. "Mule" 

 boys at the Victory Mills strike for more pay. 



April 26. Mills shut down, locking out 600 em- 

 ploye's. 



Furniture-Makers. Detroit. June 7, 1886. Furni- 

 ture-factory owners return to ten-hour system and 

 several strikes follow as a consequence. 



Fort Plain, N. Y. May 6, 1886. General strike of 

 furniture-makers for eight-hour system. 



Indianapolis, Ind. March 11, 1886. Strike lor 

 increased pay by employe's of Indianapolis Chair 

 Company. Settled by employers agreeing upon co- 

 operation. 



Pittsburg, Pa. June 9, 1886. Furniture-workers 

 return to work at old rates. 



Furriers. New York Citi/. May 3, 1886. Eight 

 hundred and seventy-five furriers strike for increased 

 wages. 



CIras-Fitters. New York City. Nov. 9, 1886. Gas- 

 fitters strike to aid striking plumbers. 



Glass-Workers. Baltimore. Nov. 28, 1886. Glass- 

 blowers strike for reduction in number of apprentices. 



Mnghamton. Nov. 23, 1886. Glass-blowers strike 

 to reduce number of apprentices. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. March 20, 1886. Boys at Empire 

 State Glass Works strike for increased pay. 



Dec. 1, 1886. Glass-blowers and helpers strike for 

 reduction in number of employe's. 



Philadelphia. Sept. 27, 1886. At conference be- 

 tween manufacturers and workers, wage question was 

 amicably settled. The strike ended. Settlement af- 

 fects all union factories in New Jersey, Mary hind, 

 New York, and in Pennsylvania east of the Allegha- 

 uics. 



Sept. 3, 1887. Two thousand employe's in window- 

 glass factories strike for more pay. Strike settled in 

 a few days by mutual concessions. 



Pittsburg, Pa. Aug. 17, 1886. Employers and em- 

 ployes hold a conference to determine rate of wa.'cs. 



Aug. 27. Employe's demand 8 per cent, advance in 

 wages. Two thousand six hundred men out. 



Sept. 10. Conference between manufacturers and 

 workmen. 



Sept. 25. Strike ended ; workmen return on em- 

 ployers' terms. 



April 27, 1887. One hundred and ninety-six mix- 

 ers and teasers strike for more pay. One thousand 

 employes thrown out of work. 



