STRIKES. 



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on Schuylkill Valley Road strike for advance in 

 wages. The refusal of Hungarian laborers to join in 

 the strike led to considerable rioting and bloodshed. 



West Virginia. July 9, 1886. Laborers along line 

 of Grafton and Green brier Eailroad strike for day of 

 ten hours. 



Sterling^, Kan. Jan. 19, 1837. Tracklayers on a 

 branch of the Missouri Pacific Railroad strike for 

 higher wages. 



Sharon, Pa. June 20, 1687. Laborers on the 

 Sharon Valley Railroad strike for more pay, and be- 

 come riotous. 



Marquette. Mich. March 10, 1887. Strike of la- 

 borers on Dulutli, South Shore and Atlantic Rail- 

 road for more pav. Some rioting. 



Laundrymen. Troy, N. Y. May 3,1886. Laundry- 

 men in collar and cuff factories strike for eight-hour 

 system. Seven thousand employes are thrown out of 

 work. 



June 21. Employes return to work upon promise 

 of employers to arbitrate. 



Lock-Makers. New Haven, Conn. Sept. 29, 1886. 

 Employes of Sargent's Lock Factory strike against 

 adoption of half-day system. 



Longshoremen. New York City. March 17, 1886. 

 Longshoremen who had replaced union men on cer- 

 tain North River piers strike for more wages. 



Jan. 10, 1887. Strike at Old Dominion Steamship 

 docks for more pav. 



Newport News, Ya. Jan. 11. Longshoremen strike 

 against Old Dominion Steamship Line. Considerable 

 rioting. State troops called out. 



Lumbermen. Chicago. April 30, 1886. Twelve 

 thousand lumbermen strike tor increased pay ; making 

 idle about eight hundred vessels, each with an average 

 crew of seven men. 



April 18. Strike collapsed, and strikers generally 

 return to work. Estimated loss to strikers, $250,000. 



Machinists, Dover, N. ff.-A.ug. 10, 1886. Em- 

 ployed in bobbin-factory of Somersworth Machine 

 Company strike for reduction of hours of labor. 



Messengers. New York City. Nov. 20, 1886. Boys 

 employed by Mutual District Messenger Company 

 strike for six days' work and ten hours a day. 



Nov. 24. Strike settled by allowing every other 

 Sunday. 



Morocco- Workers. Wilmington, Del. April, 1886. 

 Morocco-workers strike because of refusal of em- 

 ployers to recognize Knights. 



Aug. 27. About one half of the strikers replaced 

 by colored men. 



Sept. 13. Strike ended. Employe's return on em- 

 ployers' terms. 



tfail-Makers. Pittsburg, Pa. Aug. 27, 1886. Em- 

 ploye's of nail-mills offer to resume work on a com- 

 promise scale of wages. Strike lasted several weeks. 



Aug. 30. Strike resumed owing to disagreement. 



Oil-Eefiners. Philadelphia, Pai June 24, 1887. 

 Six hundred refiners at the Atlantic Refinery strike 

 against scab labor. The strike was shortly after- 

 ward settled by mutual concessions. 



Painters. Boston. May 3, 1886. About 1,200 

 painters strike for eight-hour system. Bosses yield 

 quickly. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. April 15, 1886. Journeymen 

 painters strike for eight-hour system. Bosses yield 

 during the next few days. 



Newark, N. J. April 5, 1886. Painters strike for 

 $3.t>0 per day. Bosses yield after one hour's delay. 



New York CM//. Nov. 26, 1886. Painters strike 

 against reduction of pay to $3.10 from $3.50. 



Washington, D. C. May 3, 1886. Painters strike 

 for eight-hour system. 



Paint-Makers. New York City. April 22, 1887. 

 Employe's of Devoe & Co. strike for revision of sched- 

 ule of wages. Strike settled by mutual concessions. 



Paper-Rulers. New York City. Jan. 7, 1887. Five 

 hundred paper-rulers strike for more pay. 



Jan. 10. Demands granted and strike declared 

 off. 



Pattern-Makers. New York. May 8, 1886. Pat- 

 tern-makers strike for nine-hour system. 



Piano-Makers. Neiv York City. May 3, 1886. 

 About 1,500 employe's in piano-factories strike for 

 eight-hour system. 



May 9. Strike officially declared off; strikers re- 

 turn on employers' terms. 



Plasterers. Pittsburg, Pa. May 3, 1886. Plaster- 

 ers strike for eight-hour system. 



Plaster-Makers. Orange, N. J. March 29, 1886. 

 Strike of hands at Seabury & Johnson's factory be- 

 cause of discharge of nine union hands. 



Plate-Millers. Harrisburg, Pa. Sept. 4, 1 886. Em- 

 ployes in plate-mill of Bailey & Co. strike for in- 

 creased wages. 



Plumbers. .Scwfcw. May 3, 1886. Plumbers join in 

 general strike of building- trades for eight-hour system. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. Aug. 14, 1886. Fifty plumbers 

 employea by J. Manneschmidt strike for discharge of 

 non-union workmen. 



Buffalo, JV. Y. May 3, 1886. Union plumbers 

 strike for advance of fifty cents per day. 



Jersey City. Sept. 20', 1886. Plumbers strike for 

 shorter hours on Saturday. 



New York City. Aug. 24, 1886. General strike of 

 all plumbers to resist reduction in wages. 



Nov. 1886. To aid the striking plumbers, mem- 

 bers of the building-trades unions generally refuse to 

 work on buildings where scab plumbers are em- 

 ployed. 



Washington, D. C. May 3, 1886. Plumbers strike 

 for eight-hour system. 



Pocketbook-Makere. New York City. April. 14, 1886. 

 Employe's of Binswanger & Sons strike because of dis- 

 charge of one union man. 



Printers. Cleveland, O. Aug. 11, 1886. Strike of 

 printers for increase of rates of typesetting. Settled 

 within twenty-four hours ; employers grant advance 

 except the "Leader." 



Indianapolis, 2nd. July 9, 1887. Printers on the 

 daily newspapers strike for recognition of the union. 



July 11. Strike fails, and is declared off. 



New York (Jity. Sept. 27,1886. Strike of printers 

 in some of the printing-offices for increased wages. 



Oct. 11, 1887. General strike of printers for recog- 

 nition of the union. 



Oct. 27. Strike settled by mutual concessions. 



ltochesler } N. Y. Nov. '2, 1887. Two hundred 

 printers strike for more pay. 



tSt. Louis, Mo. Nov. 2, 1887. Employe's of twenty- 

 one offices strike for more pay. 



Pump-Makers. Cincinnati, 0. May 3. 1886. Em- 

 ploye's in pump-factories strike for eight-hour system ; 

 but compromise at ten hours, and ten per cent, ad- 

 vance in wages. 



St. Louis. Sept. 18, 1886. Moldcrs at Belleville 

 Pump Works strike for advance often per cent. 



Quarrymen. Lamont. July 14, 1886. Four hun- 

 dred quarrymen strike ugamst reduction in wages 

 which had been granted on May 1. 



.Railroads (Street-Car Employe's). Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 Feb. 22, 1886. Employes on Hamilton Avenue and 

 Smith Street lines demand more pay ; granted at once 

 by companies. 



"March 3, 1886. Drivers and conductors on seven 

 lines strike for twelve hours and $2 per day. 



March 4. There being symptoms of disorderly con- 

 duct the police force is all called out. 



March 5. Companies yield to demands of strikers, 

 and strike declared off. 



March 6, 1886. Stablemen on Brooklyn City Rail- 

 road threaten to strike for increased pay, but company 

 immediately grants the demand. 



March 15, 1886. Railroad commissioner reports t<> 

 Legislature severely condemning " Deacon " Kichard- 

 son's management. 



March 26, 1886. Drivers and conductors of four 

 lines strike for twelve hours and $2 per day. 



March 27. Companies yield to demands, and strike 

 ends. 



