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STRIKES. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. May 2, 188?. Five hundred 

 roofers strike for more wages. 



Eope- Walkers. Brooklyn, N. Y. March 16, 1886. 

 Girls at Waterbury's Rope-Walk strike against re- 

 duction of 20 per cent, in wages. 



March 29. Strike fails and girls return on employ- 

 er's terms. 



Rubber-Workers. Neio Haven, Conn. Aug. 13, 1886. 

 Fifty girls employed in the Candee Kubber-Shop 

 strike for better ventilation. 



South Framinnham, Mass. Aug. 2, 1886. Seven 

 hundred employe's in the Para Rubber Shoe Company 

 strike for reinstatement of union man. 



Aug. 9. Strike settled by mutual concessions. 



Akron, Ohio. April 18 } 1887. Rubber-turners of 

 the Goodrich Company strike for more pay. 



Bug- Weavers. Philadelphia. July 13, 1886. Four 

 hundred striking rug-weavers return to work ; they 

 had been out only a few days. 



July 16, 1887. ' Employes of Arianna Mills strike 

 for dismissal of apprentices. Strike settled by mutual 

 concessions. 



Sailors. Oswego, N. Y. Aug. 9, 1886. Sailors pre- 

 vent scabs from working on shipboard. 



Salesmen. JVew York''Cili/.June 28^ 1886. Sales- 

 men employed by Singer Manufactunng Company 

 (sewing-machines) strike for increase of commissions 

 on sales. 



Salt- Workers. Natrona, Pa. April 17, 1887. Em- 

 ploye's of Pennsylvania Salt Company strike for more 

 pay. 



May 29. Considerable rioting. Three strikers 

 wounded by armed scabs. 



July 1. Two car-loads of imported salt-workers 

 arrive but refuse to work. Strike settled by mutual 

 concessions. 



Sateen- Weavers. New Bedford, Mats. Sept. 9 

 1886. Weavers at Potomaka Mills strike against 

 heavy fines imposed by new overseer. . 



Sept. 11. Strike settled by mutual concessions. 



Saw-Makers. Tacony, Pa. Oct. 8, 1886. About 

 1,200 employe's at saw-works strike. 



School-Obiidren. JBl3*<o. April 20. 1886. Sixty 

 pupils of South Boston public school strike for one 

 single, continuous session. They adopt picket-sys- 

 tem. Dispersed by police, they obtain flags and pa- 

 rade through the streets. 



April 20, 1886. Pupils of Frothingham Grammar 

 School petition for shorter hours. Being refused 

 they lock the school-gates, hide keys, and adopt 

 picket-system. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. March 18, 1886. Pupils of St. 

 Anne's Parochial School were required to pay 10 

 cents weekly. Being economically inclined they de- 

 mand that fee to be reduced to 5 cents, and on refusal 

 of school authorities to grant the reduction the pupils 

 stav away from school. The police and parents are 

 called upon, and strike lasts but one d.<iv. 



April 12, 1886. Boys at Public School 34 strike 

 for half-hour recess in morning session, and half- 

 holiday on Friday. They adopt a picket system, and 

 prevent scholars approacning school-bouse until po- 

 lice are called upon. 



Goshen, N. Y. Oct. 19, 1886. Scholars of Free 

 Colored School strike because the whole of the morn- 

 ing is devoted to study. 



Troy, N. Y. April 12, 1886. Boys at Public 

 School, Eleventh Ward, strike for single school-ses- 

 sion from 8 to 12; adopt picket-system, and attack 

 scholars approaching school- house. Police and par- 

 ent^ intervene, and strike collapses. 



Ship-Builders. Bath, Me. Sept. 4, 1886. New Eng- 

 land Ship-Building Company reduce wages, and em- 

 ploy 6s refer the matter to Knight3 of Labor, and strike. 



Oct. 4. End of strike ; mutual concessions. Three 

 hundred men ship-carpenters, joiners, blacksmiths, 

 boiler-makers, and machinists return to work. 



Detroit. Aug. 12, 1886. Ship-carpenters strike be- 

 cause of refusal of employers to recognize Knights of 

 Labor. 



Shirt-Makers. New Bedford, Mass. Nov. 9, 1886. 

 Employe's in Denham's shirt-factory strike to prevent 

 reduction in wages. 



New York City. Nov. 9, 1886. Shirt-cutters of 

 Herman & Co. strike against the employment of 

 boys. 



July 19, 1887. Two hundred and fifty employe's 

 of Davies & Co. strike against reduction of wages. 



Shoemakers. Athol, Mass. Aug. 2, 18S6. Shoe- 

 manufacturers employing about 500 hands give notice 

 that all employe's must sign notice that they do not 

 belong to any labor association. 



Aug. 30. Strike of about 500 hands at Leo's Fac- 

 tory upon demand that they resign from Knights of 

 Labor. 



Brockton, Mass. July 31, 1866. Employe's of J. 

 B. Reynolds strike for dismissal of non-union man. 

 The Manufacturers' Union voted to shut down their 

 factories, 42 in number, until trouble is settled. 



New York City. March 20, 1886. Strike at and 

 bovcott of Pingree & Smith's shoe-factory settled. 

 It had lasted about a year. Employers yielded to all 

 demands, and discharged all non-union men. 



Sept. 7, 1886. Three hundred employe's of Hanan 

 & Co. strike for increased wages. 



Sept. 9. Strike off; strikers return on old rates. 



Pittsfifld, Mass. July 23, 1886. Lusters employed 

 at Cheshire Shoe-shop strike for reinstatement of dis- 

 charged union man. 



Pittsbvrg, Pa. Dec. 6,1886. About 500 employe's 

 of Breed's shoe-factory strike for increased wages. 



Port Jervis, N. Y. July 20, 1886. Lasters and fin- 

 ishers in Buckley Shoe .factory strike against pro- 

 posed reduction in wages. 



Rochester, N. Y. Sept. 1, 1886. Strike of hands 

 in factory of Williams & Hoyt for higher wages. 



Sept. 10. Strike settled by mutual concessions. 



Nov. 2, 1887. Two hundred shoe-cutters strike for 

 more pay. Demands granted same day. 



Skowhegan.Me. Dec. 10, 1886. Knights of Labor 

 employed by Kcene Brothers strike for discharge of 

 non-union men. 



Stoufjhton, Mass.S\\]j 30, 1886. Hand-sewers 

 strike for advance of wages. 



Worcester, Mass. Jan. 25, 1886. Shoemakers at 

 Worcester strike for higher wages. A conference 

 between employers and a committee of the Knights of 

 Labor resulted in the compromise offered by the for- 

 mer being rejected by the latter. On Feb 3 the em- 

 ployers yielded to all the demands, and employes re- 

 turned to work. 



Feb. 2. Strike of employe's of 20 factories against 

 attempt of manufacturers to break the labor-unions. 



June 20. Strike declared off. Men return to work 

 on employers' terms. 



Bcverleij. Mass. July 16, 1887. General strike 

 against reduction of wages. 



Dover, N. #. Feb. 10, 1887. Four hundred and 

 twenty employe's strike for reinstatement of dis- 

 charged employ^. 



Philadelphia. Oct. 5, 1887. Five thousand em- 

 ploye's locked out to anticipate strike for more wages. 



Nov. 14. Employe's return to work, on former 

 wages. 



St. Louis, Mo. June 13, 1887. Employe's of St. 

 Louis Shoe Company strike against scab labor. 



Silk-Dyers. Pater'son, N. J. April 12, 1866. Dy- 

 ers in silk-mills strike for a new schedule of wages. 



April 23. Strike settled by mutual concessions. 



Silk- Weavers. Paterson, N.J.ittD. 25. 1887. Silk- 

 weavers strike for more pav. 



March 20. Strike settled by arbitration. 



PhilUpsburg, N. J. Jan. 6, 1887. General strike 

 for more pay. 



Silversmiths. New YorJc City. April 21, 1887. 

 General strike for reduction of number of apprentices. 



June 16. Strike settled by mutual concessions. 



Steam-Workers. New York City. March 2. 1886. 

 Employe's of New York Steam Company strike be- 

 cause of discharge of union men. 



