Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1891 — EIGHT HOURS A DAY. [ARTICLE]

EIGHT HOURS A DAY.

Is the Demand of S,OCX) Pitts- > burg Carpenters.

And a Strike Is in Progress That Prom laet to Spread to All Branches or Building Trades, Five thousand Pittsburg carpenter* struck, on the first, on the refusal by th< master builders to concede them an 8-hou» day and an advance of 5 cents per hour, of 2.80 per a day’s work. Ten thousand members of other building organizations will soon follow. The master builders are united and it is probable the struggle will be a severe one. The operators are slowly winning the fight at Scottdale. Sixteen families were evicted on the Ist. New men are said to have been secured and work will be renewed. Five thousand caipenters went out on a strike at St. Louis for an 8-hour day. Is is the beginning of one of the most sellout strikes for years.' The strike by journeymen, painters at St. Paul has been settled. / Two thousand miners were locked out at LaSalle, 111. • —TROUBLES IX EUROPE. The Ist of May was celebrated by labor in Europe by several severe riots. The outrages, however, were due to the efforts of the anarchists who had seized the occasion to ferment trouble. Many demonstrations of a peaceful nature were made at Brussels, Paris and elsewhere. At Lyons, the iiien refused to disperse when ordered and were .charged by the police. The men made a desperate resistance and a general melee followed. The noise of the conflict attracted a great crowd aud the workmen were soon reinforced by sympathizing companions. The authorities, finding the police were unable to cope unaided with the increased force of the workmen, called upon the military for assistance, and a body of cavalry was dispatched to the place. The horsemen charged upon the excited and deter mined xvdrkmen, who assailed them with volleys of stones. The workmen were unable to withstand the combined attack of the cavalry and police and were finally compelled to retreat sullenly and with defiant shouts. A number of arrests were made, and several of the prisoners were found to be heavily armed. These scenes were repeated several times duriug the day. At night the rioters cut telegraph wires and heldlah anarchist meeting. Later another collision took place between them and the police in which several persons were killed and twelve wounded. A collision occured at Marseilles between the police and a crowd of roughs. In a battle in Paris , seven policemen were probably fatally injured. The minister of the interior was hooted and pursued by a mob but was finally rescued by the police. An explosion of a dynamite bomb in the Town of Euc d’Trevise startled the whole city—the work of anarchists. A riot of considerable magnitude occurred in Rome. The riot was quelled by the authorities, but not until, several persons were wounded and one killed. Slight troubles occurred at Florence. In every instance these troubles xvere provoked by anarchists.