Much excitement was aroused among the strikers, but after the excitement had subsided they returned to work under the conditions that prevailed at the time the trouble commenced.

On or about the 17th of October, 1895, the men employed in a bakery at Osborne street and Livonia avenue struck against a reduction in wages. The employer secured several nonunion bakers and continued his business. No settlement had been effected at the time this report closed.

GLEN COVE, L. I.

On Wednesday, July 3d, a strike took place in a bakery in Glen street, Glen Cove. The bakers refused to work because the head baker had been discharged. After a conference with their employer they agreed to work until the end of the week. Before Saturday night the employer and workmen agreed upon terms of settlement, and further trouble was averted.

NEW YORK.

On the 15th of November, 1894, Hebrew Bakers' Union, No. 165, ordered a strike of its members in about 200 down-town shops in New York city, and 500 men stopped work. They claimed that the earnings of journeymen had been from three to five dol lars per week, with board, and of foremen, ten dollars per week. They demanded that the rates of wages be advanced to nine dollars, thirteen dollars and sixteen dollars per week, without board, and that twelve hours' labor constitute a day's work. The employers claimed that they could not accede to these demands because they were obliged to compete with bakers who conducted their business in basements which were also used as living apartments, and who, consequently, paid no store rent. The strike resulted in great inconvenience and serious loss to the employers, who were unable to secure other workmen. On the 18th of November, representatives of the union announced that the strike had terminated in a victory for the union, and that 400 of the strikers had returned to work at the advanced rates of wages.

On or about the 10th of December members of Journeymen Bakers' Union, No. 22, who were employed in a bakery in Third street, near Avenue A, struck for recognition of the union. Their places were filled by members of an organization known as the Independent Bakers' Union. The Central Labor Union appointed a special committee to co-operate with a committee of Bakers' Union, No. 22, and on the 31st of December the joint committee succeeded in effecting a settlement of the trouble. The employer was induced to reinstate the men who were on strike and pay them the union scale of wages.

On the 26th of February, 1895, Hebrew Bakers' Union, No. 165, ordered a strike in 120 small shops, and 400 men stopped work. The trouble was caused by alleged violations of the agreement made in November, when the employers agreed to reduce the hours. of labor to twelve per day. The strikers claimed that the working hours in these shops had been gradually increased until sixteen hours' labor was the daily average. Within twenty-four hours after the men went out, the proprietors of seven or eight shops acceded to the demands and their employes returned to work. The Master Bakers' Association, of which most of the employers were members, resisted the demands until the 20th of April, when the employers reduced the hours of labor to 12 per day and signed a new agreement with the union.

On th 6th of June a strike took place in a large cracker bakery at South, Montgomery and Water streets, in which about 100 hands were employed. Twenty packers and coopers, who had demanded pay for holidays when not working, quit work because this demand was not granted. Some of the men in other departments struck in sympathy with the packers and coopers, and the other hands were obliged to stop work in consequence of the strike.

The business was conducted by a company, the officers of which stated that it had to compete with trusts, and its employes must work under the same conditions as men who were employed by the combinations. On or about the 13th of June the employes returned to work without having gained any concession.

On the 27th of September four men, who were employed in a

bakery in Second avenue, near Eighty-eighth street, went on strike because their employer had violated certain rules of Bakers' Union No. 92. The next day the employer agreed to comply with all the requirements of the union, and the strike was declared off.

ROCHESTER.

On the 19th of May, Bakers' Unions Nos. 36 and 61, of Rochester, ordered a general strike in all the bakeries of that city, and nearly 150 men stopped work. The trouble was caused by the refusal of the employers to sign an agreement which contained the following provisions:

1. That only union bakers shall be employed.

2. That ten hours' labor shall constitute a day's work.

3. That preparing or setting sponge shall constitute one hour's work, and shall be paid for accordingly.

4. That no man shall be obliged, required or asked to do any work not within his duties as a baker.

5. That no man shall be employed unless taken from the bakers' employment office.

6. That no journeyman baker shall be allowed to board with his employer, and the compensation for board shall not exceed the amount of four dollars per week.

7. That no foreman who has a man or men under his control shall receive less than $15 per week.

8. That no foreman who does the entire work alone shall receive less than $13 per week.

9. That no man working in the capacity of a bench-worker shall receive less than $12 per week.

10. That no man working in the capacity of a baker shall receive less than $10 a week.

Within 24 hours after the trouble commenced 28 individuals and firms signed the agreement, and the number of men on strike was reduced to about 40. Several of the principal employing bakers, who had formed an association for the purpose of resist ing the demands of the unions, advertised for help in other cities. Six men came from Buffalo, but upon their arrival in Rochester

they were induced to join the local unions. Boycott circulars were issued and distributed in grocery stores and in the homes of workingmen. This proved an effective weapon, and within two or three days after the strike took place most of the employers acceded to the unions' demands. On the 23d of May the proprietors of two of the largest bakeries abandoned the struggle and signed the proposed agreement. This practically ended the strike, although a few of the employing bakers persisted in their refusal to grant the unions' demands, and the boycott was continued against them.

Soon after the strike took place the resident member of the board met representatives of both parties to the controversy and endeavored to bring about a joint conference between them, with a view to an amicable adjustment of the differences. The strikers refused to take part in such a conference. They stated that they would insist upon the signing of the proposed agreement, and would not accept any compromise.

SYRACUSE.

On the 29th of July 6 bakers, employed by a firm whose place of business is in Lock street, Syracuse, went on strike, because the firm refused to pay the union rate of wages to one of the second hands. A few hours later the parties agreed upon a scale of prices and the employes returned to work.

BOILERMAKERS.
BUFFALO.

On the 28th of March, 17 men, who were employed in the Lake Erie Boiler Works, at Buffalo, went on strike. They were satisfied with their wages and other conditions of employment, but refused to work on boilers shipped from Cleveland, Ohio, where the boilermakers were on strike. A portion of the force remained at work, and the business was not interrupted. Two months later one-third of the old force were reinstated.

On Saturday, the 11th of August, 50 boilermakers and helpers, employed by a firm in Buffalo, presented a demand for an increase in wages of 25 cents per day. They claimed that a higher rate of wages was paid in all the other large shops in the country. The demand was presented to the foreman of the works, who replied that he would consider the matter and give his answer to the men on Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The foreman remained at home on Monday, and a committee of the employes sought an interview with him at his residence. The committee was informed that he was ill, and had gone to a physician's office. The men

doubted the truth of this statement, and at noon they went on strike.

On the same day the firm granted the desired increase in wages, and the next morning the men returned to work. The firm claimed that it had no knowledge of the nature of the demands until the strike had been ordered; that the increase of twenty-five cents per day was granted as soon as the demands were made known to the firm, and would have been granted without the necessity of a strike if the men had communicated with the firm.

BOTTLERS.

BROOKLYN.

In the latter part of August the Mineral Water Bottlers and Drivers' Union ordered a strike in a shop in Boerum street, Brooklyn, in order to enforce a demand for an increase in wages. The strike lasted only a few days, and resulted in favor of the union.

NEW YORK.

On the 8th of November, 1894, the men employed in the mineral water bottling establishments on the east side of New York city struck for a uniform rate of wages of $10 per week. Within two weeks thereafter this demand had been granted by all but three of the employers, and the strike was practically at an end.

On the 26th of April 100 men who were employed in these shops went on strike in order to enforce their demands for a further