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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1886
Page
2
Notices cover advance payment for papers, fiery city housing counts, a drop in public debt, and rising support for a whipping post. Other items report a Harrisburg conspiracy verdict, a coinage bill, a snake charmer tale, labor committee stances on the Gould strike, teak forests in Darmah, and debates over the two hour leisure move for workers.
The department forbids contributions to the eight hour movement, forcing Lamar to order Chief Clerk Lockwood to explain the policy. He allows clerks and employees to donate via the watchman at the door, who would be named as collector if desired, amid the administration’s display of labor support.
The eight hour movement began May 3 in Washington with a lockout and broad participation by trades. About ten thousand workers in unions faced stoppages as contractors granted ten hours pay for eight. Signs on unfinished homes marked the rule. The strike links to broader labor movements and anarchist circles, raising questions about organizational discipline and legality. Louisville reports 900 union workers in eleven furniture factories quitting at eight this morning.
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