- At noon, Steinway & Sons varnishers go on strike. Approximately 600 pianos are always being varnished, and leaving these 600 pianos on the floors clogs the the entire factory, especially while all other departments are still working.
- William Steinway’s diary: “I lunch at Theo. see the Com. of Varnishers, 3 men, tell them, that I will not see them, unless they work at 7 A.M. tomorrow, and if not working Monday that they are all discharged.”