The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-11-07

warning 90 MoulacFs.
All union moulders are requested 10 give
Omaha wide berth, until the existing diff
enltiss between the workmen and the en-
ployers have been smicably settled.
LABOR ITEMS.
OPERArivEs in the wooden mills in Phlla-
delphia, struck Tuesday Oct. ~, against the
reduction Of wages Of Is cents per piece.
which advance was made few weeks since
during the temporary advance 10 the price
Of goods. About 500 hands Quit work
There ID no prospect Of settlement.
THR Piasterers Protective Union Of New
York city have under CONSIDERATION . resol
luton relative to the international Union.
This resolution declares that any local union
contemplating On advance Of privileges,
where strike or look -out may be incurred,
and support required from the General
Union, shall forward to the genenl secseta-
! " IN exact statement Of the privileges de-
manded, With the number OF members, prob
able pon-members, rmount Of wages paid,
and number Of hours worked per day. The
general secretary shall send . copy Of such
statement 10 I'll the other local Unions, and
thew shall vote upon the acquisitions and
return the exact number Of yeas and nays
Rnkeu to the general secretary, and il o ma
iority Of the whole vote cast 10 IN favor of
the same, the prssidedt shall have the pow
or 70 levy per capita tax throughout the
whole general Union sufficient to pay each
member while on strike the sum of ten
dollars per week.
WokxfSGnKy's AssKNsLY.-At a regular
meeting Of the Washington Work
ingmen's Assembly bsld on Wednesday
evening October 2lst., at the City
Hall, the following officers were elected for
| the ensuing year. President, Joseph Cooke;
Vice President, Matthew Carterson Core
spending Secretary. Kyrsn A. Murphy Re
cording Secretary, MacMurrsy Financial
Secretary, Willism Boron Treasury, d. Nc
| Cathran. A .series Of resolutions, offered
by Mr.. McMurray, were adopted, that the
workingmen do not affiliate with any polite
al parry, nor allow its influence to Re exert.
Cd 10 behalf thereof; that they recommend
the formation Of . workingmen's party and
the nomination hereafter Of workingmen'l
candidate for every Office Ia the gift Of the
people and that in the election OK canei-
dates the workingmen's should exercise
great discrimination, and choose men who
are members Of trade organization.
Coon ron TER WoxxS.--Ar . recent meeting d
the Wonaas typographical Union, in New York
letter was received from the ONCE Of Flakes,
Galveston Bullesin, requesting The officers %
send humber Of women compositors to Gal.
weston, 1t rate Of wages below the established
price in that city, which called forth the follow
ing sharp resolution.
Resolved. Thai the offer Of the proprietors
Of Flakes Bulletin 10 rejected, and that the f.
male conpossorsof New York take this COCA
sion TO inform al proprietors making such Of
fers that they cannot be induced, under any
plea, 70 place themselves In antagonism to any
organization under the Jurisdiction Of the Ma
tionai Typographical Union the price in the
shove city being In advances Of the offer made,
it Is wished 70 b understood that the object Of
this Union b TO raise wagss instead Of, lowering
them. s4#r ANNA LEWIS,
e President Wome0's T. U. No. l.
TEE German Cabinet Makers Protective I'm
ION In New York numbers a,100 members. At
q recent meeting the hands employed BY . Ger
tain firm in New York city reported that their
employers had decreased the wages Is per cent,
snd that In consequence, they had refused 70
work until former prices were restored
In New York city, there has been establshed
q soeicey called the Nechsnic's and Tradesmen .
Permanent Benefit Bnilding Association. The
object Of the Association il, by cooperation, to
make tenants their own landlords, 90 give per.
manent employment to its own member mechan-
les. and embraces the principles Of q saving in
ssisation and Lie Insurance company.
.4g YoREIeN.
TEE strikes Of the Aberdeen nasons still
continues.
TsousIs 10 again brewing between the
Journeymen Tailcrs Of Glasgow and their
employers.
Tn strike Of the Gowan mirers stfl
continues. The men demand the fuiitilment
Of the promise given some time sin ce, that
their wages shoald b raised 8 per day.
TEE Socsety Of Miners Of Klausthal, Han
over, has forbiddea the employment Of cbll-
drsn under Is ysass Of age during the night
in any mining work.
Br m cot Of parliament just prinssd, any
member ola partner hip guilty Of converting
70 bis osR ase the property Of the co-partnsr-
member of the partnership.
been thrown out Of work again, as thsrs ID
but little prospect Of their recsiving remn-
nsrssivs employment in that part OF France,
they Intend % smiGrAts en- mase 70 Am.ri-
@, and eek stuatiops a houss,servants.
The manufacturers Of Roubaix bare con-
tribated llheraliy toward dsfraying The ex-
psnses Of the. hrst. two hundred Of these
girls. Who will sail in Novsmhsr from Basrs
for New Orleans, -. as.e