The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-05-09

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The following extract il from the last re-
port a. che ship Joiness' Union
Tho strike III Grsenook still eontin1es, and
40 vet there Il NO indioatlon Of . settlement.
The men are standing firmly crit determined
20 succeed OF The 81 Who csme ouh only
about 30 or 90 remain idle the remainder
having rot work 10 othsr places. Seeing
there. are 10 lev on the roll, We truse thai
the othsr hranches viii aid the men uncon-
nected with the association--they nnmbsr
about ons-half Of those idle II they havs
to suocumb Coz want Of support, then no
advance need : expected on the 0iyds this
season.
BRADroRp. -Ths journeymen painters have
turned out for 90 advance OF wages. In 1864
the wages Of the men were 22s 70 24s per
week Or So hours, but in the following yea :
the mode OF payment was altered 70 the
hour system, and was fixed At Std. per hour.
In the two succeeding years they were raised
Id. pei, hoar, and when they LETT their work
% Saturday they were receiving sd. and
now demand Cd an hour. The empluy err
have resolved not to aceede to the demands
Of the men.
HALnAx.-The painters and plasterers are
seeking for an advance Of wages The paint
ers ask to be paid Sd. per hour minimum
wage, the present rate being 51d-, and the
plasterers demand "a. week more, and one
hour per week less work.
GxNKvA.--Tne strike OF the workmen IL
the building and other trades, at Geneva
| has been successful. The employers, hnd-
| ing all their efforts to resist the strike In
vain, gave way, and consented to reduc
tions of one hour per day in the labor IRON
IL hours to H., at the same time giving al
advance Of ten per cent. on the wages. Tpi'
win do very well for beginning
SrocKPoRr. Stockport bricklayeri
are on strike for an advance Of 81. per day
SoUrH SrAPpoRDsHIRE.--An attempt 10 be
| ing made 10 settle the dispute between thu
golfers in South StafFordshire and their EN-
ployers, by arbitration. Up TO Monday thu
attempt had not been successful, in con
sequence of the employers not having
responded to the appeal. The men had &C
/ cepted the offer conditionallv upon the basil
of arbitration being arranged.
| WAGES D1sPurE AT LkeHoRN.-At tn
latest date from Leghorn there was an ex
pectation, from one moment to another, Q
strike analogous 10 that which lately tool
place at Turin, although from differen
motives. The naval porters have demanded
q rise Of wages, and the Chamber of Com
merce has refused to Accede to the demand
and wishes to retain the tariff which it hat
established in concert with the Government
TEE International Working Mems Associa
ton is making its influence felt upon th
| Continent II has aided the workmen @
Geneva In gaining their strike snd en-
couTaged by it, the working men OF Italy
Spain and Portugal, are arouslng themselve
TO an effort to raise themselves and improy
their social condition. At Turin, Leghorn
Bologna, and other towns in Italy, the work
lng men have struck, and ut the forme
place have been successful. At Barcelon
(Spain) a strike has taken place, which ha
so alarmed the Government thai they hav
placed the province Of Catalonia, Of whic
Barcelona Is the capital, in state OF siege
At Lisbon, (PortugaD the workmen are ais
on the move We here take the opportunit,
Of informing our readers that the c0mmitte
Of the Paris Branch of the Internations
Association, who were recently tried, con
victed and sentenced to various terms Of i'm
priscnment, at the instance of Loui
Napoleon, for belonging to what bis satellite
chose 70 call an illegal society, has been re
placed By anew committee and officers, VINO
undeterred by the fate Of their predecessors
are actively engaged in condacting the bus
ness of the branch.