The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-02-22
LABOR ITEMS.

rHr J5umeymsn house carpenters Or
Washington nave resolved that rom hpTl
to Nov. ] tie wsges shall Ivy $3.50 per
Jay, aud that eight honfs on Saturdays shall
cassl'.pte days work.
TINS Eigh,-dour Eli bas PISSED the Cali
loTnia Legislature and Will probably be
: al - the Governor.
Two Thousand mecbanics are without EN-
p'ovment ~ Newark, New Jersey. Probably
half that namber Of iaoorors are also looking
for work
ON Thursday some Of the eaulkers v 10 we're
employed On vessels al East Boston struck
f'r r-4t hours and four dollars day. but
raey haze resumed work at Tie Oh terms
nine hours and four dollars.
1HE Glowing WAGES ior labor are paid in
Austin, Nevada Ordinary labor, $3.50 Per
dav, % SO ard ttgna per month skilled
.n.-srs, 5 70 - per day carpenters, $ to
: PER day. TIE price paid for wool in
quantities is S. per cor hay, $50 per ton
haur, II cents per ponpd: bacon, 5o cents !;
board per week, So 70 $40
MASSACHUSETTS, papsr2 notice a percepuole
--s--s.a sssss -. r-asnl,iz4fI1r.
Iaix iron mills in me icinity of Troy havg
stariei anew. Cotton mills when bad
stopped, or were running On short time, aFe
running more hauds.
TINS New Albany Tad LeIgsr SAYS that
the ship-carpenters and b0s.-haiiders 81 that
+ city c-a leaving il large numbers. About
twenty OF them have constructed A iatboat,
thirty Feet ong BIZ twels feet wide, and will
start down the river tomorrow II search Of
work. Tney have 10 idea where they will
stop, or whether wo-k can be obtained at
points below, but the venture has been de-
teruired up0n
a PORTION Of tie journeymea tailors Of
Philadelphia are on a strike 11yn a dispute
about wages With sons u sneir employers
( A Union has been organized in Scranton.
Pa, under the title OF Scranton Typo-rape-
graphical Uni0r, No liz.
The Franklin Typographical Society Of
Boston held its annual meeting on the 4th
utimo, and elected officers for lie easning
year From tina Fressnrrr's report it ap-
( pears that while toe expenses of year had
been smaller than usual, amounting $3.50 o.
I the receipts from assessment ami interest
! on the vested funds had risen 10 1926 o.
Of the payments during the year, Sll7 were
~ behalf Of sick members. The invested
! funds accommodating for the purchase Of 3
hall at some future time) now amounting tc
S3,25s.10, having inerease 1896 50 during
he year A series Of resolutions were
/ passed testifylng respect for h late Secre-
tary, Mr.. NJ. b. Aarkam, deceased.
TnE Altoona Shops Pennsylvania Contra
Railroad, have inaugnrated' state prison
rules, men are not allowed to speak to each
other Or to the foreman except strictly o.
business. What next
FOREIGN.
\ LETTER from ValeRciennes contains
some lameDtable details on the situation OIL
the textile manufactures there, which form
the principle industrial resources of the NoTd
The Chamber Of Commerce Of Lille has al
ready referred to the unfortunate condition
OF The factories, the embarrassment Of tbs
masters, and distress Of the workmeu anc
( families. Moreover, the MiAister Of Agri-
culture and Commerce has received 'ne mem
orial Of the Chamber Of Commerce mentioned
above, aud is oecualed with the task Of vcri-
| lying t& sslstemspss @ade,
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