The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-04-16


dress. Now" continued our MARIA
tor, IN be id, i'll don't think it
was the Mayor himself to whom paid
nv two francs, for they are the
hungriest crew in that town ] ever came
across"
LABOR ITEMS.
PRESIDENT TRRvsLLIcK, under date
ofthe 18th inst, says:
I left Detroit on Friday morning for
Albany, and arrived there on Saturday
all well but tired. On Saturday even
ing there was glorious mass meeting
in front of the City Hall. Our old friend
Troup and myself spoke to the people.
The workingmen have put in the field
city ticket on the platform Of the Ma
tional Labor Union. It is not to be
expected that they will carry it, but
credit is due these noble fellows for
their effort.
THE workingmen Of In Fayette, In
diana, have recently organized labor
union, under q charter from the ma
tional organization.
TIE workingmen Of Painsville are
moving in the matter Of organizing a
labor party. So the good work goes on.
THE unemployed laborers Of San
Francisco have been set to work on
the public property Of that city.
THE workmen employed at the
Greensburg CPa) stone quarries have
struck for an advance Of fifty cents per
day.
THE laborers, two hundred in num-
Der, who have been building Fort Hill,
Boston, have struck for an advance
from &1.75 70 81 day.
THE Machiuists and Metalworkerf
Of Williamsburg and Brooklyn are pre-
pairing to organize, under the auspices
Of the New York Association. The
members of the Union in this city ore
making preparations for q course Of
lectures, which will commence or
Tuesday evening next.
TIE journeymen stone masons, in
Germantown, New Jersey, are now or
q strike, in consequence of reduction
of wages. The employing stone ma
sons have given notice, that they viii
pay the best hands t2.75 per day hoe
carriers %, and stone wheelers 81!
per day.
The strike of the La Sale miner
still continues. The difficulty is owine
to the decision of the proprietors O.
these mines to make monthly instead
of semi-monthly payments, as hereto
fore. This strike of the miners hs'
caused suspension of work at the Yin,
works. as sufficient supply of coal t
run those works cannot be obtained il
this vicinity, during the continuance
of the strike at above named shafts.
i THE EIGHT HOUR LAW OF New
YoRK.-The Eight Hour Law, as pass
ed by the New York Assembly, make
eight hours legal days work for al
classes Of mechanics, workmen, and la
borers, excepting those engaged il
farm and domestic labor, but overwork
for an extra compensation by agree
ment between employer and employ
is permitted. The law applies to al
mechanics or workmen employed b.
! the State or any municipal corporation
or in the employ of persons contract
ing for the State or for corporations
The penalty for violating or evadinl
the law is suspension or removal from
Office, and any contractor who shal
violate the law may be fined, not ex
ceeding $500, and his contract takel
from him.
THE Printers employed by Mudg
d Son, Boston, are on a strike.
The Journeymen Upholsterers Q
New York have succeeded in securing
an advance of Is per cent.
THE Printers employed in th
Kansas City Journal, has struck agains
an attempted reduction from so t
As cents.
The Female Parasol and Umbrella
Makers Union. of New York, number
800 members. The collection of tn
last monthly dues amounted to tn
handsome sum Of $3.50.
EDrNBURGH, April 1.-THE wood
work in both shafts OF Barthsgate Col
liery took fire to-day while the miner
we're at work. Seven men were suffo
Gated, and forty-nine have been res
cued.
A STRIKE was made on the 5th inst.
among the workmen in Miller's ston,
quarry, on the Bloomfield turnpike
New Jersey, because of a reduction o
twenty-five cents 3 day was made il
their wages. Some went to work q
the reduction, and the strikers STONED
them and threatened violence, render
ing interference of the police neces
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