The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-04-09
LABOR mRNs


LABOR ITEMS.
President TREvELLIcK has Just or
ganixed o labor union at jackson, Mich.
The prospect for its future usefulness
il very promi. ng.
The miners Of LaSalle are on a
strike.
The compositors of the Cincinnati
Commercial are on q strike.
THE Philadelphia Typographical
Union has admitted q lady compositor
to its membership.
HELENA advices say that in that
quarter labor is very scarce. and a
large number of laborers could find
good employment there.
A number Of iron-moulders. shoe
makers, brown-stone cutters, and labor
ers, are on strike in Brooklyn against a
reduction of wages or for shorter hours
of labor.
TIE stone blasters of Yorkville are
on strike, determined to resist an at
tempt ut lowering their pay from tl.75
to 81 so per day.
The Albany Printers Union have
elected President. George f. Nelson
Treasurer, Timothy Hayes Recording
Secretary, James Duffy, Jr.; Delegates,
Thomas Willard and Frank South.
wick.
TEE labor organisations among the
colored people of New York have been
formed by Mr.. Nelson w. Young,
President Of the Workingmen's Union
The returning strikers on the Gov.
eminent canal ut Keokuk, Iowa, are
again thrown out of employment, BY
the giving way of the embankment
the river having risen 30 rapidly, and
there being no force Of men to make
preparations for the rise, the wsteI
gradually poured into the works
through several crevices, and now the
water in the canal stands on level with
that in the channel. This disaster mo-
only causes an immense loss to con
tractors, but throws 1000 men out o
employment.
A large mass meeting Of the St. Girls
pin organization was held ut Cooper In
Stitute, N. Y. on Monday night. Anumbe
of speakers expressed opposition to thu
present system of placing convict labol
in competition with that of the homes
mechanic. All the speakers character
lied the system as unfair, and strongl.
urged its abrogation.
The boss masOns of Newburg hav,
reduced the wages of employees sbou
twelve per cent
UTICA recently had turnout of tn
workingmen. In the procession wer'
the societies Of bricklayers, cigar
makers, Crispins, military company
etc. At the City Hall Mr.. r. Besumon
presided, and there was an address
from Alex. Troup.
| AT recent meeting Of the Boston
Tailors it was voted to classify the EN-
ployees Of that city as first and SECOND
class, and reduce the price Of making
coarse goods one dollar in all frst-clas
shops, and all second-class shops to pa,
one dollar less than first-class shops Of
all garments.
| The Massachusetts, Legislature ha
juft passed by vote Of 81 to AZ, bill
exempting $l20 of any mans wage
from being trusted for family necessi
ties.
HALF of the workmen. employed a
the Troy and Boston machine shop .
Troy, have struck, in consequence 0
being ordered to work full time at tire,
fourths pay. On Friday twelve Of tn
strikers resumed work, but the remain
ing thirteen still hold ont.
THE Crispins of Byfeld, Mass, ar,
on strike in regard to reduction o
wages. Terms of compromise hav'
been proposed, and it is thought it vii
be accepted.
THE strike of the New York Cigar
makers still continues.
The brotherhood Of Locomotiv,
Engineers have built and dedicated
new hall in Rochester.
PHILADELHHIA, April 2.-The strik
of the miners of the Schuylkill regiol
has at length begun. The colierie
have been stopped one after the othe
since Thursday evening last, By thi
evening, the time specified for q gen
eral suspension, the strike will be uni
versal, at least as far as the Schuylki
colleries are concerned.