The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-11-04
FROM THE OLD WORLD.
Progress Of tAe Labor Movement.

~ eme kaDeF movement
TIE Newcastle Gas COMMANDS work
men, who demanded A., have accented an,
advance Of 2s per week.
HE shopmen Of Birmingham held a
meeting on Tuesday night to form a trade
union Ior tne purpose of obtaining a re-
uucion In The hours Of work. II nepotia-
tons with the employers prove Intellectual.
q strike will be resorted to.
The master weavers at Barnslev bave-
prevented a strike of their workmen hv
Withdrawing the proposed reduction of ia
per cent on the wages.
The NINE HOURS GRANTED BY MRssRs.
STEPHENsON.-Messrs Stephenson's work.
men have been informed by the firm that
the nine hours will commence in those
works on the LIST of November next, On
the announcement being made there was
great excitement in the works. In the
afternoon the men gathered round the
Stephenson monument and passed a vote
OF thanks TO Mr.. Stephenson.
The LOCKOUT AT GREENocK.-Matters
remain here IN the same state as last week.
About 300 shipwrights were locked out in
Greenock at first of these, forty or ffty
have proceeded TO TroOn, Ardrossan. and
other ports, where they have succeeded in
obtaining employment.
EXPECTED STRIKE OF KTRKcALny SuoE.
MAKERs.-The journeymen Shoemaker In
kirkcaldy considering themselves paid far
below the average of the trade in other
manufacturing towns throughout the
country, have made demand on their en-
ployers for an advance Of wages 10 the
extent often per cent The masters gener-
ally are not prepared to conccde 10 the
demand, though it is believed they will
offer to meet the men halfway. The
wOrkmen on the other hand are resolved
not 10 accept less than 10 per cent, and a
strike il expected TO ensue.
WENYss.-The miners at the Wemyss
Coal Works have just received a second
rise within these few weeks on their wages.
They are now paid at rise Of 81 Der day
on their work.
THoRNTON.-The miners employed at
BalgOnie COllIery, in Fife, have obtained a
rise OF 2d per ton on the coal they dig.
while an advance Of about Sd per ton has
been made on the price Of Goals,
STRIKES IN COPENHAGEN.-Agen Of
the International are organizing strikes in
Copenhagen. One firm has just dismissed
800 employees for taking part in the agi-
tation,
ALLEGED STRIKES AT GHENT, - The
Brussels Libtrte OF Friday evening pub
fishes a despatch from Client, according
to which 300 mechanics have struck for a
ten hours day and double wages for
overtime. 16O weavers and 200 spinners
are likewise reported to have struck The
Client journals mention nothing about
this matter.
SERIOUS RIOT AT MEssRs. HAwTHoRN's
WORks.-Between one and two o'clock on
Thursday afternoon, riot Of avery alarm
ing character occurred in the Forth Banks,
in the vicinity Of Messrs Hawthorn's
works. In the forenoon. a large body of
the old hands went to The works for the
purpose Of giving the firm an opportunity
Of reinstalling them. As already stated,
no satisfactory arrangement was made,
and no old hands commenced work. A
large number of them, however loitered
about the vicinity of the above works all
the rest OF the forenoon, and shortly after
one o'clock a foreigner going along the
street TO his meals pointed out to a police
man q man in the crowd whom he alleged
had assaulted him some DAYS previously.
Thereupon the policeman took a man,
supposed to be the indicated one, into
custody. The crowd at that got excited,
stones were thrown, and a regular
melee took place. Several policemen
were severely handled by the crowd, but
eventually the former managed to secure
! one or two prisoners. When the riot was
reported at the Westgate Police Station,
strong body Of police were al once des-
patched TO the scene of the uproar, and as
disturbances continued, several more men
were apprehended, some ofthem in the act
Of throwing stones Altogether, about five
were thus taken into custody. While
eight or nine constahlcs were marching
two prisoners TO the Westgate Police Sta
ton, one Of the apprehended cleverly man
aged to make lis escape, making 4 bolt
Just as the crowd were passing into Clay
ton Street from the Cattle Market The
man took clean course down Neville
Street, and was soon lost to the view both
of the excited crowd and the policemen.