The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-11-11
FROM THE OLD WORLD.


TIE movement for enhanced wages con-
tinues at ROuen, where strikes among sew
eral trades are on the increase
THE mechanics and laborers employed
in the shipyard Of Messrs Laird at Birken-
head, have held meetings, and unanimously
resolved TO insist upon the restriction of a
DAYS labor, to nine hours.
THE Amalgamated Engineers, Amalga-
lated Carpenters, the lronfounders Of
Great Britain have expended in four years
for donations TO members out of employ
mem, to sick, superanuated and injured
members for funerals and benevolent gifts,
a total of f54j, 491 24
DURING the last twelve months, German
workingmen have contributed quarter
OF a million Of thalers TO support strikes.
The Berlin masons strike has defeated
other strikes. quite number OF them in
deed, are still in progress in that city.
STRIKE Of NEWCASTLE POLICEMEN
Ninety-ti out OF 100 men OF the Newcas-
tie police have rendered their designations,
owing 70 the dissatisfaction with their
Chief Constable Superior officers are also
expected TO resign, unless the Watch Com
mIttee take some steps to redress their
grievances.
THE CLYDE SHIP CARPENTERS STRIKE.
1t is understood that an attempt is about
to he made, TO bring this unfortunate strike
to an end. Mr.. Grieve, NJ p. for Greenock,
has signified his willingness to act as one
of the referees. and Mr.. Anderson. NJ r.
for Glasgow, has been communicated
with, TO ascertain If he will act along with
Mr.. Grieye. A deputatiOn OF the Green
ock carpenters, waited upon the Glasgow
carpenters on this subject, and it appears
that both bodies are favorable to the q n
tlemen named Several of the Greenock
carpenters, who are locked out, have gone
to Adrossan, TroOn, and the north OF Eng
land, and have obtained work In one
Greenock yard, several jJiners were put
to what they maintained was carpenters
work, and left the yard In an engineer
ing work in Greenock, two carpenters got
work as laborers, but it having become
known that they were carpenters locked
out, they had, according TO the rules of
the society, TO be dismissed.
VI HOURS OF WoRK-In the early part Of
the present year, Mr. Redgrave, factory
inspector, ascertained the hours OF labor Of
factory operatives in various paris OF the
north of England, and in the metropolis.
He reports The hours OF work 80 per
week, in cation wooden. fax. iute and
silk manufactures the wages are partly
piecework, and partly dAy work He speaks
of the hours of labor in printwoTks as not
necessarily restricted 10 80 per week. and
saws that in fact. they are generally rather
10 excess OF that number but in bleach ng
and dyeing works they must not exceed
60, the wages are paid partly by piece
work and partly by day work. In the iron
manufacture. MidjleSborough and Darling
ton report the average about 80 hours per
week and like return comes from Man
chester iron mills and foundries. Engln-
GERS boiler and agricultural machine ma
kers 10 Manchester avt rage les than so
hours, but in Suffolk and Essex, the full
hours are worked: in locomotive engine
making at Glasgow. Ihe hours average
about 81 per week For hat and cap
makers. London Manchester and Gas
gov J the returns state 60 hours. In the
metropolis, the hours are 80 in oil mills
and refineries anu in lock and safe making
and go hours in cabinetmaking and uphol-
sterv. both in London and Manchester In
| dressmaking, in the metropolis the Ordn-
arV hours of work are stated to be from
| eight a. m, TO eight p. m, but the average
was less than 60 per week in type found
ing and in clockmaking, So in the build
ing trade, 564 in the glass making about
so; in envelope making, lin which almost
all are paid piecewCrk) the hours a. a
rule are from a. m, TO seven p. m, with
intervals Of an honr for dinner, and half
an hour for tea. In lucifer match making
| (Manchester) the hours are 80 per week.
In the manufacture of tobacco and cigars,
the hours appear to be generally about 81
per week In the boot and shoe manufac-
ture at Leeds, 50 for males and "a tor
females The number of hours worked in
the principal Sheffield trades is stated to
be.about 81 per week. Mr.. Redgrave gives
a list of average wages earned in Sheffield
ranging tfor mem from los to Cos, with
much higher sums for head rollers and
head puddlers but all these rates are on
the supposiiion that full week Is worked.
He has 10 state that there are in Sheffield
a very large number of small masters, who,
perhaps, are not always able to supply
work to their men during the first day or
or two, OF the week and a still larger
number Of operatives decline to work on
Monday, and very often on Tuesday, and
| prefer the minimum OF work equal 10 pro-
viding the bare necessaries of life. The
returns asked for by Mr.. Redgrave were
given with great readiness.