The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-06-15
LABOR ITEMS

1HE snip carpenCeners OF Buffalo, are re-
ceiving So 90 per dav.
THE Rising Sun, the organ of the s. NJ.
o. s., has suspended.
THE Union printers of New York ask an
advance Of from 40 to 90 cents per thous-
and ems.
Gov. GEARY has appointed Thomas c.
Mcdowell, prominent Labor Reformer,
as Commissioner of Statistics of Labor in
Pennsylvania.
G. BEN JOHNSON, editor Of the Anthra
cite Monitor, is talked of as one If the La
Dor Reform candidst IS for the Legislature
in Schuylkill county, Penn.
THE blacksmith helpers, Of Cleveland,
Ohio, have Just organized "Machinists
and Blacksmiths' Union" numbering at
the start sixty-four.
THE International Typographical Union
is to hold its next meeting at Montreal
The time Of apprentices vas fixed at four
years.
THE Trades Union of Buffalo, New York
are organizing Trade Assembly in that
city, to be known as Erie County Indus.ri--
al Association. 1t is proposed to have
Wendell Phillips address them shortly on
the Eight-Hour question.
A CIRCULAR, dated Omaha, March Is,
1872, says On and after May LIST, q re-
duction of five cents per 200 ems will
take place on morning paper composition
/ am glad to state that the utmost harmony
and good feeling prevail, notwithstanding
the reduction. Business is good, with the
supply of printers equal to the demand.
AT the meeting of the International
Typographical Union, in Richmond, the
following officers were elected: President,
W. j. Hammond, of New Orleans first
Vice President, K. G. Crump, Of Richmond;
second Vice President, Robert g. Slater,
of Deseret, Utah Secretary and Treasurer,
John Collins, Of Cincinnati; Corresponding
Secretary, X. A. Hamilton, of Philadel-
phia.
THE State Labor Union of Pennsylvania
held their annual meeting in Wilkesbarre,
on June 4th. The following officers were
elected to serve during the ensuing year
James @. Sylvis, of Sunbury First Vice
President, John Keegan, of Wilkesbarre +;
Second Vice President, W. D. Woolslayer,
of White Ash, Allegheny county; Record
ing Secretary, Thomas H. Greevy, of Will
Transport; Corresponding Secretary, G..
pcn SOnusol, oI ldHlatlud treasurer,
Hon. Richard Williams, of Hazleton.
The Eight-Hour League of New York
adopted the Neutrality-suspicious. yesterday:
Resolved, That on Monday, June Is, the
day OF the Eight Hour demonstration If the
wOrkingmen, we demand that every store
keeper throughout the city show his colors by
placing in his window or other conspicuous
place, card inscribed in large letters. Eight
Hours for Days Work, and thus may we
know our friends from our enemies
ResOlred, That after that day, our wives
daughters, sons relatives, friends and all others
within our influence will not purchase from or
pay into any store of whatever kind any mo-
ney where nosuch sign has been exhibited. hut
will continue our patronage to such as comply
with our demand.
The number Of manufacturing establish
ments IN the city of Philadelphia is esti-
mated to be 1899, embracing over four
hundred distinct and separate branches
Many Of these are dependent upon each
other, thus stimulating consumption az
well as production. The aggregate produc-
ton of the leading branches of manufacture
in the city is placed at a valuation of 334, :
1852, 458. The amount of wages paid for
productive labor is put down at 60, 900, $50
per annum, which is more than thrice the
sum paid ten years ago, both capital and
labor being better remunersted than during
the preceding decade. 1t is also estimated
that there are at the present time one hun
bred Thousand men and forty thousand
females engaged in the manufactures
/ there, of which aggregate about ten thous-
and are individuals under age. The
heads of families, numbering about %, 900,
earn an average of So per day; the second
class 81. so, and children $500 per week