The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-04-06

THE ironworkers had strike last week
and got the nine AQmza demand granted.
THE operative M lIarH, of Aberdeen, de-
mAnd an Advn41n II 30 per cent.
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adoption Of Nv w kbfF tysSsml with every
prospect a nMdh6m
TEtppa n 10 oRIabrated GalAsh-
iels Tuss1 - bslerinn ne on . strike
for nm.u FnmRmpf 7H tnr week.
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less' .Hn' I. s3s ~ ssintRs " t5s
day, pnd not BY the hous, for oataide work
THE master plastsrers in Glasgow have
agreed to concede the nine hours from lst
March, and an advance Of ID per hour on
the present wages on and after the stJune,
which has been accepted by the operatives
STRIKE on LEEDS Flax WORKERs.-Over
IL, 900 hands employed in the Leeds fax
trade have Strnck work for the nine hours
limit. The mills stopped include those Of
Messrs Marshall, Briggs, Hydes, and At
kinson.
PERrH-PAISTERs AND CoAcHBUuDERs
The master painters of Perth have agreed
to raise the wages of their men from 6bd
TO Cd per hour. The master coachbuilders
have intimated that from and after LIST May
next they win concede the 81 (hours per
week, without any reduction of pay.
TIE Newcastle correspondent Of the Ed
inburgh Reformer, Of March 9th, says
The building trades are very busy, with
hakfsau. e
mer than they have had for the last few
years. They are to start on the nine hours
terms (5l hours a week) on the eighth of
April
THE report n the Scottish Topographic
al Association has lately been issued 10 the
members. 1t contains a resume Of the
movements taking place in the trade during
the year, and shows that in almost every
case the -orkmen have been granted less
and more Of time and money, 90 that the
position OF the trade is now much better
than in the beginning Of 1871, while the
for the coming year are very
promising.
ABERDEEN IRONMoULDERs.-At q meet
ing of the Association of IronmOulders on
Friday, it was reported that Messrs Blake
Brothers, James Abernethy & Co., and d.
Mitchell & Son had conceded the ffty-one
hours at LIST April Messrs Hall, Russell,
& Co., wished their men to work fifty
seven hours till lst June, and would pay
overtime for all time wrought tIover fifty-one
hours per week after lst April. This was
agreed TO by the men. Telegraphic mes
sages have been sent to those men who
had left town asking them to come back.
The strike is therefore at an end
The GL LAsGOw DISTRICT MINERs.-A gen
eral meeting Of miners in the Glasgow dis
trict was held on Thursday in the moulders
hall, Nelson street. Glasgow. Mr.. James
Roney presided. Mr.. Alexander McDon-
aid, president of the Miners Association,
was present, and gave a heightened address
in favor OF the short time movement, in
which he argued the miners should join
1t was afterwards resolved that de-
putation should wait upon the employers Of
the district, requesting that the latter agree
that work should begin at 8 A. NJ. and stop
at p. NJ, with no stopping hour for re
treatment, thus making the darg the eight
hours per day.
The MOVEMENT AMONGST FARM LABOR
ERs IN ENGLAND.-The agitation which
commenced some time ago in the counties
Of ShrOps and Hereford among farm ser
wants for mn advance Of wages has spread
rapidly in other counties. Meetings Of la
borers have been held in Leicestershire,
Warwickshire, Lincolnshire, and in the
county Of Northumberland. In the latter
county the demands of the laborers have
caused some alarm among farmers, who
have held meetings to consider the subject
In Northumberland the bondage system
has been very generally condemned but
We regret 10 observe that the hands have
not more generally insisted upon a cows
keep As part of their yearly gains. 1t is to
be hoped that arrangements will be amica-
bly, arrived at whereby the condition Of the
lAbOrers will be improved both as regards
house accommodation and the rate Of re-
muneration for their services.