The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-05-03
LABOR I1tMs.

LtHiSt Ndllcl dIt puipitlcu lncTe Will ne
fifty IN that valley. When they are all in
operation that region will resemble streak
of Pandenonium.
PENNsYLvANIA's annual product in pig,
bloom, forged and rolled iron, together
with iron bolts nuts, washers, rivets, nails
spikes, pipe and castings is set down at the
sum Of Sl2S, 7Ol 907. i'll addition to which
machinery and boilers to the value Of $50,
25S, 1873 are manufactured besides nearly
g, OOO, 900 worth Of steel
The men working at the two blast furn-
aces Of the Pennsylvania Iron Company,
called Nos , and 3, received their dis
missal All repairing has been stopped,
and the two furnaces will remain as they
are for an indefinite time.
A new rolling mill is about to be erected
at PhmniXvlle, by the Phoenix Iron Com
pany, at an expense Of a million Of dollars.
The Crane Iron works made the first an
thracite iron manufactured in Lehlgh
valley, in lS49. There have been built III
the valley since that time, on an average,
more than one furnace each year.
THE new Weikle IRON mine, near Hen
singersville, Lehigh county, is said to con
Noih VIC OApuSh W supply haii d NNLcll iuA
naces for fifty years The vein is about
eighteen feet thick, and comes up to with
IN three to SIX feet Of the top Of the
ground. The ore can he taken out easily
and cheaply at an expense, it Is said, Of
not over one dollar per ton.
THE Reading Bolt and Nut works are in
constant operation, and employ about 100
hands The works comprise a rolling mill
department, where all the stock Of iron
used IN the works Is manufactured. and a
bolt and nut manufacturing department,
VIII, re all sizes Of machine bolts and lag
screws are made also hot pressed nuts,
from the diminutive size used on quar-
ter inch rod, up u the largest size made III
the country by machinery for p inch
rod, both square and hexagonal
The boys employed in the Salem glass
works, have struck against receiving shin
plasters with which they are paid by the
company, and which are good only at the
company stones.
FOR some time the Crlspin lodges have
been secretly organizing for strike. A
committee was appointed at the last meet
my e. wait On the employers and present
a schedule Of rates. whose non acceptance
was to be followed by a strike They de
mand as much money AS is paid 10 the
team men The dealers generally de-
cline 10 pay it, saving that they have large
stocks IN hand. aud can afford to let the
men liz idle.
At Bryan Il McSwyny ;, 42l Broadway,
the Crisplns yesterday threw down their
Implements and cast aside their working
clothes and Went Of. II l. expected that
the strike viii be made general about
May lst.
The semi-annual circular Of Little Rock
tArk Typographical Union, M. -. con
tains the following THE working-card
system is strictly enforced, and printers
travelling without a card need expect no
encouragement from this Union. The trade
Is good, with a supply of wOrkmen equal
to the demand. Composition on morning
papers and book work 80 cents per |, 900
ems; on evening papers, % cents weekly
wages, $50.
The March circular Of Buffalo Union,
No. 9. states " Business here at present
only moderately fair, with printers in sup
ply more than equal 70 demand Scale Of
prices for composition, As follows Morn
ing papers 38c per 900 ems; evening pa
pers, Soc; book work 4Oc. Wages per
week, $40"
AN interesting meeting NJ the Philadel-
phla Typographical Society, was held on
Saturday evening, April 9th The Presi
dent, Mr.. Dacy, stated that the Court Of
Common Pleas had granted an amendment
To the charter, which will enable the Soci-
ETY. to increase the monthly dues of mem
beers, should it be deemed advisable AS
the amount paid for sick benefits has for
several years exceeded the income of the
Society it is probable that the dues Of
members will be increased, temporarily, at
least Every young printer IN Philadel-
phie, upon attaining his majority, should
connect himself with this organization, not
only az prudent forethought in case Of
sickness but as a measure of craft pride,
in maintaining unduminIshed the useful
ness Of Society that has for over forty
years been the representative Of its honor,
and the medium for the exercise of its be
nevolence.
NEW YORK, May 2.-The coopers strike
is becoming more extensive, and the men
in this city and neighborhood are evidently
cooperating. Time or wages do not enter
into the present contest, as the men are on
ly striking against the use of Eastern made
barrels, which can be furnished III New
York much chea rer than they can be man
ufactured few Of the largest employers
have acceded to the demands of the men.
The society Of coopers in Manhattan dis
trict numbers LOO members, and, it is
said, have a large strike fund in the
treasury. Reorganization extends Through
the country, with a total membership Of
II 900, and the officers Of the society say
the present movement has the sanction of
all the lodges in me United States. The
strike, up to the present time, has not be-
come general, but, as many OF the large
dealers have heavy contracts to nil, IT seems
likely that temporary settlement will he
made
LATER-The strike of the coopers is viz
tualIy ended Several Of the largest man
ufacturers conceded the demands Of the
strikers to-day, and the men returned to
work.
Providence, X. T., May 2.-The mill
owners in WOOnsocket shut their gates to-
day. All is quiet at the delaine mill. At
Olneyville everything goes on as usual, the
disturbance Of last evening not being re
newed. The mills in the Pawtucket Valley
were not troubled with the ten hour strike;
no hands have left, and everything is run
ming as usual.
PROVIDENCE, r. l May 2.-The mills
from which any considerable number Of
operatives have struck for ten hours have
shut down, aud will not start again, it is
understood, until they can run full force ON
the old schedule of time. The larger pro
portion Of mills in the State are not affect
ed by the strike, and the suspension of the
others will probably not be Of long dura
ton.
ONE hundred and twenty-five Of acres
valuable coal land, situated in Allegheny
township, is S. M. Woodcock's latest ac-