The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-11
NEWS FROM THE OLD WORLD.
Progress Of the Labor Movement strikes.
settlements, dtr., Ar

Prom he RetorIner for September 20
STRIKE ~ THE NAILNAKERs. At a
meeting at Brumsgrove on Monday of op-
erative naIlmakers, it was resolved to strike
at once for an advance of ten per cent. II
is expected similar strike viii take place
in the Dudley district
! AMALGANATED IRoNwoRKERs. the
conference Of the Amalgamated Associa
ton of lronworkers it was resolved to in
crease the subscriptions The report wa.
satisfactory.
/ GREENoCK- TRADEs Council. This
council agreed on Friday night to support
the Glasgow and West Of Scotland demon
stration of Drkingmen in Glasgow on LIST
November, against the Criminal Law
Amendment Act Each delegate will bring
the matter before his respective trade.
DUNFERMLINE JoINERs The operative
/ joiners here have made a demand upon
their employers for an additional halfpen-
ny per hour, making their wages 65d pei
hour. The demand was at first resisted
and a strike was the result; but il has
since been granted. Six or seven weeks
ago they were working at sd an hour A
| demand was made for Sd, which was grant
ed; and now a demand for 6ad, which has
also been granted.
KIRLcALDY RoPEsPINNERs The rope
spinners and sailmakers employed at Den
| burn Works, who recently solicited an ad-
vance Of wages, have received a rise to the
extent Of Is per week.
WAGES ARBITRATION IN ASHTON. Mr.
Thomas Hughes, NJ p, the arbitrator in
the 10 per cent. advance sought by the
Ashton cardroom hands, has forwarded
his award While he admits that the men
were right in asking for an advance. judg-
ing by the wages paid in other towns, he
cannot award any Of the advance sought.
DUBLIN PcsToFFcE EMPLOYEES. The
overseers, sorters and letter-carriers Of the
General Postoffice, Dublin to the number
of 286, have addressed a memorial to the
Postmaster General expressing dissatistac :
with the recent revision of the Dublin es-
adjustment, and claiming to be put upon
the same scale Of wages as the London
officers, on the ground that the prices of
provisions are now assimilated between
the two countries, and there is no longer
any reason for the disparity between the
scales Of remuneration laid down between
the two offices. They press their demand
upon the further ground that i; has been
conceded in the case OF the Edinburg
Postoffice.
The REPRESENTATION OF LABOR IN PAR
LIAMENT-The representation Of labor in
Parliament (says the London correspond
ent Of the Manchester GUARDIAN and the
local influence Of some Of the trade unions
are sure to form an important feature in
the next general elect IN. The Labor
Representation League is about to prepare
for the event by an electioneering cam
paign during the present autumn and the
coming winter. / understand that that
body is about to issue an address recon-
mending 'that active steps be at once Ia
ken in the boroughs Of Blackburn, Bolton,
HartIepool Newcastle under Lyme, Wen
lock and Whitehaven" The League sug-
gests the formation Of committees in the
above mentioned places, and promises dep
utations from the Central Committees in
London to aid them in their work. have
good reasons for stating that several very
handsome sums of money have already
been given by few of the more wealthy
members Of the Liberal party to some Of
Of the labor candidates who are coming
forward at the next election The follow
ing is Inst Of those candida 8, SO far as it
can be stated with accuracy: Stafford,
Mr. Alexander M'Donald; Morpeth, Mr.
Thomas Burt; Aylesbury,. Mr.. George
Howell; Gateshead, Mr.. Lloyd Jones;
Merthyr, Mr.. t. Halliday; Stoke, Mr.. A.
Walton; Wigan, Mr. w Pickard; Wor-
cester, Mr.. w. j. Airey; Birmingham,
Mr.. w. GulIiver; Southwark, Mr.. George
Oldger: Frome, Mr. W. Allen, and Md
dlesborough, MIR. j. Kane.