The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-04-26
NJ VS. FROM THE OLD WORLD.
Progress OF the Labor Movement strtLe =
Compromises and Lock outs.

THE majority of the workmen employed
at the various royal dockyards are to re-
ceive an increase Of pay.
The colliers strike at Bolton and Farms
worth was terminated by the Intervention
~ Mr.. Dickinson, colliery inspector, who
explained that the special rules formed by
the masters cannot come into operation
until sanctioned by the Home Secretary
On Wednesday afternoon the Liverpool
master builders met and resolved not to
accept the proposal Of the carpenters and
JnIners that their claims should be submit
ted to arbitration. Unless these demands
are foregone a general strike viii take place
IN the building trade on LIST May
ON Wednesday the iron caulkers EN-
ployed at Palmers shipbullding establish
ment, Jarrow, struck work for increased
wages. The caulkers wanted 81 extra per
week, and the masters offered Is I'D The
men held meeting, and resolved to ask
for Is, and this, being conveyed to the EN-
plOyers, was refused, whereupon the men
came out on strike.
The ironworkers employed at the Sewd-
ley furnaces in Dean Forest have been con
coded 10 per cent. advance.
The Barrow -in- Furness platers. rivet-
tiers, &c, resumed work on Wednesday
without having obtained settlement Of
their grievances.
THE South West Lancashire Golfers have
requested an advance of 10 per cent in
wages from the 10th inst
LIVERPOOL HORsEsHoERs.
A strike has taken place amongst the
Liverpool horseshoers. They want an ad-
vance Of As. The masters refuse to give
them more than Is.
woLvERHAMPToN IRoNwoRKERs
At mass meeting representing 20, 900
ironworkers at Northampton on Monday,
resolutions were passed that delegates
should request the ironmasters to convene
another meeting Of the Cancellation Board,
and that the delegates should submit the
demand already made for an advance Of
lbs Cd per ton for puddlers and 10 per
cent. on other prices. If this is refused, it
is probable the men will strike
THE LEIPZIG PRINTERS STRIKE.
The negotiations for a settlement of the
dispute between the unionist compositors
and the Publishers Association may be
considered to have failed, inasmuch as the
men refused to resume work before the pro
posed new scale Of pay has been examined
by JoInt-committet Of delegates on the
part Of the master and men. The Pub
fishers Association required as a condition
OF this new examination that the strike
should cease upon the introduction Of the
new scale Of remuneration which has al
raad-r ham affected ~
The strike Of the compositors in Breslau
has terminated, and work resumed at all
the offices.
UNITED TRADES COUNCIL
The members Of this council met on
Wednesday last-Mr. Andrew Boa in the
chair. The minutes Of previous meeting
were read and approved Of Mr. Wallace,
delegate from the tailors, stated that about
400 men were at present locked out" in
Glasgow, and not, as some newspapers had
thought tit to state, ''out on strike" The
potters' delegate stated that a strike for an
advance Of wages was imminent in this
trade on Saturday, 18th Of April. The
bakers delegate stated movement was on
foot in his trade to obtain an advance Of Is
per week. The lathsplitters delegate sta
ted that movement was on foot for q rise
Of wages Of a I'D per hour. The plumbers
delegate stated that the employers had
granted the request Of an advance Of
wages, said advance to take place on the
LIST Of May After other business of mi
nor Importance the members separated.
DUSFERMLINE SKATERS.
The operative skaters here have made
demand upon their employers for 6td an
hour, and nine hours TO constitute days
labor. Several of the employers have
agreed to the terms. The workmen of
those employers who have not agreed are
out on strike.
LADYBANK IRONwoRKERs.
The blacksmiths and others employed m
lronworkers in the engineering department
of the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee sec
ton of the North British Railway at Lady
bank have been agitating for reduction
in their hours Of labor from 81 to 81 per
week, and on Monday meeting Of the