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

The dispute in the house painting trade
at Liverpool has been submitted TO arbi-
tratlon. The result IS an award Of one
penny per hour increase to the men
STRIKES AT KINsALE
Ia addition to J,OO1 fishermen Oh strike
IN klnsale. the masons carpenters, paint
ers, skaters, and plasterers are out on strike
for IS per week advance The ship car
penters struck for the same advance, and
having received IT resumed work
The buyers at Kinsale have yielded to
the demands of the fishermen. The event
was celebrated on Thursday with much
good humored rejoicing.
THE North Of England blast furnace
owners held a meeting on Tuesday at Mid
dlesborough and decided to concede the
advance Of 10 per cent, refusing, however,
the extra remuneration for Saturdays and
Sundays.
STAFFUPJsHIRE IRON WORKERS.
At mass meeting of iron work ers held
at Dudley on Monday morning, it was
unanimously agreed to accent the iron
masters offer Of lbs Sd per ton for pud-
dlers, and an advance Of y per cent. on
other iron workers wages These are the
wages Of the Kettle award in the North IF
England.
GLASGOW UNITED TRADES Council
On Wednesday evening, the members of
this Council met III the Bell Hotel, Mr..
George Wallace, the Vice President. pre-
siding The representative of the brick
layers stated that his trade were to receive
an advance Of one half penny per hour on
the LIST Of June, and likewise that all work
performed on fast days and HOLIDAYS was
to be paid for at the rate of time and a
half. The delegate cf the calenders init
mated that two firms in his trade had con-
coded the allowance Of 10 per cent. ; and.
accordingly, the men IN these works had
resumed work. One Of the representa-
tIves from the shIpwrights stated that the
workmen in his trade were about to move
for an advance Of wages 1t was stated
with regard to the tailors' lockout that
thirty-one employers had signed the agree
ment requested by the workmen, and that
the movement for yearly agreements might
be looked on AS a certainty, there being
only some 270 locked out.
STRIKE OF BELGIAN oUARRYMEN.
The Journal Of Mons announces that
1000 quarrymen in the commune of
Ecausslnes and Enghien have struck. The
gendarmerie have been compelled to inter
fere and dispense several groups.
SrNEHAVEN-sTRIKE or sALTERs,
The journeymen skaters Of Stonehaven
struck work on Thursday morning for an
advance Of wages. They have at present
Aid per hour, and their demand is sid.
Even with this advance, they weuld still
be below the rate obtained in many places
In the nel"hbOring counties. The whole
Of the men, we believe, left Stonehaven in
the forenoon for Aberdeen.
The men who struck work on Monday
morning have not succeeded in getting
work IN the town Of Aberdeen, 70 which
they went They returned on Thursday
to their work at the old rate of pay
ABERDEEN sHIPwRIGHrs.
The Aberdeen shipwrights lately made a
demand Of a raise of wages to Cd per
hour, with IS per week extra for old work
The employers have agreed not to accede
to the f"ll demand of the men. They COM
Icy, so carkened anozecently gi,o ~ge, that \
it looked like iron. TRey went to the |
and inserted the key in the lock;
the massive door swung noiselessly back, |
revealing chest of drawers reaching half /
way ~ the top, and above them we're
shelves, with strips Of linen neatly tackled |
in front Claude was about to tear this
away.
"No, Claude, think what we seek is /
in one of these drawers see, here is q ]
key in this one, let us look into it. :"