Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-16
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PlTTsBURG, Pa, Jan. 7, 1879.
About seventy of the newly imported
Cinnamon employed at the Beaver Falls
/ Cutlery Works are at the present mo-
ment on strike for higher wages. 1t is
amusing to reflect that these heather
have been but three months in Tearing
the trick of combining to get the real
/ worth of their labor. There was great
indignation manifested in working cir
/ cles some six months ago over the trans
/ pOrtation of coolies by this manufacture
! iHg firm, which employs several hundred
! hands. On June 8, of last year, seventy
/ FIVE Cinnamon reached Beaver Falls and
| at once took the places of that number
/ of white men. The press and the pub
| lie were unanimous in their COndemna-
/ tiOn of the movement but the OppOSi-
/ uOn accomplished nOught, for the man
/ ayers Of the concern were determined to
/ introduce such labor and the result was
/ the coolies went quietly to work and,
their white brothers in due course of
/ time securing other employment, the
/ difficulty was soon forgotten The ser
vices of this gang of Orientals was sccur-
ed for consideration of seventy-five
cents per day in gold, each. They were
/ industrious and performed the work
/ allotted to them in a most skilltul man.
/ ner, and the company were so thorough
/ " satisfied with the result that they re-
solved to import another batch The
second installment Of cheap labor, sixty
nine in number, arrived on the lst day
I of December. 1872, and these, though
not less clever workmen than the for
mer, were paid but sixty cents per day
in gold. This last invoice of almond
eyed gentlemen soon learned that there
vas a difference in wages paid to respect
i've gangs, and. considering that one
Joss wOrshipper was as good as another
delegation called upon the superintend-
cnt and requested tnat he would give
them lift in their wages. The suDerin-
tendcnt Informed them that he would
lay the matter before the proper parties.
and. with the assurance that the increase
they asked for would be granted, they
returned and resumed their work. abid-
ing their time. The matter subsequently
was brought to the attention of the Board
of Managers, and after some deliberatiOn
it was refused. 1t was feared that if
the company would knuckle in this in
stance, John Chnaman might put on
airs and coyet a further increase of
wages The Celestials were notified that
their demand could not be complied with,
and theIeupon then cOngregated. big,
little, young and old, and resolved to
knock off until, like their American
brother, they woulj get something like
fair days wages for a fair days work
They wander now about the neighbor-
hood of the works with their hands in
their loose trousers pockets, turning a
deaf ear to the arguments Of their happy.
highcr-priced Countrymen, and equally
Indifferent to threats or eXpostulatiOus
They want more ''payee' and won't re
turn to work again until the company
signify their willingness to comply with
their demands. 1t is an amusing strike,
but an instructive one Having lost the
white skilled labOrers, the company are
now at the mercy Of the mongolans.
who. it is but fair to presume, will not
be slow to discover and improve the stu
alton The strike is a lesson which
workingmcn will not neglect to learn,
for it strikingly illustrates the absurditv
of their fears that they are to be ruined
by an inundatiOn of Chinese cheap labor
some extent at least, find its level and
demand its comparative worth 1t is
also an evidence that the Chinaman is
fast discovering that his work is almost
as valuable as that of the white man.
and in consequence he is entitled to de-
mand nearly as much for it. The lesson
will not be lost on iron mill owners here,
who had in contemplation the importa-
tiOn of cheap labor from Asia, and who
must be satisfied to work with the labor
material they al. eady have. 1t is report
ed this evening that the managers of the
Beaver Falls Works will accede to the
ultimatum of the Cinnamon, though it
will go against their grain with a ven
geance. That portion of the works,
however, in which the Celestials were
employed is standing idle, and as the
company have no disposition that such
state of affairs should continue for any
length of time they will abide by the
consequences of acceding to the demands
of their important employees.
CoLD BLooDED MURDER. - A most
cold blOOded and brutal murder was
committed in Chicago on Monday night,
corner of Elizabeth and Hunt streets, in
the northwestern part of the city. Two
Swedes named Lars Larson, young
man twenty-five years of age, and Chas.
Isaacson. lad fifteen years old, were
quietly passing the locality mentioned,
when the latter was seized by number
of roughs assembled on the corner, and
wantonly buffeted about and thrown off
the side walk Larson went to his tor
mentors, when the villain drew knife
and stabbed Larson to the heart, who
expired in a few minutes The locality
where the murder was committed is one
of the worst in the city, and so far the
officers are unable to get any certain
clue to the assassin, who is probably
hidden by the villains who infest the
neighborhOod.
Personal. -Strackosch has managed
to accumulate $500,000
Nilsson lost $51 900 worth of houses
in the Boston fire.
'sShawlstraps" is what Miss Aicott
calls her new book.
Mr.. Dent, the father of Mrs. Presi-
dent Z. s. Grant, is eighty-seven years
of age.
William b. Astor owns upwards of
three thousand houses in New York
city.
Alexander T. Stewart is worth over
$50, 100000.
Daniel Drew can draw his check for
$40, 1000, 900.
Horace Claffiin, of the firm of H. B.
| Claffiin 81 Co., is worth between $15,-
900, 900 and $50, 100000.
Peter Cooper is worth 4,000,000