The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-08-01
LABOR ITEMS.

ARBITRATION At ROCHESTER,, Y. Y
On tho 9th INST. a meeting Of the Crispin
Association was held. and it was voted to
strike as far as Hatch 4 Sons shop and
+. A. Jaqueth's shop were concerned UNI
less the demands of the association were
complied with These demands were that
Mr. Jaqueth reinstate Mr.. Blanchard, who
had been discharged from hrs employ, said
blanchard having previously been in the
employ Of Hatch 4 Son. On Saturday
afternoon meeting was held at ID. W.
Wright's shoe factory, which was attended
by representatives Of the Crspins, j. r.
Packard and ;. +. Chase, and two employ
ers VIZ ID. W. Wright and Patrick
Byrnes After a hearing Of both sides. a
settlement was arrived at which was salts
factory to all parties concerned, thus end
ing the strike The men resumed work on
Monday morning Here is sample case
az arbitration, the true method Of settling
differences between the employer and en-
ployed.
The Ironton, Ohio, JoaiI,ai says there
will be no general blowing out Of furnaces
in the Hanging Rock Region. A large
number of the furnaces III jackson and
Scioto counties are now out Of blast, bnt
majority Of them are receiving ore and
preparing TO start up again soon. Nearly
all the furnaces about lrontnn are deter
uined to run.
THE TOBACCO INTEREST OF RICHMOND,
NA.-Thcre are at present iifty-cight
tobacco factories IN Richmond, Va, work
my on full time, and employing on al
average, about one hundred hands each.
OF cigar manufactures there are forty
four III operation IN Richmond, but the
number of hands employed bears no com
parlson with those iii the tobacco factories
TESTING THE STRENGTH or Iron AM
Steel RAILS. In England it has been
found that three hundred pouns failing
fifteen feet broke an eignty-pOuud rail.
German engineers have long applied test
Of one Thousand pounds falling ten and
one-half feet. In this country fifteen hun.
bred pounds falling SIX feet is considered
an extreme test. In Austria test fOI
steel rails has been established, Of TIVE
thousand pounds falling thirteen and one
half feet, representing, it is said aoout one
and half per cent. carbon. German en-
sineers say three-tenths cf one per cent.
rail should possess, otherwise the rail is t.,
soft. IN England a test was adopted OF
two thousand two hundred and forty
pounds falling fifteen to seventeen feet on
a rail resting ON heavy Hearings. Thes,
methods are expeditions and practical f"l
testing the strength of rails.
A strike in st. Louis among til,
quarrymen best illustrates the tendency
of employers to grind workingmen
simply because they have the power
The employers have a government con
tract, which was made when wages wcr,
80 80 per day. The Government is yet
paying the contract price FIR the stone
but there are So many idle laburers that
the employers cannot afford 70 pay more
than 81 30 per day.
At the semi annual meeting Of the Al
toona Cooperative Society, held at then
store Saturday evening last, the follow
ing officers were elected President, w.
W. Smith Vice President, Joseph Davis
Secretary, f. d. Casanavv Treasurer,
Samuel Abrims Directors, Thus. John
stone, Samuel Caldwell, Thos. Virgins.
The lockout in the Cincinnati Ga-ctt,
office has been peacefully successful. Oi
the forty-two printers discharged On sun
day morning, SIX have left the union, and
are back in their places. All the cases arr
full and, barring unavoidable blunders
under such circumstances. the GG-ettc will
appear as usual The discharged men
complain that they had 10 notice, and say
their long and faithful service deserved
more consideration. They have gathered
near the office to-day, and discussed til,
matter with much interest, but have no;
offered the least violence toward the new
employees. 1t is now pretty certain tina
the Times and Enquirer offices will follow
suit, and try to rid themselves Of union
mep. The union to-day had before 1T q
proposition for general strike, to prevent
the other offices following the GG-ctte'S cx-
ample, but il was voted down