, 1874-03-04
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
Etra11ea I'm md Near phiIahcIp2,fn--
Silk WO0lcf1, and Cotton NItRsaufIsc.
tarcrs--'Eho SlaDealnlkcFH.

Strskea In md Near Plsi1ndeIpl,ta--
silk WO0lcl1. and Cotton NInMufnc.
tnrcrs--Tho slaOenakerH.
Special DispatcA to The Chicago Tribune.
Pn1LAnELrlI1A, Pa, ainrch 3.-rno strike
among tho work'non Oh tho now Farmount
bridge o,,dod tonight.
MIR. Wiley, the principal contractor, abont 10
o'clock, notified tho 1aborers on d strike Of blu
Willingness to pay thom s1.5o per day Of ton
condition that 20 Baltimore l,antis DO employed.
emall force resumed work On tho weBt ond at
6 O'Clock this morning, but after working for
half Ill hour coaaed operations, fearing violenoo
at tho hands Of tho strikers. The contractors
Ind Bent to Baltimore for banda 10 fill the
placos Of tho strikers. A. squad Of police hayo
boon stationed on tho ground TO prevent any
rlotouB demonstration.
wEAyEns' srn.KEs.
lu consequence Of tho discharge Of I. fow OF
the leaders In the meeting on Saturday evening,
the wenvcrR In tho Cnmdon WQolon Mills struck
yesterday afternoon for an advance in their
wages, and tho reinstatement Of tho discharged
men in their ptacea. A ssriko for lust bum.nors
prices has also takon placo In tho u1ils at
Gloucester City.
Tho silk and poplin weayors have again re-
solved to stand out until their wages aro ad
vancod.
a mass-mooting of tho striking wcavors of
tho cotton and woolon mills IN tho
southern part Of tho city wns held
tAis afternoon in Federal Hall, Horny Lowe
presiding. It was reported that two mills, em-
ploying upwards Of 800 hands, had resumed
work at tho advance desired, viz: ID per ceut.
Tile hands OF ono mill startod work this morn-
ing at tho old Hcale Of wages. Tho hands Of tho
following mills III this section romain OIL striko:
=. G. & ]. B. Garott mills, 25n handa John
Williams, 90 handB and John D. Nelson, IS
hands.
Resolutions expressing the determination Of
the meoting to hold ouL until tho employers nc
codo to their tormH having beon adopted, 1t was
o5ty II, >f
northwestern Hoctlon cooperate with those in
other parts Of tho city in forming a protective
union. 1t was alHo rcsol'od thut. III case OF
dostitution existing among the strikers, they
Of It, and tbo union '' vii relieve thom, 80
doicatoly that tho parties followed will scarcely
know tho quarter wlonco tho relief comes. At
a 1nass-meeting Of tho chocd aud giugham wcav-
ThompAon Street Church, James Mooney pro-
siding, it WIS unanimously resolved to organize
l.r:'taeti"o un'on, and permanent otlicors
THE anoEMAKEns' srn1KE
still continues, mud there III little probability OF
all carly settlement.
Tho Strike of Labornra at xkcofkt.lk, In.
Speciaf Dispatch to rho CAicuqo Tribune
KEoKuK, Ia, March 3.-A small force Of mon
resumed work on tile rapids improvement tllia
morning at tho old prico. A large crowd of
strikers assembled near by aud undertook to
Lut HpIAlloH uJ LUEoMLH+ OuO OF Lu0
gang armed himself with stones, and tried to
instigate . riot, but tho police asrasted him.
hurried him OF to jail and dsporaod the crowd.
Tit. workmen continued operations all day with
out boing further molosted. It is thought that
others will 70 to work In the morning, and That
all tho strikors will gradually fall ii at the old
wages.
Eric Railway Employees on n Strife.
NEW YoRK, March 3.-sorious dissatisfaction
exists among tho worknlen connected with tho
ERIC Railway on account Of tho irregularity with
Which they have been paid. The Post aays tho
wages for January woro only paid yesterday.
The "wipera" III tho engine-housea Of this
Company wero cut down from $1.36 to 81 per
day. DinEhanpton papor says 500 of the Elio
Railway mechanics at tho Susquohanna Depot,
including NIL in tho great shops, have struck,
and ara lying idle. Tho men domaul III con-
dition upon Which tnoy will rcsl1.no work, tllat
their wages shall be paid them every Saturday
night.
The Pennsylvania Ieailr0nd to In.
cronse tho Wages of Its Employees.
New YoRK, March SIT s rumorod that the
Pennsylvania Raiiroad will return to tho rate Of
wages paid prior to Jun. 1, whom q general re-
ductiou Of 10 Dor cont Was natle