The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-09-04
NEWS FROM THE OLD WORLD.
Progress of the Labor Movement,
Strikes, 60. &c.

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To avoid a prosecution, the moulders
who struck on Saturday at the Dumfries
lronworks returned on Monday morning,
and It is sand they will not again come
out
THE STRIKE or LANCASHIRE COTTON OPERA
| TIvEs
$4,000 operatives are now out Of employ
ment IN the Oldham cotton district. and at
present there are no signs Of \ settlement.
THE sTAFFORDsHIRE PUDDLERs.
The South Stafordshire Iron Tuade
Board ct Cancellation on Tuesday resolved
that after August %, the wages of puddlers
be rs per ton, reduction Of sixpence.
THE FOREST or DEAN MINERS AND IRON
WORKS
Messrs Crawsh1y Il Sons have purchased
for fl20, 600 the iron and tin works. with
mines, the property Of the Forest Of Dean
Iron Company.
STRIKE Or IRON WORKERS NEAR SHEFFIELD.
The whole of the ironworkers In the en-
ploy of the Parkgate Iron Company Linn
Ited), near Sheffield, have gone out on
strike IN resistance to the reduction in
wages Of per cent. which was agreed
upon, to take effect after the 23d inst, IN
StatfordshIre, Worcestershire, &C. The
South Yorkshire district is ruled by
Stafford in this respect, and as the action
of the Parkgate men will rule all others at
Sheffield, Rotterdam, Barnsley, &C., the
issue is awaited with much interest.
The Brittania Company Limited. Mid
dlesbrough, during the fortnight ending
Saturday, July 3, made the extraordinary
quantity of =, 4O4 tons of rails, working ten
shifts each week, with only IA tirst heating
furnaces. The rails made consis of 40
lbs. and GO lbs sections The rail mill
that has done the above work il one inven-
ted and patented by Mr.. William Brown.
Of Smithwich, Birmingham.
A firm of English engineers have entered
into contract with the Japanese Govern
ment to supply the whole ~ the plant nee
essary for two blast furnaces at the
Heygori mines in the north of Japan.
They will be 81 feet high and 10 feet bosh,
for charcoal, and Ne supplied with Whit
well patent hot blast stoves
STRIKE IN THE BoLroN Iron Trade
The filters and turner's il the employ of
Messrs DobsOn and Barlow, machine max
ers, Bolton, struck work on Saturday.
owing To the refusal Of the firm u. ADVANCE
their wages p per week The number
that left was 23O At the other machine
and engineering establishments in the town
the filters and turner's gave a weeks notice
If their intention TO cease work unless they
receive an advance Of 2s each per week.
THE UNDEE MILLwoRKERs' STRIKE,
On Friday week, at a meeting the en-
ployers, 1t was agreed to abide by the no
tice intimating the reduction of ten per
cent AT one Of the mills the reduced scale
OF pay came into force yesterday, and some
fifteen OF twenty workers left their employ
ment. Last night most enthusiastic mass
meeting Of workers, attended by upward
Of 1000 persons, was held at Lochee 1t
was decided to continue the strike. The
Chairman announced that considerable
support had already been received, and
many assurances Of aid had been given.l
On Monday a great open-air mass meet
ing of the millworkers On strike was held
From 1900 to 10000 persons were pres
ent. Resolutions were, amid much en-
thusiasm, passed condemning the action Of
the employers. Large sums have been re-
celved, and to-day a distribution will be
made to those first on strike, numbering
about four thousand persons. Sums vary
ing from IS to 5s will be distributed, and
next week all viii be entitled u aid The
committee say they are astonished at the
support they are obtaining
On Tuesday the Workmen's Relief com
mlttee were engaged dispensing aid to
those workers who has been out fort
night. About 1000 persons received sums
ranging from 3s Cd to rs Ga The proceed
ings, notwithstanding the large crowds
which assembled at the different schools
where the distributions were made. weyr-
very orderly
OF Wednesday the Relief COMMITTEES dis
tributed money in various sums to 34O per
sons
STRIKE or 600 LoCKsMITHs.
On Monday the locksmiths ofWolver-
hampton, excepting in the plate depart
ment, began a strike for an advance If 10
per cent, which the masters as an associa-
ted body have declined to grant The last
rise was ten per cent, four years ago,
but during the last two years wages have
been considerably reduced At mass
meeting yesterday the men resolved 10 re-
main out, being encouraged by their strong
local union, promises Of help from branch
associations, and by expected help from
the public. Some masters gave the in
crease, and their men will give IL to the
strikers
STRIKE IN THE LONDON BOOT AND SHOE
TRADE
The dispute that has been in existance
for the last few weeks between the boot
and shoe manufactures and their workmen
in the Cit yand East end ot London is nov
assuming proportions OF considerable mag
nitube, involving in its consequences 9
large portion Of employers in the trade
generally, and request them not 10 take on
any workmen during the existence Of the
strike, further requesting the Proprietors
Of the frst-class shops to join them against
the men. The men in the meantime are
preparing for a long and severe struggle,
and have obtained promise Of pecuniary
support from the Council Of the Amalgam-
ated Society Of Boot and Shoe Makers, w
which the City and East End Societies are
branches.
A Suffering Capitalist