The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-01-30
LABOR ITEMS.

the ensuing term of the Toronto Trades
Assembly Mr.. J. G. Macmillan, Typo
graphical UniOn) President !; Mr. Sanford,
(Plasterers' Union) Vice President Mr.
W. Mccormick, TX. o. 8. c., No. ~ Re-
cordIng Secretary; Mr.. S. Stephenson,
(Mouldsrs' Union) Financial Secretary
Mr.. J. s. Williams, Typographical Union)
Corresponding Secretary Mr.. A. McCor
mick, (Bricklayers' and Masons' Union)
Treasurer Mr.. Harris, painters UniOn)
Tyler Messrs j. W. Carter, T. Carrie and
A. Jury, Trustees.
The boot and shoe business is improving
readily.
At Columbus, Ga, the foundries and
machine shops are in full blast.
The Massachusetts cotton mills are near
ly all enforcing a reduction Of 10 per cent
on wages.
The Philadelphia new city buildings
keep about 100 men busy at Lee, Mass >,
in quarrying and cutting marble for them.
The mills at Columbia, Ga, are now run
ming 81, 900 cotton and 2, 500 wooden spin
dies. They are run on full time, and the
orders are in excess of the product.
The Pennsylvania Railroad shops at AL
toona are again working nine hours day
for SIX days each week. The past six
months they have worked only eight hours
q day and five days in the week.
Mr.. Peter O'Leary, who as delegate from
the Irish laborers' Union recently visited
America, is of opinion that the condition
of the Irish workingman shows a marked
improvement in cases where, instead of re-
naming in the large towns, they have gone
out to the open land.
About 10, 900 operatives sre usually EN-
ployed in the iron industries in new Eng
land, of whom less than one half are now
fully occupied.
Owing to the impetus given by an in
creasing foreign trade. 1t is reported that
the Waltham Mass. watch factory's force
will soon be increased to 1000 hands.
The flour mills of Baltimore claim to
have manufactured 504, 600 barrels Of -four
the past year, notwithstanding that four
mills were idle part or all the time.
st. Louis produces about 800 tons Of
wire per annum. ii is made from Missouri
iron.
In consequence Of the dead lock between
the Coal operators and the miners, the car
shops, rolling mill, machine shops and
foundries Of the Philadelphia and Reading
railroad company have been closed
The Majors Of Wheeling have agreed
to the proposed reduction in the price for
cutting nails Twentv-one cents for ten
pennies is the basis of the arrangement.
The new glass works at Louisville are
running full time.
Bethlehem Iron Company has made
another reduction Of from 10 to l62 per
cent. in the wages of their employers.
Some of the glass manufactures on the
South side, Pittsburg, are earnestly consid-
ering the project of boring for gas
The McKeesport Paragon says "The
Tin works affairs are in a much better con-
dition at present than those Of many large
business Trims who are considered solid
At a regular meeting of the St. Louis
Trades Assembly, held Wednesday, Jan.
IL, the following officers were elected to
serve the ensuing term j. ID. Vaughan,
t. U. No. 8, President L. Hannah, G. o.
| 49, ~ WI after,
G. M. No. ~, Financial Secretary Ed
ward Frey, G. NJ. No. 16, Corresponding
Secretary Louis Grundhoefer, NJ aud B.
No. I, Treasurer G. Manner, c. No. l,
Sergeant at Arms.
The Cigar makers union Of st. Louis
declared short general amnesty for the
benefit Of Negligent and errlng brothers
Those interested will do well to take i'd
vantage of it.
The manufacturing railroad shops are
dull, economy being the order from head
quarters. 1t is reported that the great
works on Green Island, near Troy, n. Y.
has or is about to become the joint proper
| ty Of several of the leading northern rail
road companies, who will use them in the
building Of all rolling stock for their own
roads, and also, as heretofore, for the sup
ply Of outside parties. IL true, this change
will be Of great interest to many in our city.
who will be compelled to seek other sources
Of employment.