The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-07-24
LABOR ITEMS.
JOHN G. DREW.

1000 Sovereigns of Industry, in Lowell
The Crispins Of Buffalo are in more con
slant employment than they have been
for two years past.
The Waltham watch company has sns-
pended work IN all tn buildings, except the
machine-shop, for five weeks.
Peabody Mill, Newburyport, reduces
wages 10 per cent. from July LIST. This is
done to enable it to keep working these
bad times.
The Puddlers who struck at Pratts mill,
Buffalo have resumed work on terms mu-
tually satisfactory to the employers and
employees.
The Maunchaug CO.., Of Sutton are on
full time with their 800 hands and have
twice raised wages to offset the reduction
made during the panic. More power to
them"
The union store at Holyoke, controlled
by the Changers and Sovereigns of Indus
try, is a great hit 1t answers better than
the most sanguine expectations Of its
founders led them to hope.
The Sovereigns Store in Worcester, or
ganized OH the Burton plan, has at the end
Of the first quarter, a, clared divident Of
four per cent. ON the trade Of Members Of
| the Order.
The COopers III the Sturgess elevator
company, Buffalo, n Y. has entered suit
against Mr. Outline, for $500 claimed by
them to be owing for work done. They
| further claim that while they believed
they we're receiving "a 90 for every 1000
of grain handled, they were only paid So
| 90, hence the suit.
At the last meeting Of the Troy On. Y. }
Labor Council the following officers We're
elected President, John Grace Vice
President, Bernard Evers Recording Sec
rotary, p H. Mccormick Financial Sec
rotary, j. j. Hogan; Treasurer James
Narston. Trustees-JOhn Garrett, John
Purcell, Thomas Smith. John Fink, j.
Gillen
The Atlantic cotton mills of Law renee
Mass, which employees l $50 operatives,
shut down on Saturday for eight weeks
The suspension may be for alonger time if
the present stock Of goods is nor marketed.
The Salmon Falls Manufacturing company
IN Salmon Falls, n. H., have closed their
mill No. 2 for two months.
The Muskegon Ne,cs says that about
$50 OU0, 900 feet Of logs are reported to the
Boom Company here as being in the Mus
kegon river dive this season, exclusive Of
about 10, 0OO, 600 owned by smaller loggers
The rear of the dive is few miles above
Big Rapids, and is pushed forward as fast
as possible by about seventy men employ
ed by the Boom Company.
The new 81 200, 900 stock Of .he Contin-
entail mills at Lewiston has all been taken
up It's evident that other people believe
with us, that there's good time coming
for the cotton trade - Mrs. John Bit
cliffe has been paid $50 from the Meavers
Association-her late husband having been
a member, and unhappily the first to call
upon that fund whice he had done so much
to inaugurate.
barley Park, Baltimore, was the scene
of a monster festival on Monday, the 18th
inst. The main object of the celebration
was to reunite the scattered labor elements
Of the state, under the auspices Of the In
dustrial Assembly Of the State Of Mary
land. Mr.. J. p. Mcdonnell, Of New York
city, addressed the assembly and delivered
a lecture on Go operative Labor" on the
evening of the 18th.
A grand ten hours demonstration under
the auspices Of the United States Amalga-
mated Cotton And Wooden Operatives As
ISOLATION, will be held at Newport, on
Wednesday, August 18th. 1t will be
formed of the members Of the district IN
ions throughout the New England States,
who will on that day gather from their
different localities to spend a comfortable
day and enjoy the benefits OF Joint trip.
We trust that the arrangements will be such
rs 10 promote the best interests Of the asso-
ciation, as well as to give pleasure and
amusement 10 all who Join in IT,