The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-01-08
LABOR ITEMS.

Many If the dry goods houses IN Buffalo
are reducing the number Of their employees.
The same is true uf Chicago.
SPRINGFIELD, Mss. 3.-The operatives
az the Biackentun wooden mills have struck
on account 81 10 per cent. reduction.
The annual ball Of the Machinists' and
Blacksmiths l mon, u Buffalo. vii take
place al 81. James Hall on the llth inst
A good time Is anticipated
WmKEsBAKRE. Pa, Jan S.-Work has
been Suspended at the Holenbeck Works
No. : and the diamond 81 lft Of the Lehigh
and Wilkesbarre Gal Company. for the
purpose of repairs They Will not be idle
over ten days. There will be no suspension
at any u the works except for repairs.
The New lore Tailprs continue 70 a large
extent unemployed. The females Of the
trade are also getting hut itJle to do
BoSroS, January Orders have been
received at the CharlestoWn navy yard for
a general reduction of the force, to 70 INTO
effect the FIRST OF the week 1t throws out
Of employment ahout SIX hundred men.
The strike VI Tia, jouIneyman matters II
New York against the attempt on the part
Of the employers 70 engage non-society
men u run blocking and bouncing ma
chimes does not appear to be general, and
Is AT present only to a few establishments
IA Brooklyn. The New York journeymen
hatters do not seem "a sympathize with the
movement Of the Brooklyn men.
THL Busy SEASON HAS CLOSED. During
former summers masons and brieklayers
earned enough to 70 support their families
during winter n the summer of 1877.
however. the trade vas dull all over the
country, and How. when building has al
most entirely ceased. thousands Of the
trade arr reduced ~ absolute penhry.
BooT AND SHOE TRADE-Dull in Phila-
deIphia. Working on samples in Lynn
Massachusetts,. but +. A Smith is building
three-story factory &c.,. Fire in M4.I, n
(Massachusetts) threw 500 persons out of
work. This ~ the dullest winter New
York has seen for years m Some If the
shops have closed IN Putnam tConuectieut),
and buslnts - Il quiet Business improv-
ing in Noburn (NIassachusetts) aud cur
riers and are moderately busy "A new
factory Il proposed It Spartanhurg, South
Carolina
NEW YORK. Jan. 3.-As announced in .
previous telegram. a sweeping discharge NJ
workmen occurred at the BROOKLYN Navy
Yard to-day The order To discharge IN
cluded draughtsmen, engineers, foremeu.
lumber inspectors, writers aud messengers,
and leaves only handful of men to take
care II the large amount of property in
the department Including ship carpen-
tiers. the order discharges 49, men. Since
the PRONUNCIATION # the order this morn.
ing, the surprised employees and their
friends have been telegraphiug the chief II
the bureau az Washington for its revoca-
ton, and the reinstatement IL at least a
part ~ suspended attaches. Similar or-
dcrs have been sent TO all the navy yards
IN the country.
There Is great excitement among the
ship builders Of tins city and vicinity be-
cause the ship carpenters. 10 the number
~ 1000. have All quit work 10 day The
shipwrIghts few DAYS ago decided that on
and after To- day they would pay only 50 30
per day. Instc "a II -, as therefore,. The
men declined to accept the proposed re-
duction, and quit work All day long South
street was crowded with strong and hardy
men, who anAiJusly discussed the action
of the employers. The men al. state that
the action Of the Society will most prob
ably be opposed To going To work for 50 90
day. They say that although times are
dull and they only average three DAYS
work a week, vet shIPwrights must have
work done. Many ships are nov III the
dry docks along East River. WAITING re
pairs, but MT hammer was heard on
them to-day The employers say that the
men cannot hold out, owing to the large
number Of men in the business out Of EN-
ployment.