The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-12-30

THE LANCASHIRE LOCKOUT.

THE LANCASHIRE LOCKOUT.
At meeting Of the MasterS COMMITTEES
Of the north and northeast Lancashire cot
ton spinners, held at the Clarence Hotel,
Manchester. on Tuesday, it was agreed to
withdraw the notices closing the mills.
which mad been issned for the 23d inst.
The masters considered that the hands
having returned to work at Messrs. Hodg-
kinson & Codlin's mill had complied with
the conditions laid down by the employers.
The result Of this decision will be that q
DISASTROUS lockout Of the cotton opera
tives will be avoided.
NORTHUMBERLAND COAL TRADE.
Since the closing Of the Baltic ports
there has been perceptible falling off in
the trade Of the steam coal colleries Of
East Northumberland, and the time
worried nc scmo- u tlse- piss fn ths Blyth
and Tyne district during The past fortnight
has heen considerably short Of the time
put in last month, when the pits stood idle
for only one or two days Of the month
In addition to the notices which were
served to between 600 and 700 men and
boys last week, at Cramlington High p,
and Old Delavsl, notices to terminate
their employment have been given to the
whole of the underground men and boys,
from 800 to 400 in number, engaged at the
Newsham Colliery of the COwpen and
North Seaton Coal Company. Notices
we're also served to above 100 Of the men
working at that comPany's Isabella" Pit
1t COwpen, these men occupying rented
houses, the rents of which are allowed by
the owners at present. Should the pits
above referred TO be laid in, as they will
probably be on the expiration Of the no
tices, between one thousand and fifteen
hundred men and boys will be thrown out
of work.
THE DURHAM CoLLIERY ENGINEMEN.
Mr.. Joseph Dodds, NJ. p, has accepted
the post of umpire in the case of the Dur
ham Colliery engInemen: from whom the
owners claim q reduction of 20 per cent,
the basis to be argued upon being the re.
duction in the price of Goals since March
last. There will be an exchange Of cases
between the two associations, but no date
has been fixed for the al filtration.
RIoToUs STRIKE IN CORNWALL.
In consequence of the viOlent proceed
ings Of body Of about two thousand la
borers who are on strike in the china clay
district Of Cornwall, the Chief Constable
and about 130 police have been called out
at st. Anstell. The magistrates have also
intimsted to the military authorities at
Plymouth that the aid Of troops might be
required.
The wages made by fishermen engaged
this year, as sharemen, has reached an un-
precedented point. For Labrador share
men EGO cy. per man was quite common,
whilst in some cases the high figure Of
fl03 cy. was reached.
IMPORTANT STRIKE.-The whole Of the
spring making trades ia Sheffield are now
on strike. The men have been paid 2s. 81.
to IS. per cwt., and have been able to earn
from f8 to eli per week each-the high
est remuneration IN the toan for thSs kind
Of labor. A short s.ns si'se sfshs- - - go
tried 70 enforce . rec nction of %. Der
cwt.-equal to q decrease az 27 per cent.
but the men have refused to accept the
reduction. The smiths, forgers, ftters,
aud other branches are at q standstllI,
and the strike threatens to be q very pro-
tracted one. The men contend that they
are not overpaId, considering the nature
Of the work and the fact that they have to
pay their own underhands. The strike is
seriously affecting local trade, and caus.
ing great Inconvenience to manufacturers.