The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-08-12
NEWS FROM THE OLD WORLD.
Progress OF the Labor Movement,
Strikes &c, &c.
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From latest Foreign ENchangcs.l
MASS MEETING or EDINBURGH JoINERS.
A mass meeting Of operative joiners of
Edinburgh was held On Thursday night -
Mr.. Thorn in the chair MIR. NJ lntyre,
one OF the delegates, after explaining the
present position and aspect Of affairs, re-
ported that 425 men were still on strike /;
III employers, employing 400 men, had
signed the bye laws $50 men, had left
town, and 100 were reported to be working
ON the employers terms.
GLASGOW STRIKE or MILLwoRkERS.
Since our last report two more mill
owners have warned their workers of a re
ductipn of 10 per cent. and there is some
fear that the proposed reduction may be-
come general The weavers III one Of the
mills in the neighborhood of Glasgow have
already struck work, and should they not
return to work on an early date It IS re
ported that there will be lockout Of the
other workers, including the splnners. 1t
is stated that the workers IN one If the
largest mills in Glasgow have also resolved
to come out on strike.
rHE JoINERs STRIKE AT GREENoCK.
There is now every probability that this
long pending strike will be arranged IN the
course Of day Or two. The great majority
Of the Greenock joiDers have obtained
work in Greenock and elsewhere at the
old rates and the Strike Committee have
sent a letter to the Masters Association,
offering to resume work at the rates against
which they struck, STIMULATING, however,
that no bye-laws be signed. The effect Of
this stipulation would leave the men free to
strike for a rise if any opportunity offered.
RISE IN THE RATE OF WAGES.
We have been shown statement Of
some value AS indicating the rise IN wages
since the last century it the rural districts.
In the parish Of FOwles Wester, near Grief,
III 1875, day laborers received from Is Al
to Is 81 per day IN summer, and from Id
to Is IN winter. In 1876 the rate Is g I'd
and IS, and Is and - al In 1875 plough
men were engaged at from IS to ElO IN
1910 at from t1O to GA and in 1876 at
from t2l to t35. In 1870 females received
from Is to 50 in 1876 the rate is from
Els to Els.
DISCHARGE or sIXrEEN HUNDRED
WORKMEN
Owing to the serious embarrassed posi-
tion IN which the Commissioners Of the
River Tyne Conseryancy have been placed
by the defeat Of a bill to provide for I'M
provements on the river, 1t has been found
necessary to take steps for suspending the
operations for the improvement Of the
navigation. Sixteen hundred operatives
will therefore be thrown idle.
REDUCTION IN GOLFERS WAGES.
The Golfers ia West Cumberland have
had notice that reduction Of 10 per cent
will be made IN the wages Of all under
ground men, and a reduction Of 10 per
dent. III the wages of all men, women, and
boys employed at the banks on and after
to-day. The masters and men have been
comforting together, and it has been deci-
ded 10 refer the matter to arbitration, the
masters having selected Mr.. j. Il. Foster
and the men Mr.. Macdonald, MP, to
watch their respective interests. In the
meantime, short time is being worked at
the pits, and the output Of coal in the dis
trict is restricted.
LANCASHIRE COTTON SPINNERS.
On Tuesday a deputation waited on a
large meetingof Lancashire cotton spinners
held at Manchester, and persuaded them
to postpone the reduction III wages for a
week.