The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1877-10-13

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1 ASSNecA . o6Ohh ~ NCAobS NChNSAoRuS
The strike of the GOLFERS may be consid-
cred at an md. Nearly all the men have
resumed work, and there has been no
further disturbance Of order.
PLAsTERERs. WAGES IN GREENOcK.
Since the Whitsunday term the plaster
ers' wages in Greenock have been reduced,
in 50 far as that only the better class of
workmen get Is per hour, while the others
get only from Sd to l0d per hour. Pre-
viously they were paid, without exception,
AZ the rate Of Is per hour
THE NORTHUMBERLAND MINERS.
Nearly the whole Of the GOLFERS IN
Northumberland struck work on Monday,
and brought their pit gear to bank. The
colheries not IN the Employers Associa-
tion, and two or three pits that cannot with
safety lie idle, are the only exceptions SO
that out Of total of about IA, 900 men,
only about 2, 900 are in employment.
woLvERHAMPToN GOLFERS.
The GOLFERS in the Northampton or
Ihe thin coal district, who have been on
strike against the drop Of 81 day, have
resumed work. The men accept the drop
rather than work nine hours daily. II was
twenty five years ago when the present 2s
81 was the wages at 5tatiordshire, and at
shat men worked twelve hours daily. They
now work eight. The blast fnrnacemen
are also resuming at 10 per cent. drop.
MEETING OF MINERS AT HAMILTON.
A meeting Of upwards of 800 miners was
held at Low Quarry, Hamilton, on Thurs
day afternoon, to consider the present
agitation for Cd per day advance. James
MCLAUGHLIN was called to the chair. Reso-
lutions were passed fixing every Thursday
as AN idle day, and that 81 per man be
raised from those miners at present work
ing to defray the expense of carrying on
the agitati
THE EDINBURGH PAINTERS STRIKE.
A large meeting Of the Master Painters
Association was held on Tuesday, when
letter was read for the workmen on strike,
proposing a conference, in order to have
unanimous opinion Of the meeting was
that conference would lead to no salts
factory result, the employers being more
determined than ever to resist the demands
Of the men on strike, and arrangements
having been made to secure the services Of
a large number Of workn.en from all parts
OF England to supply the places Of those
Who had left on strike.
THE NATIONAL MINERS UNION.
A conference of miners Of the National
Uncn was held on Tuesday, in the Foun-
dsrs' Hall, Durham. Mr.. Mcdonald, NJ. p. =,
yelling Of two marble busts Of the late
Thomas Hepburn and the late Marnn Jude,
both pioneers and mining reformers. The
Chairman said these were the founders Of
the movement which had led to the organ
ization which had been established in the
two counties, and whose very existence
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wisdom would prevail in the present crisis.
The miners conference at Durham was
resumed on Thursday. A resolution ..ss
passed expressing serious apprehension at
the continued fall in the rate of the
miners wages, and empowering the board
to summon, if required, conference from
all the mining districts Of the United
Kingdom, specially to consider the best
mode of stopping such reductions either
~ PARTIAL suspension Of labor, or by the
restriction Of it in the daily output for a
time, or in any other way that seemed cal
cnlated to produce beneficial results.
Another resolution called attention TO the
question # foreign competition.
DEPRESSION or TRADE IN WARWICK AND
sTAFFoRDsHIRES.
The great depression in many Of the
trades in Warwickshire continues Hun
dreds If ribbon weavers are totally unem-
ployed, while some &C the trades connected
with many of the manufactures are work
| ing short time. A similar state Of things
/ exist in the coal and iron trades. Shop
keepers and working people are alike suf-
I fering from the effects Of the protIacted
dulness, the like Of which has not been
experienced for years. The iron and coal
\ trades Of South Statfordshire are so de-
pressed that large numbers Of ironWorkers
and Golfers there now are idle lronwork-
ers are only on half time, ana many col
lie.ies ara stop
EFFECTS OF THE TYNE sTRIKE.
The French orders which were in the
market for steam coal have been suspended
through the pltmens' strike. Baltic orders
are also stopped from the same cause. Over
thirty vessels are in the Northumberland
Dock