The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1877-06-16
LABOR ITEMS.

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The shipment of shoes from Lynn, Mass.
for the week ending May 26th, amounted
to 1904 cases.
John McNair, Of Lynn. Mass, is fitting
up new brisk block 1OOx44 feet, four
stories high as shoe factory. The build
ing will soon be ready to be occupied.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter in speak
ing of the manufacture of leather says /:
Whatever diversities of opinion may pre-
vail as to the prospects of the future there
is a general concurrence that the stocks
are not in excess Of the probable demand,
and there is every reason for anticipating
an active and healthful fall trade"
The Santa Rosa Boot and Shoe Factory,
at Santa Rosa, California, which was burn
ed down about month ago, is to be re-
built on larger scale. Some Of the citi-
zens have come forward and will help see
the matter put through. The new build
ing is to have two wings, 100 by 40 feet
each, aud will have capacity for from IS to
100 hands. The estimated loss of the old
factory was about $40, 900, on which they
had $40 600 insurance.
The Austro- Hungarian Schumacher
Zeitu'g speaks very highly Of ''shoe-
makers chest protector" used in Graft
II is piece of soft india rubber IAN inch
thick, four and half inches long, and six
inches broad), the surface crossed with fine
lines, and kept in its place by straps pass
ing round the neck and under the arms.
The Swiss SchahmacI.er Zeitang states that
leather chest protectors for shoemakers
have been recommended by the medical
profession in France for the last forty
years.
Christian, & Ross, and Halberson &
Co., of Chicago art the firms who are ex
porting men from this city to Streator and
Braldwood; they hire these men at SI.lO
per day and board coal, mining is never
mentioned. The firms are prominent men
in the Young mems Christian Association.
James Ii. Ferris has quit the Phoenix
of Joliet; who will boss the paste pot and
shears we are not informe d
An open letter from a miner to Mr..
Sweet, Of Braidwood contains many truths
which do not add any to Mr.. Sweets
standing as an honorable business man.
The miner says, ''ln the shaft there are
over fifty car loads Of coal that we dug,
and of right belong to us, which your
apologies are putting out. You are pay
ing for mining now las you have admitted
from five to six dollars per ton for your
coal You know the Braidwood men did
not pay their expenses last year, and many
had to shorten up the quantity and quail
ty of breadstuffs used in their families
Can you consistently call us hald cases
etc p Mr.. Sweet is one of those kind oil
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give other men for the crimes they them.
selves commit.
The Joliet meeting last week for the
benefit of the Braidwood miners we regret
to say was not success. Permission tc
use the courthouse Was refused by the
Sheriff. Messrs. Mclaughlin and Lofty
addressed the meeting. Its failure does
tie workingmen Of Joliet no credit. Wher
will men understand that the interests Of
all who labor for living are identical
from the best skilled and highest paid
mechanic down to the street scavenger.
The failure of the bonanza mines on the
Comstock lode to pay dividend ha,
brought hard times to Virginia city, New.
the mines are closed, men, women anC
children are starving for bread relic
committees are being organized, bread
riots are feared, and the number Of starv
ing men and women, owing to emigration
are on the increase.