The Penn's Grove record., 1882-08-05

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courtesy 10 the Lasters' Union "
: stopped work, as requested, pending
an investigation
CUMBERLAND, MD.-Tbe ejectmen
cases of the Maryland Coal Compan,
against Its tenants, who are strikers
have been postponed.
WHEELING, w. vA.-W. II. Caro-
Tiers has leased the KIsmsr Mills q
Moundsville, and signed the scale. H
Is making iron. This makes two mill
at work in this vicinity.
CINcINEATI. - Further conferences
between the boilermakers and theil
employers resulted IN m agreement u
end the strike, aud work was resumed
in all the yards at an aavance Of IL
per cent. on the former wages The
strike began June I'd.
The only change In the strike was
the small number OF men ut work on
the piers. Piers 1, 4 and s were very
shorthapded. But little freight was
received ut these piers, and long lines
of loaded trucks were In front Of the
doors.
The New Jersey Central piers were
crowded with the freight already re-
ceived. Only about thirty men were
at work. Thirty of the hands who
were at these docks last week, struck
and refused to return.
The New York Central had some
sixty men at work. There was no
change In the appearance Of the depot.
It is rs crowded as ever with sight
which requires hard work to KEEP
within limits. Trucks lined the street
in the vicinity Of the dock awaiting
their turns to unload. Very little
freight was received. About ITO Ital-
ians were shipped from this pier TO
the depot In Sixty-fitth street.
The Erie was receiving no freight.
One hundred ITALIANS were at work
at the mass of freight on the platform
and slowly getting it into the cars.
Very many trucks were waiting here.
The depot at st. Johns PARK was
completely choked with freight. Sew
eral trains arrived, but 1t was found
impossible 10 unload them, "a there
was no place to put the goods. Only
about sixty Italian were here at work.
A settlement is not yet In prospect.
BOSTON, The lastsrs ut Keene Bros
shoe factory at Lynn. struck for Q
slight advance in wages. The firm
shut down all Its works save the
stitching rooms. The Arm employs
1000 persons In busy times. The men
claim that they asked for only what
other shops pay. but the firm Gays 1t
pays as much as other manu- factur0rs
do.
FALL RIVER, Mass.--Of the %. 600
operatives in the city only nine, who
belong to the Tecamseh Min No. |,
are on strike. There In considerable
dissatisfaction among the other opera
tives, but nothing that indi -ates a
strike OF any magnitude.
CUMBERLAND, Md.-The miners in
Elk Garden region held q meeting, ct
which 1t Is undextood they agreed to
asked s. cents per ton or come out.
The best information from that region,
however. says they are still at work.
PrTrsBURG, Pa.-Matters at Home.
stead have quieted down, and the
mob has dispersed. Fowley was
brought TO this city and lodged in jail.
Gu his way to the station = crowd fol-
lowed him, but, besides throwing q
few stones, no acts of violence were
committed. The mob remained about
the drug store until late at night,
threatening to batter down the doors
and lynch Fowley, hut they did not
attempt to carry out their threats,
Critchlow, the striker, who was sho.
by Fowley, is not dangerously Ill.
CINCINNATI, .O-The Boot and
Shoe Council of the knights of Labor
has appointed Its repr ssentatives ia
the Board ofArbitratlon which Is In
course Of formation for the settlement
of disputes between employers and
workingmen. 1t lie expected that the
Board will soon be completed and will
take up the first ease presented to it,
the demand If the shoe-cutters.
1t was found by the boilei-makerf
upon going 10 work that the conpro.
mise for 10 per cent. advance had moi
been fully made and that the manu-
facturers refused 10 accept 1t. The
boiler-makers held . meeting al
which they refused 70 60 10 work a.
the old rates, but did not order . con
tinuance of the strike. This IL inter
prsted rs meaning that the men may
act as they please. and already seven
men have gone 10 work at the ole
rates. Over = hundred are still out.
MoUNDsvILLE, w. Wa. G. Klo
mans Iron and Steel Works Company
signed the scale.
New ORLEANS. The Threatened
strike Of coopers, painters and pfas
terers was prevented by compromise
the bosses generally agreeing to pay
~irst-class workmen an increase o
fifty cents per day.
Canadian Stamps for Canada.
And now comes the season for trave
/ when SPORES OF American wives ant
daughters have carefully provides
! themselves with stamps and posts
/ cards at New York, Boston and Phils
r delphia, drop q line to dear papa" q
t they pass through Toronto, Montrea
. or other Canadian towns. And tn
letters 60 to the Dead Letter Ofic<
; because American stamps don't mucl
e help our postal revenue. When the,