Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-03
Labor and Strike Notes.

THE SITUATION AT CUMBERLAND AND ELSEWHERE.
| A Frostburg, Nd, special to the Baltimore ,Sua
says that the imported miners went regularly to
work yesterday In the Eckhart mine, Nd, on the
twelve-hour system and are said to have done a
| fair days work. Shortly after noon the engine
began hauling up strings OF cars loaded with coal
and continued to 90 so at intervals until late in
the afternoon. The coal was not loaded In the
cars In the accustomed workmanly manner AS
evening approached old miners and others gath
cred In the vicinity to see the coal hauled up and
the miners come out The number congregated
was small in comparison with the day before. A
number OF the Old miners laughed and said the
company was hauling out the coal dug and left in
the mine by them before they stopped work. The
excitement and the interest OF The day before had
evidently subsided and the groups Were composed
OF those who had little to employ them The COM
bined companies have no doubt OF their ability to
win, and the miners persistent In saying that
time will show that the laboring man has re-
| sources as great as those OF capital The general
impression is that the solution OF this difficulty is
not near at hand.
The wages which the fronworkers at Chicago
are striking against are as follows:-Nailfeeders,
$l.75 per day; helpers, So; puddlerS, $3.50 TO S. ;
nailers, s.; rollers s. to $40 They demand an ad.
About eight hundred OF the striking boilermakers
returned to work yesterday In the various shops Ia
New York and Brooklyn, where the employers
have yielded to the demands OF the men. IL is
week.
There are no new developments at Bayview.
Wisconsin. The rolling mills and rail mill shut
down to-day. The men, 1,600 In number, are
quiet and claim that they can hold out until the
company signs the scale.
The laborers or New York City have appointed
committee to ask the authorities for increase OF
wages from $1.a5 to 50 per day.
The grocers OF Irondale, Illinois, demand a set
tlement OF present accounts before further trust
ing strikers The men held an Indignation meet
ing yesterday, and resolved to "bOycot" the
grocer supposed to lead the mo credit move
ment
The attack OF the dock laborers at Bridgeport
Ill, Thursday night upon the labOrers on the Chi
cago and Alton train, resulted In the serious In
jury OF six or seven OF those attacked Judge Pills
bury, who was wounded by pistol Shot win
probably recover
The labor situation at PittsbuFg Pa is un-
altered. The amaigamated workmen take their
annual picnic to-day. Coal and coke interests be-
gin to feel the effects OF the disturbance The
consumption Of coke has fallen or One-fourth,
and prices have been reduced 10 to Is cents per
ton
About 800 OF the striking boiler-makers In New
York and Brooklyn have returned TO work ut ad-
vanced Rates.
Bougn's steam forge at Detroit, Mich, has inau-
gurated a lockout, the owner having decided to
employ no more union men.
The settlers In BeckerS tannery, Milwaukee,
Wis. have struck
The representatives OF the Knights OF Labor OF
Philadelphia are consulting with other organ
tZatiOns throughout Pennsylvania with reference
TO holding state labor convention In July.