The Labor enquirer., 1883-05-12
The Weeks Telegraph.

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ST. LOUIS, May THE striking coal
miners near Collinsville, Illinois, have
become SO demonstrative against the
men working in the Abbey mine because
the latter will not join them in the
strike that Governor Hamilton has been
obliged to instruct the authorities to
take prompt measures to preserve the
peace and see that the property of the
company is not harmed or intertered
with. The strikers have committed no
overt act as yet, but their conduct has
excited so much alarm on the part OF
the coal company that its president called
on the governor for protection.
CHICAGO, May About one.thlrd OF
the cigar manufacturers of this city havv-
ing refused to pay the advance demand
ed. the union men quilted the shops this
morning. The other shops have con-
ceded the advance.
BosroN, May 1.-The union printers
employed at the University Press, Cam,
bridge, struck to-day, being dissatisfied
with the present rate of labor.
A lockout at the various marble shops
and shoe manufactures began this morn
ing. and 400 operatives are idle at the
different branches. The shoe manutac,
turers stopped work rather than accept
the new price list. There are four fac
tories involved. The lasters' union have
not vet submitted price list to the
manufacturers, but will probably do SO
this afternoon. Both sides are firm.
P1rrsBURG, May The coal miners in
eleven pits along the Panhandle road
are reported to be working at the re-
duction. The strikers are working hard
to get all the miners out, and expect tC
make the suspension of work general by
tomorrow.
PrrrsBUKG, May 8.-Secretary Elan.
merry, of the Coal Miners association
to-day filed a petition for the appoint,
ment of trades tribunal under the
Wallace act to settle the difference be-
tween the railroad operators and
miners.
ST.. LOUIS, May Especial reports tele
graphed to Chicago and sent out from
there in the associated press report this
morning concerning the fire in the West
ern coal mine, at West Belleville, Mon,
day, are grossl! exaggerated Only the
engine house at the mine was burned
involving a loss of about 5000. The fire
is believed to have been the work of an
incendiary and is attributed to the
striking miners, but at a mass meeting
of the strikers yesterday they denounced
the act and promised to do all they could
to bring the evil-doers to Justice.
HARRISBURG, May 9.-The bill prohib,
iting the manufacture, sale and use OF
any article, device or invention for the
purpose Of surreptitiously destroying
human life and injuring property by ex-
plosion or fire, passed the senate and was
sent to the house for concurrence.
New YORK, May 9.-General Walker
counsel for Sheridan and Walsh, left to-
night for Boston to consult with Cover
nor Butler on the question Of the pro-
posed extradition. The counsel for
Sheridan and Patrick Ford, with others
were in secret conference to-day upon
the same subject.
PITTsBURG, May 1O.-A meeting of the
association of the iron manufacturers of
the west was held here to-day. All mills
of the west were represented. 1t will
probably be the final meeting prior to
June l, when the mills will close down
unless the differences existing between
employer and employees is settled before
that date. A lengthy discussion devel-
oped the fact that the. time intervening
since the last conference wrought no
change in the situation, and manufacture
ers, to man, were in favor Of general
shut down unless wOrkmen accepted the
reduced rate, as the present condition of
trade would not Justify the payment of
the present wages. The action of the
committee in refusing to sign the scale
presented by the Amalgamated associa-
ton, and in adjourning the conference
sine die, was unanimously endorsed.
The cigar strike is weakening, and a
number of old hands in different facto-
ries are returning to work.
The status Of the other strikes is un-
changed.
CHICAGO, May 1O.-The striking brick
layers tonight discharged their arbitra-
ton committee, appointed a few days
ago to confer with master builders, with
a view to compromise. The strike,
therefore, appears no nearer an end than
a month ago. The interior of most build
ings is about completed, and it is esti
mated that unless the bricklayers strike
is ended in two weeks, 10000 men of
building trades, plasterers. painters, car
penters, ETC., will be thrown out of en-
pIoyment because there will be no build
ings to,work upon.
OUR EXCHANGES.
The effect of the invitations sent out
by the czar to foreign potentates to at