Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-24
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-A peremptory trade sale of fourteen thousand packages of domes- tic cotton goods vas made to-day in the rooms of Wilmerding, Hoguet & Go. by order of George 0. Richardson & Go. The sale was instigated by glut of cotton goods in the market and the prices obtained are 50 per. cent. below those of manufacturers The first lot twenty-five pieces, of Everett blue denim WAS sold at IS cents per yard and twenty-nine pieces at 12 7-s per yard. A few minutes later twenty-six more lots, compris- ing about $50 pieces, were sold to different persons for prices ranging from 10 3-4 to 13 cents per yard. A new shade of fifty pieces brought 10 34 cents and fifty pieces of slate color were sold at the same price. One hun dred and forty-two pieces of Everett brown denim were sold for 10 3-s and 10 1-2 cents and 25 pieces of Andover seconds of the same material brought 10 Is and 10 1-2 cents. A hundred pieces of Everett plaid denim sold for II 1.4c. and 11c., while 45 pieces of two yards brought 10 1-2c; 48 pieces. of Everett check denim sold for 11=4s4e. SEorty-three pieces of the seconds brought 1lc. from large dealer and only 10 7-8e. from smaller house. Fifty pieces of Everett stripe denim sold for prices ranging from 10 Sc. to 10 7-8c. Sixty one pieces of check, comprising these lots, brought 10 40. from one and 10 7-3c. from two other purchasers. Fourteen seconds of the same sold for 10 3-Sc. 95 pieces of Newport slate denim brought Sc. Mystic River seconds of the same stamp brought 123c, while Al pieces of the same stamp, slate, sold at 1O4a1Ofc. Thirty eight pieces of the same shade Mystic River stamp sold for 1O4a10fc. Nineteen pieces of York stripe brought 10fc Two pieces of York seconds brought 104c. Sixty-seven pieces of York fancy plaid denim sold for 101a10fo., and six pieces of seconds brought 104c.
 The Federation of Labor Connecticut
 Workmen to be Banded Together.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-The session of the trades union congress was continued to-day at Turn Hall, Mir. Richard Powers presiding in MT. Gompers absence. A resolution was unanimously adopted offering the assistance of the organization in the enforcementNof the recently passed law forbidding the tenement house cigar manufacture. The legislative committee was also instructed to devote it's time to the organizing of the factory opera tives of the country, especially in Connecti- cut, Rhode Island and Maine. At the even ing session General Blair offered a resolution that the legislative committee of the fedora ton be directed to present to the next Con- gross bill creating department of industry and statistics of public funds to enable the collection of information relating to the con- dition of the Iaboring classes here as com pared with other countries, the amount of capital invested in manufacture, the number of hands employed and such facts as will tend to bring before the United States Con- gress each year the true condition of industry in all it's branches. After considerable dis cussion the resolution was adopted. Another resolution offered by W. c. Pollner was adopted calling upon the legislative commit tee to keep an account of all strikes occur ring in the United States during their term of office and report at the next session of the federation. Resolutions were also adopted referring to the eight hour and convict labor questions. The next session of the fedora ton will be held at Chicago on the first Tues day of October, 1884.