The Labor enquirer., 1883-06-09
LABOR NOTES.

P. ]. MCGUIRE speaks in Detroit
June 16.s L Abf IL ~ M b-8#
The printers Of Decatur, Illinois, have
formed union. p. ezs$ a8gs gR n a
Best set Of teeth IS. try him; DR.. Drury,
dentist, Opera House block. Z tHfEBEI
1 In Erie, Pennsylvania, the Mt Hickory
rolling mill is temporarily shut down.
A 2-cent evening paper is toEbe issued
in Cincinnati, commencing about July To-.
The glass tradeis dull, generally speak
ing, and most of the firms are stocking
up. E
The iron trade is moderately good in
Youngstown, Ohio The nail mills are
very busy. .-,..sf 49,. ...s. ..'
The Cleveland iron mills are running
full time, the operators signing the scale
on the first. ~. 49,. a..-- ..-
The Plasterers' National union will
hold their annual convention July II,
1888, in Cincinnati. =
Quite a respectable sum was raised in
East St. Louis for the striking coal min
ers in that vicinity. f..
Best set of teeth $S; try him; DR.. Drury,
dentist, Opera House block.
The carpenters of St. Louis are begin,
ming to agitate for an advance and uni
form scale of prices. -.- ..-
The Iron Moulders Journal reports
prospects encouraging for the summer
and fall in that trade.
Every portion of the Allentown,
Pennsylvania, Rolling Mill company's
uorks hos bpan closed
The Scranton steel mills are running
steadily at present, turning out an I'M
mense quantity of rails.
Pulitzer's new venture, the New York
World, will be strictly union office
heneeforth. So Joe says.
The yardmasters' picnic was a tinan
cial success, though rain lntertered to
some extent with the festivities.
Carpenters are moderately busy in St.
Louis at present, but there is no such
thing as a uniform scale Of prices.
Twenty new members were added at
the last meeting of the journeymen tall
ors, of Philadelphia, on Saturday last.
Teeth extracted without pain; 60 to him;
DR.. Drury, dentist, Opera House block.
The miners are still outat the National
mine, at Washingtonvllle, Ohio, with
the exception of SIX men out of ninety
four.
H.. Coal minersgat Bellaire, Ohio, are on
strike against a reduction. They say
they could hardly live at the old rate of
wages.
The miners of Lasalle and Oglesbv,
Illinois, have agreed to organize Inder
the Miners Protective Union of the State
of Illinois.
The Brown Stonecutters union Of
New York is in a most t1ourishlng con-
dition. Since MaX1 they receive IS per
day for eight hours work.
The next annual session of the gener-
al assembly of knights of Labor will be
Z held in Cincinnati, Ohio, commencing
Tuesday, September 4, 1888. :,
The victimized pottery men of East
Liverpool who went to East Palestine,
Ohio, and started a cooperative pottery,
Z are doing an excellent trade, with good
prospects.
1t is stated that the shoemake ers of
Philadel phia ask an increase, but the
state of trade is reported such that the
manufacturers will not grant it, and are
preparing for strike.
The miners at Newport, Indiana, are
on strike against a reduction Of ~ cents
per ton and 20 cents a set on tlnberlng.
At the old price the average wages was
about $50 per day.
The ship carpenters and caulkers of
Philadelphia and Cambridge, New Jer,
sew, are still out. \ large number Of the
men have secured employment at the
trade elsewhere. The strike is for twen-
ty-fve cents a day increase.
The membership of the stone masons,
of Philadelph is reported to be 220,
The trade is reported to be in flourish
ing condition and most of the hands re-
ceiving $3.50 per day. This resolution
was settled upon as the regular wages
for the season,
TO COAL MINERS.