The Labor enquirer., 1883-05-12
LABOR NOTES.


The coal miners of Ohio will stand by the
striking brothers in Pennsylvania
Reductions in miners wages is the order
of the day in the Indian Territory. ~
Pueblo has union of mOlders, No. 1872,
lust organized, with bright prospects.
Three large rubber factories at Brunswick,
New Jersey, have resumed operations.
Teeth extracted without pain; 60 to him; :;
DR.. Drury, dentist, Opera House block.
Pierce & Curtis, 345 Larimer street, have
secondhand school books at very low prices.
The PENNSYLVANIA House has rejected the
bill making eight hours legal days work.
Carpenters have generally secured an adj
vance of wages to $3.50 day in New York.
Imperial Refinery, of Oil City, PennSylva-
mia, is not shut down, as has been reported.
A nice lot of boys hats, new, at IS cents
each, at Pierce & Curtis, 345 Larimer street.
Seventy five chain makers are on a strike
at the NiXdorff chain works in North st.
Louis.
Laughlin iron mill, Martins Ferry, Ohio,
IS booming with work at present with good
prospects.
R. F. Trevellck is lecturing to the work
ingmen in the east. Be practical In your ad-
vice, Richard.
Etna mill, Martins Ferry, Ohio, is rnn-
ming steadily with good prospects and DONG
an immense trade.
Herr Most has been visiting Louisville,
Kentucky, and doing his most to inspire the
people of that city.
All departments of the St. Louis iron mills
in East St. Louis are on steady, double turn,
with good orders ahead.
The carpenters of San Francisco, at re-
cent masS-meeting, decided t. work only
nine hours per day hereafter.
Harness and saddle makers are wanted in
this CITY, First-class workmen are not plen-
tiful enough to supply the trade.
Chicago has instructed her delegates to the
International Typographical union to work
for the abolition of the Sub-llSt.
Three thousand old books, guns, revOlvers,
viOlfns, banj0S, guitars curiOSities, old coins,
ETC., etc., at Pierce & Curtis, 345 Larimer st.
Detroit tailors are not organized, and as
consequence are continually subjected to in
Justice of which they are always bowling.
Better organize.
Decatur, Illinois, has three assemblies of
the Knights of Labor, the oldest of which
was organized in February, 1882, and has now
membership of $50.
The difficulty with the Detroit runkmak
ers has been amicably settled by the Knights
of Labor board of arbitration, and the men
are all at WOrK again.
Miners employed by the CamottOn Coal
Company, Carrollton, Ohio, which is Operat-
ed by Stout, Van Wickle q Co., OF Cleye-
land, are on strike.
The new chan-making establishment at
West MiddleseX, Pennsylvania, is to have
large addition built this spring. One hun
dred fires will also be started.
Eighteen millers in A. A. Taylor's Touring
mill, MasSllOn, Ohio, made a request on
May l. for higher wages. The demand was
refused and the men went out.
Another strike of the Lynchburg, Virginia
tobacco operatives is threatened unless the
prices are increased. The operatives have
organized strong union. The StemmerS
struck on Monday.
All the fOundreS in Denver are busy, and
there are not mOulderS enough in the city at
present to supply the demand. Men are be-
ing sought by advertisements. Wages are
1926 and $3.50 per day.
Nearly all the st0ne-cutters of St. Louis
are now on strike for 81 per day. They
are confident of carrying their point, as a
large number of buildings will come to a
dead stop unless the additional so cents is
given.
A meeting of miners was held at the bridge
between COllinSville and Belleville, Illinois.
A resolution was adopted favoring general
strike throughout the district unless an ad-
vance is given in prices. The entire region
is now out.
Railroad contractors near Adrian, Michi-
gan, employed force of Poles at $1.5O per
day, but attempted to stand them off with
S1.25: row enSued, the contractors fled,
and the militia were brought out ''to ouiet
the disturbance" So goes.
ID. M. W. MADEIRA, of the Knights of labor,
has recently organized a new assembly of
the Knights among the chain-makers Of ST
Louis. Over 100 members have been initia-
ted in the new assembly, and the future of
the chain-makers will be brighter than it has
been.
The seven hundred striking cigarette ma
kers OF Kinney Brothers, of New York, half
OF whom are women, met May l., and form
ed Two organizations one of each sex. Res
olutlons were adopted declaring their deter
mlnatlon 10 remain out until their demands
are granted.
At Homecoming, Maryland much complaint
IS heard OF the duilness of the times. Most
or nearly so. The Midlothian is doing fair
work, the Borden shaft working full: Old
mine half time; New Hope and Alleqanv
have shut down entirely, and it is reported
that the Eckhart is to quit also.
Several accidents occurred last Saturday
evening at the Vulcan Stealworks, Caronda-
let. Dave Maher had his legs and back bad
ly burned by liquid Steel Henry Hampton
had his right hand lacerated by furnace
hook. Robert Letroy was cut and burned
on the left forearm by a hot bloom. Live
stock insurances companies give the Vulcan
wide berth. It's too risky, as the ''sheep''
are liable to lay one another out at any mo-
ment.-St Louis Union.
Personal,
Dick Watson, John Boland and Alex.
Mcleod are making the stone slivers fly at
Salida. where they receive each a cnnN of