The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-29
Wired Labor News.

| PITTSBURG, Dec. S2.-Umplre Wy OrkS, az
the coal miners fourth pool arbitration board,
decided tile wages question in favor Of the
miners, awarding them cents a bushel. The
operators claimed Il cent less. The miners
are jubilant over the decision. The operators
cannot be seen tonight, but they will likely
assent. ...
LIMERICK, Dec. 23.-The employees at the
gas works struck for higher wages to-day,
and the soldiers were put to work to prevent
the city being left in darkness.
PTTTsBURG, Dec. 8.-It is not believed.
that conference between Campbell & Co.,
glass manufacturers, and the workmen will
take place. Campbell, in card tonight,
admits that he did say he would favor and
vote for RESUMPTION of work If wages of
S5 to 81 day were guaranteed a single
blower, but to entitle the men toa guarantee,
the latter must guarantee to make fifty to
fifty-fve boxes per week, and If they fail
they be paid regular wages. tits not thought
the men will agree to this.
NoRRIsrowN, Pennsylvania, Dec. 25-
James Hoover & Sons and J. Fl. Boone & Co.,
iron manufacturers, announce reduction in
the price of pudding from 81 to S375 per
ton, and the wages of others are proportion
ately reduced.
MOUNT CARMEL, Pennsylvania, Dec. 25.-
The manager of Sunbury Smelling works
reports the company as embarrassed and
needs S75, 900 to place it on sound basis, and
the works are suspended at No. l Franklin
colliery, near Treborton, for three months.
Five hundred men are unemployed.
EAsFoN, Pennsylvania Dec. 25.-The
Thomas Iron company, at Hackendauqua,
and the Crane Iron company, at Catasauqua
will reduce the wages of employees 10 per
cent on January l. Nearly every furnace in
the valley has educed wages.
LONDON, Dec. 26.-A terrible explosion,
which is supposed to have been caused by an
internal machine occurred at Birkenhead
yesterday. Nobody was killed. A lamp
lighter observed two men watching a canister
which was burning opposite dwelling house.
Upon approaching the canister he kicked ita
few yards, when in suddenly exploded, break
ing the windows in all the houses in its
vicinity. The two men disappeared. i
MosHANNoN, Pennsylvany, Dec. 90
There are lively prospects Of an extensive
trouble in the bittiminous coal interests in
Westmoreland, Blair, Huntington, Bedford,
Center and Clearfeld counties. Producers
are extremely reticent in their plans, but it is
pretty generally known that wages in all de-
partments of labor will be reduced after De
eember 81. The miners are said to be well
organized, and 1t is estimated that from Il, ,OOO
to %, 900 men have expressed willingness to
cooperate and assist in a general strike,
which is to occur on January1. The referee
between the Rochester & ,Pittsburg company
and its malcontent miners met yesterday and
adjourned, Notwithstanding reports to the
contrary. An underlined feeling of insecurity
prevails throug hout the strikeng districts.
DUBLIN, Dec. T-The Orangemen are
making great preparations to oppose the Ma:
tionalist meeting which is announced to be
/ held at Dromore, County Down, January 2.
TORONTO, Dec. 27.-The Trades Congress
to-day unanimously resolved that the future
welfare of the working people in the Domin,
ion required the prohibition of importations
of Chinese labor. Is
P1TTsBURa, Dec. 27.-The officials OF the
local miners organization pronounce the re
port of an intended strike, on the first OF the
year of q, 600 miners in Westmoreland, Blair
Clearfeld, Bedford and Huntington counties
as absurd. They say there are not that many
miners in the district, and the men are not il
a condition to strike, as they have had bu
little work and have scarcely money enough
to buy two weeks provisions ahead. Tht
I, Amalgamated Uniou miners only organized
last summer, and they are too poor to star
such strike.