The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-27

The Union Glass works, Martins
Ferry, Ohio, will resume operations
about February l.
The location of the new crystal win
dow glass manufactoryiat Bellaire, Ohio,
has been decided upon:
The Beatty Glass works, Steubenyille,
Ohio, had a very narrow escape from
destruction by fire few days ago.
The Fox Tumbler factory, Steuben-
vile, Ohio, is to be sold by the Sheriff in
a few days. The proprietor having died,
the property must be sold, I j..
The New England Glass works, estab-
lished in 1918 and located in East Cam
bridge, Massachusetts, employ 300>hands
in the manufacture of colored glass.
The Baltimore bossesof glass factories
evidently oVerreached themselves when
they had their striking employees arrested
for inducing the Belgian blowers to join
the union.
The deputy sheriff of Gloucester
county, New Jersey, called upon the
National guard of that state to be ready
at any moment to shoot down the strik-
ing glassworkers at Malaga, Y
/ The strike of glassblowers in south
ern Jersey is ended, the. manufacturers
having met the strik ers' demands for
the reason that the Belgian blowers i'm
ported to this country are unsatisfactory.
MISCELLANEOUS.
William Casey, a member of the Plas-
terers' Union, died suddenly in Toronto,
recently, in an apopIectic fit.
/ The Wood Carvers' unions of various
I'cities met in Philadelphia, January 10,
and formed National union.
The printers of Cleveland, Ohio, have
formed an assembly of the Knights of
Labor, and bid fair, to have good one.
There is something wrong with the
union man or Knight of Labor who will
patronize Chinese or a scab newspaper
Labor Herald.
The printers in Vienna, Austria, are
on strike for an increase Of wages. Sew
eral papers have been forced temporarily
to suspend publication.
An active movement is being made to
establish free public library in St.
Louis. The sci hool board will be called
upon to assist in the work.
At Detroit, Michigan, the fifth annual
convention of the Lake Seamens Inter
national Union was held on December
y, and it was we'll attended.
The men who pay their dues in the
Buffalo Machinery Molders have decided
to no longer work with men who have
been suspended for non payment. /
Two thousand workmen in the est6ve
works in Troy, New York, are Oh Strike
against Is per cent reduction in wages.
There is great excitement in labor cir
Cles.
The Chicago Trades Assembly has in
augurated an early closing movement
among the clerks in Yarions leading
stores, and it has resulted successfully in
several instances. 1
The New York pIasterers, on December
30, gained their strike to maintain 81 per
day. They were out three weeks and
compelled all tie bosses to accede. The
cause of the strike was that some en-
ployers were hiring men for $3 and $3.50
per day.
The workingmen and trades unionists
of St. Louis have established labor head
quarters in the center Of the city with a
library and reading room and meeting
halls for the unions. The Labor lyceum
for the discussion Of labor questions has
been Reconstructed.
In Montreal, Justice Loranger has de-
clared that labor unions for demanding
higher wages are illegal, and has awarded
an employer $50 damages against man
named Bourden, member of union,
who induced fellow workman to leave
his employers service.
The Stonecutters' union held it's regu-
n I II
January 10, at which the following
officers were elected President, James
Bather; vice president, David Verify !;
treasurer, William Mcdonald secretary,