The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-15
LABOR NOTES.

The strike on the Boston Post still con-
tinues. ~
The Kittanning mill has shut down
indefinitely. 49,
The Poughkeepsie printers organized
a union recently. -,
Prospects are dark for iron.workers in
st. Louis at present.
Best set of teeth Ss; try him; DR..
Drury, dentist, Opera house block. e.
The Amalgamated strike, at Birming-
ham, Albany, is still on.
The Phoenix mine near Osceola, Penn
sylvania, is running full time.
The mines of Eckhar, Maryland, are
working only about half time.
The Hartford, Connecticut, printers
have re-organlzed their union.
Best set of teeth s. try him; DIR.
Drury, dentist, Opera house block,
The new coal mine near Moundsville,
West Virginia, are about ready for busi-
ness.
Teeth extracted without pain; 60 to
him; DR.. Drury, dentist, Opera house
block.
The3harness makers of st. Louis had
their demand for an increase of wages
granted.
The Hartford, Connecticut, telegraph
ers intend to accumulate fund for
future use.
The Indianapolis rolling mill has
started up and will run steadily for the
next ninety days. =
Bucks stove works are running about
as usual, at st. Louis. They do not in
tend to shut down,
. The colored wire workers at Oliver &
Roberts mill, at Pittsburg, haye struck
against reduction.
The steel workers at Canton have ac-
cepted reduction of 10 per cent and
are working single turn.
The mines at Barnhill, Ohio, are run
ming full time this month, and the pros
poets for the future are good.
The Valley mills, at Joliet, Illinois,
will shut down December 10, and prob
ably remain closed until spring.
The black sheep at the Cons shohocken,
Pennsylvania, iron works accepted 10
per cent reduction, on Monday. =.
The New York cigar-box makers failed
in their strike and went back to work.
Their union was new and weak. ~
Filley's stove foundry, st. Louis, has
discharged over 400 men, and may shut
down altogether before the holidays
Plano, Illinois, promises to find en-
ployment for over 500 additional hands
in her agricultural machinery works.
The New York Typographical Union
now numbers 1874 members. and is
. equal to any in the country financially.
Philadelphia Typographical Union has
determined to measure its strength with
the non-union Offices in that city shortly
New York Typographical Union has q
fund of over $4,000. Hence the
'hencity" of the late advance in theil
scale. &F
The workingmen of the DalmellingtoT
Iron company, Glasgow, have resumed
work at reduction of 10 per cent II
wages.
Many shoemakers are idle in st. Louis
at present, and the iron-clad oath agains
trades organizations is required in sew
eral of the shops.
Chattel slaves were fed, clothed, shell
tered, and had medical attendance whel
sick. What more do the bond-mortgag'
slaves of to-day get? A..
The strike of the Pittsburg window
glass workers still continues. tits thre
months since the trouble began, AM
settlement seems as far off as ever.
The plate mill of the Pottstown Irol
company shut down Wednesday, becaus
the nailers had struck Monday. Th
bar mill is to close. and 600 men will b
idle.
The plate mill attached to the Bale!
nail works in Harrisburg, Pennsylvanl'
has shut down, and about $50 men are OF
of employment A scarcity of work
the cause.
About the fifteenth some 800 men wi
be laid off at the Niedringhaus rollin
mill, st. Louis, for an indefinite tim
The stamping mill will only be idle ft
about two weeks.
The situation in the window gla'
blowers strike remains unchange'
There is no movement on the part
the manufacturers or workmen or of th
conference committees to report.
Nailers employed by the Pottstow
iron company, which has the largest c
pacity of any factory in the Unite
States, struck last week against reou
ton of 10 per cent in their wages
According to the Pittsburg newspaper