The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-10
The factory Of Jacob A. Meyer, at
York, Pennsylvania, is busy. 1t turned
out I. 100000 cigars in 1882. -

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out 100000 cigars in 1882.
The strike at Canton, Ohio, is also
over. The ten-hour system is in force,
and no more truck" pay is taken-all
cash.
Trade is dull in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
fisherman & Company, of that city,
have suspended 200 workmen. Other
factories have suspended employees also,
and the outlook for the winter is very
discouraging. f#l NJ ;5
| The Cigarmakers' union of Dayton,
Ohio, now numbers 125 members in
good standing, is in a fourishing condi-
ton and bids fair to become one of the
largest and most powerful organizations
now represented in the Trades Assembly
of that city. -,
IRON WORKERS.
Best set teeth So; try him DIR. Drury,
dentist, Opera house block.
Work will be resumed shortly at the
Quakertown, Pennsylvania, stove works.
Bucks Stove Works, St. Louis, will be
in operation again next week, with 250
men. 49,
The stove molders of Albany, New
York, are on a strike against a reduction
of Is per cent.
The Cleveland Rolling Mill company's
steel works and rail mill, at Cleveland,
Ohio, repairs having been completed.
The Oxford Iron company, situated
five miles from Belvedere, New Jersey,
furnish employment to several hundred
men.
The puddlers at Glasgow Iron works,
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, will have their
wages reduced on February Is from $3.50
to 81 per ton.
The upper Riverside mill, at Wheel
ing West Virginia, which has been idle
for some time, will begin operations
again on Monday next.
The Missouri Car and Foundry COM
pany, st. Louis, have all of their new
buildings up and are soon expected to
be in fulfrunning order.
The Spaulding Iron works, at Brilliant,
Ohio, is being pushed to completion as
fast as possible, and will probably be
ready for operation late in the summer.
Notices of 10 per cent reduction in
wages were posted at the Fall River and
the Mount Hope iron works in Somerset,
and both are now closed and the men
on strike.
AS announced, the sheet rollers met
in convention at Wheeling, recently, but
the delegates we're pledged to secrecy,
and the proceedings were not given to
the public.
1t is said the steel mills at Joliet,
Illinois, will not start up until after the
return of certain experts sent to Europe
some time ago to look up new processes
of manufacturing.
The Elk Hill Coal and Iron company's
breaker at Dickson city was burned at
midnight recently. Over 800 employees
are out of work. The loss is $4,000,
partially insured,
The Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel Workers of Pittsburg, are
arranging for series of mass meetings
to declare in favor of a sound tariff and
protection of home industries.
The following nail factories of Pitts
burg have shut down for thirty days.
In other words, they are on strike
against reduction in the price of nails
Jones & Loughlin, Chess, Cook & Com
pany, Shoenberger & Company, and Zug
& Company.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Pittsburg street car conductors and
drivers are being organized as Knights
of Labor.
A new assembly composed of German
morocco dressers has recently been
formed in Philadelphia.
The Knights of Labor of Chicago
have cooperative bakery and cigar
factory in fourishing conditions.
Garfield assembly, Philadelphia, COM
posed of women, numbers 1000 mem
bers. 1t has given away $500 the past
year, the last donation being $25 to the
Burlington, New Jersey, shoemakers.
Toronto Knights of Labor are flourish