The Labor enquirer., 1883-05-26
LABOR NOTES.

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The house painters OF Baltimore have re-
Gently formed union III r.. -
The coal interests around Boone, Iowa, are
being rapidly de1eloped. e
All the iron mills in Wheeling, West Viz
ginia, are running steadily ssH
Best set of teeth So; try him; DR.. Drury,
dentist, Opera House block. J..
st. Louis parties are to build the new iron
and steel works at Gunnison.
20 Best set OF teeth $8: try him; DR.. Drury,
dentist, Opera House block. 's7t ~ v &staN
A Trades Assembly is to be organized at
Evansville, Indiana. That's the talk
Teeth extracted without pain; 60 to him !;
DIR. Drury, dentist, Opera House block.
Pierce & Curtis, S45 Larimer street, have
cond-hand-school books at very low prices.
The mines at Mineral Ridge, Ohio have
been working very slow for the past month.
The glass trade Is dull at present, but our
exchanges say the prospects are Frightening
A nice lot of boys hats new, at Is cents
each, at Pierce & Curtis, 345 Larimer street.
Nail manufacturers report light stocks and
An increased demand, but no advance in
y Atpresent there are 7O4 coal mines in ope.
ration in Illinois, employing 20, 229 men and
boys under ground.
Thirteen new assemblies of the Knights of
Labor have been established in Ohio within
the past six months.
The journeymen brickmakers Of South
Baltimore are going to form an assembly OF
the Knights of Labor. = III
The stone cutters Of Detroit went to work
May at S3 per day of nine hours. They
stood out like men and won. - f. z
Joe Schnebly, formerly of the Dayton Ga
zette, is doing noble work in Ohio as organ
izer for the Knights of Labor.
The painters of San Francisco were victo-
rious In their nine-hour move. They held a
jolliication meeting onthe eighteenth. 5
The tin and sheet iron workers are trying
to establish an International union. May
they be successful. They need it. r.t., .-,
The mines are running steady at Gordon,
Texas, Just now, but the men complain OF
poor weight. The have no check welghman.
The strike of the compositors employed by
the University Press, at Boston, is ended.
The firm agreed to increase the rates June 1.
Three thousand old books guns, revolvers,
violins, ban jos, guitars, curioStleS, old coins,
etc., etc., at Pierce & Curtis, 345 Larimer st.
Canmakers of Baltimore are in trouble.
The bosses are grinding them down, and 700
workmen were locked out one day last week.
Journeymen plasterers are in demand in
Baltimore as several employers were inquir-
ing for hands during the week.-Labor Free
Press. -
Real estate owners of Pittsburg say the
condition of their business this season will
depend on the result of the present labor ag
itation.
The strike of bricklayers at Hamilton, On
tario, will be successful as most OF the bosses
have already given in, and the surplus brick
layers have left for Buffalo.
The great shoemakers lockout at Cincin-
natl still continues, Between 1000 and 5000
men are out. The Knights of Labor are
doing great good for the locked-out men.
Reports that the St. Louis foundries would
close down soon for the summer are denied,
and it is stated that some Of them are now
crowded with work and have large orders a
long way ahead.
We wish to say once more that the plaster
ers and bricklayers of this city arc not now
nor have they been on strike this season.
Everything is satisfactory in those trades
St Louis Union.
The boss BARRIERS Of St. Louis are endeav-
oring to induce those shop-keepers who do
not Belong to the union to adopt their rules
with reference to the hours on Sunday and
also with regard to prices. War is declared
on the scent shops. 30
The ship-builders of Philadelphia are ship
ping in men from Portland, Maine, because
they will work for less than the union men
of their own city. They have vowed to
break up the ship-builders union. A little
dynamite might teach the Portlanders a
lesson. "A
The bricklayers and master masons of
Chicago have agreed upon board of arbitra-
ton. We are unable to state the result of
their deliberations, but conclude that the
trouble has been arranged to the satisfaction
of the strikers, inasmuch as the associated
press telegraph has been silent on the subject.
Letters from over fifty of the leading ma
chinery establishments throughout the coun-
try indicate the condition of business There
is scarcely an exception to the claim that
manufacturers of machinery are everywhere
in 1ourishing business, and the outlook for
the present year is considered promising
Irish World.
The Carpenters Brotherhood of this city
are doing a noble work. They have mem
bership here of over 1000; they carried the
nine hour movement, and they have organ,
lied branches in Oakland, San Rafael and
Seattle W. T.; and on June l. OAKLAND Will
adopt the nine hour movement. Success to
the Brotherhood San Francisco Truth.
Evans & Co., wholesale and retail marble
dealers of Baltimore, Maryland, have con-
tracted with the state of Maryland for the
labor for five years of cOnvicts in the Mary
land penitentiary for 5719 cents day. The
convict contract system is great thing for
wholesale dealers" but very bad system
for small contractors and honest workmen.
-Granitecutters' Journal.
In Brooklyn the workingmen have splen-
did hall of their own, known as the Labor
ana IN in Gaeago the trades mons
building hall when stopped by an injunc-
ton. New York ST. Louis and other cities
have been discussing the snbject. The brick
LAYERS of Cincinnati have a hall of their own
on Central avenue and have netted thoqs
ands of dollars from their Investment. In
aI;iA.;iIa Nal IorSau the glass workers also