The Labor enquirer., 1883-11-03
Of stove posish, md innumerable cruci

Of stove polish, and innnmerable cruel
bles
A quarrel between . few Of the
"roughers" on strike It the Dittle Roll
| ing mill, in East st. Louis, and some OF
the men who took their places, few
days since, resulted in one Of the "scabs'
being fatally shot.
It was announced that reduction Of
10 per cent WAS to go into effect at the
| Vulcan Works, at st. Louis, on the first.
This will make total reduction for the
year of 4S4 per cent The employees Of
the Vulcan are working for simply star
vation wages.
According to the census of 1880, there
1873, 143 carpenters in the United States.
This is large field to work in, but we
have "put our hand to t0e pfow" and
don't propose to turn back. The carpen-
ters must be organized And our Broth
-erhood will do it, The Carpenter.
A strike Of 10, 900 miners in Iowa has
been averted by arbitration, and the in
crease of one-half cent per bushel has
been accepted by the bosses, in accor-
dance with the decision of the board of
arbitration. The best feeling prevails
between the coal operators and the
miners.
House carpenters in Baltimore are
more thoroughly organized now than
ever before. Bosses who refuse to pay
union rates have found it very difficult
! to get good hands, and the result has
consequently been, botchwork and much
vexation on the part of foremen and
contractors.
w. H. Foster, late secretary of the
Federation of Labor, has removed from
Cincinnati to Philadelphia. No doubt
before long we will hear of frst-class
Trades Assembly in Philadelphia: 1t
was largely due to Fosters efforts that
the Cincinnati Trades Assembly attained
its prominence.
| The Oldest printerin the United States
is working in Milwaukee. His name is
Wilhelm Keil. He was born April 8,
1900, at Tromsoe, Norway, and there
served his apprenticeship. In 1858 he
celebrated, in st. Louis, his fiftieth anni-
versary as printer The old gentle
man is still /, in good trim, reading and
working without the aid of glasses.
The iourneyman bakers of this city
held meeting at Mechanics. hall re-
Gently for the purpose of devising some
means whereby they might secure an
advance in wages and more time to call
their own, The successful action taken
bv their fellow craftsmen of Washington
was cited as an example for Baltimore
bakers to follow. Nothing definite hay-
ing been determined upon, the meeting
adjourned to meet at an early date
Baltimore Free Press.
The Irish World gives the following
information concerning the iron inter-
ests: Trade is reasonably good at Ak
ron, Ohio. There are strikes at Omaha.
| Nebraska. Trade is very dull at Lon
| don, Ontario There is lockout in force
at Keokuk, Iowa. Ottawa, Ontario, is
overrun with idle men. Trade is very
| bad at La Fayette, Indiana Grand Cross
| ing, Illinois, Norwich. Connecticut. Mey-
1 er's foundry, of Cleveland, Ohio, is
closed against all union men. Stove and
machinery molders are having middling
work in Toronto, Ontario. Brantford,
| Ontario, foundries have very little to do.
Stove and bench molding is brisk at De-
troit, Michigan. Trade is fairat LINER
| lex Station, Pennsylvania, but their rule
there is no card no work. Quincy, Hi
nois reports trade. good in branches of
| the trade. The foundries of Salem,
Ohio, are doing little or nothing. Trade
isVery fair in the stove and machinery
business. Terre Haute, Indiana, stove
and machinery molders report business
very dull. Trade is very dull among
bench molders at Cincinnati.