The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-08
loom weayers tailors, and upholsterers,
besidesa : Women,s trades council. They
have membefship Of about s 600.

loom weavers, tailors. and upholsterer.
besidesa Women's trades council. The,
have : membership Of about !, 600.
Pr,nters' Union No. 8, Cincinnati
Ohio, proposes that . law be passed max
ing it felony for employers to demand
or receive any pledge from thair EN-
ployes to keep them from joining.
Ludington, Wells 4 Van Schalck. Wit
are having trouble with strikers at Irol
Mountain, Michigan, have purchaset
s., 600 worth Of Winchester rifles, to b,
sent to the scene of the disturbance.
The Chicago Typographical Union, a
its meeting on Sunday last, voted to loar
81 600 to aid their New York brethren
| in their efforts to establish q uniform
scale Of prices for the printers of thai
city.
The cigarmakers in Ramos shop, Bal,
timore. Maryland, have struck against q
reduction of wages. Mr.. Burnham, who
has been foreman of that shop. gave up
his position as he would not take charge
of rats.
The trades councils in England and
Scotland are active and large. The Lon
don council represents IA 1854 accredited
members. Glasgow has 1900 members,
Edinburgh 5000, Manchester 5000, Boil
ton $500.
The Higgins carpet factory in New
York, where nearly two thousand
women have struck against 10 per cent
reduction on $40 per week, has 277 looms
and puts out 10000 yards of carpet
every month.
In England the great trades unions
are increasing in membership. In five
of them the number of members has
grown from $4,000 to l25,OOo within six
years. Both their income and reserves
have doubled.
A further installment of operatives in
the Grand Trunk railway shops has been
temporarily discharged. One foundry
has given notice of Is per cent reduction
in the wages of molders, and the men
have accepted the terms.
A strike of the employees at Einstein's g
dress and cloak mandatory, New York,
is again threatened, because they are re-
quired to make up cloaks by hand work
at the same price that was paid for work
formerly done by the machine.
Some of the cigar manufacturers of
Cincinnati have informed the girls in
their employ that if they would with
draw from the union they. would be al
lowed to burn gas at the employers ex-
pense. The girls refused the proposition
spiritedly.
In Hungary there was strike of jour
neyman bakers some weeks ago, to OBJ
tain reduction of the time of labor to
fourteen hours daily. This reduction
was obtained after struggle, but the
employers retain the right to distribute
the fourteen hours and break them up
to suit their convenience. f..
About fifty boys employed in the box
of Lorilard's tobacco factory,
at jersey City, are now on strike. They
give as reason that a foreman named
Mccormack, who is a great favorite
among the boys, has been discharged.
They positively refuse to return to work
until Mccormack is reinstated.
A telegram from David Healy states
that the official vote of seven counties
in New York state, has not been received
as yet, but in the Office of the commits
sioner of labor statistics the majority in
favor of the abolition of, the contract
labor system is estimated at 10000. That
figure ought to be emphatic enough in
all conscience.
The employees of the Superior rail mill,
of Allegheny, operated by A. Kloman &
Co., have been notified that work will be
resumed if they will accept reduction
of 20 per cent in wages. They have not,
given formal answer to the proposition,
but it is known that it will be rejected.
They are uqorganized. The bolt depart
ment of Oliver Bros. & Philips Tenth
street mill shut down Tuesday night on
account of a lack of orders. A reduc-
ton of 10 per cent in the wages of om-
ployes has been ordered to take effect
next week. The laborers at the mill
struck. Wednesday, because of the re-
duction of their wages to $l.1O.-Pitts-
burg Herald. igF