The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

! dentist, Opera house block.
In the California Legislature bill has
been introduced requiring mining com.
paniesiwith subterranean works to have
: a second or escape shaft where any
number of men are employed. Another
bill requires hoisting engines for mines
to be constantly manned by two engin-
eers. Both of these measures are neces.
sary and should be adopted at once.
New Haven takes the lead. A manu-
facturer there has invented a way OF
keeping together the body and soul OF
his wage slaves which is a decided i'm
provement. AS he, was a manufacturer
and held the Office of selectman at the
same time, he simply signed orders upon
the town for help for his own working
men to whom he was paying less wages
than would keep them from starvation.
Forty-seven Hungarians who were
recently arrested for alleged completely
in the railroad strike at Bangor, Maine,
brought suit against Superindent Fish, of
the Lehigh & Lackawanna railroad. who
made the complaint against them, Squire
Jackson, who issued the warrant, and
Constable Jackson, who served it. Their
charge is false imprisonment, and each
complainant claims $4,000 damages
The effort made in the Paterson New
Jersey, silk mills to compel each weaver
to run two looms instead of one as they
now do is not success. The weavers
are offered slight advance in wages.
The effort will be bitterly resisted, and
the weaYers are still out.
The total Incorporated capital of the
fifteen cotton factories in the state of
Maine, is $1O,94O,OOO, and of the fourteen
woolen factories $2,124,00O. Besides
these there are numerous other
woolen mills owned in private capacity.
Under the old law of New Jersey it
was unlawful for two OF more men to
meet and agree to leave an employers
service, it being conspiracy and ,punish-
able as such. Assemblyman Mchaughlin
introduced bill repeating all this, and
enabling labofSers TO combitie as we'll as
employers to protect their own interests.
Any humber Of men Inlay organize a
strike, but any disorderly conduct conse-
: quent upon the strike is punishable as
| before. Therefore the conspiracy laws
regarding Workers have been repealed.
Aspen, Colorado, has just formed what
is knowh'as the "Pitkin County Work
| ihgmen's association"
The Easters employed by Rice & Co.,
lat Warren, Maine, asked for higher
wages, were refused, and struck.
"A. Campbell & Co.'s Union mills;
Manayunk, Pennsylvania, started be-
!. tween 200 and 800 looms on Mon day,
February II, and the number will soon
be increased to the full power of the
mills, two water wheels, 500 looms.
The Arlington Cotton mills, Whining
ton, Delaware, closed February 10 on
account Of strike, throwing out of en-
ployment 500 hands. A reduction of
3 per cent in wages was made a month
ago, and notice was given of further
reduction of 10 per cent. The manager
says that the prevailing dullness in the
cotton trade is the cause of the reduction.
The mill was re-opened on Monday with
three-fourths of the spinners and half
of the weavers at'Work. New men will
take the place of the strikers in all the
departments.
New Jersey legislature has resolved to
get the bottom of the state labor system.
A committee of five has been appointed
and year is allowed to make the in
vestigation.
Communications are being daily re-
) ceived by Mr.. A. C.Rankin, from all parts
of the country, indorsing his action in
: the East Liverpool, Ohio, lockout, offer
| ing free halls and large audiences to the
= dramatic combination organized by him
. Many also recommend the cooperative
: fund of the Order be used to start a rival
, pottery in East Liverpool and assuring
patronage for the wares. The war has
| really begun.-Labor Herald.