The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-29
now pending in the legislatures Of Massa-

now pending in the legislatures of Massa-
ehusetts and Connecticut.
The Knights Of Labor, at Ashtabula,
Ohio, obtained 1926 signatures to the
petition to restrict the immigration Of
Chinese to the Pacific slope.
Last Sunday the Typographical Union
OF Bloomington, Illinois, declared, the
Leader, of that place "ratn Office, and
ordered the union printers out.
The granite cutters at Mansfield were
given the choice Of working 8 hours
steady, or 81 hours and an occasional
loaf, and they choose the former.
The Iona, Michigan, house of correc-
ton, employs 100 conyiets IN the trade
of cigar making. The contractor expects
to turn out. l0,0OO, 900 cigars next year.
The inspector of child labor in New
Jersey has just made his report in which
he says he found 900 children at work
in thefactories of that state, contrary to
law.
Miners of Usage county, Kansas, ac-
cepted reduction of cent per bushel
on March l. This makes. the price 81
cents, which is the lowest paid since the
panic.
The trouble at the Winchell tin works,
Cincinnati, Ohio, is still unsettled. No
man having union principles or who
belongs to union is allowed to work
there by the firm. --.. H..
The Pennsylvania iron workers, of
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, have shut
down for an indefinite period. The re-
fusal of workmen to accept reduced
wages is the cause. .- w.
The carpenters of Seattle. Washington
Territory, appeal to their fellow workmen
to stay away from that place, as it is
overrun now by idle men, advertisements
to the contrary notwithstanding.
No imported labor under contract, say
the capitalists. What would they call a
large gang of French Canadians who ar
rived at Wareham, Massachusetts,, on
Monday to take the place of striking
miners.
The Pittsburg Dispatch Office base
ball nine intend going to Philadelphia,
the latter part of June, to play a nine
composed of Evening News printers.
The News boys guarantee the Pittsburg
prints royal time.
All the flint glass factories in Brooklyn,
New York, are running, but trade is
dull. The men are only making half
time. They won complete victory IN
their strike at the Concord street factory.
Our exchanges will please take notice
that movement is not on foot to organ
ize a National Miners Union, because
because it was organized last year, and
is governed by the presidents Of the
different state associations. Its men,
bership is probably 7o,O00.-Pittsburg
Herald.
A bill is before the New Jersey legis-
lature to designate labor paper to pub
lish the laws of the state. The Patter-
son Labor Standard will be the succ ess-
full candidate if the bill becomes law.
There is no reason why labor papers
shall not be given some of this pap.
They need it bad enough-some of them
at least.-Labor Herald.
The operators at the Cliff mine in the
third pool, Hutchinson & Co., where the
miners are working below the district
price, wanted the men to sign an iron
clad This waves all right to check
weighman and mir ing laws. The miners
properly refused to sign it. They were
threatened with eviction, and at Coal
Bluff one family has already been evlcted.
Eleven more skilled iron workers
have packed their valises and left Potts
town, Pennsylvania. The aggregate
number that have left since January l
will footup to about 100, all former en-
ployes of the Pottstown Iron company
The nailers at the Plymouth, Massa-
cbucatts mills have Given nm their strike
and returned to work at the company
prices. So says the associated press
telegram. This teaches them that a
strong organization is necessary for a
strike, and they will no doubt profit by