The Labor enquirer., 1884-01-05
LAROR, NOTES.

Three Knights of Labor are aldermen
in Detroit.
With the building trades of Baltimore
business is dull.
Best set of teeth S. try him; DR.
Drury, dentist, Opera house block.
The Crescent S,eel works, at Pittsburg,
shut down until January 2, for repairs
and the holidays
A reduction of wages 10 per cent was
proposed to the men at Graf, Bennett 4
Co.'s mill, Pitlsburg.
The Colorado Rolling mill shut down
last week. 1t is reported the mill will be
closed torItwo weeks.
Chain-makers at West Middlesex,
Pennsylvania, are on strike for an adj
vance of 20 cents per day.
A new assembly of knights of Labor,
composed of house-painters, was organ
lied recently in Baltimore.
The International Union of Bricklay-
ers meets in Cincinnati on January A.
the second Monday in the year.
1t is rumored that the puddlers at
Cohoes, New York, will resist 90 cents
per ton reduction-from $40 to 81.
Fifteen per cent Is the cut in wages
given the laboring men at Moorhead,
MCLEAN & Co.'s Soho mills, Pittsburg.
Carpenters are moderately busy, but
the winter weather has put stop to
most of the outside work on buildings. [
Best set of teeth sS; try him; DR.
Drury, dentist, Opera house block.
Several planning mills in St. Louis will
shut down for repairs after the holidays.
They are doing little during the cold
weather. > T. ..- ..-.- 4
Hendey & Myres foundry closed last
week and will not open until next Mon
day The machine department is run
ming short time.
Sewing women in New York are paid
81 for making dozen shirts, and in New
Jersey they make course hickory shirts
for % cents dozen. .-I
The Miners at the Mantle mines, near
Decatur, Illinois, have returned to work,
unsuccessful in their attempt to secure
better screens. En8 .-. a.
An assembly OF. Knights of Labor, COM
posed OF ladies, and known as the Un-
known Assembly, was organizedin in Baltt-
more short time ago.
The Bricklayer's Union of Baltimore
is run on the independent plan, having
no connection with the International
Union or anything else. f.
The Connellsville district officers have
again declared war on the Hungarians
who will not join the union and who
live ,,Dar paxf m NOT hinU '"a-T.
The workingmen of Chicago are or.
ganizing for independent political action
next year. One Butler club has been
formed and others will be,
Robert W. Tinley, treasurer of the Gin
cinnati Entertainment Association, has
absconded with $3.50. His bondsman i:
Thomas NJ. Talon, of l. M. U. No. 20.
The Baltimore Trades Assembly, which
has Just perfected permanent organiza'
ton, is composed of five delegates repre-
senting nearly all the trades in the city
Teeth extracted without pain go te
him; DIR. Drury, dentist, Opera house
block.
The Typographical union meets at the
usual place tomorrow afternoon. Le
all be present who can, as this is tht
regular meeting for the election of Off
GERS. ~ :
About twenty girls employed in tn,
cotton factory of Heustis & Dusenbury
at Troy, New York. struck last SATURDAY.
against reduction of 25 per cent il
wages.
The Wilmington Manufacturing com
pany, at Taunton, Massachusetts, reduce
wages 10 per cent January I. Other mil
managers say they must cut or shu
down. 3...
Ninety non-union molders at Troy
New York, lately joined the union an
struck with the others for higher wage!
The firm threaten to bring on anothe
installment of "scabs"
Following are the only newspapers i
Pittsburg that employ sfats" or Ascabs:
The Sunday Leader, Evening Leede
and Daily Post. All others employ uniol
men and pay union wages.
The men working in the Union Pacifi
railroad yards and on the gravel trair
under O'Brien, we're reduced 25 cent
per day on January |, which makes thei
wages now but Sl.50 per day. vi
In England there are wemen's union
of bookbinders, dressmakers, power-loor
weavers, tailors and upho.sterersl beside
Woman's Trades Council. They hav
membership of about 5000.
The printers Of the Daily Times, I
Paso. Texas, struck last Saturday, and To
paper did not appear next day. The