The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-21

% iald Oh TWO days In each week for the
next three weeks.
Another invention has been perfected
BY which the labor of sixty men in iron
furnaces and rolling mills can be per-
formed by six, besides vast saving on
coal. :
1t is srumored that the stove manufac-
turers Of Cincinnati, by an agreement,
are paving certain sum per day to
employers to keep their foundries closed
during the trouble.
Tho Trades and Labor Council, of
Residing, Pennsylvania, has passed reso-
lutions boYcotting the Eagle of that city
for being can enemy to workingmen and
their interests, and toady to capital
and monopolists'' sisss
The strike at the Laughlin mill,
Martins Ferry, Ohio, Is over. The
company agreed to work on the rules of
the Riverside mill at Wheeling, giving
the helpers an increase and pay for all
work over weight.
The Panhandle made reduction of
eight more men in their shops at steu-
benville. this making reduction of
twenty-six in all during the past three
weeks. The working hours were reduced
from ten to nine hours. 5.t.
The non-union IRON workers went out
with the union men at the Niedringhaus
mill, st. Louis, for the scale, which is 5
per cent above that of Pittsburg, and
the proprietors were glad to sign after
an idleness of one week. -,
Joe Mcfarland, an able comp. of the
union kind, who put ina couple of years
on the Denver Republican. and roughed
It at Chicago a month, is back again in
Pittsburg. He tells many wild bear
stories. .-Pittsburg Herald. >. :. &. .r.
+ Stonecutters and laborers are adyer-
tised for the Canada Pacific, but before
engaging men should be careful about
terms, wages, etc. 1t is not a pleasant
thing to 60 west and be turned out to
grass IN winter.-Pittsburg Herald.
The New York World says: ITO insure
respect for the law we must make law
deserving of respect. To stop the masses
from attempting outrages against wealth,
we must insist that wealth shall not
commit outrages against the masses"
There is a stove foundry in Keokuk
that is said to require every man who
works there to sign contract to belong
to no labor organization whatever. A
move has been made by the Knights Of
Labor to see if it can be changed, and if
not, to boycott the foundry. =
The Boycotter now says if Mr.. Blaine
and the Republican party does not drop
Whitelaw Reid and the New York
Tribune Blaine will be boycotted. No,
8 has nothing against Blaine personally,
but they despise his seIf-constituted
boomer, Reid. This means considerable,
as Mr.. Blaine must carry New YORK
City.
The cigar international label is getting
to be quite popular. A number Of
dealers have requested the manufactur
ers with whom they deal to be sure and
have the union label on all their goods.
One firm has asked the shop collector
for stamps for every cigar in the house,
and refuses to sell another box until
they are properly labeled.-Pittsburg
Herald.
Mr.. J. C. Carney, ysrdmaster of the
Union Pacific road in Denver, arrived
home from Georgia, Tuesday, where he
has been in attendance at the annual
convention of the Yardmasters' associa-
ton of the United States and Canada.
He reports very large attendance and
harmonious feeling The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, ]. e. Campbell, of
Derry, Pennsylvania; First Vice-Presi-
dent, Captain j. W. Kenny, of Cairo,
Illinois Second Vice President, S. W
Cattleton, Philadelphia; Secretary and
Treasurer, Joseph Sanger, Indianapolis
Chairman of Executive Committee,
William Hicks, Indianapolis, Indiana;
Sergeant-at-Arms, J. C. Reed, Union
City, Indiana.