Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-09
LABOR's PACK OF TROUBLES
Belgium Proves no Refuge for the Win
dow Glass Blowers.

Belgium Proves no Refuge for the Win
dow Glass Blowers.
PITTsBURG, March S.-Many window
glass blowers who went to Belgium to
work during the late strike, having been
promised big wages, have returned. They
report that since their settlement there
Al factories out of 156 have ceased opera
tions, owing to a great falling off in the
demand, and that manufacturers have been
compelled to reduce wages 10 per cent.
Great dissatisfaction prevails among
American workmen at the condition of
affairs, and more emigration to this
country is expected.
THE AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION.
PITTsBURG, PA, March s. p. M.-The
District Convention of the Amalgamated
Iron and Steel Workers Association will
meet here at O'Clock this afternoon to
receive reports from the various lodges in
regard to the terms they wish to have in
cOrpOrated in the sliding scale for the
next year. Meetings Will be held in
Wheeling. New Albany, Chicago, Terre
Haute, Youngstown and Philadelphia for
the same purpose. A national scale con-
yention will be held in this city April 3,
when a scale will be adopted The indi-
no changes in the principal items of the
scale. which will be based upon So 30 for
pudding, as it was last year. One of the
causes OF the trouble last year was the
introduction of the engineers scale of
wages into the general scale. This was
bitterly fought by mill owners, who as
serted that the attempt to make the rate
of wages of mill engineers uniform when
the degree Of competency was very far
from uniform would be an unmixed evil.
1t is not probable that this will be urged
by the wOrkmen this year. One of the
questions which will be discussed will be
the manner in which the association shall
attempt to regain ascendancy in the mills
where the association has been worsted
in attempts to carry out strikes. The
policy OF the association has hitherto been
not to allow union men to work in such
mills together with nOn-uni0n men. 1t is
said that this will be changed, and that
association men will be allowed to re-
turn to work for the purpose of regaining
their old power by degrees.
BUFFALO PRINTERS QUIT THEIR CASES.
BUFFALO, March Sat the time to
commence work in the Office of the EUen-
lnq Republic and Morning Courier to-day,
which is a nOn-uniOn office eleven union
printers and several ''subs7 left their
cases by order of the President of the
Typographical Union. The cause of the
move was an effort to make the office a
union one, which the management re-
fused to do. Mr.. McCune, the proprietor,
was out of town at the time attending to
a sick daughter. Two years ago, when
the big strike occurred, be acceded to the
union rates of 80 to 80 cents per thousand
ems. The evening editions, notwithstand-
ing the strike, were issued regularly, and
accessiOns are expected tomorrow.
GLASS BLOWING RESUMED.
ST. LOUIS, March S.-Two of the lead
ing glass works IN this city have lighted
their fires and others will follow suit in a
short time.
The works at Alton, H., have also start
ed. This gives employment to more than
1000 men who have been idle for several
months.
CIGAR MANUFACTURES THREATEN A
LOCKOUT.
CINCINNATI, March S.-The cigar
manufacturers threaten lock out, Mon
day, owing to a disagreement between
them and the cigar makers about the
wages of two men.