The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-28

agreed to settle the matter by adopting
Wheeling prices, and as this involved no
change the miners came out on top.
All miners are urged to stear clear of
Shellboure and Currensville, Indiana, as
there is a strike there against reduc-
ton of 10 cents.
One hundred and fifty miners, work
ing at the Trotter Works, near Connells-
vile, struck against seven Hungarians
who were put to work.
The strike in the rolling mills of the
Diston saw works at Philadelphia, has
been adjusted, and 243 out of 250 strikers
have again resumed work. ". =
A general strike of stove molders is
threatened at st. Louis this week. They
want to cut the men down Is per cent.
There is strong union there.
Many Pittsburg stonecutters are begin
ming to see the error of their ways, and
there will shortly be an increase IN the
number of union yards.-Herald.
Every state in the United States, as
well as Canada and European countries,
will be represented in the next General
Assembly of the Knights of Labor.
An effort is being made to organize
the upholsterers of Chicago. There are
at least 500 of the trade there, and yet
only about $50 belong to the union.
The miners of La Sale, Illinois, to the
number of 1000, met and concluded to
work for the coming season for 80 cents
per ton, 5 cents per ton less than last
season.
Very encouraging reports come from
the glass centers of England as the
result of the labors of Messrs Cline and
Burtt. Nearly 500 men have joined the
union since their visit.
The operators at the Clifton mill, West
Virginia, refused to furnish ice water
and the men struck, but Vice President
Thompson got the bosses to furnish it,
and all is lovely again.
The miners on trial at Washington,
Pennsylvania, for conspiracy were found
guilty. The miners officers will carry
the case to the supreme court to test the
of the law.
Great dissatisfaction exists among
street car drivers and conductors, at
Cincinnati, and they are organizing with
view to a general strike, if unsuccess-
full in an application they will soon make
for shorter hours.
The Woodvale Woolen mill, at Johns
town, Pennsylvania, suspended opera
tions on Monday for an indefinite period,
on account of lack of orders. Three
hundred employees are idle in conse-
quence of the suspension.
At Hew Haven, Connecticut, large
number Of girls are on strike at rubber
factory. SIX weeks have passed since
the trouble began, and the girls are still
solid. The fight has now been taken up
by the Trades Council of that city.
The Louisville and Nashville railroad
has cut the hours of work in their
machine shops from sixty hours per
week to nine hours day and then lay
the men off from work on Saturday,
thus only giving forty-fve hours per
week.
A resolution has been passed in the
Central Labor union, Buffalo, requesting
President Thayer, of the State Trades
Assembly, to petition Governor Cleve-
land to call a special session of the
legislature to pass laws relating to prison
contract labor.
The wages of the scab employees Of
the Bethlehem Iron company, at Birger,
Pennsylvania, were reduced over 20 per
cent on Friday. Helpers who were get
ting s1.S5 a day are now receiving $l.39.
No reduction has yet been made of the
employees at the company's works in
Bethlehem.
A reduction of Is per cent was offered
to the machinery molders by the Pitts
burg Manufacturing company, which
the men refused to accept. The trm
then suspended the 1915 men, and then
reinstated them with the proviso that
they work for $3.50, which was accepted.
The s.. so men were then served likewise,
but when offered 1925, they refused to
90 to work, as that figure is below the
union scale. and declared the Manutac-
turing company's works "a struck shop
The men, consequently, are out against
reduction, and not striking against non
union men, as stated in the daily papers,
Prepare for This.
The various assemblies of the Knights
of Labor in this city have consolidated