The Labor enquirer., 1884-05-03
LABOR NOTES.

Buy I'0uglaS coal, SS.50 1Or 2,UOU POUNDS.
Telephone 347; Office 17611 Fifteenth street.
The collarmakers who have been en-
ployed in the factory of j. B. Sickles &
Co., in st. Louis, are out on strike.
The t.ricklayers, masons and plasterers
of Buffalo, New York, are agitating for
an advance Of so per cent per day.
About 200 boys struck against 2 per
cent reduction on the thousand in the
shingle mill at Muskegon, last week
The knights of Labor in Grand Ra6ds
are taking in ten and fifteen members
every night; they number about 400
now.
The carpenters of Buffalo, New York,
are pleased at the prospects for seasons
work. Wages run from 81 to $3.50 per
day.
New Bedford Knights of Labor are
enlisting new members at the rate of
over 100 per week. Fall River is rapidly
falling into line.
The Grand Trunk railroad at last has
ordered per cent reduction on all
hands receiving over 81 day. The men
will probably strike.
Tallors and molders are particularly
requested to stay away from Denver. In
fact this is a bad place for any kind OF
workman to come to at present.
The indianapolis Journal, John c.
News paper has been declared an unfair
Office ty the union of that city, and the
boycott will be vigorously applied.
The strike of the shoemakers in Lon
don, inaugurated short time ago, Is
likely 10 spread all over England. They
are striking against the piece system.
Bricilayers' Union No. 3, of Cleveland,
Ohio, has opened a reading room for the
accommodation of its members, to keep
them Of the streets when out OF work,
and to furnish them place of social en-
joyment.
The membership of some of the Eng
lish urions is as follows: Boiler Makers,
$4,000. Weavers, $4,000; Cotton SPIN
ners, 1880; Tailors, 1858; Laborers,
1850, Iron Founders, 1858; Stone
Masons, 10000; Printers, $500.
The Federation OF Labor, at Washing
ton, D. c., passed a resolution THAT this
Federation boycott St. Patrick's church
fair, fer the reason that the authorities
of said building take considerable pains
to hire 'scab labor from other cities1n
the erection of that church"
The strike among the jolners IN
Germany continues, and is spreading
among other trades. The strike was
caused by refusal on the part of the
bosses to accede to demand made by
the employees for an increase OF lO per
cent in wages and less hours work.
The Rochester, New York, hackmen
are indignant over the proposition o.
Gl6 uQQ6TUahSTS W uIC bhSAA S-S -
livery. The most of the hackren are
Knights of Labor, and the assembly te
which they belong has passed resolutions
against the proposition of the under
takers.
Following was the result of the recent
election of Chicago Typographical Union
President, NJ. ]. Carroll; recording secre
tarN C. G. Stivers; secretary-treasurer
Samuel Rastall. Delegates to lnterna
tional convention at New Orleans
Frank Pelton, Thomas A. Cook, }. a
Reeves and James O'Hara.
Cigar Makers Union No. 20, Decatur
Illinois, Typographical Union No. 2l5
and Miners Union No. 2, of the Fourth
district, have organized a trades ant
labor assembly. They held joint bal
on Easter Monday, and intend to organ
ize all trades into unions shortly. Thi
is step in the right direction.
A monster demonstratin in New Yorl
City passed resolutions to push tn
boycott against the Tribune. 'Ther'
was large procession of organized labor