Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-05
LABOR'S HALF-FED HOSTS.
ADDITIONAL THOUSANDS SOON
TO JOIN THE IDLE ARMY.

The Strike of the Philadelphia Shoe
makers not Apt to be Compromised
SOon-LOOm Weavers Winning Their
Point-RailrOads Feeling the Need of
Retrenching,
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4.-The action of
the ShOemakers' Assembly of the Knights
of Labor last night, in refusing to treat
with the manufacturers, has caused con-
siderable indignation among the latter,
who say that the shoemakers' reply was
most uncourteous, and that they should
have come to some definite conclusion or
suggested some temporary arrangement.
The members of the Manufacturers AS
sociation express their determination to
close their shops on Saturday. About
5000 hands will thus be thrown out of en-
plOyment.
STRIKERS JUBILANT.
The striking loom weavers were jubi-
lant to-day over the first break on the
part of the carpet manufacturers, Thomas
Taylor having agreed to take back his
hands at the old prices of 515 and cents
yard. There are 40 looms in TaylOr's
mill. The lo)m fiXers in several of the
mills, who had been requested to teach
learners to weave and to weave them
SOANOof bO-udy .JOlu6u buG SGIlkGTS. I0OSe
who have not been asked to teach or
weave will remain at work.
The knights of Labor this evening
ordered the employees of the Philadelphia
Steel Company to remove their tools from
the shop and goOn a strike. The employees
have not been at work since Saturday,
owing to the refusal of the Manager of
the company to sign the old bill of price
Tor work during the next six months.
They referred the matter to the knights
and the above decision was reached.
THROWN OUT WITHOUT WARMING.
PITTsBURG, Dec. 4.-The new mill of
Zug a. Co. closed down last night until
after the holidays. To-day the employees
of the old mill were notified that work |
would be suspended this evening. The |
reason assigned for the short notice given |
for the sudden stop was the scarcity of |
orders. About ], 200 men are thus thrown |
out of employment for a month.
The guide and sheet iron departments |
of Singer, Nimick 81 Co.'s mill, employing |
about 100 men, closed down last night in |
definitely.
The piece workers in the keystone |
Bridge Company's works were notified |
that their wages will be reduced on Jan. |
l 10 per cent. 1t is probable that SINH |
lar reduction will be ordered in all the |
departments.
A 10 per cent. reduction in the wages |
OF the employees of ID. r. Speer q Co.'s |
planning mill will go into effect next Mon |
day.
SOUTHERN COMPETITION.
The report that the Eastern furnace /
men contemplate reduction of 81 per ton /
in order that they may compete with /
Southern furnaces, is causing much un-
easiness among Pittsburg iron men, who |
say that if the reduction is made they also
Will be compelled to make a reduction in /
order to hold their trade.
ORGANIZING THE MINERS.
A coal operator just from the Kanawha
region says that emissaries of the Pitts
burg coal miners are circulating through |
the districts for the purpose of organizing
miners who have heretofore had no orga-
nization. The effect of this organization
is already being felt in demands at sever
al prominent mines within the past week
OF one-haf centper bushel advance in the |
mining rate. The men are now receiving |
one-half to one cent per bushel more than
the Pittsburg miners, and any increase |
would be strongly resisted by the opera
tors.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RETRENCHING.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 4.-During the pres
ent week about 100 wOrkmen have been
from the Mount Clare shops
OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, of
whom 60 were dismissed from the black
smith department to-day. At all the
shops ON the line of the road there will be
a reduction of the force, except in the
bridge department, which is very busy in
building bridges for the Philadelphia eX-
tension. In all other departments the
time of work has been shortened one hour |
per day.
RELIEF GIVEN STRIKERS.
New STRAITsvILLE, o., Dec. 4.-The
Miners Central Relief Committee yester-
day distributed among the destitute over
$4,000 in cash and about $1,000 worth of |
In addition, large quanti-
ties of goods have been received at Mel
sOnVille. Buchtel, Carbon Hill and other |
places, and ordered to be distributed.
About $1,000 remain in the treasury at
Jacksonville. Reports from the quarters
which are furnishing relief are encOur-
aging. A great deal Of suffering prevails,
and sudden cold weather would increase |
this greatly. No material change is re-
ported as to the strike except that the
Syndicate and Coal Exchange say they |
are increasing their force daily from out |
side labor and that the output will soon
reach the maximum.
GLOOMY OUTLOOK AT BETHLEHEM.
BETHLEHEM, PA, Dec. 4.-The indica-
tlOnS are that the present winter will be a |
hard one for people in the South Bethle-
hem section. The men on this end of the
North Pennsylvania Railroad were yes
terday notified to work only eight hours
day, and that their pay would be 10 cents
an hour, making 81 04 per day. During
the summer the same men were able to |
earn 81 80 per day. The men at the Beth
lehem iron works are greatly dissatisfied |
because out of $50 hands discharged on |
Monday last only few were Hungarians.
Several hundred of the latter class of peo-
pie are employed at the works. They live
on about $15 per month.
CUTS AT SOUTH FRANIINGHAM.
SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, MASS, Dec. Al
Stowe, Bells q Hawley, shoe manufac-
turers at Hudson, have reduced the
wages of their employees 10 to 80 per cent.
At George HOughtOn's shop, in the
same town, the hours of labor have been
reduced to s hours per day.
No Case Against the journalists