The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19
LABOR NOTES.
Notes From All Ovsr---Oonditiop Of The
Labor Market.

4 me wooller mill recently burned at Milto,
I Nh, will be rebuilt next spring. .' rs
I The Boston Typographical Union mas re
/ moved the ban placed six years ago on tnf
I, BOSTON Post.
i w. S. Simmons, OF Providence, has leased
nil, at HOPE Valley, II. T., to manufacture
! yarns.
| The knights Of Labor have spread them
4 selves into Bangor, Me-, and formed strong
| assembly.
II il reported that the Knights of Labor vii
eoon open a cooperative laundry In Danbury
Conn.
| Satisfactory progress is said to being maae
1 ~ the effort to establish wool mill at Gar
I diner, Me.
! In Paterson. N. j., the silk workers report
| shat there is plenty of work. but wages are
very low.
| An advance of 10 per cent has peen nlaue y
t;,e nav Of the Iaborers of the WanskucA, II. =.
| midi.
| Howard s. Co.'S shoe factory, BrocKton'
Masa which gave work to fifty hands, was oes
| stroyed by fire last week.
The spoo mill of Austin & Co., Weld, Me'' ls
! aoio . 10 ro,e.,. and more remuneradye business
| than ever before.
| About twenty pairs of mules We're stopped at
the SHADE mill, Fall River, last week, on account
| OF being short Of rowing.
| Tho Kstahdin iron works at Bangor, Maine,
,<burnedtw years ago anu slnce ieo1ssa1' es'l
| IN successfully on the 1st
| nv the burning, on the ID Of Russ shoe rae"
tory at Salem Centre, N. H., forty operausea
| were thrown out of employment.
south Norwalk, CT, reports the hat trade re
covering. Nearly all the shops are at WORK 'allu
some are running full time.
| 4 co~oneratiye nail factory, with 3 capital OF
s1oo ooo has been established at Pittsburg ana
| Steyenyi'le, Q.
sr,,,a french Canadian workmen of Montreai
demand that assisted emigration, except ZOE
| as ricultural labor, shall cease.
n yinelapd. Nj cooperative grocery
| store ia to be established. The knights OF
| Labor have originated it and promised 10 sup-
poit it.
IN Manchester, N H., the Knights OF Lapor
are circulating Il petition for weekly payihenIe
nv the CORPORATIONS. They intend TO get Soooo
signatures
The cigarmakers progressive union, ne"
York. will continue its boycott OF Straiton q
storm. though the Knights of Labor mas re-
moved theirs
rnD0rtS IuaL
thev s,sye hired Chinese and white iaDor 1of
years, side by side, and find the whlte iaoor M
comparably superior.
A new weekly paper, the Rochester Leader
issued its first number at Rochester, N. H., On
the LIST, and will espouse the cause OF lapor'
Cate & Horne are publishers.
s,,,,..,,,s Harrison, of the Amalgamated AS
a1at,t,o,, has IN establishing lodges near
s;,,Na.,,,ar.. fo,. . week nast 1t is said that
nearly l. COO laborers have joint ~ sns
During November 6,4o4 ca3,es ~ Nee
shoes were shipped from ~, 49,,
factories, as against 5,046 csseS o.1s s-Ae
time last rand 1907 the yeas:r peioae'
yy,s esiSnt bs,a.s .isaiis "a. saz
m Pittsburg and Allegheny are Joining 'he
Brakemen' s League, which was recently organ
lied in the West for mutual protection.
There is great distress at Logansport, lno.,
over the failure of the Riverside company.
Hundreds of Swedes and Hungarians are LEFT
to starye, and two months wages due them.
Nv order of the Knights of Labor, issued on
the Sd. nearly 100 operatives left Keene Bros :.
factory. Lynn, on that day. The firm threatens
To remove its business to showhegan, Me-, as
soon as possible.
The vote of the Cigarmakers' Progressive
Union of America on the question OF amalga-
nation with the International Unicn Is nearly
all in. and shows that nearly two-thirds are IN
favor of reconciliation.
The strike among the Eastern coal miners Is
expected to end soon. Considerable suuer'hg
among the miners has been caused ana many
of the mines are already in operation at the
operators terms.
An assembly of the knights Of Labor was
formed in East Bridgewater, Mass, by a. A.
Carlton on the I'd. Another assembly was
formed in Taunton, Mass, the same evening,
which makes seven now In that city.
There are now four lively assemblies of the
Knights OF Labor in Newton, Mass, and two
more forming. The knights there feel jubiiant
over the election of Mr.. Kimball as mayor, 70
whose success they largely contributed.
The Quequeehan mill, Fail River, which iast
week announced Instability to meet Its liabili-
ties, had a capital OF 1000, ran 800 looms,
gave employment to 275 persons when in full
running order, and produced $500 pieces an.
nually.
| The Chinese question is still disturbing the
people, Of the Pacific Coast. The President Oh
| the Cigarmakers' International Union OF San
Francisco Is coming East to make arrange
| rnents with white cigarmakers to take the
places Of the Mongolians.
! A new woollen min enterprise at East Madi
son, Me-, has given quite . boom to the bust
nesr of that pleasant village. New streets arr
being laid out, house lots are selling rapidly
and the villagers are looking forward to be
coming q manufacturing community Of Inn
portance.
| The prescription glassblowers employee
! the Hamilton factories in Pittsburg, Pa, nave
been on strike for one year and two days FOL
| an advance of % per cent On the "a q com
promise of 10 per cent. was accepted. and tn
1 men will return to work as soon rs possible.
i At the national labor convention at Fitts
burg last rear, . resolution Was adopted
| against foreigners crowding home working
men out. As consequence 200 foreign glass
blowers have been forced to return home with
in the past six months, being unable to secur
i employment in american factories.
The Brockton strike is practically ended.
i II 80 on the night on the 4th the twelve mem
hers Of the arbitration committee came out Q
i room II and II at Hotel Belmont. For nearl!
Il fifteen hours the conference lasted, durin