The Northwestern standard., 1885-12-12
LABOR NOTES.
Notes From All Over--Oondition Of The
Labor Market,

Notes From All Over--Oondition OF Ihe
i Labor Market
In Lynn. Mass, the knights OF Labor num-
| ber9 900 members, of whom 1900 are females.
Get whatever wages you may, behind you
/ stalks the headssnan ready to make that little
less.
| Labor creates capital and alone gives life and
| value thereto. Then why be dependent on
| capital?
The strike Of the brakemen on the Illinois
Central Railroad was ended by the surrender OF
| the company.
the New York Central Labor Union Will not
hereafter support any strike regarding when
it is not consulted.
| Gotieb Seitz an old-time cooper at BuHale'
NY. is the guest of Patrick McGlore, OF the
/ North Star shop.
In Minneapolis there are seven cooperative
| barrel factories which do business to tne
! amount OF a million dollars yearly.
I The North Star shop has shut down after
| running two~thrds time for week. WORK
starts again when the Pillsbury A mill begins
running.
| The Hennepin shop is running about hal1
time. It is expected that the new storehouse
will be finished by Jim. J. when the shop will
run full time
| 8. r. Jenson Of the Hennepn shop, this
week opens the cooperative store at the cor
| nar of Fifteenth avenue and Seventh street
| south
! On December IA the Fort Wayne Labor Her.
aid will be published as daily, to be known as
| the People. II will give special attention TO
| labor matters.
] The dignity of labor will receive another Sc
we're strain the coming winter, which we will
| hear many sermons on the exceeding sinful
| ness of idleness.
| A missionary fund for the use Of the State
| Central Labor Union OF Tennessee is to be es-
| tablished to be used in organizing all the labor
elements in the State.
The 1000 persons who struck against reduc-
ton of pay in the Gloucester IN. J.> gingham
| to support those who need it most
| A Sharon, Pa, special says that the strike at
the Sharon Iron Company's mill has been salts
factorily settled, and two-thrds OF the pudding
furnaces are now in operation.
A new anti-Chinese bill will be submitted TO
Congress by the California delegation. Under
it's provisions no Chinaman will be allowed to
T,,1,y
Of the 11s members of Congress who last
| winter voted in favor of the suspension OF sill
yer coinage, but 81 have been returned, Wh1le
| 90 of the 149 who voted in opposition to that
| resolution have been reelected.
The Knights of Labor have but one enemy
| which they have any real reason to dread, and
that enemy is themselves. If they are true to
| themselves, there is no power on earth which
ear do them any irreparable injury.
a. A. Carleton spoke to a large and enthus-
astic aaselpblage of workingmen at Pages s
Hall, Aver, Mass, on the evening OF the LIST,
after which an assembly of the knights OF
Labor, which thirty-three of the best men OF
the town Joined, was organized.
The women are interesting themselves in
labor matters. Minneapolis has cooperative
Shit fa1tsry, wt1un 50 1vearuu the ',--s1.i
block and which seems to be getting along
nicely in the face of strong competition, being
sustained by the patronage of the friends of
labor.
The people are fast awakening. The eight
hour movement is spreading everywhere
throughout the land The papers from all the
l.oi r;tia 1r fi,a. pfrv hrinr paw of
meetings, addresses and appeals to the muni-
clpal and state authorities upon this important
question.
The flfth annual session Of the Federation Of
Organized Trade and Labor Unions Of the
United States and Canada began in Washington
Tuesday morning. The twenty-five delegates
present are said TO represent constituency OF
about 100000 workmen. Martin A. Foran, of
Cleveland, was present as visitor. and made
a speech in which he dwelt on the Importance
to the ahoring classes of organization.
The strike III Walace's shoe factory at
Rochester, NJ H.. ended on the 18th uIt. by q
satisfactory settlement between the cammittee
of the Lasters Union and the proprietors. The
Messrs. Wallace, il is reported, acceded to the
demands of the strikers and are to pay the
prices asked. The iasters signed an agreement
to work right along at these prices, without
further difficulty, until July !, next. Work
was resumed last Monday, Seven hundred
hands are now employed.
A great deal is being done Just now In an Of
fetal way to improve the condition of labor.
Not only has Aid. Walsh succeeded in carrying
through resolution which will prevent con-
tractors from reducing the wages of common
laborers ON city work below $l5o per day, but
Aid. Gibson has succeeded in getting resolu-
tion to fix the standard of a days work for the
city at eight hours referred To n committee, of
which he is chairman. A resolution TO abolish
the contract system has been presented by
Aid. Lawrence.
CATHOLIC NEWS.
In 1855 Rechfort, now an intidel communist,
indicted a sonnet 10 the Blessed Virgin.
A school for the children of colored Catholics,
is about to be opened in Philadelphia
Cardinal Manning has been election MEM
Der of the committee of the British and For