Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-01
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The wages Of Bay City, Mich carpenters
have been cut from 81. 50 TO $l.35 since
January l..
The SarVen wheel works, Of Indianapolis,
reduced their hands 60 per cent in less than
a year.
All the stove foundries in the vicinity IF
Pittsburgh have started up but Brsdley's,
which will start in two weeks.
The employees Of Carey's cooper shop, In
dianapolis, are still out against a reduction
Of over 30 per e The price paid for
lard tierces is ~! cents.
John A. Perry, stove manufacturer of
Albany n. Y, some weeks ago locked out
50 molders whose only odense was that they
belonged to the Knights of Labor. he is
a notorious prison labor contractor, and his
stoves will undergo systematic boycottiug
BY all labor unions.
The Ohio Commissioner of Labor Stats.
tics reports I59 machinery establishments
in Ohio in 1874, with q capital Of $2l $685.
3i2 invested. The raw material for use in
| these establishments cost $9,22l ,40l. The
amount paid for labor was S6,34l, 2l5,
while the manufactured products were
valued at SIS, 92,9lS.
The Trades Assembly of St Louis have
sent q committee to Jefferson City to use
their influence with the Legislature to Sc
cure the passage of bills against the use of
convict labor, the employment Of children
under IA years of age, and other bills which
viii be introduced during the session in the
interest of worhngmen.
The Steubenville pottery was to have re-
sumed last Monday but did not on account
of part Of the pressers refusing to work be-
! cause there wa not work for all. The boss
decorator and wife, employed at $500 a
day, also struck, on account of their wages
being reduced to s. per day. They took
the fireman with them.
The official journal Of the knights Of
Labor warns workingmen against one
Denny, a bogus organizer, who IS travelling
around soliciting aid from the u~nsuspecting
on the strength of his alleged position. BE
has lately returned from New Orleans. He
Is about Eve feet, three inches high, has au-
born hair. is slightly lame; walks with a
cane, and is a smooth talker when he has
not too much Of a cold
The New York Labor Assembly reelected
Walter n. Thayer president. This was
done in the face of his d~eelination. Sam
uel Gompers was elected First Vice Presl-
dent; Rennick 7. Webb, Second Vice Pres
ident; John Phillips, Secretary, and VIM.
H. Coughlin, Treasurer. The convention
adopted a bill reported by the committee on
convict labor, which provides for the main
tenance OF conyicts.
The St. Louis Union of last Saturday
SAYS: Most of the stove molders are sgainat
work at the same scale Of prices paid last
year A strike still exists at Gage < Hor-
toms stove works, but it is thought the union
will win in the end. Bridge, Beach L Co.'S
stove works will start. up in q few days,
which will give employment to ALT III mold
ers vet idle. Machine molders are not do
ing much at present, aud machinists are
not much better of.
The manufacturing and operative potters
Of Trenton, n. j., have signed an agree
ment that the potters who have been locked
out 90 to work on Monday, Jan. 26th, at
the old rates. A subcommittee of the
Knights Of Labor conferred with the several
branches of the potters trade and en-
desyored to e~uualize and harmonic the
proposed reduction list of wages demanded
by the manufacturers, it being understood
that the final report and settlement is to be
made by Feb. l.
Last summer the Knights of Labor, Of
BAY City, Mich, started q cooperative store
for the purpose Of supplying themselves with
good supplies, honest weight and measure
ment. 1t has proven a success, over $4,000
worth of goods having been supplied at cash
prices. At the last meeting Of the stock
| holders a dividend Of seven per cent on
members purchases was declared, to be sp-
/ pEed on stock. The shareholders are re
| auired to be Knights of Labor. The capital
| stock of the association is 5 5000, raised in
shares of So each, Of which $1,000 is fully
paid up.
The first furnace that ever went into blast
west Of the Allegheny mountains rejoiced IN
the pranomen Bourbon. 1t went into blast
in lI92, supplying all ofthe early settlers
with cooking utensils and heating stoves
and the iron they needed. 1t was situated
en- Slate Creek, in Bath county, on the turn
pike road now leading from 0wingsville to
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. The
castings made there were very durable, but
the furnoce manipulation was of q very
wastefd kind, large percentages OF iron
being drawn of in Stag.
The South Bend Times, in referring to
the recent labor troubles at that place,
makes the assertion that in the Oliver Ptow
Works there are not ten men besides the
foreman who are making 81 per day. while
there are many piece workmen who do not
earn more than IS to 90 cents a day. The
following sums were paid to the parties
named, after deducing amount due for
rent: Mack Doucu, 81 so; Mack Kracher,
81 81; George Wesloski, 81 10; Mack
Kacher. 90 cents; Paul Trumer, s cents;
Frank Knapick, nothing. The Times, in
conclusion, says: at appears from this
statement that of these seven worhngmen
one did not have 3 cent due him on two
weeks work over and above the rent
charged up sgainsthim; three had less than
q dollar coming on pay day, and three were
fortunate enough to draw the muni6ceui
sum of from 81 10 to 81 so whereSith to
supply their families with the necesssriss OF
life"
At a meeting Of the American Timed
Plate Association. held in this city on
Thursday Of last week, Mr.. John jarrett
was elected to the honorable position o
: General Secretary. = position he Is vel
: fitted to 6ll. In his report to the meehnI
: as General Agent, the position be filed las
year, Mr.. Jarret stated that the value OF i'm
: portatious OF tin plates IN the last twenty
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