The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-26
1ABoR VOTES.


LLocei labor organisations are nvitsdto contribute
ssems 1oT this colNmn.l
In Cincinnati there are about two hun
dred building societies supported by work
ingmen. so In Philadelphiaband other cit
les outside of New York and Brooklyn.
The carpenters report that nine of the
smaller bosses gave in on Monday to their
demands, and that the Porter stair COM
pany, one of the few large firms holding
out against them, will probably come to
terms.
The Brotherhood sof Locomotive En-
gneers was oaganized in Marshall, Mich,
nearly twenty-four years ago. 1t now has
lo,0OO members, and has paid out over ST.
2OO,UO0 In insurance benefits, and given
away over $500, 900 to the needy, frequent
ly members of the order.
According to window glass manufact-
urer IN Plttsburg, they are stocking up in
preparation for q strike when the works
shut down for the Summer He said that
wages must come down.
The glass-works at Elmer, on the West
Jersey railroad, are in operation at last
Several Bridgeton glass-blowers are said to
be interested in them.
The puddlers in the Cumberland Nail
and Iron Works are on strike for an in
crease OF wages which they claim was prom
lsed them by the proprietors when business
should improve. The business improve
ment has come, but the increase has
not.
In Great Britain 10000 landlords, for do
ing nothing, receive twice as much from
the soil as the total wages paid to $4,000
laborers for working twelve hours through
seven days in every week
Recent experiments at Dupont's Thomp-
SON Point nitro-glycerine works have re-
suited, it is said, IN t e discovery of a new
explosive of tremendous power.-Sdlem
Sunbeam.
The Barbour silk mill strike at Paterson
has ended by the yielding of the strikers.
Shoenberger's iron mill at Pittsburgh,
employing 500 men, resumed operations on
Monday last, after fourteen months idle
ness.
The ten-hour factory bill for women and
| children has again received its quietus at
Hartford, Conn, by vote of ia to AZ.
The shoemakers of Williamsburgh, N. Y.
| intend topreyent any free man from work
ing for the Bay State Shoe and Leather
Company, at the Kings County Penitenti-
airy, for the purpose of teaching prisoners
4 DAC tA00Os
The laboring men of North Brookfeld,
Mass, have carried the two following mo-
tons in town meeting: First, that the town
pay their employees for the ensuing year
$1.75 day; second that no town employee
be allowed to work more than eight hours
a day.
During the latter part of the present
month General Master Workman Powder
ly of the Knigh is of Labor will deliver a
series of lectures upon 'sOrganized Labor -"
in Newark, Elizabeth, Paterson Trenton.
and other cities in New Jersey.
The number of trades unions registered
in England and Wales is 210, their aceum-
ulated funds reaching s529, 587, the annual
income being 1855, 1856, and their member
ship 249,6 Scotland has registered
fourteen societies, with funds amounting
to 916, 891, an income of 912, 1874 per an
mum, and IL, 940members. Ireland has %
registered societies, their total worth being
e3,088, yearly income of 81. 697, and a
membership of 800.
On Thursday evening, April 30th, ex-
Mayor Powderly of Scranton, Pa, the
grand master workman of the Knights of
Labor, will lecture to the peopte of Eliza
bethport under the auspices ,eJHsthe Knights
of Labor. AS already stated in the press,
Mr.. Powderly will make a tour of the
State, speaking in all the centers of indust-
ry on the principles and objects of his or
der. His appearance in Jersey City will be
awaited with good deal Of interest, and
will be productive of some good results.