The Northwestern standard., 1885-12-19
LABOR NOTES.
Notes From All Over---Condition Of The
Labor Market.

Notes From All Oyer---Condition OF Iht
Labor Market.
The woollen mill recently burned at Miltor
N. H., will be rebuilt next spring.
The Boston Typographical Union has re
moved the ban placed six years ago on the
Boston Post.
w. g, Simmons, of Providence, has leased
NIL, ST Hone Valley, X. l., to manufacture
yarns
The knights Of Labor have spread them
selves into Bangor, Me-, and formed strong
assembly.
IF ia reported that the knights OF Labor Will
soon ope1, o cooperative laundry in Danbury,
Conn,
Satisfactory progress is said to being maoe
IN the effort to establish wool mill AT 0a1- 0
diner, Me.
r., patarson. N. j.. the silk workers report
+,,.t t,are 10 n,enty of work. but wages are
very low.
An advance Of 10 per cent. has been mace IL
+be nav of the Iaborers OF the WanskucK, II. L.
mill.
powara ss Co.'S shoe factory, Broekton'
Mass which eaye work to fifty hands, WAS oe"
stroyed by fire last week.
Tho spool mill of Austin & Co., Weia' Me- 10 =
doing n larger and more remuneraIlVe o.sinee'
than ever before.
Aho,,t twenty pairs Of mules were stopped ..
~, ,t,, Eal1 River last week, on account
of being short Of rowing.
,r,,e X Katabdin iror, works at Bangor, Mahie,
burned two years ago and since rebuilt s'ai'ou
up successfully on the lst
nv the burning, on the I'd, OF huss shoS. ielo.
torv at Salem Centre, N. H., forty opeisuSo7
vera thrown out of employment.
so,,th Norwalk Ct, reports the hat traae re
covar;np. Nearly all the shops sre at WORK ana
some are running full time
A co-cnerative nail factory, with capltal o1
s1oo DOo. has been established at P1ttspurg aho a
Stevenville, 0.
The French Canadian workmen OF H1onlh mon 90
demand that assisted emigration, eAcep' ~
nc ricultural labor, shall cease.
Tn yinelapd. NJ, a cooperative grocery
.+,ra ia to he established. The kngnts OF
I.abor have originated it and promised 10 sup
polt it.
Tn Manchester, N. H., the knights OF LABOR
are circulating petition for weekly easiii
nv the CORPORATIONS They intend to ger So,ooo
signatures.
The ciearmakers' progressive UNION, Her
York. will continue it's boycott OF Stralton q
storm, though the Knights OF Labor mas re'
moved theirs.
The California Jute Company reports tha'
they have hired Chinese ana Wh1te raw -
vears. side by SIDE and find the white LABOR III
comparably superior.
Anew weekly paper, the Rochester Leader
issued it's first number at Rochester, y. H. oh
tbe 1st. and will espouse the cause OF laDor'
Cate g. Horne are publishers.
President Harrison, of the Amalgainated AS
,,oiat;on has been establishing lodges near
wilpashar,,e for a week past. 1t is said that
nearly 900 laborers have Joined the order.
During November s,4o4 cases of boots ana
shoes were shipped from HoiprooA, mass'
factories, as against 5,o46 cases during tne same
time last year ard 4,6O7 the year before.
The freight brakemen on nearly all tne roaus
.n Pittsburg and Allegheny are joining ene
rnkes1e1l' 8 Le... do ecraoa eeoeptly nrpaS1
zed in the West for mutual protection
There is great distress at Logansport, Ind,
,yer the failure of the Riverside Company.
5undreds of Swedes and Hungarians are LETT
q starye. and two months wages due them
nv order of the Knights Of Labor, issued on
he Sd, nearly 100 operatives left keene bros
factory, Lynn, on that day. The firm threatens
o remove its business to showhegan, Me-, as
soon as possible.
Tho vote of the Cigarmakers' Progressive
Union of America on the question OF amalga-
nation with the International Union is nearly
III in and shows that nearly two-thirds are in
'ayor of reconciliation.
The strike among the Eastern coal miners Is
to end soon. Considerable SUFFERING
among the miners has been caused ana many
If 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. aud two
more forming. The knights there feel juoliant
over the election of Mr.. Kimball as mayor, to
whose success they largely contributed
The oueauechan mill, Fall River, which last
week announced it's inability to meet Its labili-
ties, had a capital Of 100000, ran So6 looms,
gave employment to 2T5 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 OF
the Cigarmakers' International Union OF San
Francisco is coming East to make arrange
meuts with white cigarmakers to take the
places OF the Mongolans.
A new woollen mill enterprise at East Madt-
son, Me- has given quite boom to the busi-
nesr of that pleasant village. New streets are
being laid out, house lots are selling rapidly !,
aud the villagers are looking forward to be-
coming manufacturing community of Inn
portance.
The prescription glassblowers employed at
the Hamilton factories h Pittsburs, Pa, have
been on strike for one year and two days for
an advance of % per cent. On the I'd com
promise of 10 per cent. was accepted, and the
men will return to work as soon as possible
At the national labor convention at Fits
burg last year, resolution Was adopted
against foreigners crowding home working
men out Az consequence 200 foreign glass
blowers have been forced to return home with
in the past six months. being unable to secure
employment in American factories.
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