St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-12
OUTSIDE LABOR NOTES.

THE MCCORMICK REAPER STRIKE AND OTHER
INDUSTRIAL MATTERS.
The principal event of the past week in the
outside labor circles was the strike of /, 200
men employed in the Mccormick reaper
works at Chicago. The operatives held an
orderly meeting and discussed temporarily
their grievances. Subsequently number of
them were fired upon by Pinkerton detectives
and one old man dangerously wounded,
which action on the part of the officers is said
to have been wholly uncalled for. The four
who fired into the crowd were arrested The
Joliet Qll.) quarry strike continues I'M
changed, but it is believed the men will
soon be at work, as the employers
have several heavy contracts to meet and will
lose money if they are not fulfilled. The
great railroad strike ON the Gould system has
terminated successfully for the employees,
and the adjutant general of Missouri COM
ments favorably upon the orderly conduct Of
the strikers. The reports of war in Europe
it is thought, will improve the iron and steel
trade, as heavy orders for vessel armament
are expected. Ohio river industries are
somewhat improved. Pennsylvania coal
matters continue in about the same condi-
ton, with here and there a little improve
ment, while in other places there is still
little depression. All branches are
reported dull in the South, though the South
ern iron industries are spoken of hopefully.
The subject of child labor is working its way
westward, the Ohio legislature having before
it bill to prohibit children under IA years
of age from working in factories. The East
ern hat makers are still more OF less agitated
The lower house of the Illinois Legislature
passed by a vote of 81 to "a truck" bill,
providing that employees shall be paid in cash
and not in trade for services. On the whole,
there seems to be better feeling generally,
and better times are confidently expected.
GENERAL NOTES.
Rosedale, Kan, has Labor lyceum
The rolling mill at South Chicago will be
put in full blast next Monday, giving en-
ployment to 300 additional men, making the
total force 1000.
A large number of plate printers and other
employees of the bureau of engraving and
printing at Washington were discharged
from that bureau on account of the small
appropriation for the continuation of work
there.
1t has been proposed to have printing done
in the prisons of Massachusetts,. The union
printers have entered protest.
Members of au anti-Chinese procession
parading in San Francisco maltreated all the
Chinese that came in their way. Twenty
Cinnamon were injured, one fatally.
All laborers on the work of Canadian Pa
cifc construction on the Rockies are on a
strike because of non-payment of wages.
The pay car is now on the way out
The national scale convention of the
Amalgamated Association of Steel and Iron
Workers will be held in New York April IS.
There have been no developments in the
strike of quarrymen at Joliet, Ill. Convict
labor is at the bottom of the trouble.
Everything is quiet in Kansas City rail-
road matters since the successful ending of
the strike. The men are strongly organized
and feel good over their late victory.
Another strike has occurred in Philadel-
phia among the stevedores, this time the Red
Star line being interested. Two of their yes
sells were unable to clear port last week.
New Orleans cotton yard men are doing
little or nothing, and all branches of labor
are reported exceedingly dull in that city.
Moorhead's mill at Pittsburg is preparing
to make heavy armor plate for the Russian
and English governments for war vessels.
The bill creating bureau of labor stats
tics in the state of Connecticut has been
harging fire in the legislature, and the
Arnalgamated Trades Assembly of Hartford
has appointed committee to urge its pas
sage.
The printers of New York are preparing to
give a grand reception to tie delegates of the
International union, aud these lucky dele
gates will have a festive tine when they get
there Among other things they viii be
taken on q steamboat excursion, through
which they will find out the resources Of the
| printers craft
The Brotherhood OF Carpenters and Joiners
of America gained 1,34S members during
! the past year.
Time tried and true is DR.. Bigeiov's Posi-
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