St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-02

The Gould railroad system In Texas Is
threatened with a strike soon unless the
present working hours are reduced to ten.
The executive committee Of the Working
mems association calls upon all employees of
the Missouri Pacific and its leased lines, in
Guiding the Texas Pacific, to absolutely re-
train from working over ten hours per day
in any department, either day or night eX-
cept in cases of emergency. and then only
when half time is allowed for such work.
The chief of the bureau of statistics at
Washington, ID. c., reports that the total
values of the imports of merchandise during
the twelve months ended June 80, 1885,
were S577, 476, $50, and during the previous
twelve months, S667 .697, 693, a decrease Of
$50, 800, S43. The values of the exports of
merchandise for the twelve months ended
June 80, 1885, were S741, S93. 663, and for
the twelve months ended June 80, 1884,
were $40, SIS, COS, an increase of 81, $780,
074.
The president has taken new step, but
one in which he is well grounded. by or
dering the eight-hour law to be applied in
spirit as well as letter, by putting men on
eight hours work at the regular wages.
The change is cOmmendable as affording
practical experiment. 1t is likely to be
shown that eight hours good, honest work
will in the long run accomplish as much as
was done under the old ten-hour system
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Schoenberger's iron and steel works will
start full in every department except the
nail factory on Monday, giving employment
to 1000 men. During the past week
number of heavy orders have been placed
with Schoenberger 81 Co., and it is said the
NviI ct1 he
1t is generally believed this marks the adj
vent of better times in the iron trade.
On Wednesday portion of the Old Ferry
rolling mill at South Wilmington, Del, Oper-
ated by the Diamond State Iron company,
tumbled down. Several men were buried
in the ruins. George Ely, carpenter, and
William Jones, draughtsman, were killed
instantly and several were wounded. Eleven
persons at first supposed to have been
buried have since been accounted for.
On Wednesday the employees of the West
inghOuSe Air Brake company at PittsbuTg,
Penn, were notified that their wages would
be reduced on Aug. from per cent. in
some instances to S319 per cent. The aver
age reduction is 20 per cent. The firm
claims that this action is due to the hard
times and the lack of orders. About five
hundred men will be affected.
Three hundred men employed at the blast
furnaces of the Joliet iron and steel works
struck on Thursday, claiming that they were
being underpaid. The management say
there has been no reduction in wages since
Jan. 1, as If they were entitled to great con-
sideratiOn for not having cut down pay sew
eral times in the intervening seven months.
Serious trouble is expected on the YOungS-
town, o., division of the New York, Penn
| sylvania & Ohio railroad by the company
! running dOuble-header freights. A meeting
| of all employees has been called for to-day
| in Cleveland, and they will insist on one
more brakeman to each train or strike.
On no class of wOrkingmen do the people
in cities so greatly depend as upon the
bakers, and it is sad to say that no other
mechanics work such long hours for small
wages and under such repressive conditions
as they. Some steps should be taken for
their ameliOration.
The Cor(ler mill miners at Lexington,
| Mo-, who have been on strike since early
| in June, held u meeting few days ago and
determined to refuse the terms offered by
the operators. They also declared their in
tentiOn to try and dissuade the men from
continuing work.
The labor organizations of Western
| Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio met in
Pittsburg last night for the purpose OF
forming trades assembly, the object being
to boycott business men employing non
union wOrkmen and to influence local poll
tics.
The state miners convention at Pitts
burg, Penn, on Friday elected delegates tC
the national convention in Indianapolis
next month. They were instructed to favor
the national eight-hour labor and recon-
mend the adoption of national screen law.
A Hungarian statistician has been study
ing the effect of comfort on longevity. His
tables show that the richest people have an
average life of tifty-two years, the middiing
fOrty-siX and the poor only forty-One and a
half.
Joseph George, inventor of the celebrated
corrugated rolls and other useful devices il
iron, appeared in Pittsburg police court
asking that his wife be sent to the work
house as habitual drunkard.
The wooden mill at Cleveland, Tenn, was
destroyed by fire Loss, $4,000; insur
ance, SIS, $50. The mill contained 55C
looms and employed sixty hands.
The strikers in Bay City closed up two
salt blocks on Thursday. John Welch's
| mill starts tomorrow with q full crew, OIL
terms satisfactory all around.
Twenty-Five thousand retail clerks il
New York city, who have to work Sunday
are organizing movement to have a fret
Sunday.
The miners Of Iowa are determined Il
enter the political field in favor of a two
weeks pay system, and bill for the regu-
lation of mines.
Thousands of GOLFERS at Methyr-Tydvil
Wales, are idle, owing to the depression il
trade.
The force of treasury clerks has been Gu
down 1l3 men.
Coin and Note TamPering.
From the New York Graphic.