The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-26
L,A.B OR MOTT S.

LABOR ! NOTES |, !. \ (;
Notes From All Over Condition of The
Labor Market. 8ss 4.
The Boston and Maine railroad en-
ploys $500 men:
Chicago has thirty-tWo assemblies OF
the knights OF Labor.
The strike at K ball Others shoe
factory at Gardiner, Me-, has been ad-
jnsted. Isl n VI
Knights Of Labor assemblies were
formed recently at Portland, Ct, f.lla
Stafford Springs, CT. s5
The Beverly e. |. mill, which has
been shut down some time for general
repairs, started up again last Monday a
Assemblies Of Knights Of Labor
were formed at Camb1idgeport, South
Natick, Rockland and Midway since
our last issue. $ I'll al
District 80, Knights Of Labor Of Mas
sachusetts, now has over $50 assemblies
or lodges whose membership ranges
from 50 to 1905 each.
The coal miners strike in the Monon-
gahela valley is virtually atan end. al
most every mine in the fourth pool is il in
operation at the reduction.
Some Of the Weavers IN Eddy 3
WOODEN mill, Fall River, are employed
until 10 O'Clock four nj ght's a week in
manufacturing special pattern OF
goods.
The Central Trades and Labor Union
is lately strengthened by the accession
of the painters, and expects soon to
have all the building and kindred trades
represented.
The Lochiel iron works at Harrisburg,
Pa, resumed operations on the 10th,
after being idle over a year. One hum
dred men were quito work in the manu-
facture of skelp iron.
Slavery is slavery, whether partiai or
complete. Men and women should be
obliged to sell nothing to their employ
ers excepting their labor. They too
often sell their independence.
Typographical Union No. s, of New
York, has elected Everett Glockin,
president, and Theodore G. Wildman,
secretary and treasurer. They favor
the continuance of the boycott policy.
The Within machine works, Whitins-
vile, Mass, are running very irregular
~. Some work eight hours, some nine
hours and others ten, and the foundry
men work three days week.
Representatives of the Warren wool
len mill strikers at Stafford Springs.
CT, visited Willimantic on the 8th, and
raised some $50 for the strikers, chiefly
among their Irish American friends.
The Federation Of Labor Unions Of
the United States and Canada in session
at Washington, on the 10th, after con-
sideration, adopted the resolution pro-
viding that the eight hour rule shall
take effect from May l, next.
The Dwight Manufacturing Com
I pany Of Chicopee, Mass, recently took
a vote of their employees to see which
system Of payments they favored week
lly, fortnightly on monthly. The vote
resulted as follows For weekly pay
|ments, 426; monthly, go; foftnightly
l342.
Work has been resumed at the ciga1
factory of Straiton 81 Storms, New
York, which employs over N hands
and which was closed about a month
ago to force t. raising of the mysteri-
Gus boycott which had been imposed
upon their cigars throughout the New
England states. rf
An agreement was reached III the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad
switchmen's strike on the 10th, and By
s O'Clock that day all the men were al
work. The company promises to pay
each man in full for all the time put il
under the orders of the company
| whether actually at work or not.
The Glen Manufacturing Company
which recently wanted to build pull
and paper mills at Rumford Falls, Me.
but could not make satisfa Glory ar
rangements with the railroads, has 10
| Gated at Berlin Mills and is putting il
| a 500 600 plant for manufacturing botf
wood pulp and paper. Thecompany Il
composed Of capitalists from Boston,
Lowell and Lawrence.
The spinners of the Lippit WooleI
Company's mill, Woonsocket, Il. I.
numbering twenty, went on a strike or
the 10th on account of the alleged dis
charge Of the overseer, Charles g. Lar
kim. Superintendent Bailey of the mil
says that Larkin was not discharged
hut only repriinanded for allowing poo
4 work to be made, and that be then lef
of his own accord, without moments
notice.
AT a public meeting in Phoenix Hall
| Rockland, Mass, on the 10th, under th,
auspices of the Knights of Labor, A
A. Carlton, chairman Of the executiv,
hoard Of district so. made an address
He stated that the fundamental prin
ciple on which all hinged was the re
/ duction of the hours Of labor; THAT nov
Ifahor and caDital we're warning. art