The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19
LABOR NOTES.
Notes From All Oyer---Condition Of The
Labor Market.

Boston Post
w. s. Simmons, OF Providence, has Leased .
mill at Hope Valley, Il. l., TO manufacture
yarns.
The knights Of Labor have spread them
selves into Bangor, Me-, and formed strong
assembly.
II ts reported that the Knights OF Labor VIII
COON open a cooperative laundry in Danbury
Conn.
c7o+,seactorv progress Is said TO being mace
J., IVA effort "a establish q wool mill at Gar
diner, Me.
IN Paterson, n j., the ailk workers report
tngt there is plenty Of work but wages are
very low.
An advance Of 10 per cent. has been made IN
tt,s, nav Of the laborers OF the Wanskuc&, III ~
Ini3l.
Howard s. Co.'S shoe factory, Broek6on'
Mass. which gave work to fifty ha1os' wac oe
stroyed by fire last week.
The spool mill OF Austin s. Co, WeNl, nie'' ~
doing q larger and more remuneraei'H p'''iAAS17'
than ever before
About twenty pairs of mules were stoppeA a.
the SHADE mill, FAN River, last week. oElaecoun'
Of being short Of rowing.
Tho Bstahdin iron works at Bangor Maine,
too, ,,ears aco ana since rebuilt. started
ND successfully on the list.
nv 7he burning, ON the I'd, of Russ' shoe rae
+o-,, at Salem Centre, n. H, forty operatives
vvere thrown out of employment.
South Norwall1, CT, reports the has tr&os i0
covering. NearIy ali the shops are al WORK s'ilo
some are running full time.
4 co.oDeratiYe nail factory, with capital Oh
s1an on. has been established at Plttsburg anu
StevenviIle, Q.
7r7a French Canadian workmen OF @ontreai
demand that assisted emigration, e1cePe. ZOE
AGRICULTURAL labor, shall cease
IN yiDeIand, Nj, o cooperative grocery
s+oro 10 to he established The Knights OF
T,ahnr nave originated it and promised TO sup
polt it,
IN Manchester, n. H, the Knights OF LABOR
are circulating petition for weekly payments nus
bv the corporations. They intend to get Zo'o'o
signatures
The c;psrmakerS' progressive union, ne"
vi, viii continue its boycott of Straiton b
storm. though the Knights of Labor mas re-
moved theirs.
The California Jute Company reports fnae
thew have hired Chinese and white LABOR loi
wears. side by side, and find the white iaoor III
comparably superior
A new weekly paper, the Rochester Leader
issued it's first number at Rochester, N. H., on
+ho lat and will espouse the cause of labor
Cate & dorne are publishers
,,-.,.,o.,r,. Harrison, Of the Amalgamated AS
establishing lodges near
gG.s., far wees cast. 1t is said that
nearly Loco laborars have 5oint u 'ne VI
During November 8,40i ca .ses " po0,s CO.
a,oos were ahipped from ttotpfooh, "ast','
factories, rs against 5,o46 csse2 o''lins 40
time last year and 1907 the yea4f '01oAe'
e,sct b. >.l lai IL. fsSa
N pittsburg and Allegheny are joining the
Brasemen' s League, which was recently organ
lied in the West for mutual protection.
There is great distress at Logansport, Ind,
oyer the failure Of the Riverside Company.
Hundreds of swedes and Hungarians are lett
TO starve. and two months wages due them
Bv order of the knights of Labor, issued on
the Sd. nearly 100 operatives left heene bfos
factory, Lynn, on that day The hrln threatens
To remove its business to showhegan, Me-, as
soon as possible.
The vote of the Cigarmaker5' Progressive
Union of America on the question OF arnalga-
nation with the international UniCn is nearly
all in, and shows that nearly two-thirds are III
favor of reconciliation.
The strike among the Eastern coal miners IS
expected TO end soon Considerable SUFFERING
among the miners has been caused ana many
of the mines are already in operation at the
operators terms.
An assembly Of the knights Of Labor was
formed in East Bridgewater, Mas, by a. "A.
Carlton on the I'd. Another assembly was
formed III 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, and two
more forming. The knights there feel iubilant
over the election of Mr.. Kimball as mayor, 10
The Ouequechan mill, Fall River, which last
week announced Instability TO meet It's iiabiii-
ties. mad a. capital Of o,oo0, ran sos looms,
gave employment to 2T5 persons when IN fun
running order, and produced SO. 2oo pieces an
nualIy.
the Chinese question is still disturbing the
people of tue Pacific Coast. The President OF
the Cigarrnakers' International Union OF san
Francisco is coming East to make arrange
ments with white ctgarmakers to take the
places of the Mongolians.
A new woollen mill enterprise at East Madi-
son, Me, has given quite boom TO the btIsi-
nesr of that pleasant village. New streets are
being laid out, house lots are selling rapidly
and the villagers are looking forward to be-
coming 6 manufacturing community OF I'M
portance.
The prescription glassblowers employees a
the Hamilton factories iii Pittsburg, Pa. have
been on strike for one year and TWO days for
On advance of % per cent. On the "a 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 PITTS
burg last year, resolution was adopted
against foreigners crpwdiRg home working
men out As a consequence 200 foreign glass
blowers nave been forced 10 return home with
in the past six months. being unable TO securs
employment In American factories.
The Brocktop strike is practically ended. A
L 40 on the night on the ath the twelve mem
bars of the arbitration committee came out 90
room II aud IL at Hotel Belmont. For nearly
fifteen hours the conference lasted, during
vnieh the terms of d settlement were agreet
upon. The question ssbo which side won can
not be decided definitely until the question 9
prices is settled.
g. 4. Lafayette, of ST. Paul, addressed tia