The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-16
LABOR NOTES.
Notes From All Over Condition of tho
Labor Market.

Notes From All Over t)ondltlo o. Ins
Labor Market. s q 8g
Lynn Mass tailors and clothiers are to form
mutual protective union. AZ # 4.
The blanket mills at Troy N. r., are shut
down for four weeks, for repairs.
| An asse ,nbly Of the Knights Of Labor is 70 be
organized at Middleton, Mass, soon.
| Plainyille, Ct i'd meditating the formation Of
| al, assembly OF the Knights OF Labor.
Haverhill's shoe shipments during 1885 were
22s, 0So, whereas in 1884 they were 1914 8l.
| The knights OF Labor are sad to disavow any
connection with the Geneva tProyidenee} strik-
ers.
/ The mining situation along the MonopgaheIa
Eyalleyis regarded by the operators as encour
aging
The mills at Valley Falls, Il, L., began run
| ming on the te11-hour plan, in accordance with
| the law, last Monday.
| The gcist mill and cotton factory at Harris
| vile, II. IT, are now 10 full operation. the fac
tory making. Wicking
| The whipmak of Westfeld, Mass. are
| forming union on the same plan IS the cigar
makers and other trades unions
The aggregate amount of tonnage built in
Maine shipyards the last year was smaller than
in any year since 1862, with a single exception.
The employees of the Edgar Thomson steel
Works at Pittsburg, Pa, have been voluntarily
given an advance of ten per cent in their
wages.
The lasters employed at the factory of Bur
rel. Houghton & Co, Rockland, Mass, asked
and obtained an increase of cents q pair last
week.
1t is stated that since last June there he's been
more iron and steel made in Pittsburg than in
any six months in the history of that trade.
Manufacturers in Rhode Island so it is said
propose to cut down the wages of the OPERA
tiyes who work by the day on account Of the
shorter hours of labor.
Lots Of cigar makers at Westield, Mass, are.
idle now owing partly TO dull trade aud partly
to the closing of the factories for annual taking
account of stock.
One hundred scab cigar makers of Towne, 7
Fuller g. Co.'s factory, Springfield, Mass, have
written to President Strasse, ofhthe Interna
tional Union, asking to be reinstated.
Work is quite slack at the present time in the
shops and about the gharves of the Old Colony
Steamboat Company in Newport, Il. J., only
about 200 men being employed there altogether
Gen B. F. Butler has obeyed the boycotting
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, and will
not put up there until the trouble is adjusted,
though lie has been frequent guest there for
! thirty years
The American Watch Company, of altman,
Mass, has made arrangements for series of
emergency lectures, to be delivered weeklyto
the employees. The first was given In one OF
the factory rooms Wednesday evening last.
The long strike Of the river coal miners at
Pittsburg, Pa !, is virtually over. The miners of
Walton, Hays, Richer and Munhall have re-
| turned to work at the 2A cent rate, and there
are neWalmost 700 men at work at that place.
The Joint committees representing the power
loom ingram carpet weavers and man,lfactur-
ers Of Philadelphia were in conference last
Saturday. and agreed upon aschedule of wages
for tho next four months, This arrangement
win affect about $500 weavers, 4s.4,s.
Mr. Lyman Abbott, lin his speech at Newark,
drew vivid picture of o young girl, with a
mother and little sister looking to her for sup
port, who sees on one side the false, bad man
with gold in his hand, and on the other q IRE
spectacle, virfuous' life for "sixty five cents
day. II S5Fae
The employees Of the Edgar Thomson steel
Works at Braddock, Pa, accepted the firms
proposition Of ten per cent advance, with
| twelve hours days work and signed the scale
Saturday for the ensuing year. The mill re-
sumed operations in all apartments last Mon
day.
Because a weaver named simms was dis
charged, the weavers at the Geneva Mills
Providence (Wanskuck) n. T., on the 30th ult.,
struck Ar q meeting OF the strikers held the
| same afternoon u committee was appointed TO
present the grievance of the weavers to the
Knights of Labor
Did you ever see a patient under the knife of
| q skillful surgeonf How the flesh quiyers and
throhs as the keen blade sinks deeper anddeep-
| err! Cruel, is it not? But it is for u good pur-
| pose. The patient needs 1t. So with the boy
colt. 1t is the only way to remove sxcrescences
which are blot on the social body.
| The Ohio States Trades and Labor Assembly
| will meet at Columbus on January q, and sew
! ernl organizations are making preparations TO
be represented. There will be some labor bills
drafted and presented to the Legislature, and
as many memters OF both houses have been
| pledged to support all labor measures, good re-
cults may follow.
/! James a. Stilman, master workman of the
Knights of Labor, Brockton, Mass, has had his
hands full during the past week, listening to
| alleged grievances of men who have been dis
charged In number of cases the men have
been rsinstated while in others Mr. stiliman
has decided that the discharges were made for
perfectly good reasons
| The Trades and Labor Assembly Of Louis.
vile, Ky, in meeting on the 3lst uIt. passed
/ resolutions recommending to Speaker Carlisle
/ in the appointment OF the labor committee the
following representatives from New England,
said to be in sympathy with the labor cause:
Lowering, Massachusetts,; Haynes, New Hamp.
shire: Collins, Massachusetts.
cago, is still in progress, and neither the firm
nor the strikers evidence any sign of giving in.
Three men on their way to the factory on the
morning of Wednesday of last week were set
upon by q crowd and badly beaten. No arrests
| were made. The strikers declare that none Of
their number were concerned in the outrage.
1 Six of the grinders at Maynard's hoe shop,
Northampton. Mass, are out on strike, owing
| TO rule made by the proprietor that the men
should pay FOR the belt used. in order that the
hands might take better care OF it. The men
are members Of the recently organized branch
& of the Knixhts Of Labor. and are said to be