The Irish standard., 1886-05-01
Labor Notes.
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Palestine, Tex, has SEQ knights.

ended.
Work is said to be brisk at Portland,
Conn, quarries.
The Berlin, N. H., mills are to i'll
crease wages 10 per cent. soon.
| The strike of the Brooklyn dummy
engineers has been compromised.
Three hundred carriage makers at
New Haven, CT. struck On the 18th.
| All the mines in the Cumberland,
| Pa. district have been ordered to sus-
pend.
The Fall River ,;pinners' Union has
asked Congress to pass the Blair bill.
! Jay Gould was denounced last week
by the trades assemblies of Youngs~
town, O.
New York expressmen are organic
ing with view of joining the Knights
Of Labor.
The Hudson, Mass, assembly has
been suspended, it is said, for insubor-
dination.
The strike Of the Baltimore and Ohio
| switchmen at Chicago has been COM
promised,
! Tie hat fin1shers met in national
convention the week before last at the
fremont House, New York.
| General Master Workman Powderly
says Gould's latest reply is quibble
and an evasion.
1t is reported that Lowell capitalists
are about TO establish woolIen mills at
Hudson, Mass.
About 5000 men, painters, freight
handlers and ropemal1ers, struck for
more pay at Brooklyn: last week.
Arbitration scored another big VIC
tory last week at Woburn, Mass,
where it averted general strike OF the
curriers'.
| W. 3. Thorn, hat manufacturer Of
Haverllill, Mass, succumbed 20 the
boycott last week and made terms with
the knights.
! An Injunction was last week served
Oh Typographical Union Al of New
Haven, c.. which is boycotting the
Courier Of that city.
Cossage & Co., one OF the biggest
dry goods houses in Chicago, employ
lug about 500 hands. announce eight
| hours time after May l.
| The strike among the school pupils
tor shorter hours and longer recesses
appears to be getting contagious. but
not many successes are scored.
The firm of G. II. Delamater Il Co.,
Of New York city, have granted the de-
mands of their foundry men and ma
chinists for an increase of wages by 10
per cent.
Thirty six spinners struck at Durfee
mill No. j, Fall River, on the 10th, be-
cause one of their number had been
discharged. They won and resumed
work OH the next day.
Mayer & Co., large furniture manu-
facturers of Chicago. employing about
800 hands, have closed their establish
ment rather than pay an advance Of 20
per cent. demanded by the employees.
Typographical Union No. AZ meets
Sunday, in the A. O. H. hail. Dele
gate Hoover will receive his instruc-
tions as to the policy he will adopt
while attending the international
meeting.
AT the last meeting of the district
assembly, knights of Labor, resolu
tions were adopted thanking Congress
for efforts on behalf Of labor. The
resolutions were inclosed to Congress-
man Gil6llan, with request from Dis
trict Master Workman McGaughey to
stop the discussion of the silver COIN
age question.
The carpenters and joiners of Boston
have stated to the carpenter contract
ors of that city and it's vicinity that it
is their s'desire and Intention that on
and after May the recognized time of
a working day for the carpenters and
joiners shall be eight hours, also that
$3.50 per day be the minimum rate Of
wages paid.
The Baltimore bobtail drivers struck
last week for an additional quarter per
day. W. T. Hanna, Knight Of Labor,
refused to tie up his car. His wife got
on his car and begged him for Gods
sake not TO drive down town. He
would not, however. listen to her. His
wife jumped on the car and rode all the
way down town, entreating him to
leave his car.
Over 300 knights of Labor attended
the funeral of Miss Mary Conlan,
which took place on the 18th ult. at
East Dedham. The procession was
witnessed by large number of resi-
dents along the route to St. Raphael's
cemetery, where the remains were in
TERED. Rev. Father Herlihy officiated,
Floral tributes were many and fine.