The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-04
Labor Notes.

4Ao AioniOiP0i SOuACi VI Hdhcuc1u
Massachusetts,, voted the free use Of the
city hall to the Knights of Labor for the
purpose of giving lectures on the labor
question.
BERLIN, Nov. 30.-German, Italian,
French and Swiss delegates will take
part in the convention of Socialists and
Anarchists which Is to be held at Chaux
De Fonds, Switzerland. early in Decem-
Der. Prince Krapotkine will preside.
The dining room girls of Chicago have
refused to wait On the Pinkerton detec-
tives who are on duty there protecting
the scabs.
The women who are on strike in a
shirt factory at Washington. D. c., re-
ceived but a cents for making shirt
And yet people wonder that labor is
discontented.
BERLIN, Nov. 30.-The police statistics
on the operation of the anti-sociaIist
law up to August show that out of $50
requests to sanction meetings 124 were
refused, and that ten professed Socialists
had been expelled from Berlin, making
a total of 172 expulsions since passing
the law in 1878.
BERLIN, Nov. 30-The annual report
on the state of siege in Berlin has been
presented to the reichstag. 1t describes
the Socialist movement among the work
ingmen as still lively and ending more
and more In a radical and extreme d.
.rection, which gives it very provoca-
tive character. Hamburg and Altoona
are the chief centers of the movement.
CHICAGO, Nov. 30.-About 400 Knights
of Labor, representing district assem-
blies "a and 81, met tonight to consider
the resolutions concerning the trial and
sentence Of the condemned Anarchists.
The important portion of the resolutions
is as follows:
Believing that the late trial was con-
Quoted by the prosecution with malice
formers, dlsreputable Plnkertons and
periured Gilmers, and baillf who de-
clared that he would not summon any,
one as juror who in his opinion was
not in favor of hanging we, therefore,
express the hope that the supreme court
Of the state of Illinois may grant a new
trial, 80 that the ever.growlng conVlc-
ton among the common people
namely, that the courts CT law are only
in the interest of the rich-maY not find
additional proof in this instance.
CONGRESSMAN Foran, who has Just
been reelected as a Labor Democratic
candidate, says; The labor vote is des-
tined to become the most powerful ele-
ment in our politics. find that many
of our wealthiest class are becoming So
cialists. We have in our city society
known as the Secular union, meu of ad-
vanced ideas and deep thinkers, some of
whom are possessed of high literary at
tainments. They have Socialist Ideas.
The wealthy Socialist reasons in This
wise That it is far better to have $780,
600 with peace and happiness, than
$lOO,OOO,OO0 with all the troubles and
ANNOYANCE which that sum naturally
brings, while perchance his neighbor is
living in poverty"
typographical Union No. 80, Of Kan
sas City, has gained another victory, the
Kansas City Bank Note company put
ting in full force of union men. A
walkout occurred about 9 month ago
and since that time the Office has not
been running to the satisfaction of the
stockholders, hence the change. The
officers say that they put in union men
because they were better printers" 1t
is fact worthy of note, however, that
the printers have secured the terms de-
nsnded at the time of the strike.-St.
Joe Journal.
member of the Georgia legislature
has introduced bill to limit the profits
merchant may legally make to 10 per
ceat. The New York Sun says: The
friends of the bill aver that it will bring
about revival of prosperity among the
poor that the state has as much rl2ht
to regulate mercantile profits as it has
railroad rates, and that laws should be
made for the 6eaefit of the poor en-
tlrely. The serious part Of the matter Is
that, notwithstanding the absurdlty OF
the bill, it stands q chance of passing
the house"
PH1LADKIPH1A, Dec. IAN important
feature has entered into the controversy
between the green glass manufacturer
and blowers over the abolition of the
apprentice system. On Monday might
meetings ofthe local assemblies OF the
glass blowers were held in Clayton, Mel
vile, Salem, Woodbury., WillismstoSn
and Glassboro, New Jersey, when 1t wa
decided that they would not strike, a.
ordered by the executive board OF dis
srice assembly 14s, Knights of Labor
but they would surrender their charters
rather than do so. ~
These blowers are work ing with ap
prsntiess and under reduction Oh