The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-10
Labor Notes.

to folloW.-New York Sun.
Labor Notes.
The Philadelphia tailors have come
out in favor of eight hours.
The Kansas City switchmen have
settled their troubles by compromise.
The damage done to property by the
strikers at Charleroi, Belgium, alone
amounts to So, 100000.
The knights of Labor are having a
great boom in Philadelphia. Fourteen
assemblies have been founded in that
city within a week.
There are about three thousand
women connected with labor unions in
Philadelphia. Two thousand belong
to the knights of Labor.
Ben Butler not only speaks against
the boycott, but s'puts up'' at boy
cotted hotel--the Fifth avenue, New
York. 1t is thought Ben will not again
be a candidate for the presidency
The Brooklyn street car men have
organized and the Philadelphians are
organizing. The recent successful
strikes in New Y ork have inspired bell
punchers with a determination to better
their condition.
Local assembly No. 3270 Of Lewiston,
Me-, outdid their former record last
week by initiating $50 new members.
AT this rate of going on, it will be but
a few weeks before every man and
woman in the city who is eligible will
be a member.
The struck" stores are being investi-I
gated by the labor leaders of Pennsyl-
yania. The system has been outlaWed
by the legislature of the keystone State,
but a large number Of corp porations still
resort to this method Of plundering
their employees.
District assembly No. IL (St. Louis,
has forty-tive local assent blies with over
ten Thousand members, and district as
sembly SO Rhode Island has fifty
locals; but district assembly 80 Mas
sachusetts) has over three hundred
locals.
The condition of labor affairs in the
South is still in "a very unsatisfactory
state, but tits hoped by all who are in
terested in the welfare of the country
that some agreement will be arrived at
soon whereby capitalists and laborers
will better understand one another.
Frank Hoover, of the mechanical
force of the Tribune, was elected last
Sunday by the Minneapolis Topographic
cal union as delegate to the Interna-
tiOnal union convention to be held at
Pittsburg in June. Frank is a solid
union man and deserves the honor
Louis Miller was elected as alternate.
The iron trade is still improving.
President G. B. Clarke, of the Thomas
Iron Company, said the other day in
New York that he considered the state
OF The iron trade better than tor wears.
There is good demand for iron," he
continued, ''and think prices will i'm
prove, but I don't think we will have a
boom
The knights Of Labor have been Civ
ing days Of trouble and evenings of
WEAKNESS to some boycotted merchants
in Troy. N. K. They have hit upon
the plan of sending large delegations
of shoppers into the obnoxious stores
and monopolizing the attention of the
clerks, to the exclusionfol regular Gus
toners, without buying a cent s worth
The boys seem to have had lots Of fun
out of this sort of thing, but it is lot
to be supposed that its amusing side
has been visible to thevietims.
A member of parliament telegraphs
as follows: The Parnellists are judi
ciously silent as the grave. Rumors
are afoat that Mr.. Parnell is indis-
posed. I have seen him in the House
every day, with scarf around his neck
to support the legend of illhealth. |
s 'Mumps, the word all along the line.
The poor Conservatives also are dumb
and melancholy. Their incipient cave
has already been subtlety invaded by Mr..
Gladstone, who hears everyt thing gcing
on and makes skilful countermoves,
communicates privately with one cave
man after another, strokes him down,
calms anxiety, whispers soft music in
his ears, and puts him back in his cage.
The Irish Fine Art Society hasits
spring exhibition in Ieinster hall,
Dublin. There are 278 pictures, mostly
water colors. Several ere described as
ot great merit, while The average
standard is high. Many Of the exhib
ltorsare women.