The Irish standard., 1886-05-08
Industrial Items.
The hat trade is still dull at Brook

The SW1tcnmen S SJTlKe aIf CnlcdgOi
ended on the 23rd ult.
Boston girl cloakmakers are thinking
OF joining the knights.
South Boston and Dorchester had
schoolboy strikes last week.
Buffalo journeynaen plumbers and
gasftters are out.
Already Sl5, 900 has been sent from
st. Louis to the southwestern strikers.
Six thousand employees OF Brooklyn,
IN. " sugar refineries struck last
week.
Champion Machine Company, of
Springfield, O.. was put under boycott
last week.
The compositors and stereotypers Of
the Brooklyn Eagle have gone out on
strike.
Southern Pacific yard men at Hous
ton. Tex, to the number Of fifty, struck
On the 25nd ult.
Up to the 22nd ult. SIC, 900 had been
sent to the southwestern strikers by
their eastern brothers.
By the closing OF the Domestic sew
ing machine factory at Newark. n. j.,
800 hands are idle.
Boston machine operatives wood
workers, numbering nearly 400, have
Joined the knights OF Labor.
Prominent knights say that they
have long anticipated the announced
combinations Of capitalists.
Both sides claim to have W on the vic
tory at Chicago, where the strike of the
switchmen ended last week.
Master plasterers of st. Louis put
the eight-hour system into effect Satur
day and pay their men $3.50.
The Craftsman warns wolhmen of all
trades to keep away from Washington
for the present.
For the first time in rs years the Call
and Bulletin offices, San Francisco,
were filled with union men. April25.
The bricklayers and stonemasons in
this city have been generally successful
in securing what they desire.
The New York Tribune is being boy
cotted by all the newsdealers at Nor
wich. Ct.. none of them Offering it for
sale.
Several thousand furniture workers
at Grand Rapids, Mich, last week de-
manded eight hours time and ten per
cent. advance.
Buildings trades council Of New
York last week decreed the strike of
the Third avenue carmen just, and
voted to support it.
About $4,000 persons took part in the
demonstration of the Pennsylvania
miners and laborers held at Wilkesbarre
last week.
The Eagle and Phoenix Cotton
Manufacturing Company Of Columbus,
Ca, has increased the wages of it's
1000 operatives ten per cent.
The Vulcan Iron wo1ks at Carondo-
let, Mo-, resumed operations Monday
afcer shut down of several months,
giving employment to 600 men.
General Master Powderly says that
Jay Gould purposely deceived him in
the recent interview he had with the
New York sharper.
General Master Powderly says the
Presidents message is not exactly what
he wanted, which is a labor bureau,
but expresses satisfaction with it.
Assembly 4O26 Of Washington has re-
quested permission Of the government
to canvass the departments in support
of the southwestern strikers.
Martin Irons denies the report that
he has been expelled from the knights
of Labor, and asserts that perfect bar
mony exists In the organization.
Probably 600 carpenters in this city
have stopped work owing to the refusal
of employers to allow a uniform rate Of
thirty cents per hour with nine hours
as days work.
At Lynchburg, Va, the employees OF
the custom house struck for eight
hours. The contractor refused to &C
cede to their demands and work
stopped.
Cleveland stonemasons have de-
manded the eight-hour law. Monday
men engaged on the Garfield monu-
ment quit work, and asked eight hours
work and 1926 per day, which they
got.
At the meeting last Sunday of Typo
graphical Union No. 42, Minneapolis
the entire force of Johnson, Smith e.
Harrison's printing establishment were
admitted to membership, and that shop
is now square.
In lecture recently given at Provi-
dence on. ''The Service Which Capital
Renders When Employed by Labor
Edward Atkinson was asked ;'Do you