The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-26

were declined because foreign manufacturers be
leve there is an upward tendency in prices oil
work. Idle iron and steel works will shortly be
put in operation.
A shipment was made recently from South
Wales of 38.l40 tons of steel blooms for the
United States. Large quantities have been for
warded also from Scotland and the northwest
and northeast coasts Welsh blast furnaces
that have been idle for years are being put in
blast.
The executive board of the salespeople of New
York, Brooklyn and vicinity, have issued an APP
peal to the order not to purchase goods of any
kind on Sunday nor after o'clock In the even
ing. They are making vigorous effort to put
an end to evening and Sunday buying, and they
have the earnest cooperation OF the Knights OF
Labor everywhere
One St Louis firm has just taken an order for
nuts and bolts for 220 miles of road Last year
one order was for 430 miles George Westing-
house, the inventor. will put 5000. 900 in an
elght-story Office building for his various compa-
MES in Pittsburg The Sreelton PA works
nave 3543 names on their payroll The ST.
Louis wire Company contemplates the removal
OF Its entire works to Pittsburg and will erect a
lotions per-day blast furnace.
Col. A. K Ovens cooperative colony to be
established in Sipaloa, Mexico, is attracting a
great deal of attention among reformerS of all
hues throughout the country. 1t is backed by
such men ex Secretary Window. who has
been instrumental in securing the promise of
two thousand heads of families to remove there
Manufacturing establishments are to be estab-
llshed. Money enough has been raised to build
factories, houses and mills and start town at
once. The matter has cen brewing for three or
four years. Philadelphia will send very re-
spectacle and intellectual contingent.
The New York Labor Bureau will report in
It's next issue on strikes, boycotting. the eight
hour movement Saturday halfholidays. ap-
premiership and manual training schools. The
IIQh iQ in ma
system, wherein much injustice is alleged to be
done to miners. The Kansas Labor Bureau has
a full report ready on the shark money-lenders
who charge high rates of interest for money.
The Pennsylvania Bureau is investigating the
condition OF labor in the mines, scrip payments
and company stores. The total result of these
Investigations will be to throw food of light
upon the grievances from which labor, organized
and unorganized, suffers.
The trades -unionists propose to organize upon
a footing that will give them more control with
In themselves, and more influence without. On
May Is national convention of thrty-two
trades unions was held in this city representing
1867, 736 members in good standing. Since then
trades union conventions have been held all over
the country. 1t is now proposed to hold an
annual trades congress for the formation of
trades unions, the organization of trades assem-
bies. councils and central unions in every city
in America, and to found State trades assem-
bes, or congresses, to influence State legislation.
The basis of the representation will be from
national unions. one delegate for ZOO members
two delegates for more than 900; three delegates
for 5000 or more four delegates for 16, 900 or
more five delegates for 80 900 or more, and so
on. The carpenters. coal miners. cigar ma k rs,
iron molders and iron and steel workers are at
the bottom of the movement
California, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and New Jersey have abolished the contract sys-
tenn in their penal institutions. The system
prevails in eighteen States. The lease system
prevails in only one Northern State-Nebraska
but it prevails in ten Southern States TWEEN
ty-seven States have greater or less number of
prisoners at work on the public account system.
Eight States have some portion of their
convicts at work the piece price
plan, and two of them their entire
prison force The available prison
statistics cover 108 penal institutions in forty
four States and Territories. where 57.331 in
mates are confined. OF this number So 729 are
at work. OF these Ia. 939 are at work under the
contract system, 1921 are leased out. 2 $50 are
employed the piece price plan. 16 679 are en-
ployed on public account, and $50 are employed
in prison duties. There are 883 prisoners out Of
1000 making boots and shoes in the Illinois pris-
ons, and in six Western States, viz, Indiana,
Ohio Michigan. Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri
1854 are employed in shoe factories outside of
prisons, and l, 431 in prisons. Those who have
officially investigated the relations between free
and convict labor state that there are strong
grounds for the opposition of organized labor to
the whole convlct-labor system.