Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-04
THE WORLD Of LABOR.
Large Importation Of Foreign Coal
Threatened,
STRENGTH OF ORGANIZED LABOR.
What Employers and Employees are Doing.
A General Resume Of Labor News
From All Over the Country.

A General Resume Of Labor News
From All Over the Country,
The united States are threatened wit
ssrmingIy large inportAtions Of nsnuiaC
,rrsd products from Great Britain an
Europe. Three weeks ago large order
we're called for steel to supply Psnnsylya
MIA markets; within q week orders havu
bssn called for dry goods and silks, whiel
could have been supplied by home mar
ys,s but for the high price Of labor. The
strike among the bituminous coal miner
.,r zen cents per ton advance, has resulted
N the calling of orders abroad for Welsh
and English coal, to ill contracts in the
NsR England States, where coal has al
ready advanced so cents per ton on account
q, the unexpected scarcity. A week ago
there we're over 10000 tons Of anthra,
cite 81 South AmbOy and other distributing
D,;nts snd within week or two over half
This supply will have disappeared. The
anthracite mines are being run to fullest
capacity, excepting where cars are scarce;
rbs 5i,umiuous operators are not at sll dis
ro.sd 10 Weld to the demands of organized
labor and Just at this hour the indications
point TO a prolonged strike.
Fortunately for the iron and steel work
49, the sliding scale prevailing through the
country has prevented any serious mill
strikes. O:dicary labor is striking in two
Or three m,l.s, bu; generally the iron and
steel workers are busy, Satisfied with wages
and prospects, and their employers are
lo,k.r, forward tyr the best year they have
ever had
ORGANIZED LABOR
he, much greater strength than il is sup
posed in q grea. many quarters. Some
$4,000 miners are NOW on strike, and 1t is
7o,si5Is ,hat this number may be doubled.
rifssn thousand spinners working in the
knitting mills Of Cohoes aud Central New
York sre now on strike under the leader
,biD O. the Kaigh.s who are sadssyoriug
=, exact iavora5ls terms Of compromise.
The textile workers OF Philadelphia are
r,no,.,,ely organized in all branches, and
in he, nearly every branch 10 the city Il
s,.ir, in concert, securing better pay, and
,,sipy steps 10 effect reduction OF from
ona 10 TWO hours al Labor from May LIST
his s1spacled that the tslsgrsphers OF the
Tinted Ststes viii cSucluds TO Join the
I1i,hts IN q body during the month OF
May.
Despite the nigh cost Of labor and ma
ysrial more money ID going into msnuisc-
turing establishments and engineering en-
tsrprises inst nov than tor several years,
=, .y.y 49, the earning capacity Of the peo-
Die is kept at q high point, the b CHER wages
vi, no. ID Ga7a-S.
Eny.1Jcls 80 o. no means standing oy
.l,7 anbvius Trades uniCus aud labor com
b.aar!5u 10 have eli the say. Steps are De,
10, taken quietly, 20 bring together manu-
figuring interests and 10 formulate plan
oy which some degree CT protection and
control can be established. Twenty'seven
!srgs manufacturing corporations IN Cen.
.-sl Nsz York nave combined with the
8 OOO az q forfeit, IN case mutual pledges
sre violated. The Rhode Island msnutac-
;arsrs have done the same and contem-
pls,e creating q fund Of 81 100000 for the
purpose OF turJhering organizsnon. Jay
Gould it ia understood, intends TO call
conference Of some Of the leading railway
managers With q view of taking steps to
p,o,ec. railway interests this side OF the
Mississippi River, from the possibilities OF
q general railroad strike
4zs VOLUME or MACHINE SHOP WORK
and work ia manufacturing establishments
generally ia steadily Increasing through
on, the country North and South; apart
rom combination OF any kind, under such
circumstances, labor would natutsAl ao'
vance in value, but without combination
the the progress might be slower. uoco
WAGES are being paid; works. plenty scores
NJ Enterprises are coming Up but IA acme
cases employers have fslt e necessary to
refuse contracts. A CAGE Of this kind oc-
cured at Wilmington, Del where the Har-
Ian < HolhngsEor,h Co, refused a SZzo,-
0OO contract, for the construction OF two
rom ferry boats There is no doubt what
ever but that the temporary lal! IN business,
80 generally spoken Of, is largely due 70 the
aporehsnsious among business men and
-nsnuaeturers as 10 the outcome OF the
present general agitation.
The stove molders have gained strikes
in Troy. Cincinnati, Chicago and 81. LOUIS
the builders league Of wheeling have per,
Escted an organization. The western nal
makers will continue their strike through
the summer. The employment OF CONVEX
labor is being successfully fought 10 three
or four states. The Southern cotton
mills are nearly sll running full time
aud paving good dividends; wages there
are very low; labor IL uuorganlsed, eu
sgitatoys and lecturers have been woring
among the employees.
The prospects 10 the Northwest ara thai
less lumber will be thrown on the narke
NQi3 spring, out prices Will ~ 'e1~S -
due to high wages. and to the unwilling
ness OF lumber dealers to take heavy risks
In all states vest OF the Mississippi river
labor organization
Is GROWING WITH WONDERFUL TIGoR;
no new assemblies will be established TO
30 days yet. Arrangements have Dee
made for the holding Of between 300 an
400 meetings for the agitation OF hours
but it is doubtful if the reduction vi
amount TO more than hour. In sewers
cities, money is being raised tor the oull'
ing Of the Knights Of LABOR halls, as
investment and for the accommodation
the various societies. In the North%el
and Southwest, the grsngers ard haigh
will probably unite for the estaohsnmei
Of cooperative stores and for polucsl pa
poses The leaders of the knights rseoj
nize that they have great many diIheu
ties to encounter with the uneducated az
undiseiplined masses, who have OF la
been croRding pellmeil to the order
HeuIy George, the WellknoWn polItlc