St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-07
General Notes.

During the past two or three weeks the
Iron Trades Employers association in Man
chester, England, has been holding several
meetings to fix upon reduction of wages
TO where they were in 1879, which means a
reduction of IA per cent. In Birmingham
20, 600 wOrkingmen and labOrers are walk
ing about with nothing TO do. Two weeks
ago meeting of 5000 unemployed work
ingmen was held in Glasgow. In Sunder-
land S35, 900 is to be expended on front
improvements to afford employment to idle
labor. Wages have been reduced in the
Scotch steel trade. The general tendency
throughout Great Britain is toward re-
ductiOn of wages. The largest manufac-
turer of tin plates in the world declares
against the continuation of the combination
and prefers to let the weaker members go to
the wall A large plant has just been put
down for the manufacture of steel sleepers
In England. The Sheffield manufacturers
are frightened over the report OF a combi-
nation of German manufacturers to effect
commercial monopoly In the Chinese en-
pire. A Northampton edge-tool manu-
facturer has just reduced wages 10 per cent.
in order to meet the German competitors.
In Baltimore the cabinet and piano max
ers have gathered in nearly all the workers.
Last Sunday the brewers formed a union,
and on the same day eighty varnishers and
fifty musicians organized in separate assem-
blies. A piano manufacturer ordered his
workmen TO accept an offensive foreman or
quit work. The wOrkmen, accompanied by
band of music. marched to the factory and
carried out their tools and benches. The
bakers of the United States are forming
national union, demanding a reduction to
twelve hours work per day for six days and
fourteen hours on Friday. The average is
fifteen and half hours per day for seven
days. Last week the Boston workingmen
held grand mass meeting to agitate for
eight hours. The girls and women are
joining heartily in the movement.
Manufacturers of textile goods are not
pushing goods very rapidly because of the
unsettled condition of the market for crude
material. Print cloths bave made another
important advance, and agents have put
bleached goods up 2H per cent There
are no stocks of wooden goods to speak
of, and manufacturers are making only to
order. The commission houses of Boston
are rejoicing over the recent advance of
one-half cent per yard in indigo-bIue prints,
and manufacturers throughout New Eng
land are taking long sigh of relief at the
prospects of increasing business. Most
lines of wooden and worsted fabrics of
and one-half to twenty per cent. over last
season. The textile manufacturers are
calculating on good markets.
The farmers throughout their grange or
CARNATIONS are extending greetings to the
Knights and are preparing to cooperate pO-
litically and in other directions. The rep
resentative of the Texas grangers said re-
Gently in convention of the Knights of
Labor: Il want to say the Farmers Alli-
ance Of Texas will stand by you, shoulder
to shoulder. $4,000 strong" The Patrons
Of Husbandry OF Indiana say there should
be the greatest friendship between these
two orders. The Knights Of Iowa have