Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-24
LABOR NOTES.

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The Mallory, Wheeler Company, lock
manufacturers, have been running a por-
ton of their works ON short time for the
past few weeks The employees of the
department " here door locks are made
are working only four days per week,
Southington Knights Of Labor are
about to establish a cooperative cutlery
company. They are thinkinyo Of locating
in New Haven. Shares may be bought
by Knights, and New Haven friends CO.
operativcly inclined may find good OPP
| porlunity for joining the enterprise
The Warner Manufacturing Co., claim
that the strike of the moultlero there is
over, and that the company has all the
'men' it wants, Nevertheless the strik-
erS are out yet, and propose to keep MP
the fight. They say that there are but a
| few SrabS ut work, and request honest
mouIders to keep away from New Haven.
The conference between the executive
board Of the Knights of Labor and the
striking miners Of Duquoin, H., resulted,
it is reported, in the men determining to
return tp work. Both sides made CON
cessious, and the agreement is satisfac-
tory all around Thursday the mines
will start up for the first time in seven
weeks.
Seven knitting mills at Cohocs, N. Y,
were running. Monday, in spite of the
recent decision of all mills in New York
State of that kind to shut down October
Is. But the stock in the other mills is
being finished up, and work in several of
| the carding- rooms of different mills was
| stopped on Saturday. All the Knights
Of Labor voted to remain at work until
they were forced out Of the mills.
About I 300 employees Of hosiery mills
at Kensington, Penn, arc on strike
against new wage list proposed by the
mill owners. The owners say that the
list merely adjusts wages to correspond
with shoSe paid by other mills in Ken
sington. The employees, however, were
not deceived by the "adiustment' talk
Of the bosses, and decided to resist the
bosses move which was simply a rcduc-
| ton Of wages.
The carpenter trade in New Haven is
fair, and the prospect good for winter
Most of the bosses are running union
shops, and are in favor of short hours
! Some of them even favor eight instead
| ,f,, E,r 4 K
| x Phelps and lluhbelI 4 NerWin run
non union shops, as does Bartlett, who
was the greatest kicker against union
rules, but it is rWnored that he is not
doing much business now.
The striking sWitclmen at Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, showed no disposition to do
violence Monday, but seemed to be
awaiting the action Of the railroad 0fhc-
ialS. The train, on one or two lines Nere
moving without trouble, while the 9TH
ers We're idle. Large forces of special
policemen are being sworn in, and the
Northern Pacific and Manitoba roads are
arming their new employees with rifles,
and express determination to move
trains at all hazards. As soon us these
preparations are completed, an effort to
move trains will be made
IIalcs three wooden mills, at Grove
land, Mass, shut down Monday after
noon for an indiinite period. About $50
hands are employed. The shutdown is
due to the demands made by the oper-
atives for uniform prices for work in the
various departments, for weekly pay
ments and increased pay on some grades
of work. The state board Of arbitration
met there Monday afternoon to consider
the case, i'll response to petition signed
10y $50 of the operatives. About twenty
witnesses were heard. the mill company
not being represented at the hearing.
The board adjourned till Monday.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
giucers held its annual session in New
York last week. Chief =. Nj. Arthur and
his chum,. the delectable Cyrus ". Field.
the "lIon." Chauncey NJ. Depew, the
acrObatic ana "reverend' Talmage. Gov
| ernors Hill and Albeit. and other well
known and esteemed friends of the
workingmen were present at the opening.
or at least invited to he present. Chief
Arthur is reported To have said I'VE
are in the middle of peaceful period,
and do not see amy trouble ahead. The
I Locomotive Engineers are 50 powerful
an organization, that they do not need
the sympathy or aid of the labor organ
/ iZationS. such rs trades unions or the X.