Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-07-18

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rates s.. rs per day.
The strike Of the brieklayers of Indian
apolis has resulted in victory for the men.
They asked and obtained the nine hours
day, at 81 per day.
Since the meeting of the General Assem-
bly,, X. of L., at Cleveland, Ohio, some
2, 900 applications for local charters have
been received and passed upon.
The session of the i. NJ. u. at Toronto,
Canada, has been harmonious one through
out and the reports of the officers show
the organization to be in first class con-
dition.
A Joint meeting between the eigarma-
kers and employers was held last Tuesday
| in Pittsburg The manufacturers offered
scale of prices, which was submitted to
the Cigarmakers' Associations on Thursday
evening.
| At the Natick mills, in Providence, It's
weavers are out on a strike, and 1000
! looms are idle, owing to dissatisfaction
with certain changes in part of the mill
from ''Fruit of the Loom" to twill goods.
In their struggle for their rights, the
stone maSons, of Quincy, Ill.,, came out
of the fight with victory perched upon their
banners. The result was complete ac-
cessiOn to the demands of the masOns.
The brieklayers and masons of Milwau-
kee adhere strictly to the eight hour sys-
tenn, and business is picking up wonder
1 fully, despite the prediction that ere long
they would be compelled to return to the
ten-hour work-day.
| The owners of wooden mandatory In
/ North Adams, Mass, have been arrested
\ and fined $50 and costs for each case, of
which there were two, for allowing women
to work in thei mills more than sixty hours
per week.
Cleveland is the great center for the man
ufacture Of carriage nuts and bolts. The
capital stock of the nine establishments in
that line of manufacture foOts up nearly
$3.50, 900, and the product in 1855 was
valued at 81 1886, OO0.-RerielT
Edge tools were made in the United
States as early Us the Revolutionary war,
/ it being ut that time an absolute necessity
! for the people to provide themselves with
such implements by their own efforts.
They were of very clumsy character,
| however, and not very durable.
The Connecticut Senate has passed bill
| that prohibits employers from diScountlng
the wages of working men for advancing
their pay before the regular pay day; also
a bill that no part of the employees wages
withheld because of any agreement requir-
! ing notice before leaving On with the
| agitation!
| Molders' wages have been advanced in
the past month rs follows: Edmund Grin
nel's foundry, New Bedford, Pa, 10 per
cent Reynolds & Co.'S bolt factory, New
Haven, Conn, 10 per cent; Junction iOun-
dry, Worcester, Mass, % cent per day; ).
5. Collins foundry, Worcester, Mass, l24
per cent; Taylor K Boggis' foundry, Cleve-
land, Ohio, % per cent.
The cigar makers of Baltimore, 800 in
number, are on strike for the last three
weeks to enforce a new bill of prices. At
ter the first week more than thirty manu-
! facturcrs acceded to the demands of the
men, when the bosses association held a
meeting and resolved not to accept the bill
of prices, and that those who had settled
with their men should close down. A
number of bosses complied with the res o.
luton and locked their men out This is
not conspiracy-that definition OF the
law only applies to labor. But the men
will win yet.
The Locomotive Brotherhood has set its
face firmly against strikes. So have two or
three Judges in the United States Courts,
where decisions have Just been rendered
making interference with traffic an Otfense.
The legislature will no doubt be called upon
to define the liabilities and rights of strikers
in the premises.
The stove mOlders seem to he in con-
tinuOus trouble with their employers. One
strike is no sooner settled than another be-
gins. Cooperative movements have been
attempted in several localities in the west,
and one or two point to success on 4 small
scale.
Up to recently American boot and shoes
were not exported. Now Philadelphia
manufacturer is selling shoes in London,
Paris and throughout the continent. Phila-
delphia confectionery is familiar product
among the weather. classes all over Great
Britain and Europe, and Philadelphia hard
ware novelties are rs common in Europe rs
Sheffield products The export trade is
being jealousy cultivated.
A good many skilled English labOrers are
solving the problem of trade depression in
a new way, viz, by coming here with ma
chinery. Within three years hundreds of
English textile workers have been set TO
work in Philadelphia and elsewhere, max
ing here what they could not find employ
ment on abroad. Upholstry, silk and dress
goods are being turned out within four
miles of the State House which would sur
prise even Philadelphians. Our machinery
makers are excelling in the production of
machinery to suit special conditions, al
though our bill for imported machinery is
not small one.
No class of wOrkingmen will stand more
organizing and convention holding than the
miners. Their weekly complaints would
fill several columns. Organizers in this
and other States have taken no rest for
three or four years, and still the uniOrtu
nate miners seem To be no further ahead
Coal cutting machinery, company stores,
tyranniCal employers, cheating check
weighmen, all effect them and give them
scarcely any rest.
The workingmen Of the far Southwest
are in good deal of trouble. The railroad
companies are unwilling to employ strikers
and prefer new men. Other avenues of
employment are narrow Agricultural Ia
Dor is poorly paid Individual employers
are hard to deal with. The promises held
out by organizers have not been realized.
From the far Northwest comes more
cheerful news for wage-wOrkers, Railroad
building has set in, anda great deal of shop
work is given out. A multitude of small
manufacturers are springing up along the
roads out from Chicago and St Paul
Eastern mechanics with small capital, who
have gone their within year or two, have
done we'll. Those who have only labor to
sell fare worse.
The total spinning industries of the South
are equal to 10 per cent of those of the
North. One section consumes POO, 600 bales
per annum; the other 1000, 600 bales.
People are leaving Kansas for louisiana
to engage in agricultural pursuits.
The average expenditure per family in
Great Britain for drink Is S1,7O, 50 it Is
figured. The average expenditure in the
JTT,;ta1 S4ataS ,,ar family IL said tn he de-