Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-09-12
THE FIELD OF LABOR.
THE INDUSTRIES OF THE COUNTRY AND
THOSE WHO LABOR THEREIN.
A Resume Of the DoingS Of The Past Week
News From Mills Workshops
and Mines.

and Mines
The Knights held political convention
at Petersburg, Va, last Saturday, and
nominated a Labor man for Congress
The officers of the Missouri Pacific are
employing detectives to catch all strikers
who were implicated in the destruction of
property during the last strike A good
many of the active men in that strike have
already left, and Others are being fright
encd out
The task of getting 80. 900 signatures to
the request to Henry George to run for
Mayor of New York has been undertaken.
None of the New York papers published
his letter in full. 1t is strong Labor
campaign document.
Governor Lee, of Virginia, will address
the General Assembly of the knights or
Labor at Richmond on October 1. Mr..
POwderly, it is said, will read his annual
message in public, Us a response 10 the
welcome.
There are nine assemblies of the Knights
of Labors in Cambridge, Mass, and forty
two i'll Cleveland, o.
The Michigan State Assembly OF the
Knights of Labor met a few days ago,
elected its Richmond delegate, and APP
pointed a committee to confer with the
State Grange on political action.
The order of the Knights is extending
rapidly throughout the State Of Iowa and
other States in the far Northwest.
The Arkansas State Assembly has held
a large and successful convention, and has
sent a strong delegation to Richmond.
Jesse Harper the Grcenbacker, will lee
ture on the labor question ut Carbon, Pa,
soon.
Acrop of co operative enterprises is like
" to spring up in Cincinnati, where one
or two iniantile successes have served TO
revive confidence.
All the latest reports show that Powder
ly is almost the universal choice. \ good
many ridiculous telcgraphic dispatches are
sent out from time TO time about the
Knights OF Labor and their dongS. Hun
CRY telegraphiC news-gatherers gulp down
anything they are told, and then rush to
to the telegraph office and write blind
folded. They are frequently told good
many yarns which makes the Knights
smile. They must have news, and they
get it. ard the most surprised readers are
the Knights themselves. There is very
little probability, or even possibility of
really important news gcttlngOut.
The farmers and the knights of Texas
held grand picnic last Sunday ut HoUS-
ton. Grange and labor documents were
promulgated, and a general hand shaking
took place.
The Wheeling printers on morning pa-
pcrS will have their wages advanced from
- to 10 cents, and on evening papers from
80 10 81 cents.
Scarcely any OF the 400 shoemakcrs at
Athol, Mass, have oheyeG the command of
their employers to leave the Knights. The
thirty-ninc employers of the Shoe factories
of Brockton, Mass, have agreed, after Il
four weeks strike not to employ non-
union men.
There is more or less trouble among the
cigarmakerS Oh account OF the reduced
earnings under the cight-hour system. In
some cases action has been taken looking
To return to the nine or ten hour day.
The clothing cutters Of New York have
had quite a time building up their union.
Last May they secured higher wages and
shorter hours. The employers refused to
agrcc TO the workmcn's refused to agree 10
the workmcn's demand that only union
mcn shall be employed. The ClothlerS
Association has been quietly organizing
and intend 70 fight their wOrkmen, and If
possible regain the ground they surrendered
last May. Nearly 10000 people in the
United Tailors' Union arc liable to be
thrown out at any time the cutters strike.
ANY workmcn found riding on the Third
Avenue railroad in New York are reported
to their union aad disciplined by fine or
suspension. Thrcc-iourths of the employees
OH the elevated road are Knights.
The New York printers complain that
this is this the worst summer they have
ever had Nearly 900 members of No. 6
are out of work. There are about J., 100
newspapers printed in New York, and all
are in the union excepting those employed
on the Tribuc. There are l20 printing
Offices in the union in that city.
The New York Socialists have raised
S7S3 to start a daily paper.
The New YORK plumbers will try 20 en-
force their apprentice rule, and nearly POO
employers will lock out their journeymen.
Both sides appear determined, and the
workmen threaten to establish cooperative
shops, as has been done in Milwaukee,
where success has attended their efforts
The fifth annual convention of the Ma
tiOnal Association Of Stationery Engineers
will be held at Boston next Tuesday.
| Some makers OF machinery in Cleveland,
| o., arc crowded with orders.
\ Pittsburgh manufacturer has just sent
| two Dexter wagons 20 Egypt.
| Westinghouse engines are being sent to
all parts of Europc. Austalia and Japan.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works arc
turning out thirteen engines per week.