Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-17
LABOR NOTES.

hf. VI. |. bfeHinSkl, OF the waterbury
Examiner, who was fined last week for
alleged libel of "A local carpet dealer, has
Appealed, Mr.. Brezillski is man who is
not afraid to tell the truth in plain words.
as the CapitalstiC sinners in his neghhor-
hood will discover whenever they com
init gross acts of njusiiga against work
ingmcn.
The molder's strike at Warmers still
continues, and there are many little Incl
dents connected with it common to
strikes, For instance, one of the scabs
who worked at the struck shop has been
eVictod from one house, and is now IN
Jurlng the reputation of another land
lord by living in his house. Moulders,
keep away from New Haven.
The board of walking delegates of the
building trades section of the Central
Labor Uuion of New York, have their
eyes upon the operations of the Porter
Stair Co., of this city. They see several
offensive scabs labeled union men, one Of
them working overtime and Sundays. It
is questionable whether they can allow
scab work to be put up in New York
city.
We are informed that the bakers at
Patras i'll Greece are on strike for higher
wages and less hours. Should they fol
low the example Of their fcIIow-workers
at Athens they will have what they ask
FOR. Strikes are very prevalent in Greece,
and the result hitherto has been success
for the workers. Several guilds have
been established of hate, and they have
done good work. In the shipping ports
of Patras, tatacola. Nostiz2a. Xante,
and tephalonia, wages now vary for port
Iaborors from to 10 francs per diem.
These are high wages, considering few
years back , and 3 francs were paid.
Fifteen hundred of the locked out pork
packers Of Chicago held meeting on
Wednesday night, at which Butler and
Barry of tn" Executive Board, X. of h..
We're present. These gentlemen could
report no possible progress, but hoped to
effect Il settlement with the bosses soon.
The boHe"s had II meeting also, which
lasted till the small hours Of the morn
ing, but nothing was given away" 1t
is to be hoped that the men will not be
'soft soaped into returning to work for
more than eight hours per dry. They
might as well fight their battle now, and
save themselves the trouble at some
future time.
Workmen and women are being sys-
tematicaIly yictimized in New Haven by
bosses in various branches Of manufac.
ture who seem to be acting together for
the purpose of breaking the power Of
Organized Labor. Their plan is to hire
help, and after few weeks, say that
business is slack, and discharge, not the
new help, but such men and women who
are known to be members of labor organ
lzatlons. IT is generally conceded that
there are spies in the X. of H., who re-
port to their bosses the names of active
members. Vigorous measures on the
part of the organized working people
will he necessary to preserve the nteg-
rity Of the organizations.
At the Joumcymen plumbers head
quarters in New York, it was reported
last Wednesday night by several of the
lrading mcmlHrs thai thc ,tfikr- would
be over by the middle of this week. The
bosses are weak"ning,' said one Of the
men, "and it will he only few days
when they will accede to our demands"
Edward Murphy of Third avenue and
fortieth street, who was one of the first
bosses to lock his men out, remarked the
other day that he wished the strike was
at an end. Four of his men have opened
shops Of tfieir own and are carrying out
his contracts without helpers, and under
the rules of the union. We have plenty
of funds and the men are not in need of
any money. We are confident that the
BOSSES will agree to do without helpers"