The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-16
LABOR NOTES
Notes From All oyer--Oondition Of tho
Labor Market.


| a mutual protective union.
The blanket mills at Troy. N. r., are shut
down for four weeks, for repairs.
An assembly of the knights Of Labor is 10 be
| organized at Middleton, Mass, soon.
! Plainville, CT, is meditating the formation OF
/ ar assembly OF the Knights OF labor.
aaverhius shoe shipments during 1885 were
!! 228 0s0, whereas in 1884 they were l9t,76l.
| The knights of Labor are sad to disavow any
connection with the Geneva tprovidenoe} strik-
| ers
/ The mining situation along the Monopgaheia
VALLEY is regarded by the operators as ercour
aging.
| The mills at Valley Falls, Il l., began run.
ming on the ten-hour PLAN in accordance With
the law, last Monday.
| The grist mill and cotton factory at Harris
| vile, X. T., are now ia fun operation, the fac
| tory making wicking.
| The whipm akers of Westfield Mass, are
forming q union on the same plan as the cigar
makers and other trades unions.
|
Maine ahipyards the last year was smaller than
in any year since 1852 with a single exception.
The employees of the Edgar Thomson Steel
Works at Pittsburg, Pa, have been voluntarily
given an advance of ten per cent in their
wages.
The lasters employed at the factory of Bur
reIl Houghton &, Co. Rockiand- Mass, asked
and obtained an increase of cents q pair last
week
1t is stated that since last June there has been
more iron aud steel made in Pittsburg than in
any six months in the history of that trade.
Manufacturers in Rhode Island, it is said
propose to cut down the wages Of the opera
tiyes who work by the day on account Of the
shorter hours Of labor.
Lots of cigar makers at Westtteid, Mass, are
idle now owing partly 70 dull trade aud partly
to the closing of the factories Tor annual taking
account of stock.
One hundred scab cigar makers of Towne, )
Fuller & CO.. factory, Springfield, Mass, have
written to President Strasse, of the Interna
tiona! Union, asking to be reinstated.
Work is quite slack q the present time in the
shops ana about the Wharves of the Old Colony
Steamboat Company in Newport, Il. J., only
about 200 men being employed there altogether
Gen. B. F. Butler has obeyed the boycotting
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, and will
not put up there until the trouble is adjusted,
though he has been frequent guest there for
thirty years.
The American Watch Company, Of Waltham.
Mass, has made arrangements for q series of
emergency lectures, to be delivered weekly to
the employees. The first was given in one of
the factory rooms Wednesday evening last.
The long strike Of the river coal miners at
Walton, Hays, Richer and Munhall have re-
turned to work at the ~ cent rate, and there
are now almost 2, 900 men at work at that place
The joint committees representing the power
loom ingram carpet weavers and manufactur-
ers of Philadelphia were in conference last
Saturday. and agreed upon schedule Of wages
for the next four months. This arrangement
win affect about 800 weayers.
Mr.. Lyman Abbott in his speech at Newark
drew vivid picture of q young girl, with
mother and little sister looking TO her for sup
port, who sees on one side the false, bad man
with gold in his hand, and on the other q ire
spectacle, viriuous' life for s'sixty-fve cents
day"
The employees Of the Edgar Thomson SteeI
Works at Braddock, Pa, accepted the tirfn's
proposition of ten per cent. advance, with
twelve hours days work and signed the scale
Saturday for the ensuing year. The mill re-
sumed operations in all departments last Mon
day.
Because weaver named Siums was dis
charged, the weavers at the Geneva Mills
Providence (Wanslluck) r. l., on the a9th ut
struck. At meeting of the strikers held the
same afternoon IL committee was appointed TO
present the grievance OF the weaTers to the
knights of Labor.
Did you ever see a patient under the knife of
skillful surgeon? How the flesh quivers and
throhs as the keen blade sinks deeper anddeep-
err! Cruel, is 1t not? But it is for good pur
pose. The patient needs It, SO with the boy
colt. 1t is the only way to remove excrescences
which are a blot on the social body.
The Ohio States Trades and Labor Assembly
will meet at Columbus on January %, and sew
erui organizations are making preparations to
be represented. There will be some labor bills
drafted and presented to the Legislature. and
Jas many memuers OF both houses have been
pledged to support ali labor measures, good re-
suits may follow.
james Il Stillman, master workman of the
Knights of Labor, Brockton, Mass, has had his
hands full during the past week, listening to
alleged grievances of men who have been dis
charged In number of cases the men have
been rsinstated. while in others Mr.. stilIInan
has decided that the discharges were made for
perfectly good reasons
The Trades and Labor Assembly Of Louis
vile. KY, in meeting on the Dist ult. passed
resolutions recommending to Speaker Carlisle
in the appointment of the labor committee the
following Representatives from New England
said to be in sympathy with the labor cause
Lowering, Massachusetts; Haynes, New Hanp-
shire; Collins, Massachusetts.
The strike at Maxwell Bros. factory Chi
cago, is still in progress. and neither the firm
nor the strikers evidence any sign OF giving in
Three men on their way 10 The factory on the
morning Of Wednesday of last week were set
upon by q crowd ana badly beaten. No arrests
were msde. The strikers declare that none OF
their number were concerned in the outrage
Six of the grinders at Maynard's hoe shop,
Northampton. Mass, are out on strike, owing
TO rule made by the proprietor that the men
should pay for the belt used in order that the
hands might take better care of It. The men
are members of the recently organized branch
of the Knights of Labor aud are said 10 be
waiting Instructions from headquarters az to
what coarse TO follow.
al the anishers in Conrad Kessler S Sons
hat factory, Reading, Pa, ceased work last Sat
ursiay on account of the proprietors advancing