St. Paul daily globe., 1886-11-21
GENERAL LABOR NOTES.

Operators of the Cornellsville. Pa, coke
mines have refused to grant any of the de-
mands made by the miners, except the one
asking for slight advance for sharpening
tools. This proposition was rejected by the
miners and the conference adjourned. Sub
sequently the miners offered to submit the
question to arbitration, but as a number of
the operators had LETT tor home action was
postponed. SecretarT Miller of the Miners
q sociation says if the operators refuse to
arbitrate a strike of 1900 coke workers will
be oi dared al once.
Tner. is trouble in the Northwest territor.
over imported Hungarian miners. The men
were found to be worthless. and English and
Scotch miners were sent for, the HungaranS
b ing kept at work meanwhile. Subsequently
all the Hungarians were discharged except
three, and the others were so angered at their
three more fortunate comrades that they
placed quantity of gunpowder under the
cabin in which the three slept and exploded
it in the night The cabin was clown to
pieces. and the men went into the air without
serious injury.
Both sides in the mOliers' strike at Pater-
son. N. j., remain firm. and there is every. in
dicatiou that the strike will last throughout
the winter. The molders want a uniform
rate of wages of $3.50 day established. and
the employers refuse to give it. II is be-
lieved that the only way out of the difficulty
will be to arrange compromise or $50.
One of the establishments where the molders
are on a strike has bCu yht machine to do
mOlding, and is now experimenting with II.
The machine is an English invention, aud is
said to do the work of two or three men,
National View.
As a result of the Chicago strike the Chi
cago Cooperative Packi lg q Id Provision
company has secured license for incorpora-
ton. The incorporators are all KNIGHTS OF
Labor and S35, 600 has been subscribed with
out canvass being male. 1t Is claimed
that plant costing $50 0JJ will be ready
begin siaughtering March l. The plan is TO
work three shifts of men eight hours each III
the twenty-four hours, giving empo ment I
l,o01 men. Buying cattle direct from farm
ers is also in contemplation.
About Two weeks ago the Fall River, Mass
spiunerS made demand to have their ges
restored to rates paid in 1884. This demand
Was so unfavorablT received by the mill OWN
ers, and such disintertstedness displayed in
their neglect to notice it. t1at operatives of
all grades became thorough, arc lsed, and
there is now strong feeling in favor Of a
strike. About 10000 cotton operatives will
be involved.
Maj. Elliott, of Lewiston. Pa, is the oldest
printer in thai state. and without doubt the
Oldest in the country. lie recently celebrated
his 94th anniversary. So far as kno gn he is
the only survivor of those who did serv on
the man-of-war Essex during the war OF 1912
Carroll D. Wright is authority for rhe state-
ment that there are upward of 100000 men
out of employment in the United States.
Labor saving machinery, imported pauper
labor and long hours of labor are directly re-
sponsible for this army of iders.
The Knights of Labor in Marlborough,
Mass, have made Il contract for 1000 tons Of
coal. TO be furnished at from 60 cents to 81
less per ton than the regular rates. This
coal is to be furnished to the families of the
knights at actual cost.
About 100 colored knights of Labor are on
a strike in Louisiana. They are plantation
hands near Berwick, and cutting, grin ling
and hauling sugar cane has been entirely sus-
pended since Monday.
There are hundreds of idle sailors in San
Francisco unable to obtain employment. and
the return of the whalers from the north in a
few weeks will throw !, 900 more men in the
market.
| Clearfeld coal miners have Withdrawn
from the National Federation of Mine Labor
| ers and Joined the Knights of Laaor. Tne
entire region is now solid for the Knights of
| Labor.
The Chicago packers have gone back to
work in obedience to an order from Mr.. Pow