The Labor enquirer., 1886-07-17
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Fourth of July celebration at Des
Moines, Iowa, and private adyices to
The ENQUIRER state that it was the
grandest affair ever held in that city
There were 5000 IN the procession.
Workingmen of this CITY and adjacent
towns are hereby notified that ]. S. Drey
fuss has moved his immense stock oi
clothing into the commodious and newly
fitted storeroom, 3S2 Larimer street
next to Charpiots hotel. Call and see
"the old man"
BELFAST, July 13-Serious rioting
broke out this evening between the
Catholics and Protestants. Many stones
were thrown and revolvers were freely
used. The military were called out to
restore order. Many persons were in,
iured and sent to the hospitals.
The celebration of the Fourth in San
Francisco, under the auspices of the
Trades Federation, was a grand affair,
and knocked the daylights out of the
Capitahstic attempt to do the usual
empty tiu-pan racket, with tue goldfish
arislocrat, Frank Pixlev, as their main
pusher
LONDON July 14.-An extraditiG n
treaty between England and the United
States his been signed In addition to
the customary clauses the treaty pro-
yides for the surrender of dynamite mis-
Creants. 1t is generally thought in Dip
lomatic circles here that the troubles in
Chicago largely influenced the Ameri-
can government in making this treaty.
PHILADELPHIA, July lO.-Seven hun
dred rug weavers employed by John
Bromley & Son, carpet and rug manufac-
turers, went on strike to-day because
that firm refused to discharge some non
union learners who are employed in the
mill. The strike involves about 1900
men and women, as the other depart,
ments in the mill will be obliged to stop
work.
The workers of iulare county, Califor-
MIA, celebrated the Fourth in good, old
fashioned style, under the auspices Of
the |. w. A. The stars and stripes of
our country aud the red flag denOtin g
the Brotherhood of all Men, foated side
by side. A good me was had by all
wAO participated, and they included
large ,najoritY Of the peop.e of the
county.
The moder5' strike, which has been
in existence at Troy five mouths and
involved 500 mold RS aud as many stove
mOunters and other employees, is at last
declared off, Both the manufacturers
and the men make some concessions.
The latter agree to return to work at
Board prices pending arbitration, and an
adjustment of prices based on the aver
aye paid elsewhere.
WAsHINGToN, July 12.-AmOng the in
dlgnant democrats are the members of
the house labor committee, who are fu-
rlOu5 because the committee on the Or
der Of business have not awarded them
a date to consider labor me }sures.
Among these are bills making eight hours
a days labor for letter carriers, and in
hibitlng the use of convict labor and
al li1
buildings and other Improvements. The
letter carriers bill has passed the senate.
Chicago, July 13-The representa-
tives of the Western Union Telegraph
company in this city state that four
operators at Omaha have stopped work
and the remaining thirty-three are at
work. They also declare that no opera
tors have stopped work at Ogden or
other points. General uperintendent
Clowry states that the district superin-
tendents have standing orders to ar
range so that no overtime work shall be
done, but to keep on hand a sufficient
force of men to obVlate anv overtime.
The difficulty with keene Bros, at
SkOwhegan remains the same as last
week. At this writing most of the hands
are out of the shop and nothing is being
done. keene left the executive board
at the Elm house, Auburn, last Friday,
and returned home after YainlY trying
to patch up settlement that was no set
| tlement at all. But his last consultation
with the bard we think satisfied him
that they were done fooling with him,
as he accused them of being different
men than when he had met them be
| fore.
ST Louis, July 1.-THE following dis
patch, signed by many supporters of Mr..
Gladstones home rule policy, was cabled
this evening to Mr.. T. P. O'COnnor,
NJ. P: We congratulate Mr.. Gla istone
on his able canvass. The Irish race and
the friends of constitutional liberty
throughout the world congratulate him
and feel assured that the adverse vote
on home rule in England on more ma
ture consideration will be reversed. 1t
is for the mutual in crest of the English,
Irish, Scotch and Welsh that the prlncl-
ple of home rue should be established,
and it will be.
The Typographical union of Denver
has advanced the piece scale to 40 cents
for afternoon and weekly papers, and Of
cents for morning papers. All proprle'
tors have quietly acQuiesced, excepting