St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-21
General NOfeS.

The strike at the National Tube works Nc
Keesport, Pa, is now general. The machin-
lists declined Il 10 per cent advance, and with
the carpenters. painters, boiler makers, and
repairmen came out this afternoon. The firm
has offered to compromise by conceding an
increase of from ~ to 10 per cent. but the
men refuse to accept. About $500 men are
now idle. At meeting last night they were
taken into the Knights OF Labor.
1t is probable that the workingmen of
Great Britain will be induced TO depart from
their methods of trade unionism and adopt
that Of the Knights of Labor. A good many
inquiries are coming from the other side, and
the field is open. There is no reason why the
order should not become as prosperous
abroad as at home.
The n. o. Nelson Manufacturing ompany
of St. Louis proposes TO divide half the profits
of the business with the employees after al
vested. Each employe will receive a share
proportional to his wages. They will also
establish a cooperative store, in which the
benefits and profits will accrue to the en-
ployes.
The executive board of the Knights Of La
Dor have decided to adopt a distinctive cigar
label which will bear the stamp of the order.
The Cigarmakers' International union has
label for brands manufactured by its mem
bers, and its officers say that this move on the
part of the Knights is blow at the Interna-
tiOnal union.
The Examiner, the Roman Catholic organ Of
Brooklyn, says We have seen the DEGREES or
the council, and we are in position to state
authOritatively that the council did not leRis-
late on the labor movement at all, feeling the
movement was legitimate one, and had so
kept within bounds that it called for no special
attention.
Vice President T. J. Potter of the Burling-
ton road has returned to Chicago, and an
interview was had with him at his Office
yesterday morning. He said, in response to
the inquiries OF the reporter, that he did not
believe in settlements by arbitration. The
Burlington, he says, arbitrates for itself
The coke trade is good, and the region has
about settled down to active work. The
Hazlett and Painter works of Mcclure & Co.
are still idle but work will likely be resumed
there before long. The demand for coke is
active, but shippers are experiencing some
trouble in getting cars.
About forty coal miners employed at the
White Oak mine, near Marisea, Mo-, struck
Friday on account of reduction of wages
from so to 20 cents a box, which holds about
seventeen bushels of coal, and were ordered
to remove their tools from the mine.
George E. Mcneil, secretary of the execu-
tive board of Knights of Labor in Massa-
chusetts, spoke for two hours last Thursday
before the house committee on labor at
Washington. He presented the views Of the
Knights on several questions.
St. Louis street car drivers will hold
meeting Sunday evening to consider the
propriety of inaugurating a strike. EN-
ployes on one line receive 81 per day, and
those on other lines demand the same wages.
! A national labor congress composed OF
delegates from each congressional district,
exerting powerful influence in politics and
/ legislation is one of the things the future now
promises.
Drivers on the Third street car line, Dayton,
! O., struck yesterday at noon for $1.75 for
twelve hours. The knights of Labor propose
/ to boycott the road in case other men are en-
ployed IN the place of the strikers.
The Womans National Industrial league,
headquarters at Washington. ID. c., is en-
gagged in a very good work, hat of an effort
to improve the condition as to wag es, etc., OF
women engaged in the trades.
Since January the general executive COM
mittee of the Knights of Labor have settled
| over 400 cases, many or most of which would
have resulted in strikes.
The Chicago Trades assembly threatens to
boy colt the city directory i'll case it is printed
in rat" Office. In that case $4,000 names
would be refused.
In several cities street car employees have
been favored with "a reduction to twelve
hours" The flavor of history in the news 8
quite interesting.
District Master Workman Golden of Cal
weston, Tex, was arrested for drunkenness
in that city and then impeached by the dis
trict assemblies.
formulated their demand for eleven houps as
a days work. They want an answer Tuesday
at 10 a. m.
General Lecturer Trevellick of the Knights
of Laber goes South in the spring to work In
the South Atlantic and Gulf states.
There are probably 10000 Knights of Labor
in New York city, $1,000 in Brooklyn and
about 100, 900 in the state.
There are 10000 women in Chicago who
work for wages. They are beginning to
organize for their protection.
There are twenty-six Knights of Labor as
sembhes in Chicago, and forty-hve other labor
unions.
The Knights of Elm Creek, Kan, held a
fair recently and propose to build hall.
The Knights of Labor hold the balance OF
, political power in Northern Michigan.
Knights of Labor assemblies of colored
men are being organized in the South.
A workingmen's temple costing $4,000 is 70
be erected at Trenton, N. j.
> A cooperative pail and tub factory is 90 be
! started at Eau Claire, Wis.