St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28

prevailing distress. Chamberlain depre-
Gated riots and all similar forms OF disturb
ance TO manifest needs of help. He said he
was opposed % emigration IS means of
relief unless the distress was chronic.
Chamberlain added he hoped the govern
ment would soon be able 10 establish the
British labOrer upon the soil he TILED
Pending the accomplishment OF this he
would not cease urging local boards to start
relief works, such as paving streets. 10 fur
nish means of subsistence to those in absO-
lutte need.
The Kansas City Journal is bOyeotted.
Lest Sunday when the Kansas City mail
arrived at Lawrence. Kan, body of men
numbering fully $50 cOngTegated by what
was clearly preconcerted plan and re-
eeiyed bundle OF 500 copies Of the Kansas
City Times. the rival Of the Journal. which
they at once began 10 sell all over the city,
supplying the wants of the reading public
with the Times against the Journal. A
large body in front of the two news stands
headed customers on. The efforts proved
very effective, as some very influential citi-
zens were among them.
The shoe manufacturers of the New Eng
land states are holding secret meetings to
discuss the labor question, but as Yet they
have not decided whether to agree TO a
plOyers are much concerned at the possible
course the labor question may take. Hun
DIRE OF Thousands Of cases of goods have
been sold and delivered which could not be
duplicated 1t the prices paid. In New
York business is slow. In Philadelphia it
is 10 better.
The labor lyceunS are crowded, and the
lectures, as a rule, are studious preSenta-
tons Of the labor question. There is very
little appeal TO passion or prejudice. The
membership is taught thai mere legislation
can accomplish but little, and that the real
reform must come through education, in
telligence and combination and the adOp-
ton Of measures for the aScertainment and
enforcement OF justice.
The bricklayers, stOnemasC..s. StOnecut-
tiers and painters in all the large cities and
IN good many small ones are coming up TO
the eight-hOur question with a rush. In
Washington the masOnS will work only
eight hours after May 8. and the stone
cutters have aSsented TO the same PROPOSE
ton, but they want the same wages then as
now. This may make trouble.
The hOd-carriers, masOns, painters and
carpenters of Milwaukee have all agreed
10 the eight-hour rule. and the Eight-hour
league is fall OF excitement. In other
Northwestern cities organization is Occu-
pying the attention of workers OF all kinds,
and higher rate of wages will be attempted
II the eight-hOur system goes into effect.
In Milwaukee the Knights are as numer-
Gus as flies in summer. The carpenters and
cabinet-makers are also coming in. The
planing-mill men are now all organized.
Lecturers are now working through Illinois,
Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin. The Ger
mans IN those states are taking as much III
terest in organizations as Americans.
Baltimore is the headquarters for the fer
tiliZing trade. The total shipments last
year from that point was over 500, 600 tons
The business is rapidly improving, AS farm-
ers find it to their advantage TO increase
their expenses in this objection.
In the Otis Steel works, Cleveland. thirty
nine accidents occurred among 600 men in
January, and up TO the middle of last week
thirty-twO occurred this month. The men
pay their own surgeon to patch them to-
gether.
The cabinet makers of New York are
urgent advocates of the eght-hOur day
The clothing cutters are well organized.
Nearly every cutter is in the union. In
several shops an advance of - per week
has been secured.
The pOcketbOOk makers and leather
workers OF New York are earning from $40
To Sl2 per week, where few years ago
they earned S24. The leaders blame this
result TO Ignorance and beer.
The st. Louis district has fOrty-five local
assemblies and 10. 600 members. The Rhode
Island district has fifty locals, and District
Assembly No. so of Massachusetts has over
500 local assemblies.
From every quarter comes reports of adj
vances in wages During the past week
advances of from 5 10 10 per cent have
been made in nearly 800 manufacturing
establishments.
The forty-fve brick yards at Haverstraw,
y. Y, have capacity for $40, 600. 900
brick annually. There are 1000 men em-
plOyed, besides 500 in the river carrying
trade.
An assembly has been organized i'm st.
Joseph, Mo-, and three new assemblies
have been recently added-One of Germans.
one of women and girls and 4 third for
men.
The organized brushmakers Of New York
are appealing to their craft in the United
States and Canada for the establishment of
a national brushmakers' bureau.
English manufacturers are concerning
themselves over the possibility of COMPETE
ton of Spanish with British pig-iron. The
movement is causing alarm.
Richmond, Va. business men have
passed resolutions denOuncing the boycott,
which, they contend. is punishable as a con-
spiracy.
Weekly and fOrtnightly payments are be-
ing rapidly substituted i'm the East for the
monthly system heretofore i'm vogue.
The Washington and Georgetown Street
Car company will reduce the hours of lObOr
from sixteen to thirteen on May l.
A large number of bills have been intro
dUced in congress i'm the interests of labor,
and few of them may pass.
After long discussion the weekly pay
ment bill passed the Massachusetts senate
Feb. Il by a vote of % to ..
The Panama Canal company have estab-
lished a labor agency in New Orleans to Sc
cure hands for their work.
1t is estimated that there are 90. 600
Knights in Montreal, where a few months
ago there was not one.
There are two assemblies in Schenectady,
y. Y, one with a membership OF /, 400
and the other 600.
The organization of the BARRIERS of Bos-
ton will result in the abolition of five-cent
shaving shops.
At Hamilton. Ont. the manager OF the
Grand Trunk railroad has restored the 10
per cent. cut.
The knights of Labor of Eau Claire will
take an active part in the coming election
al that place.
In Tennessee steps are being taken to Or
ganiZe an assembly in every town aud city
in the state.
4 general strike among the employees of
the Milwaukee boot and shoe factories Is
threatened.