Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-25
TRADE NOTES.

a. OuSnnan u W enOo
of Auburn, Me, employing $50 hands
have adopted a proftshsring co operative
plan.
In many Of the Brockton shoe factories
are notices to the effect that none Dat
Knights of Labor are employed here"
The boot-treers of Worcester, Mass have
adopted a scale OF prices Is per cent IN sd'
vance OF last years.
Children thirteen years of age work sixty
hours a week in the mills and factories OF
Connecticut.
Thomas Mccormick, cracker factory and
confectionery, London, Ont, recently dis
trbuted 81. 900 among his employees as
their share of the profits.
The Chicago Common Council, By q vote
Of q to 7, decided to award all contracts
for printing official reports to the lowest
bidder employing union printers only.
The Detroit Council, by'a unanimous
vote Endorsed Mayor Chamberlain's recon-
mendation that the city adopt thu eight
hour work-day fer ali workmen in its EN-
yloy.
The Bodwell Granite Company, al Vinal
Haven, Me has arranged by arbitration
with the Knights OF Labor q schedule
which raises lie wages o. it's 400 employees
from 10 to Is per cent.
The. Knights Of Llbor of Nenomipee
aud Marinette, Michigan, have opened war
on the slums Of debsuchery in those cities
which fleece the lgpbermsn when they
come out Of the woods in the spring,
1t is generally reported that work upon
the Southern Pacific shops at Houston,
Texas, will be- shortly commenced and
pushed with vigor. When completed the
shops will give employment TO at least quo
mechanics.
lie Enights OF Labor, OF Phillipsburg,
N. j, have formed q co operative stove
manufacturing company. They have pur-
chased the old Robinson carriage factory
for their business.
The Wilmington, Del, Bricklayers' As.
ssuhly, / flights Of Labor, have resolved
that after May Sd niue ho4rs shal consti.
tue a DAYS labor for members OF the AS.
sembly, With the same pay as ruled last
year for ten hours work.
The Co operative Society Of Trenton, N:
j., has Just declared a quarterly dividend
OF about ten per cent. The X. OF l.. OF
Soa,h Trenton and Chambersburg, eneour.
aged by their success, propose to embark
10 an enterprise of this character this
spring.
1t is said that John Jarrett, ex.president
OF the Aualgsmated Association OF Iron
and S,eel Workers, has joined hands with
Millionaire En2rev Carnegie for the de-
yelopment Of an immense cooperative
scheme. None but toilers can take stock
iu the concern, and a cooperative bank is
among the features Ct the enterprise. We
will await further information eoneeTnIng
this matter With much interest.
IAs Wheeling Natural Gas Company, OF
,,h;ob "G.i4. M4gss, WW Finn and +; c,
Elliott Elliott are stocs SSc!4sr,. ore getting their
pipe made at q %non.union mlII- |"
which no mar who is known to be a mem
her of the Amalgamsted Association 10
allowed to woTk.-Lsbor Tribune
No employer has q right 10 dietGta 10
ais employee how he shall seek his wi
iptaIesrs; that is, whether he shall Join a
Union or not, any more than the employee
has to dictate to the employer how he shall
seek his; that is, whether he shall JOIN q
manufacturers association. In this mat.
ter employer and employee are on an equal
footing, and if labor in dealing with Its
employer chooses to put its interests into
the care Of o union. it is also right the
difficulty if eny sriss, should not grow out
of uuronisu, but out OF its abuse.-AmerI-
can Manufactures.
We are glad to fud tkSt at last the +.
OIL. organizers are beginning to carry
out Mr. Powderley's misunderstanding not to
make inroads on the trade unions. 1t is
the correct idea. There if enough
70. Us all, and nothing should be done BY
| one union to mar the harmony and rstsrd
| the progress iof the other. The KsightS
are doing brsvsly, and in their heroic
efforts they have the moral support and
sympathy Of trade unions. 10 order that
such n desirable state OF relations shall be
maintained, the K. of l.. should refuse to
take into membership any man or men
who wook OF q trade over which n ns'ionsI
or international trade uaion hiss jurisdic'
ton.