The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-05-01
Labor Notes.

| The demonstration of the Miners and La
borers' Amalgamated Association OF Luzerne,
Lackawanna and Northern Schuylkill coun-
ties. at Wilkesbarre, on Saturday, was com
plets success. About $4,000 persons took
part in the parade. A mass meeting was held
| in River Park, and addresses were made by
Congressman Brumm, of Schuylkill; ex-Sen-
ator Parker, of Mahanoy City; W. ID. Hines,
of Wilkesbarre; Daniel Duffy, of Schuylkill;
George Harris, State President of the Society,
and John Brady, assistant organizer of the
society. They spoke at length upon the eight
hour law and the enforcement of it, impress
ing upon the minds of the mass of people that
were present that this did not mean strike,
as il has been rumored. What they would
demand was q fair days pay for eight hours
labor, and that there was room for betterment
of the condition of the coal diggers in this
region.
A telegram from Reading says: "Of the
$3.50, 200 worth of new work, such as pas
senger, coal and cattle cars and engines, or
dered by the Philadelphia and Reading Rail.
road Receivers, 5000, 200 worth was assigned
to the company's shops in this city. The
company's one thousand employees asked that
they be allowed to do the work by the day,
instead of working by contract at a fixed price
per car. The officials informed them that n
they persisted in their demand the work would
in ali probability be done at other places, In
which event half the present force would be
discharged. The employees will hold meet
ing to consider the matter"
The Citizens Committee at St. Louis, APP
pointed to endeavor to bring about termlna-
ton of the Missouri Pacific trouble have not
relaxed their efforts, and it is believed they
will succeed in inducing the Executive Board
e .1,a MI nf .ahnr n napIarp the strike
off. Should this be done the Citizens Com
mittee pledge themselves to stand by the
knights, and to use every exertion possible
to either bring about arbitration or to secure
the re-employment of all strikers who have
not committed offences against the law ort
company.
The Pittsburg Leader is responsible for the
announcement that a fight between two OF
the greatest labor organizations in the coun-
try, the knights of Labor and the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron and Steel Workers,
is promised for the near future. The knights
of Labor, it saws are charged with cajoling
several lodges of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton, whose charters had lapsed, into forming
assemblies of the Knights of Labor. 1t is
also said the Federation of Miners will aid
the Amalgamated.
An eight hour demonstration was held on
Sunday in Chicago by the International
Working Mems Association, Communistic.
There was street parade of nearly 4, 600 men,
literally punctuated with red flags and Social
istic notices; and subsequently mass meet,
ing on the Lake front was addressed by several
Communistic leaders. All OF the speeches
were of the blood and thunder order.
San Francisco has Girls Union, where
Young women receive board and lodging II
unable to pay for it; are put in the way OF
finding work, and generally watched over.
Glasses in housekeeping, sewing, dressmak-
ing, and the like are about to be started.
There are 400 members of the union.
The master plasterers of st. Louis have
agreed to put the eight hour system into effect
on May list, and to pay their men 80. 70 per
day. The old rate was $3.50 for ten hours.
The new rate is really an advance of 10 cents
per day. The journeymen are expected to
accept the plan.
The Turner's Progressive Union of New
York, at a meeting on Sunday, decided that
ON and after May LIST eight hours must con-
stitute DAVIS work for members of the union,
and that no more piece work shall be ac-
cepted.
The "Western Boot and Shoe Manufac-
turers' Association was formed in Chicago
on IueSudy HiSHI ioi ihu' y,
members unanimously decided that they could
not give ten hours pay for eight hours work.
Two hundred and seventy-five cabinet max
ers and furniture workers at the factory OF
R. Rothschild's Sons, in Chicago, struck on
Wednesday morning for ten hours pay for
eight hours work.
1t is now reported that the servant girls OF
Milwaukee are organizing union for the
purpose of advancing wages. An admis-
sion fee is charged at 81 and monthly dues
80 cents.
The strike of the morocco workers in VII
mington, Delaware, has entered on its sixth
week with little indication of an adjustment.