The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-06
LABOR NOTES.
Notes From ali Over---Uondition Of the
Labor Market.

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| Westerly, r. l.
Hodkinton (Afass.) boot treers las
week demanded an increase OF 5 cent
u case.
! After a shut down Of five weeks, the
| Winsted tCt. Hosiery Company started
up last week.
The PittsfeId NH shoe factory is
again III operation, all troubles having
been adjusted.
A general boycott has been ordered
against the Derby Silver Company OF
Birmingham, CT
The truntmakers of Boston are con
sidering the formation Of Knights Of
Labor assembly.
The carpet workers of Y-onkers, N.
Y are said to be about to renew the
strike Of last year.
The weavers Of the Wainsutta mills,
New Bedford, Mass, voted last week to
ask for increased pay.
The differences at Beyer's morocco
factory, Lynn, have been settled and
the men are all at WORK.
The mills at Salmon Falls, and Til
ton, N. H., are running extra time on
account of the press of orders.
TIE coal miners at Irwin, Pa, held a
meeting last Saturday and resolved to
demand au advance of ten per cent.
The Tacoma IN. H. Car Company
has taken a contract to manufacture
large number of freight cars this win
ter.
There is likely to be further arbitra-
ton required at Brockton, Mass, be-
fore the hnishers prices are settled.
The situation among the Pennsyl-
yania coke miners reported quiet and
orderly at the beginning of the week.
The Hatmakers' Association Of New
Jersey is up in arms against d reported
coming Of Italian hatters into that
state.
The strike at the Readville Mass.
cotton mill became general last week,
and all the hands, numbering about 800,
were idle.
The outlook is for long contest be-
tween the United Cigar Manufacturers
Association and its striking employees
n New York.
The Weavers Of the Roy WOODEN mills
1t North Bellingham, Mass. were given t
en per cent. advance of pay at the |
asst pay day.
During last December, throughout
he country, there was formed 260 local
nd two district assemblies Of the
Knights Of Labor.
A number of the employs Of the
rand Trunk railway neTo discharged
4st Saturday for having, it is alleged,
5ked for an increase of wages. Fl
The strike at the Shelton Silver Plate
shop, New Haven. CT,
AIDED on the 23d, the company granting
,e increased wages demanded.
The Edgar Thompson steel works, :
ittsburg, Pa, which started up last
eek, again shut down, the helpers and
lers refusing to work for the wages
Tered.
There Is likely TO be strike on the /
rand TrunkrailWaY, as the employees S
I've been notified tnat after the lst /
OK. wages viii be cut and no overtime {
lowed. C
Rhode Island has between forty and .
sty assemblies of the knights of La :.
u, chiefly located at Providence, Wes-
rly, Lonsdale, Woonsocket, Central .
ais and Pascoag.
Fall River bricklayers held meeting 5
/ the night OF the 2tsb to ratify the t
cent decision of the union that after c
e lst Of May nine hours should con- q
iube a days work. I
A large proportion OF the men en- +
Dyed in the Union Pacific shops at :
roaha, Neb., numbering probably 800, ,
ere discharged Wednesday of last !,
eek to cut down expenses. !
On friday Of last week the joint G
ate convention of Ohio coal opera
rs and miners met in Columbus aud
cepted the schedu g of prices adopted u
! the interstate Miners Union. Q
Sixty weavers at Lymanyille tR. IL
ills quit work last week because thei
refused to recognize their
mmittee of arbitration in the settle :,
enE of differences between the EN- :
Dyes and managers. !,
New Bedford is the third largest cot .
n manufacturing city in the United G
ates, having 400, 900 spindies, coming G
xxi to Lowell, which has 100000, while y
all River is tue largest, having 1,7is,- J
0. Il
6 A Laundryman says that the :.
National Association is
pitly growing and viii soon take ac-
on against the Chinese. He says he :
rs dozen applications week from :
,or women Offering to work for sol :
i'd Is cents day. =
It is reported that the agents of the d
niger sewing machine establishment.