The examiner., 1886-01-02
THE WORKING WORLD.

The International bricklayers will con- vene in St. Louis, the second Monday ID January.
 Mobile, Ala, has four K. of l.. assem- plies, and each continually adding to its 
 Speaker Carlisle has appointed seven members of the honse-an more or less affiliated with the Labor movement, to positions on the committe of Labor.
 25O miners of Keeling & Company's mill, third pool, Pittsbu-g, who have been on strike all summer returned to work Tues day at the old rate.
 A big strike of glass-blowers has been averted in New York State, by a joint com mittee of employers and employees meeting at Syracuse, and entering on compromise, largely favoring the latter.
 A convention of wholesale sash, door and blind manufacturers of the Nor Invest recently held in Chicago, decided to close their factories from Dec. 15, to Feb. 1, to curtail production and advance p ices.
 The Gem City tobacco works at Quincy Ill.,, has changed its working system from and has also changed its title name to that of the 'Eight Hour Tobacco Company"
 Gov. Martin, in his forthcoming message to the Kansas legislature, will recommend the enacment of a law creating a State Board of Arbitration as means of settling difficulties between employers and employ es.
 To avert an impending strike the man. ager of the Torrey Shoe factory of Rock land, Mass, called the leaders of the Lastcrs' Union together Saturday and a general advance of wages averaging 25 cents a day was agreed upon.
 In Belfast Ireland, the carpenters went on strike recently for an advance of one half-penuv per hour. The matter was re- ferred to arbitration and the strikers were granted three-pence advance, making their wages I'd. per hour.
 A local relief board has been formed at Nanticoke, Pa. to solicit aid for the fami- lies of the victims of the recent mine disas- 
 nearly all in destitute circumstances. A public appeal is made, and the .presidt n.- Rev. G. c. Lyman is authorized to re .eive contributions.
 The National Carpenters Union of Ger many is now organized in siXty-two cities, and has 3, 1SS members in good standing. It is growing. At moe.ing of 2,200 car penters held in Berlin last month, it was resolved to strike next Spring for fifty pfen- nige [about 12 centsl per hour, and nine hours as days work.
 Last week Friday serious riot occurred between striking men and non-union molders at North Dish'on, Mass, during which Thomas Donahue was shot in the groin, James McCann cut in the head and Chas. Van Valkenburg cut about the face of the strikers Lawrence Hennessy, Robert
 
 with stones, and Thomas Barry shot in the eye.
 About 5000 female shoe stichers, mem- bers of the Lady Sticher's Union of Lynn. Mass, recently demanded an advance ot wages. The matter was given into the hands of the local executive board of the Knights of Labor for adjustment. After a ten hours conference with the employers a schedule of prices was agreed upon aver aging 20 per cent. advance. This was less than the ladies asked for, but they cheer fully abided the decision.
 Tie Saturday Half Holiday Association nf has int fo1 oIo men of all denominations in it's effort to make the holiday permanent, and fifteen ministers in New York and Brooklyn spoke to their congregations last Sunday in favor of the movement. The members of the congregation were advised to do their shopping before Saturday noon, and thus aid in giving the movement very efficient assistance.
 A clock has been invented and put in practical working at the factory of the New Haven Clock company, which registers the coming and going of the workmen, by slot, and which fall at different periods in- to different sections under the instrument. Each check bears the number of each workman; and the operation of going and coming and depositing tue checks is under the eye of the superintendent. Those an hour late, are docked half day.
 The hat manufactul CTS of Danbury, fol- lowing in the wake of other employers, have condescended to negotiate with repre- sentatives of their employees with view of establishing some mutual arrangement whereby future troubles may be averte1. The following has been already agreed to:
 1. Prices to be fixed at the beginning of the trade, which shal! hold for six months.
 2. ''Shop calls' to be discontinued ex- cept 70 arrange prices. All difficulties to be settled by a committee in each shop. 5. Should there be disagreement as to prices between employers and men a com nlittee of arbitration to settle the same, whose decision shall be final. 4. Existing contracts to be carried out | between employers and men. 5. Ali men who have never held cards | in the associations to be admitted by paying tho usual initiation fee.
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