The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-08-04
AMONG YHE WAGE NOREERS.
An interesting Batch Of Labor Notes Special
for Ye Workinamep.

tVi &C WplhAhkAAeas
Three hundred and forty persons are
constantly employed at Kioto, Japan, in
making playing-cards.
The shops Of the Reading Railroad at
Reading, Pa, run nearly the length Of the
town on each side of the river.
AT Salvador they make umbrellas, car
pets, beds, bride reins, lariats and ropes
from the fibre of the banana tree.
They are using Connelsvlle, Pa, coke
in Newfoundland. England has heretofore
supplied this market exclusively.
The labor field looks bright and hope
ful. From all sections of the country comes
report of increased orders and good wages.
-Cigarmakers In New York factory
have struck against a 25 per cent reduction.
They claim that their wages run from SO to
$40 per week under the old scale.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
rs experimenting with Whilfeld's patent
electric brake, which is claimed will give
better satisfaction than the air brake. The
battery working the brakes is placed in the
locomotive.
The Antelope, No 46, is new locomo-
tive built AZ the South Eastou Shops of the
Lehigh Wiley Railroad. The new engine
will take the place of the old one of the
same name, which has been consigned to
the scrap heap.
The mechanics in the railroad shops of
Sacramento, Cal, intend TO built statue to
the late Master Mechanic Stevens, of that
city. The Wheeling Register says; "Great
as we have been in battle, in diplomacy, in
erecting and administering system Of
government, we have Seen greater in what
may be called the Industrial genius of our
people" This move is thought to be the
first memorial of American labor.
Genaral Manager w. w. Evans, of the
Grant Locomotive Works, in Paterson, NJ /,
says it is the present intention of the
management to receive no more orders for
locomotives and to close the works as soon
as the work on hand is finished, which will
be about three weeks. The concern has
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it will be reorganized and continued there
or removed to another city has not been de-
cided. The Grand works have been carried
on in Paterson for about forty years.
John Finerty's Chicago Citizen says: ola.
boring men. girls willing to work as domes.
tics and people having trades or professions
are about the only class of persons that
should immigrate to America; and ever
these might have considerable difficulty ir
finding employment. The Citizen woult
strongly advise the rising generation II
Ireland to stay at home if by any mean
they can make living in their native land
Coming to America even with good ed
ucation, but without a trade or profession
is about. as risky step as any younl
Irishman or women could take.
The silk industry of this country is il
fourishing condition. There is no tarii
embargo on the raw material. Silk mill
are springing up all over the country. Re
Gently a silk mill at Weatherly, Carbol
county, was opened one will be built a
Lehighton. 1t employees S5 hands, VIII
turn out weekly product of $50 pounds Q
spun silk. Employees are taught the differ
ent processes by skilled hands from Allen
town and Paterson. Two weeks are rt
quired for instruction, after which the EN-
, ployees begin work at an average rate {
, $l.50 per week, the wages being advance
as rapidly as the operatives become expel
and proficient. The capacity of the mill
1000 pounds week.-Ex.