Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-24
THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

Tui cooperative window-glas works ct Dunlzlrk, Ind, has begun to make glass.
 ORDERS are plenty in all the potterics, and in consequence there are not many idle workmen.
 THE iron holders of Mansfield, O., have rented factory and gone into business Tor themselves.
 TIE boycott on sspooln beer in New York. New Haven and other cities is being exten- sively pushed.
 THE Southern Pacific company's shops in Sacramento, where :, 100 men are employed, will be enlarged.
 THE Smith & Wesson revolver works st Springfield, Mass, will be enlarged by thr0e-stOry addition.
 THE Cambria mines, at Mineral Ridge, o. are closed. The operators want reduction of 15 per cent. in wages.
 A LODGE of the Order of Railway Telegra- phers was recently organized in Denver with charter membership of 137.
 NEW vessel to carry lumber from Port land, Ore, to Hong Kong, China, is a British bark with a capacity of (, ,500, coo feet
 HoLYoKE, Mass, is one of the largest paper-min centers in the world. There are 9 firms, with capacity of over 200 tons a day.
 BY a decision of the employees of the Read ing iron works to accept reduction of 7H per cent. in wages, 1,2O0 men will resume work.
 A COOPERATIVE glass factory is being erected at Stoneboro, Pa. The town do hated site and loaned the operators S12OO0
 THE strike in the Michigan State printing office has been declared off by the president of the International Typographical Union as unwarranted.
 THE Order of Railway Photographers of North America, which was organized in June, 1886, has eighty unions and about ,O00 members.
 THE coal fields of the St. Louis 6 Chicago railway at Mount Olive, H., are beng l rapidly developed to accommodate the de- ! mands of Northwestern territory. GROUND has been broken for the building | of the iron and steel works at Superior, l Wis, which when completed will cost $300,- 600 and give employment to 5C0 men. THE Iowa Barb Wire Company, Allen l town, Ia., is setting up ten new barbing l machines, with a capacity of twenty tons l day. in addition to the present capacity of | the mill.
 l THE Marble Cutters, Bluestone Cutters, | Freestone Cutters and Granite Cutters unions of New York City have formed an alliance for mutual support in all matters l affecting their welfare. | 1WENT1-SlA 1UdllluS dTF1VeO at GFduQ Rapids, Mich, from New York City some l days ago and claimed that they had been l sent there to work on one of the railways l They camped in lot and were all arrested | for vagrancy.
 THE Knights of Labor of Chicago haye | started a Trades Council of Knights and | withdrawn from the Trades Assembly, | which latter will now be composed of dele
 gates from carpenters. cigar makers and l other unions.
 AT Minneapolis, Minn., there are a few
 cooperative copper works, cooperative
 shoe sto-o, feed store, wagon shop, two gro r cery stores, a cigar factory aud carpenter
 and painting shops. The stores pay divi-
 lend of six per cent.
 | THE journeymen bakers of the Knights of
 Labor and the independent local union of
 Chicago have resolved to join the National
 Union, No. 49. This is a glorious victory for
 all the organized bakers of Chicago, and has l brought about unity. THE Boston Herdld is protit-sharing in-
 stitution Recently the employees received
 their share of the net profits of 1887. The
 shares amounted to s15,00o, and each en- l ployee was paid an amount equal to four per l cent of his WageS-or two weeks pay. l ADAM FERG, of Fremont, Pa., is about to
 build extensive car works at Bristol, Tenn, l to employ POO hands. The works are to be l erected at once, so as to be able to con-
 mence operations about September next
 He has already secured orders for 600 cars | to start with.
 | TIE wood carvers are still holding out
 firmly in their long fight with the Pullman
 Company. But one union man has proven | rccreant slnce the struggle began in Janu- 1 ary. Only nine of the strikers are now un-
 employed. The company is trying to run
 carving machines, but with indifferent suo-