Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1884 — MISCELLANEOUS. [ARTICLE]

MISCELLANEOUS.

There is to be a general reduction of mill operators’ wages at Lawrence, Mass. The Waltham (Mass.) watch factory has reduced wages from sto 60 per cent. In the Grand Trunk railroad shops at Montreal, Canada, wages have been cut 10 per cent. Over 100 men were discharged last week from the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago railway machine shops at Fort Wayne, and the working force is now lower than ever known. The Salmon Falls (N. H.) Manufacturing company has given notice of a reduction of wages. The Birmingham (Ala.) rolling mills, idle for six months, have started up with non-union men. The 20,000 mill operatives of Fall River, Mass., threaten to strike if the mill owners persist in the reduction of wages. At a convention of the coal operators of Central Ohio it was determined to reduce the rate of mining from 80 cents per ton to 60 cents per ton, to take effect March 1, The miners say they will resist the reduction to the bitter end. The coke men of Pennsylvania have formed a pool for the purpose of stiffening prices. The Philadelphia Evening News has dismissed its force of union printers and hired non-union men. The iron-ore companies at Port Henry, N. Y., have notified the miners of a reduction in wages of 10 to 15 cents a day. The spinners of New Bedford, Mass., are on a strike against a reduction of wages. The management of the Western Union Telegraph company has ordered the officers to cut down expenses to the lowest notch. This rule, It Is sa'd, will be applied to all offices.