Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1886 — THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK. [ARTICLE]

THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK.

The boycott instituted at Milwaukee against two cigar factories lias resulted in the indictment and arrest of seven members of the Executive Committee of the Knights of. Labor, on charge of conspiracy. The National Stove Makers’ Association, at its meeting at Cleveland, organized the “Stove Founders’ National-Defense Association,” and advanced the prici of stoves 1% per cent. < , The tenth and last day’s session of the General Assembly of the Knights of

Labor, at Cleveland, Ohio, was a veritable lovefeast, and every member who had said anything against any other member extended the hand of fellowship. Before adjournment an address was offered and adopted inviting all labor organizations to unite with the Knights of Labor in the struggle against the tyranny of wealth. The address, in closing, says:

We have received a communication from a committee of the national officers of some of the national and international trades unions, requesting certain specific legislation at our hands, but as we believe that ths object sought and stated in the preamble to the communication above referred to can best be accomplished by a conference between a committee of this association and a committee of any other organization, and os the propositions contained therein are inconsistent with our duty to our members, we therefore defer action upon said propositions until a conference of committees can be held. The basis upon which we believe an agreement can be reached would necessarily include the adoption of some plan by which all labor organizations could be protected from unfair men—men expelled, suspended, under fine, or guilty of taking the places of union men or Knights of Labor while on strike or while locked out from work—and that, as far as possible, a uniform standard of hours of labor and wages should be adopted, 60 that men of any trade enrolled In our order and men of trades unions may not come in conflict because of the differences in wages or hours of labor. We also believe that a system of exchanging working cards should be adopted, so that members of any craft belonging to different organizations could work in harmony together—the card of any member of this order admitting to work m any union shop, and the card of any union man admitting him to work in any Ivnigats of Labor shop. Wo lurther believe that, ui>on an increase of wages or shortor hours of labor made by either organization, a conference should be held with the organized laborers employed in the establishment. When the demand for increase of wages or reduction of hours is contemplated, action u)>on a proposed reduction of wages or other difficulty to bo agreed upon in a like manner, and that in the settlement of any difficulties between employers and employes the organizations repres. nted in toe establishment shall he parties ro the terms of settlement.

An address was issued denying that the “Homo Club” was engaged in plotting against the welfare of the order, and saying that the very best of feeling prevailed among all the delegates. An address was also issued to the Grangers complimenting them, and asking their aid. Seventeen pork-packing houses are now in operation in Chicago, tho largest number since midwinter. The boycott against the Phoenix Mill at St. Louis, instituted by the amalgamated council of building trades, has been declared off, and the lockout threatened by tho master builders will not be carried into effect At a meeting of the Trade and Labor Assembly of Chicago, George A. Schilling reported that tho sewing girls were being intimidated by preachers in the Swedish churches, who threatened to expel them if they persisted in joining unions.