Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1886 — INDUSTRIAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

The lowa miners met at Davenport, and at a secret session, it is said, voted to demand nn increase of one-half cent a bushel ou and after September 1.... The Master Painters' Convention at Philadelphia changed the' name of the organization to the Master House Painters of the United States. A number of changes were also niude in the constitution. President Titus Berger, of Pittsburg, and Vice-President Jesse Cornelius, of St. Louis, were reelected. J. G. McCartey, of Chicago, was chosen Secretary, and Mauriee Joy, of Philadelphia, Treasurer. The men employed at the Isabella furnace iu Pittsburgh have decided to demand an advance in wages. This movement is to be entered upon by all' blastfurnace men in that district. Pittsburgh iron manufacturers, almost without exception, look forward to an excellent fall trade. Trouble is looked for among the Pittsburgh miners. An effort is being made to reduce the wages from 71 to 05 cents per ton, nud a strike is probable.... The roll-ing-mill strike at Philadelphia was settled by granting the employes their demands.