All the old employees will be taken back except those against whom indictments have been found, and they will be re-employed if acquitted of the charges against them. All will receive their old positions. The men who deserted the union and went back to work will be retained in the employ of the company.

The Hudson Valley men will sever their relations with the Albany and Troy union, and organize a division of their own. The company refuse to enter into a contract with any organization; reserving the right to employ and discharge whom they please, but will not discriminate against union or non-union men.

The case of Osgood, who was discharged on account of a collision on the Waterford division, remains as it stood originally. General Manager Josselyn will give Osgood a hearing and report his findings.

Hereafter all grievances will be heard and determined by the general manager.

The net result of the strike was, therefore, an advance of five or ten cents per day in wages and the separation of the employees from the Troy union to form a local organization. The struggle is said to have cost the company nearly $200,000, the employees lost over 10,000 day's work, the three counties concerned incurred an expense of about $50,000 for military protection, and Glens Falls trades people suffered heavily. Several persons were indicted for rioting, two of whom prior to Deeember had been convicted and committed to jail for 300 and 150 days respectively in default of fines.

Finally, Howard Osgood, whose discharge precipitated the strike, was given a hearing on November 22d and two days later was reinstated in the service, the general manager ruling that he had been unjustly discharged.

New York City Plasterers.

When the Manhattan Borough Operative Plasterers' Society (local No. 25 of the International Association) formulated its successful demand for an increase in wages from $4.50 to $5 per day in the spring of this year, it adopted a new set of bylaws governing trade matters. These regulations, which were subsequently printed in pamphlet form, headed "Instructions for Foremen Plasterers and Information for Employers," contained several provisions the enforcement of which later in the year met with opposition on the part of the Employing Plasterers' Association and eventually precipitated a general lockout of the latter's employees. The particular sections to which