Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-28
sJleeline Register
! LOOK AT LABOR.
.r,ny OF THK.ISDUSTRIES OF THE
llNpl''' COUNTRY AS SEEN
,r,s,r S.ladpoiEt--WAat the LabOr Leaders
Fl :, n,irg-.Gs1sral Noss From all Over
the Country.

,A,r leaders '"N''e
a'V' m, steps looking TO more or less
N' -..o,,ry measures for the elevation of
' o',''' !, national Trades Union is to be
81, ',. a, Columbus, Ohio, December Sth at
'' .,.I h. 10000 men will be represented,
YIN. .,.r,tion Of American labor will pro-
ID, meet early next spring. The labor
~" ,., ! movement is rapidly taking shape
F''' .,,,sntious are announced in half
I'' states. Organized labor is going
''.' .r,;,. The Eni5hts of Labor and
.-.' rs TnionistS will march separately
u, -, ,,rsllel lines for the emancipation
'- ~T,r treat political and industrial
n. ,re apprehended by employers,
r.;.;,rs and leaders OftbOught.
,.,,s,r,ia. New York, Pennsylvania,
Nd New jersey have abolished the
,-,,t system in their penal institutions.
stem prevails in eighteen Safes.
- -, La, system prevails in only one North
- s,,,,.-NebraSka-but it prevails in
S,,fbern states. Twenty-seven States
s,,s , greater or less number of prisoners
cork on the publie-aceount system.
-. ..,t,, have some portion of their con-
-. o., work on the piece-price plan and
,,bsr, their entire prison force. The
.r,brs prison statistics cover los penal
....r,i,Ds in tOrty-iour states and ter
-. ,vbsrr -, :i3I inmates are confined.
....,;s number -. 10 are at work. OF
ii ug are at work under the contract
tam q2gl are leased out 1850 are
.-r,r,J on the pieee-price plan, 1863
~. endowed on public-accOunt and I, $50
-. s-,nloyrd in prison duties. There are
=, ,-;s,rrrS out Of the }, 600 making boots
.-, ,5.s in the Illinois prisons and in six
w...,-r States. viz. Indiana, Ohio,
v.f..,lr. Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri,
ISLAM. employed in shoe factories out
rso. prisons and l, 49, in prisons. Those
r,, have officially investigated the re-
..,r, between free and convict labor state
f,, there are strong grounds for the OPP
,,.,,n of organized labor to the whole
or..r, labor system.
The Executive Board Of the sales people
New York. Brooklyn and vicinity have
;,.rrl an appeal to the Order not to pur-
chs, mods OF any kind on Sunday, nor
l-rr6 o'clock in the evening. They are
r4,fa. q vigorous effort to put an end to
,.g7ins and sunday buying, and they have
III, earnest cooperation of the Knights Of
L.h-. everywhere.
rar Knights in the knit goods mills ut
amsterdam. Y. Y. held a meeting and re-
a,.l % % to work because of the refusal
r,r-rrmploverS to make terms with their
rra,yr Committee. The sum of -, 900
b, .-ru received.
The New York Labor Bureau Will report
10, next issue on strikes, bOycotting, the
.h,-lour movement, Saturday half
aGllys, apprenticeship and manual train
o. aoDIS. The Iowa Labor Bureau Is
-,u-gting the screen system, wherein
-r.l injustice Is alleged to be done to
Miners. The Kansas Labor Bureau has o
G report ready on the shark money
.Lr> who charge high rates Of interest
raru.y The Pennsylvania Bureau Is
o.,is.tiug the condition Of labor in the
r scrip payments and company stores.
DR. gofll result of these Investigations
r- re- 10 throw a flood of light upon the
r aur.S from which labor organized and
uE.miLrd suffers.
The ,rldes-uniOnists propose to organize
-rua looting that will give them more
rg,roi within themselves and more intlu-
rs without. On May ~ u National Con-
glt0a Of thirty-twO tradeS-uniOns was
bib IN this city representing 36I. $50
Members in good standing. Since then
la!c union conventions have been held
I0agrr the country. II is now proposed
% hold an annual tradCs-COngreSS for the
onltuu of tr.ldeS-uniomS, the OrglniLa-
aal Of Understandable, councils, and
earnl union in every city in America, and
D1nd state tradeS-aSSemblies or con-
-,,es 10 influence state legiSlatiOns. The
1s,, Of the representation will he from
D'joUll unions. one member for 1000
GerlbrrS iwodclcgateS for more than /, 900,
three delegates tor 5000 or more Tour
delegate, Tor 5000 or more; five delegates
1t&!u0 or more, and 81 ON. The car
Pn,ers, cnl-mincrS, ciGarmaEerS, iron
nr.lerS. and lion and steel workers are ut
l- .ro'tnm eli the movement.
The Introduction OF punching machines
M" n" rjcar trade is giving the cigar
makers something to discuss. Ii is I'M
E',,lr,r 10 keep the machines out, but 1t
bard Tor the iOurneymen to see their
a'esi aUd batter vanishing from their
r.rw.
Tue lr,trr-carricrS and collectors when
4T heard oithe Commission sitting IN the
'~a York Post Olire were granted q re-
otN,to hr heard outside, and told stories
"i"orlll>m. alleged bribery and intimida-
na which, IL true and made public will
..e,ir Stir. The wOrkingmen Of New
.J'N expect To gain important concessions
Rom The new Mayor on account of the bic
l-'.o1 vote they pOlled. They will askthe
aGd enforcement of several laws now a
"7o' letter. The managers of the elevated
A.io1d, ct New York give it out that a
Y'em ~ power by electricity is to be per-
'011 and will soon be put in operation.
The organized carpenters of New York
want q law passed by the Legislature to
prevent pawn-broEerS from taking
1srAanrS' tools rs pledges.
lightweight firms or mills are engaged
ID Tue hosiery lockout in New York, where
',Nern ;, 800 and 1900 wage-wOrkers are
.Sl'IIy employed. Loss OF wages so iar
Delegates representing $4,000 wOrkmen
-'' recently in Newcastle, England, to
''1 a federation TO promote the eight
~o1' movement. A marked revival has
- IN thr iron, steel, wooden, and coal in,
NS'Tlt> m treat Britain. One firm refused
= o,lrr OF l@.OuO tons of plates and angles
y, >nlPhWldug, and another house was
.-z'e0 enough work for q year, but both
.e declined because foreign mahutae-
.'s'S believe there is an upward tendency
PA'e> at work. Idle iron and steel
'.N Will shortly be put in operation.
a Shipment was made recently from
so'.a Wales OF ;, 40 tons of steel blooms
=, - Ue United States. Large quantities
~, r'ls Hren forwarded also from Scotland
NJ NJ ' ine northwest and northeast coasts.