Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-09
still Organizing as a Protection
Against Each Other.
r,r,rrehensiye View Of the Industrial
Situation as Observed from An
Official Knight Of Labor
Standpoint A Batch Of
General Labor News,
c5r,sDopasse. Of ne Register.


b;aF organization is in Rhode Island,
Massachusetts, aud New York. The Asso-
.,i,ns are of the secret character and
,f,ient money has bsen placed in com
c,p fund in each Of these states to secure
h. carrying out Of the agreements entered
mo This is q new factor and one which
.r,sn'z ID labor will be glad to see enter
,nto The situation.
Throughout the textile industries Of the
.O1nry, quistness prevails. The manu-
k,rursrs have completed all their spring
nd summer engagements aud are nov
sro~ding operations for the fall trade.
Wonderful progress has been made during
be past year or so in bringing out new
mes and designs, and and great many
novelties that are now 10 the looms will be
k.sentei to the market by md summer
fbs American textls manufacturers are
No. confident than ever in the belief that
ay are on the right road for crowdiug out
R,ropsan silks, aad irssi goods, and Ea-
Rish cheap goods jas, as they have DIV
4 GU, foreign clro7ings o. all kinds
A GENERAL DEMAND
8 20 per cent advances VII De made by
II ron ald s,aat w5.k-5s throughout the
I which will ra,ss wages from $500 to
49, NJ ,ou ;oc padding iron Steel
L. are likely 10 advance from $50 % to
90. 50 tar ne,rly IUOO 700 tons have
b., sold ont Of toe agreed upon produc-
H. oil $50 600 IONS, The mills can make,
"A told I 500 600 tons which is enough to
n Is 400 miles Of track, or 25 per cent
noe ,nan was lsid during the period of
ne,,es. activity IL railway construction.
Toe enormous demand for wrought iron
so, for natural gas purposes is ahmuls-
H. enterprise in mill building and mill
h,en.ton. Contracts for between 200 and
4O miles of pipe will be given out during
1 The milsge of the Penns ylvanis com
nnys system foots up 1850 of first, Sc
sODd third and fourth tracks, Of which 5,
In miles are first track and over 1000
L. second rrao':. The Archison, TOpe-
II / Santa F. company will by the end
4 The coming year control over 10000
lis in .b southwest The Wabash sys-
sn is alss pN.,uding aud toe possibility
asc5na.a won br,wesn all these inter |
...- -t-. .s .noug tbs early posi- .
tl..!r rail- SO ..-s.ss.
tn. ...r y..s-.ya- rArs5 between the SIX /
hl!road- ruauing between Chicago aud
3 Pan. m..c la7o,7e passenger rates also |
In extend To- much wl'er territory than /
a prrssur. Rilwsy managers are exrrem- /
n auxtous 10 hav- these rae wars entiTeay /
6sg,uled lyst their frequent occurrence
h,g s.rs .11n for 'lG agitation OF railway I
81, 5y toe goyernn-OL
the ANTHRACITE COAL COMPANIES
&s extremely nervous over the daily and |
lou,!y possibility Of n general strike anon
"A. 30 or .OOD employees throughout the .
~. regions The ~ 900 bitumiuOus mi 4
Per IN FenH.y'''"G". "Lu . .aas5 i "a; 80
il' on s.''"-' H'l VI, ,-' .,osso,o.1 Iii
OeA'I,'e3 "uei' W az 80 &C., go in
'A'.5u VI, uI''..- w., ~" -, f,-ga,J
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luz mug" : ". ....,-.,,,t r7srIy 10 /
r. u 'g7'' 0''',, ~ ,,..,s,,i,S ZION
~ p7I tHi' ''''. - ,,r,. ~
~ Oe "AeJ " s0'''''''.
81 80. 1900, ,,,r..al r,o-a
iu7 o"''1''- W. - -
'7sI because Oh 80 -. - 80
e 'T'A anu d., ~ o0o bonoss
''7 eu'tS - ".''t '-Iii-a5 /
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4'AA'aSe' O' '"J'''' uOA'S
THIS COMING SEASON
Nil La the 11o.t active IN labor OrgsniZA |
ton Tat has ever been known. Kigbuts !
]. l,2or ss.-n2Iys sra spring no AL over
he country. I'D a.. rrnsad tor organiz- !
kgs caruot be supplied. The p:efsSeace Of
sOra,og men generally is tor the shorter
ts7 rather than for higher wages They
lave 0saq tol I uurii they understand clear
y ,nl, sl,l toe h2uei Oi labor ra'ueed,
Alsy can al7aGc' "A8e5 "l'nOlt u'IiSHiv
,u,'. oS7 s.',He go 10" ~ In pG DIscss
o,.I 80 L.nIia,5 -EJ-as,
-, - ., ~ 80 ~ 49, 80, U'-''
Ts.. - W o. 10 800 - o-.o,;z,, ;o,s
80 " 10, 90 80 -
r. ~, ., o,a 49,, -, ~ 100
Az ,ba c.a,,o I'', 80 - f.maIa lsoorers
"A -. ~ ,,hS-I,o.,, a,g,p;Z Mons
Ia o., IS IN ,b;s,,i,s7,o1 viii BE-
h. o.,,n;,.,,o,, IS ar,.oT,,s-s man = nap
No., - go - - NJ bsr.
noDio,s ,sI,,;o-s u;,b ,bs;r smployes
Tn, CON =. e., "A ,s;II ha done be-
enc :, :, -, -. - ;o,ar-st
Tho 5a,a..5 s.,,brss,a,D r.;Jrosd strik
.rs a,o +. -. -. - ,v;,bopt much
SiE,,I,, - - ~ spr,srV Of the
=. 20 49,