Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-10-27
LABOR NOTES.

f&ffs ESHpistdTy. SHFFpNtHB ana tHStuttt
Ing cost OF tue Kendall and Windermore
.ragNpsny amounted To 4 tribe over = per
sari,;. sn the Phoe expenditure on the
sisss- OF parliamentary costs the Brigh-
ION railway averaged EiS06 per mile;
Nane hester and Birmingham. c5, 100:
HlackwaIl GA, 414. These figures are
s3losost beyond belief when we consider
ga9t English lines in favorable positions
coss only 10000 per mile. Tie discus
sion upon the Stone and Rugby bill lasted
sixty six sitting days, from February till
august, 1889. and in the year r1S40 the
uteAalre was defeated. after having re-
zaIted in a loss Of $i46 TO its unhappy
promoters.
1T the last meeting Of the Iron and
Stcci institute the Fifth Of Fourth bridge
WAS declared 10 be the last wonder of the
worid. 1t has only been by the advances
made of late in the manufacture Of iron
and steel, said a speaker. that the con
structiou of such a work has been render
eli possible. The structure is to be {, 296
feet lo1g-1S miles. Two spans measure
f,si0 feet each, and allow 100 feet OF
clear navigation in 900 feet Of the centre.
The remaining girdcrs are two $50 feet
spans. fifteen 1853 feet. four 81 feet and
three - feet wide. The foundation is 81
feet below the water level. and the height
from the bottom is 36i feet.
The following ia from the English let
Ter IN a late number OF the American
Manufacturer: From all the centers of
IRON and steel manufacture the kingdom
over reports reach me this week Of re.
vivln@ trade. Some u~nQasiness, however,
"a aroused by the anxiety which the work
lag people are again showing this week
10 Dfsl their demands for increased
sagcs. The agitation among the work
ing people la the ire and steel, engin-
s7eEiGg and coal trades ia extending. In
Some districts az for example, the opera
5riges IN lie Lancashire engineering and
bodybuilding yards, the masters are con
eGeSiDE GBc demands for advances of 10
yer cent, while in other instances the
coming out upon strike"
ELgusc Painting and Decorating says:
~Glonccrted action or association ia the
Dutgrowth of the needs Of the times. We
agtio. that every industry, manufacture
1r mechanical interest is organized or or.
gaining. Individual action cannot be
m&da u bear with a sufficient weight TO
Czske itself felt, and redress OF grievances
aay abuses COMMON TO "A number Of men
engaged in similar pursuits has led these
gAen go organize numbeTlcss as ociations
GT The purpose Of self defense"
The London Match Girls union re-
,csstiy won Il strike against fines. They
raraGcd the streets and brought their case
AZ parliament. The union has 700 mem
i2cza. A leading actress gave a benefit
frs' them daring the strike. Other wo.
aeu q unions are the Shirt and Collar.
.igaskeFs 800 members, and the Uphol
stresses society, 200. The members OF
the Bressmakers, Miliiners and Mantle,
1aoEers' union make $40 per week and q
New gef SIS per year,
After n trip ON the Pacific coast Henry
Il Williams of Rochester tells the Post.
Express that carpenters ont there get
S2.56 per day. He says that Califor
marc want no more Chinese, but tina,
they weed the ones already there. in III,
ayQthPtli part of the state the weather i
eto0 hot for any Caucasian and here the
Ghinaman works in his bare head, while
ais Indian co-worker wears a palmetto
Dat
the Pittsburg Labor Tribune has
.spened its columns to both parties on tho
fAriH question. Secretary Evans Of the
North American Coal Miners federation
presents some Of the ablest statements on
EfAc Democratic side that VIC nave vet
seen Secretary Martin Of the Anal
Eanaatea Iron and Steel Workers Ma.
lonal association argues for protection.
The Baltimore glass house boys, who
struck against The custom Of the employ.
ezs IN keeping - cents OF their week :
2 wages SO as TO keep them at work till
spring, returned 10 work ia a few days.
The Brewers union in san Francisco
haas &gIeed 10 The proposition Of the EN-,
pidyc.s 20 disband their association. The
Wages and rules III force heretofore are
not To be changed.
4 "ork!ngwdmen's society formed il
Detroit ten years ago 10 care for girls on
ri employment abu sccGle situations nal
jest dedicated a magnificent building.
Al me Iron and Stec, institute meeting
a. Glasgow recently tic president saic
liza; the best steel made in Great Britain
WA manufactured near Glasgow.
Wilson Waddlngham of Savin Rock
; slanp who has 1000. coo acres of grazing
land in New Mexico, is believed to be the
largest land owner in the country.
At London. Eng, last year gas cost &c
~s4lts per I 900 feet. Smaller towns get
H. FOR rs cents per / 900 feet.
Nearly ali the bulbs VIC see in this
~sGua;ry come from Haarlem, whore 10
10 acres arc used for their growth.
Allentown, Pa. Hungarians recently
lost Il strike for an advance from 81 to
1916 per day.
The photographers Brotherhood, OF
tsoohiS n. held its fourth annual ball las,
Week.
The electric light in Liberty's hand on
s.nrthoidi's statute cost $27. 80 per night,
Nearly all the electric light csrbons in
SAc United States are made at Cleveland,
Wheeling, W, Va, boiler makers have
struck for Pittsburg rules ana wages.
Floods ruined over half Of the cotton