Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-09-05
WORK AND WORKERS.

MILWAUKEE, (Wis.) Knights have formed
. Central Labor Union.
TIE Colorado iron works, Of Denver, Col,
have begun profit-sharing.
THERE are thirty-six societies Of the va
rious crafts of Minneapolis, MINI.
THE Union Labor party Of Indiana has
nominated s. B. Gilroy for Governor.
A TRADES council Of all trades and labor
unions has been formed at Chattanooga,
Tenn.
KEY WEST, Fla, furnishes employment
for 9,S7O cigarmakers, mostly organized in
the union.
TEN iron molders Of Mansfield, O., have
rented factory and gone into business for
themselves.
The Brotherhood Of Carpenters and
Joiners has raised wages in 179 cities to the
extent Of a, 0OO, 900 year.
THE latest thing in Knights of Labor Co
operative matters is a casket and cofnn
company lately organized in Chicago.
A NEW concern is the Canton Coal Com
pany" at Canton, III; incorporstors, Will
lam Parlin, W. II. Parlin and 8. d. Drake.
The Cincinnati coopers have been locked
out by eleven firms for refusing to with
draw their resolution to abstain from pool
beer.
ceived an order from the Russian Govern
ment for 4OO,OOO,OOO empty copper cartridge
cases.
THE Edsall brothers, living about twenty
miles north of Marion, Kan, have struck a
two-foot vein Of coal twenty feet under
ground.
The seventv-irst charter has been issued
by the Bakers National Union to local in
Chicago. The membership roll has now
reached 5000.
VERMONT now seems to be waking nm
with labor troubles, number Of strikes
having lately occurred IN that formerly un-
organized State.
ONE HUNDRED Cincinnati saloon-keepero
are about to start large brewery, to b
run on strictly union principles, with three
turns Of eight hours each.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, 10 overrun with mo
chanics and laborers, while outside men
are brought in every day. Wages are low
and going down weekly.
A sEvEN-FooT vein Of soft coal Of rood
quality has been found near Lawn Hin,
Ia, at depth OF go feet. The coal n 70
garded as wonderful find.
AN exchange says that Brace Brothers, q
firm Of Pittsburgh laundrymen, have sued
leading Knights of Labor for $1,000 dam
ages growing out OF boycott.
Two HUNDRED girls employed at Mime
apolis (Minn.) dry-goods house have struck
for an advance Of twenty per cent. Some Of
the girls receive only $3.50 a week.
IT is shown by statistics that since the or
Ranization Of the National Bakers Union Il
has reduced the working time twenty hours
q week and increased wages thirty-three
per cent
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the United States was about 100 miles, and
this years will reach !, 100 miles. The Street
Rdiirdy Journal has estimated the cost of
this years new building at 50, 13S, 900.
SEVEN HUNDRED miles of railroad have
been laid in South America under the direc-
ton OF the Government, and 700 miles moro
are projected The rails are bought in Eng
land, and cost about SIS ton delivered.
ONE Of the largest charcoal furnaces in
the country, the new furnace OF the Ash.
land Iron and Steel Company, at Ashland,
Wis, now known as the Hinkle furnace,
was blown in recently and is doing well
The capacity Of the salt vein discovered
in Kansas will soon be over 5000 barrels q
day. The salt is claimed to be the best in
the country. The vein Is 800 feet thick
One Hutchinson Company has begun with
production Of 600 barrels a day.
IHE carpenters L mon at OwasSa, Mich,
has undertaken the novel scheme of ap-
pointing five contractors to take jobs for
the union men, the members to work by the
day, and the contractors to receive only 25
per cent. more wages than the men.
The Columbia River Fishermau's Protec-
tive Union Of Astoria, Ore, warns men
against the false reports that are being cir
culated about employment ard wages In
that country. The country Is overrun with
men. and fishermen make hardly enough to
keep them alive.
ST. Paul (MInn.) people are after the In
dianapolis Qnd.) car works. They offer
$4,000, free site and buildings, no taxa
ton for ten years, q bonus for every en-
ploye who may come with the works, and
fuel as cheap as natural gas. The works
employ 500 men.
A LABOR journal observes that the shoe
and leather industry has been considerably
disturbed by controversies with EMPLOYERS
during the past session, but there is likelv
TO be more prosperous season for this
year. According to the Observation-Disclosures
statistics there are in the United Statss
52.9l4 dealers in shoes, leather machinery,
hides, etc, OF which 3,S56 are In Massachu.
sets and 8, l59 in Pennsylvania. There ara
5000 retailers of shoes, of which LIS are
In Pennsylvania There are 2229 shoe
manufacturers, Of whom ZOOS are IN
Massachusetts, $50 in New York, lao in
Pennsylvania, IS in Ohio and Il in Illinois
There are 2,S37 TANNERS and curriers'. and
OF these 663 are in Pennsylvania. There
are about 1900 worocco manufacturers.