The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-02
WORK AND WORKERS.

At San Francisco union cooks and walters
get S1J per month and board.
They say tho worlds |, l,iW, 900 900 people
could stand In ten mil square
The California law fixing tho limit Of
land ownership is unconstitutional.
Tho Coal hun Company ut Strnator. H.,
a, signed IT. Willingness to nrhi rate the
uiiliculty with its miners, and tho miners
have approved tho proposition, ami pending
a"et'icrnrnt, viii return to work This com
Itny only employs 2OO men, but as tho issues
involved are mainly tho same rs with other
mines, the settlement for one will be practi-
cally th" settlement for all.
Tho executive committee OF the striking
block coal miners ut Brazil, Ind, has tie
torinined tn submit the question Of difference
with the operators to Il secret ballot of tho
miners, t. b" taken at no various mines
Numerous complaints Of intimidation
were made on the vote taken some time ago.
III Is believed u second ballot will end the
strike.
According to the best commercial and
manufacturing advic-s business has begun
u improve throughout tho Northern States.
ihe same Improvement IL evident in many
"f the Southern States. The reason given is
That many buyers and manufacturers arc
apprehcnSirn OF ~ general advancing ten
dency i'll all kinds of crude aud finished ma
! trriaL The question which most business
IN N wouli hk" to see pointcGly answered il.
NV hat are tho probabilities for an advanCef
To Degin with, tho financial situation is
| souni. No ono Is holding money for specu.
lhtive purposes Tno rates of interest are
lover on call loans than they have been since
/ th" opening of the season. Small borrowers
| arc Of course, Obliged to pay the outside
cnt This chcapnc%S and ease of borrowing
applies only to largo financial centres
throughout the cnst. In rural localities
throu sht the interior money Is scarce. Col
lrct'"ns Throughout the country are said to
be guui
The now enterprises projected during tho
past week are: rhc Mrrced (Cal) woolen
mills are t" hn enlarged; X. &. Sichmertz
wii add twenty potts to tho production OF
his l'"li"rernon Nn) glass house; Tacomp,
W. T.. has u cracker factory; Mr.. Harding,
/ uf Philadelphia. viii start a wooden mill. to
employ from ljD 10 500, at PcndIrton, Ore.
! for u SjOOJ bonus; Nuniston, Ala, hard.
ware, George G'"r; Barton, Ala. saw mill; {;
Dccator, Ala, foundry, Long u JerviS; !;
8atc'vllle, Ark Batcsvi!lc Charcoal nni
! Chemical Company, Tampa, Fla planiu, ;
Fulton, ny. p'"nins; Grocnsburs, Ky,
i'pur W.K. Myers Louisville, Ky. worstai,
W. RichardS'u; MadISpuviie Tenn, furni-
tmc, Joseph Wolf; Hughes Springs, Tex, ,
iron foundry and rinw factory, K"asley Il
! TIctrr, Rlrlmoui, Va; shoe. T.. Levy
N'annt"n, Va, shoe, {. L. Weller; Charles.
ton, W. Va. w"oi"n mills and machine
/ HhorN, Frank Woo iinnn, tho Detroit Stove
W ork' VIII enlarge, tho Indian Orchard
| Mass, Chapman valve works will bo en-
/ llrgci, and l.. j. McArdl". of Albany, N.
| Y, VIII erect rolling mill to employ over
| 1D hands. At AuGu-ta, Ga, tho improve
! meats ar" tn "Ntcntion Of the State Iio iSc, ,
| To cost $ljb,O0I; ths enlargement OF the
! insane asylum. $IGO,OGO; S;O,OOO fora pubhc
| library; SEQ UtO for u new cotton factory.
:1LUOO Tor completing new post Office, and
! S'h,OO for two now buildings ~ tho Ma.
| tonal soldiers liom'. New York paint
| manufacturers tall; of running ~ white lead
| plant To oppose tho trust. IL is stateL
that the X R@ilnS Company has had To or
| der some 5000 new cars t. accommodate its
! freight business demands