Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-16
WORKSHOP ECHOES.

A WOMAN Is Linen Factory Inspector in
Ireland
THERE are twenty-five State Labor Bu-
reaus.
RICHMOND (Mo.) miners to the number of
500 have an aid society.
ToRoNro's labor societies want property
worth less than $500 exempted from taxa
ton.
TUE union scale of the New York
carpenters is $3.50 per day; In Brooklyn,
S325.
SEYMOUR, Ind, has the largest wooden
butter-dish mill. Its capacity is 40, 900 per
day.
NEW ENGLAND makes 100 Oc0 of the
16O, 00O, 900 pairs of shoes used III the States
annually.
THE Omaha Central Labor Union wants
none but American citizens to be employed
on city work.
THE Pana Qll.) shaft is about down to the
coal, which is little over 200 feet below
the surface.
No DRISKER of intoxicants can become a
member of the National Association OF
Marine Engineers.
TIE two Fox river charcoal furnaces, at
West Depere, Brown County, Wis, are to
be dismantled in the spring.
THERE is no end of coal IN Colorado and
Wyoming, but the railroad companies stand
in the way of development.
SURVEYS are being made for large car and
machine shops to be built at Laredo, Tex,
by the Mexican National Railroad Com
pany.
TIE Union Bridge Company, of New York.
secured the contract for the new bridge
over the Mississippi at ST Louis. The bid
was 81, 100000
UNITED STATES MINISTER You've: az be-
Ieve that Russia has the most skilled arti-
sans in the world, and that skilled labor is
cheapest there"
THE Federation of Miners and. Mine La
borers has Is, 600 members; is three years
Old and has raised wages from 81. Is to from
& to &. so per day.
The coal production Of this country for
1883 is placed at 100 600, GO gross tons. Di-
vide this among 2S0, 90 miners and the av-
erage would be 430 tons each.
The Canadian Pacific railway managers
discharged Montreal employe who had
been hired by the year. The employee sued
for years wages and won.
BosToN's labor unions want the fine sys-
tenn in textile mills abolished by the Legs
hture; also the adoption of an eight hour
day for city and State employees.
ST. LOUIS has a Chinese shoe naalser. He
came from San Francisco, where there are
20 Chinese factories, aud where the en-
ployes get from $40 10 SIS per week.
AT the Erie round house at Elmira, "
Y, the places of men who received s12O
per day have been filed by boys who get
60 cents per day, the rate in other shops.
THE Chicago Tribune says ''i, costs Ga
cents pound 70 prepare cattle for market,
and the meat dealer makes SIXTY per cent.
On what the raiser gained twenty per cent"
THE Pioneer (Ala.) Iron and MAJ ufactur-
ing Company have broken ground for their
rolling-min, lately reported as 10 be erect
ed. The capacity viii be 80 tons daily
They are at work on their additional l0o-ton
furnace.
The Federated Trades Of San Francisco
and leading CaliforniaAs declare thaf he
statement Of Senator Hearst's paper tha:
the Scott Chinese Exclusion act must be re-
pealed IN order 70 have the work done Is IN
true, and say that there are plenty u white
laborers in the State.
TIE Philadelphia Real Estate Record
says: ''Tae idea of building under cnver
during the winter months originated ia
this city during the erection Of the Brown
building at Fourth and Chestnut streets.
AS a matter Of economy the question Of
building under cover during the winter -
settled forever"
THE Pueblo Coll Chiefta;n says: There 4
is room IN Pueblo for furniture manu-
factory and factories for the Manufacture .
of WOODEN goods. glassware, wire, horse~
shoes, stoves, pottery, tanaery, Ere brick, 4
brick and clay re.or.s. tents, has paper,
leather, white lead soap and May o2her
things, al CT which VIZ and a rc~ty
ua-xes in the vast country tributary -
Pueblo.
Politicians and stAtS.raen-
The mere politician vii tel y01 2zi TIE
defeat Of his party Ia rssn 70 tse es<Ei<y-
Nc, so the iarge-rsladec statestSa1- He
takes the matter pGEoseVhscaAy. IL he
people hzze made . MISTAKE. i1s peopie eaa
s3d vii recesfy I. Tkey ESve prcncsSeed
"a favor Of change Of possGy. aid be -
wiling 20 see tEe experAEs1, tired. szsca
silent reTcluisoas are Eecessar..y Incidental
70 popular govcrnEeEt- l. tie right 10 ac-
coxupss.a TEEN eoasists iae esse1ce os "a
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