Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-10-18
THE LABOR WORLD,

The National Journeymen TaiIors' Union
mas 54OO members.
A MEMBERSHIP of 220O is claimed by the
unions in Halifax, n S.
ABOUT 400 of our Belgian and English glass
workers go nome each summer
IHE Clgarmakers' National Convention
VIII be held at indianapolis in 1891
UNION No. 542, Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Jolners has been formed in Oklahoma.
A MOVEMENT for higher wages is going on
IN nearly all the industries of Central Europe
In 1870 there were 739, 1917 children under.
sixteen years of age at work in factories in
the United States.
VENETIAN and other fancy glass work is
no" being shipped from Brooklyn to Mexico
France and Germany
The eight-hOur movement was indOrsed at
the recent convention of the National Asso-
citation Of Saddle and Harnessmakers.
1T Is rumored that Mr.. PowderIy will ten
der his resignation to the General Assembly
OF the knights of Labor, in Atlanta, Ga.
A STRIKE to prevent the abolition of the
e1ght-hOur rule took place at the smelling
works in Pueblo, Col. The strikers won.
A SCHEME is announced for the construc-
ton OF ship canal between Edinburgh and
glasgow. The capital is placed at $50, 900, :
900.
Mr.. TILLETT, one Of the leaders of the re-
cent strike in London, went to Rotterdam
to exercise his influence in behalf of the
strikers.
A STRIKE occurred in Antrim Ireland re-
Gently, where some patternmakers and kim
dred tradesmen went out for an advance of a
half dollar a week.
ENGLAND allows children of thirteen to
work If they attend school half the day. No one
under eighteen and no women can work over
sixty hours per week.
COMPRESSED air is being used as a motive
power in some Of the cities of France. 1t has
started a new industry in the manufacture
ofplant for the purpose.
PRESIDENT GoMPERs, of the American
Federation of Labor, reports that there
are elghty-tour leagues III all the big cities
and towns in the United States
THE Lynn Lasters' Protective Union paid
sl2,OOO for ground for hall to contain a
lecture room, library, billiard hall, etc. The
Protective Union has 10, 900 members
THERE is talk of reviving the poplin trade
On a large scale in the North of Ireland
Poplins are a mixture of silk and wool. and
were formerly manufactured in large quanti-
ties in Dublin.
THERE is woman in Manchester, Eng
land who manufactures childrens cots,
assisted by her daughter, a pretty girl of
twenty. Both can handle plane as yell as
any carpenter.
A LAUNDRYwOMENS union has been estab-
ished in Birmingham, England, with a MEM
bership of thirty The Secretery is Mrs
Elizabeth Solden, and the members meet
weekly in a small hall.
THE five tailors' unions in Boston claim
membership of 1000, including cutters, con-
tractors, pressers, tailors and trimmers and
operators Two thousand are idle, and 800
of the idle men are said to be cutters.
". T LEWIS, Secretary of the National
Progressive Miners Union returned TO Column
bus, Ohio after two months tour abroad.
He went as a representative Of the coal
miners with the Scripps League expedition
JOHN MCPHERSON, President of Lodge of
the United Order of American Carpenters
and Joiners, has been appointed by Mayor
Grant, of Now York city, member OF the
Permanent World Fair Exposition Com
mittee.