West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-11-21
THE LABOR WORLD.

THE strike Of the coal miners in Belgium
has collapsed
Tas New England IastOrs' Protective Un-
Ion has 1000 tncnnbcrr
An assembly N tho Knishts Of Labor has
boon formed iu Oklahoma.
IHE Brothcrhood of Railway Brakeuen I,
now tho brotherhood OF Railway Trainmcu.
TnE Journeymen TailorS' Union OF Amer
,Ss mas now local organizations In iOi OF our
SEvERAL German union. in New York
city have clases whore English L. taught %
members who cannot speak the language
ALI the mRchinists OF the United States
are to form "a national union for the mutual
protection ot a. msmbers against tho en-
ployers
THE formation 81 great federalism. like
that projected Tor the railroads will -ppu be
undertaken by several trades that are not
yet organized
TIM Supreme Court of Montana decide.
that mechanics wages must IL Vah before
any other debts are liquidatcd out ~ au ian.
sdivant debtors assets.
EIGnTEKN planters i'm Hayes and Caldwell
counties Texas, are accused OF importing
meNicans into the United States 90 pick cot
ton on their plantations
THAT great labor organization, the Patrons
OF Hushandry, Is growing rapidly i'm Michi-
gan, ana nearly lOO,OO Of the farmers of the
TUE sailors and nrcmcn OF the port of New
York have organized trade union. It will
work In harmony with similar organizations
In England, Ireland and Scotland
EfoHT.HoUR meetings are being held In the
principal cities in England. whore it il be-
lieved thero will bO "a general eight-hour
system soon. AT present nine hours Is tho
rule.
On July ., 1859, the Iron MouIders' Union
of America was organized having but "A few
local unions. There are now $50 locals and
2SOOO members, of whom fully 10000 arc i'm
benefit
|. THE window-glass manufacturers OF Find
ley, Ohio, have advanced the prices of win
dow glass fifteen per cent, To conform with
the recent advance made Ivy the Pittsburgh
houseS.
THERE are altogether a., 74O 600 spindlcs In
operation I'm the various manufacturing towns
of England. The total number OF mechanical
looms in Burop, is estimated at 200, 900, of
which O0,OCO hrc I'm England.
THERE have now Dcc1i three conferences
between representatives of tlis Knights ~
Labor and the Federation of Labor. The
questions that were under debate at thsru
viii be brought before tho National Conven-
tions OF both bodies,
A RESOLUTION has bdon passed 10y tho Con
vontion of the National Association OF Silk
Workers at Yonkers. N. " that oil tlis
manbers should unite in the endoavor ~
trade all over the country.
In some of the villages i'm the North OF Ire
land are still To be found "thatchers" They
thotch country houses with straw, but their
services are not often needed. Most OF them
arc old men. Their average earnings all the
year round are $3.50 TO So a week.
THE New Jersey State Factory Inspector
says he will see 10 10 that, after next session
of the Legislature, any factory owner send
ing ignorant or unskilled persons 30 work
about machinery known To be dangerous
shall be held accountable for all injury or
damage done
SENATOR STANFORD, OF California has
finished with Cinnamon in his VinR vine
yard. The superintendent says that white
labor Is much more profitable than Chinese,
even at far higher wages. He declines 20
pay low wages, as, he says, the other system
IS much the most productive.
IN Nevada electricity runs the very deep
mines and has increased production twenty
hvo per cent. The men who work at 300
feet deep live only n few years. .notwithstand-
ing the fact they work only about two hours
per day. They get more pay than eight
hour men. They work fifteen minutes and
rest forty-1ve.
AN address was recently delivered I'm n
Brooklyn church by the Earl OF Meath on
the condition of the English tOilers. He said
that, through the operations of benevolent
societies. there had been erected for the
working people OF London new class of
houses which give good accommodations AT
rent not exceeding a. 80 per week, while In
Dublin AN excellent dwelling can be procured
for 81 per week.