The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-09-03
THE LABOR WORLD.

ANEW workman's free school is to be es-
tablished in Morrisania, New York.
A CATHOLIC congress to deal with labor
questions is to be held in Coblenz, Germany.
FEWER Canadians than usual have
crossed over the line to help Maine farmers
to get in their hay this year.
NINE. JEANNE DE FRIESBEaa, head wait
ress Of a French normal school, has Just been
made chevalier Of the Legion Of Honor.
In large factory in London, England,
! 500 girls are paid three cents an hour, and
are subject to stringent rules and heavy
lines.
NEARLY 100 900 men are idle on account OF
a great strike in Wales. There is much suf-
fering in portions Of the country owing to
the strike.
FEMALE field la5orers both in Italy and
Germany, are 30 common that they excite
little attention after one has been there q
month or so.
The Cunard Steamship Company employs
not less than 10, 900 men, and during the past
| forty-four years has lost neither vessel nor
life through accident.
ALL the stewarts and officers servants on
the new United States cruiser Philadelphia,
just gone into commission, are japanese
There are twenty-five Of them.
By order Of Kaiser Wilhelm, all Govern
meat factory workmsn's children who are
side at the Governments expense.
IT seems as If IN Italy only women and con.
victs do the hard labor. In Rome where
there is an immense amount Of new building
and work being done, the women find as
much employment as the men.
FEMALE wood-sawyers in Munich, Bava.
ria, are very common. The women do the
saving, the men stand by and split tho
wood-after it is sawed-or pile it into the
rack for the women to carry to the cellarl
TIE strike Of employees Of the railways in
men 6aSe turned their Uniforms SC over YER to to the the
railroad officials, end have received their
wages up to the time they went on strika-
THERE are employed on the railroads Of
United States about 100000 men; nearly
,, $1,000 of these arc employed on an average
only one day per month. A great many are
employed only from one to two months
year.
THE union sailors and firemen of Portland,
Me-, will hereafter demand the following
monthly rate of wages: First mate, S4U;
second mate, s35; sealnen, $50; donkeymen,
SIS; cooks and stewards $40. No union
sailor will be allowed to ship with uon-union
men.
THE goldbeatersi in New York and vicinity
are greatly alarmed over the contemplated
reduction of wages. They are now receiving
IS for each beating" and at this rate O man
can make about Sl2 week, and if excep.
tionally good at the trade this figure may6 be
increased to S15.
EMPEROR WILLIAMS proposition to have
the English trades unions help him to form.
ulate legislation for the workingmen has
given great satisfaction in English labor cir.
cles. He proposes to organize privy coun.
Gil composed entirely OF workingmen, who's -
members should receive q salary, to advise
the Government IN labor matters and pre-
pare legislation.
The general scarcity Of common labor Is
beginning to be seriously felt in the whole
sale lumber-yards and at the mills and camps
OF Wisconsin and Michigan. Strikes have
occurred at Eau Claire and Ashland, but
have subsidized at the frst-naned place There
is some apprehension among lumbernen in
the States named that the labor situation will
become serious problem In the coming fnll
that will force readiustnent Of wages anS.
the value Of logs and lumber.