Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13

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clde to risiorc the SALARIES % The eni-
ploycs OF tho road TO their former
figures.
The United f.ahorera' association OK
| Cleveland starts out with almost z501
men. probably the largest union ever
organized In 20 short a time In this
| country.
The Middle Atlantic states have or
| ganized a union label league with the
above title Blue label cigars and other
union products viii be extensively adj
vefti-ed
The present congress appropriated
S51oQ0. QQ0 more Tor pensions for the cur
rent year than the Reed congress for
It's last current year. Great resormers.
Pioneer Exponent,
One hundred journeymen plumbers
at Syracuse. N. Y. struck because the
master plumbers would not give them
eight hours work with nine hourS'
pay. They had been working nine
hours.
The National Association OF Mule
spnncrs, at It's annual session In BOs-
Ion, decided 10 use tho 100000 and more
IN the treasury In supporting a strike
at Fan River. II such a step should be-
come necessary.
All the plumbers, steam md gas
htters OF Manchester. y. H., went out
on strike because Of the failure OF the
contracting firms to acccdc to their
request for nine hours day and eight
hours on Saturday.
Hats and caps OF very light and fine
wire cloth are n novelty just intro
duced They are intended for railrond
employees or others who wear uniforms.
Others are made with light wire frames
and canvas covers.
At the Hotel and Restaurant EN-
ploycs' national alliance. Wyatt Lasky
OF Boston was elected general secre-
tary. The headquarters Is in ST.
Louis The office OF president and
board OF appeals has been abolished.
Buffalo ~. " grain shovplers won
strike FOR last year'H scale. - per 1000
bushels on sailing vessels. $3.50 for
steamers and - 20 for trimming canal
boats. italians were tried without sue
cess. The union has 5000 In it's lreas-
ury.
General Secretary Ernest Kurzen-
knabe. Of the Jourueymcn Brewers ma
tional union tolegraphs that Anheuser-
Busch and Lemp have Withdrawn from
the pool Ia st. Louis. and that the
unions In that city expect speedy Vie
tory 10 their cause.
Al the last meeting Of Lodge $50 OF
the International association Of Ma.
chinists, Grand Organizer Harry n.
Easton stated that the organization
would not permit the use OF linotype
innchiues to printing concerns employ
Ing non-union competitors and opera
tors,
or every 10000 citizens one Is
millionaire, owning $4,000, 900. 800 are
rich, owning 100000 apiece; 2iO0 have
4iHi5 each; 500 have competence Of
sa222, while 10000 or nearly two-thirda
OF the population are unable 10 muster
property of all Kinds TO the amount
OF more than Sl2g
The New York world says the
profits of refining sugar during the last
four years VIII average fully S2h,00O, 900
a year above honest returns for capt
tai invested" Thus this trust robbed
American labor Of Sl00,000O00 during
the last four years, and this W only one
ono Of the many legal leeches on the
body Of polite.
Labor organizations ARE voluntary
associations, ANA no attempt TO coerce
men into one form OF organization or
another VIII ever he successful. II
labor leaders viii devote their energies
to setting forth the needs OF organ8a-
ton among the working classes. and
leave the Individual free to choose
whatever association he may wish TO
Join their efforts will be most success
tul. Then let all the organizations
recognize each others members as he
Ing ON the same footing, aud the much
lonEcd-fur results viii have been re-
cured knights OF Labor Journal,
Boaa tuilors are trying to force re-
auctions Of wages IN Nashville, Tenn /;
san Antonio, Tex: Macon, Ga. Peoria.
IN Little Rock Ark. Sioux Falls s.
ID. Jacksonville. Fla; Lexington. KY:
sharon, PA Kalamazoo; 1T. Louis;
Dos Mulncs, lu,; Louisville. Ky; Sngi-
nav, Mich; Binghnmpton. N. y; and
the general executive board OF the
Jourucymon TNilors' union OF Ameri-
ca caution tAilors against going to
these places. John Fraser and Jnmcs
Sims have been appointed organizers
The general officers advise that a pro-
tectlvo FUND be established from two
annual assessments NJ 80 cents each.
The receipts nj Secretary John Il. Lem
mons ofilco amounted to s62Sl 30 last
month, and S5G25O5 was expended
| There is balance OF SlG551O.