Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-18

richest labor organization 10 the world,
I exccpt perhaps the Farmers Alliance, and
/ has 10000 members. II has paid ont
/ grand total Of beueiits In fourteen years
OF S1.1G1. SGG0i
According 10 the fifth annual report
! Of The United states commissioner Of la
& Dor % per cent Of the railroad employees,
or 1I.-5OO workers earn less than Si.2O
( per day.
From $500 to 1000 coal miners in the
/ Massilllun district. Ohio. who have been
| working ou one-tlird time. win be- given
the privilege Of cut OF IL IL per cent
or no work,
The decreasc in the clearinghouse re-
ports for the week ending January 10
was 30 per cent or S!25O00.O0O, as
compared with ihe corresponding week
Of last year.
The whole country outside Of the inan-
cial ccnters has been stripped of the
currency necessary to carry on business,
and nearly two-thlrds Of & Is lying idle
ia the banks.
The introduction Of type-settlng ina
chimes IN l32 Offices has displaced 2036
composiiors. But most Of these men can
do other work. and the public will 10
the end be the gamer.
Ever New Nork's upper ten" are econ.
omizing Many one whose income
amounted 20 $4,000 to $4,000 a year,
Is Obliged TO try TO get along now ON SO.
600 10 $4,000 year
Ont Of 1000 people usually employed
IN Cincinnati IN the cigar business over
UWU have been ont Of work since July
aud wages have been cut TO less than
mar ipe l'r'n'p sc,lc'
IN lhdiHEhpohs, ND, men rcIused 10
work on q lakp in darheld park aud take
t,nntlr pay W Tluets ON the charity store.
ine 4e,llh ouisrr examined ne food and
found d 30 poor he condemned It.
4 Tacoma . I.a,.. man: g r, c9wles Is said
20 BE- the lhytttor OF q process for maxi
ing Illuminating gas out Of wood From
ono cord Of wood he gets gns and by
piouucl' worm fio' so IL is claimed.
Leonard Hrnlup of The New York
Static Alliance estimates that the various
me9opo4e' 81 tlls country cost the
people over Sl,Op9tFpoQ0 a year And
"orNlhgmeh pay IL an ~ the end.
The Warren Paper company. the lnrg-
est paper concern In the world, employ
ing over 1000 men, having cleared 500,
NY ON It's years trade, has divided S2l,
VOO among us employees, prOpOrtionntely
IL ~ very probable that England viii
remonCtize silver IN India now. since
this country has demonetized it, aud
mus reap a yearly profit of about SIS
$4,000 ont 81 American shyer-Al-
"'''''
Tho mayor Of Cincinnati has been nu-
thoriz'd to eXponl Sl00,OO0 from the con
tinpent fund Of The city for the benefit
of The unemployed. The plan r. To- use Il
~ hrniholms repairs and other work
needed,
The Fifth Annual Knights of Labor
conere.s Of New York sinte took MI
yathcel ground in favor of The cnfrou-
Improvement OF canals and many other
measures.
Ton ve,,s o,-, Do,ro,. b,l ,,i,. ce,.
union cignrmai,crs. Now ii bas " "
coo employed, Other cities show likc
growth. The Hoston CAlnss) unions have
grown from lOO members three years ago
10 over -oJo'
Warrants Of deportation to the mum.
her of $50 TO 200 are being prepared In
the treasury department for use IN de
por,ihs NE spanish cigarmakers who re-
Cti,a' ,i,r" ~, NY west t'1'' from
80 80 '""t' .'"''aet
!, ~ y sald mat TIE south Carolina Al.
llh'e rs better organized than that of
any other STATE They have complete
control or ne state officers and have
H9ntr2l OF lhe machinery Of both the
l"pnliSl ana Democratic parties.
Nv Now York, Boston, Chicago and
Philadelphia, more than one-hnlf of tbe
girHulnfiuu rto.lf,,p.