The evening world., 1894-04-24
IN THE WORLD OF LABOR.

Eighty new members Joined tho international
Tailo-s' Union last week.
The newly elected President of carpenters
Union No. i4 is E. d. Gregg. and J. r. Hapnsr
was chosen Secreta:y
OF 6s2 strikes II per cent. were successful In
England last year. "necting 352, BAT employees.
Government railroad conductors in Germany
average SEQ a year and work from thirteen To
twenty hours a day.
On May l the brictlaysrs' unions of thi. city
and Brooklyn will demand that their annual cons
tract with the bosses be renewed.
About nv. hundred thousand people depend upon
the cigar industry In this country. not quite
80. 900 OF whom belong to labor organizations.
CHARTERS Of the Socialist Labor party were 10.
sued last week to new sections In Buckingham
and Rendvills. o.. and Clinton and Davenport
Charles Burns, of District Assembly a2c, X. Of
l., has rcorganized Firemen's Local Assembly
7,7s5. and he is now hard at work organizing the
brickhandlers.
The striking silk weavers of Paterson, N. J..
are ready to confer with the manufacturers. AZ
the factory OF Ashley & Bailey work was resumed
by the broad loom weavers yesterday.
Emile Book has been elected Treasurer pro tenn
OF Brewery Engineers Union No. /.
Local Assembly s.tSs; X. Of L.; has draped its
charter In mourning to honor the death OF Nicholas
among the surface railroad employees in Brooklyn
1t was reported at the headquarters OF the strik.
Hebrew Charities have been supplying non.union
men to fill the places OF strikers at several fac-
tories In this city and Brooklyn.
Railroad men ana electrical workers nave uoh9
more to spread the principles of the labor move
ment in this country than most other workmenS
because their trade makes them travel more thar
the others,
Division No. IFS OF the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Engineers has elected: William Donnel,ys
p pI,SiGv,d Rooe R,, hSs.ersoS, A.; c. Wis Wis d Secretary.
Treasurer; Warren Kerr. Guide; H. N smln"
Chaplain.
Central Labor Federation OF Hudson County has
been tabled for the present BY the Union hiii
Trainers Union. The contract with the bosses
was signed without any difhculty.
Former members OF the Kaweah colony in Tu-
lare County, Cal, have organiTed a similar mia
G Tho ro near G q, ,Ss seilon IsntSs has 0SSe een limited
to 2ll. each OF whom may not have more than
ten shares. at SIC eacn'
Newark; y. j.: has about 600 jewellers srm wre
, they earned SIS to SIS per week, but since
'sstI <; only y i. Ii H 10 ST. 4 S:a' IS is a P'S $s'.n ssss
on foot to reorganize the Assembly.
An assessment of two cents has been Levied
on May /. The receipts during the last quarter
were 81. 4s9sl; n,n1le was expended. and
81. ms 80 remains In the treasury.
In Catalonia, Spain. Is a singular custom,
real estate owner. and becomes entitled to two
vineyard during the life OF the vines. BY rea-
son of-this system, tens Of thousands Of acTes
Of Improbable soil have been converted into
remuneratiye vineyards, and many thousands Of
poor laborers raised TO the position OF semi-
proprletors OF the soil. Drunkenness and pau.
perism are almost unknown In the wine dis
trlcts.
The Journeymen Brewers National Union IL
Joining the Knights OF Labor has changed ~
name to National Trade District Assembly o
Laber-Decr brewery Workers, The officers are:
c. =. Beohtold. Master Workman; a. PrieTters-
bach, Worthy Foreman p. kurzenknAbe. Sec.
retGry-Treesurer A. Schultz. statistlciani J.
sueit. Guide; J, Reiser. Past Master workmani
A. Priestersbach, Judge. C. II. Bechtold, JudGe
Advocate! y. KurIenknate. Clerk. The nszt
Convention will take place on the third Sunday
In September, at Cleveland. q. 4
The General Executive Council OF the AmsrI
can Federation OF Labor has adopted rssoIutfo11
demanding that Cokey'a army be given a hear
Ing by Congress, and that IL members be treated
lac iaw-sbiding eitilsna