Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-08

ihe national Association of Letter
ear'icfs VIII meet In Cleveland. Ohio.
September is.
The Maryland and Illinois miners
are still out.
The strikers relief committee are
providing for 5000 persons.
Some 5000 corrmonwealers are on The
march toward Washington.
National Alliance Lecturer j, w.
Willets is leoturins IN Iowa
a rational trades assembly Of lann-
drNmen n 10 be organized
Wheat declined 40 cents under Hnr-
rison and 10 cents under Cleveland.
The sweating syst an" Ia sold 10 he
the cause of much smallpox In Chicago
and other large cities
Congress has passed bill making
Labor day, the first Monday In Sep
TENDER, legal holiday.
There IL a strike of go cigarmakers
In Philadelphia, at portuondu's shop,
Tor an Increase OF wages
The strike at Wamsutta mills IN Mas
sachusetts VIII likely extend until II
involves over 1000 more operatives,
The hat manufacturers OF Reading.
Pa, have notified their employees OF a
reduction of from 81 to IS per cent
The Saddle and Anrnossmakorg Ma
uonal association ensembles IN annual
convention at Evansville. Ina, July II.
Meetings are being held In Kansas
10 raise money for the CoNey army in
Washington, and with considerable sue
cess,
Mrs, 1gnntlus Donnelly. wife OF the
president of Minnesota State alliance,
anu author Of Caesars Column, IS
The Central Pennsylvania miners
have agreed TO 20 to work for all oper-
ators who VIII pay the compromise
scale.
The receivers OF the Gogebic Rnnge
mines have locked out 2bO0 men he
cause the union men asked for more
wages,
Since 1852 there has been ahrinkagc
m the volume OF currency Of Sg3300i
900, while our population has Increased
100000
In 1860 the farmers and wage work,
ers owned "a per cent OF the wealth OF
the country. Today they own less than
20 per cent.
More than f5OOOO0.0OO liz employed
In electrical pursuits in this country
and this sum is augmented hy 100000
COO annually,
Grand Master Workman Sovereign
has Issued an order 10 the knights 10
co-opsrale and stand with the Ameli-
WI w, i,eiiWeS union IN lls present nsht
WIN fu'iiioh'
Latners ana shinglers are oontem-
plal'hg Iorihlns = national orsam2a-
uoh. mere are ABOUT thlfty local un-
Ions of that trade IN different parts NJ
the country.
Twenty fullers in the blanket min
of John Dobson, Philadelphia, went out
on strike Tor an increase from "
70 W per Week rms VIII throw about
'VV hhhus out OF work
The coming Nation cooperative coll
ony has purchased 1000 acres OF land IN
Dickinson county. Tenn. and secured
another Thousand The colony VIII
soon De In active operation
Gen. Frye liz In Washington trying
to organize n national executive board
that viii have charge OF all supplies
sent them and direct the movements
OF commonweal speakers throughout
the country
Mayor Hopkins Of Chicago. Mayor
Bemis OF Omaha. Mayor stuart Of
Philadelphia are prominent as being
In favor OF the muniCipaliZutiun of
street cars. gas ana water works ANA
electric lighting.
Chlnpnan M. cornpeuctp,r IN ontnr
the fruit trade I'm california by pur-
chasing the crops OF entire farms The
harvesting Is done by Groves OF Mon
golans, hired by the buyer AT the low
est possible wages.
within twentv-three months about
$40 O0li. n00 az our gold haa gone abrond.
mud II ia still going out al the rate OF
Sd. COO 900 a week. This means that our
permanent debt IA Increasing about
$50, 900. 900 a year.
y,.ui,.,, az As,or ,.h,, t,,,o, a., In
don. draws the snug sum Of 50, 500 900
n year from his American Investments
THIS would absorb the labor OF 10000
men nj So a lay. working $40 days IN
the year. or course Astor lis opposed to
an Income tax.
nn.,,,, 80 nos. ,vo ,seo,,s tha iead-
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pnvh slan,Vu ne.t,ne 1872 Wy III
elal colhIll'tes Oh ~ syna,e; 70 li,S
usate lnso .ne uilei'pios ~ P"e9'io"
anu suss'st MEASURES " rshs.
The international Bakers Union re-
solved to keep away from all polticS
Independent or otherwise, and leave
such matters TO the local unions and ]
permanent organizer
was appointed. There has been
gain OF 400 members since the last con
ventlon. the total membership now
being $500 There is n surplus OF $4,000
In the treasury,
Knights OF Labor are not the only
ones who find dissension IN their ranka |
at times. All organizations composed
az man who daatra 10 reu,.t, fraau,ar i