The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-24
THE LABOR WORLD,

The tin plate factories are all shutting
down.
TEN THOUSAND tons Of new steel rals have
been ordered by the Baltimore and ohio.
The chances OF securing employment nre
said to be better In Western cities than In tho
East.
EroHr hours will be the offlclal days work
In the shops OF tho Pennsylvania Railroii
until March I.
PENNSYLVANIA directors have under con-
sideration n plan to make Saturday half
holiday the year round.
EVERY trainmnn laid OF by tho Pennsyl-
vania owing to depressed business has been
re-employed on full time.
TnE International Typographical Union
held It's forty-second annual session at Lou
isville, Ky., with i25 delegates present
WILLIAM HKRRicK, n m,chinist OF Indian
npolo, Ind, has fallen heir to n fortune OF
$500, 900, left by n relative IN England
MILL operatives numbering q, 600 in New
Bedford, Mass, were advised by their lead
ers to accept n reduction and end the strike.
TnE employees OF the Parkesburg (Penn.)
iron works, 800 In number, have been noti-
fed OF reduction OF ten per cent. in their
wages.
IT has been discovered that By n blunier
on the part Of tho Legislature OF Michigan,
State has been abolished
wEsTERS Pennsylvania iron men say that
the Mahoning Valley, Ohio. and not Allie
cheney County is now the chief iron-pro-
ducing community In the country.
wunrs the past decade the sweater shops
have multiplied In New York City from seven
10 ten hundred Chicago has nine hundred,
while Philadelphia aud other cities have
their share OF them.
GERaASY adopted system Of compulsory
insurance OF worklngmen against accidents
some twenty years ago, and It's results have
been such as to thoroughly vlndicate It's
practical usefulness.
REPORTS from nine Western States show
that many factories have resumed or In
creased their forces since the new Tariff law
wns enacted, and that both wholesale and
retail trade has greatly improved.
The biggest strike that New Bedford,
Mass, ever had is practically ended. The
strike lasted eight weeks, anl during that
time much more suffering was endured by
tho Idle operatives than will DO ever known.
A MEETING was recently held In West
| phalia, Germany, Tor the purpose OF organ
ixing Christian workmen, both Protestant
and Catholic, into trades unions In order TO
| counterbalance tho effect OF the soclalistic
unions
WELSH manufacturers nre 80 anxious for
! the return of tho British tin-plate workers
who went to the United states that they
have offered them free transportation, In ad-
! dition to guaranteeing them employment, II
they will return.
THE strike among the shirtmakers OF New
York has brought out some appalling facts.
| The average wage earnings of the womef
employed In the factories II from 80 TO 2,
! per week. A girl must sew four collars OF
/ iour shirt sleeves TO make II cent.
Ar n meeting OF the weavers' Union, held
at Fall River, Mass, 1t was voted to mak'
another strike allowance to members
amounting In all TO about $4,000. 1t was also
voted to stay out OF the mills until present
indications In the market are changed, o
tho manufacturers offer restoration o
wages. Since July 14th, 1890, the sum o
S2s, 977 has been paid out by the union OF
account OF breakdowns and strikes.