The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
THE LABOR WORLD.

TIE seamen and dock laborers are out On
strike st Buenos Ayres. ..
A COMPANY Is being promoted In Bradford,
England, for the manufacture OF artificial
silk. -.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER confirms the report
OF an agreement among iron ore producers
to maintain prices. .-.1.
STRIKING miners In the Massillon (Ohlo)
district are said to be destitute and have ap.
pealed for State aid. ~
ILLINOIS railroad employees are organizing
n gigantic bureau to secure favorable treat
ment In the Legislature.
In consequence OF the general decline the
mining of tin in England has practically
ceased to be remuneratiye. ....
The Rev. G. Wynne Jones, Of Baltimore,
is going to start domestic Institute" the
object OF which shall be to train girls for do
mestic service. .. . b.. g..
ALL the mines in the Pittsburg district now
in operation are paying ffty-hye cents per
ton for mining, the lowest rate that has been
paid for years. ....
TIE Oldest handmade in the United States
lives in Philadelphia. She Is ninety-three
years old, and her name Is Rebecca Shopley.
She has lived in one family sixty-one years.
Ten OF the leading fruit-canning factories
OF East Baltimore, Md, which have been
shut down since the first OF October, have
started up, giving employment TO about 1bc0
people.
EMPLOYEES Of the Homestead penn Steel
Works secretly organized lodge OF the
Amoleamated Association OF Iron and Steel
workers. The next day 100 OF them were
discharged. ".s'/
MINERS at Shawnee, Ohio, have leased the
Goslyn and Barber mines, and Will operate
them, paying the proprietors seven cents
ton ROYALTY and ten cents q ton commission
for selling the coal.
AGENTS ofthe new Michigan coal fields are
Offering Ohio miners an advance OF thirty
five cents ger ton to work for them, and 1t Is
probable that many OF the miners WILL emil
crate to Michigan.
In Switzerland there Is law by which
railway and steamboat companies, factory
establishments, etc., are liable to indemnify
their employees in case OF accidents, or their
widows and children In case OF their death.
WHILE the pitiful story OF the misery of the
sicilian laborers and peasants is still fresh In
the public memory, it Is gratifying to learn
that q step has been taken toward alleviat-
ing the sufferings of the Slcilian labortng
classes.
The best QUALIFICATIONS Ior conductors anu
motormen, protection to human life, low
Joints on tracks and how to avoid them, and
The best methods Of collecting full fares were
discussed by the last Ohio State Tramway
Association.
THOMAS LALIv, formerly an employe In
the shoe factory OF Welch Il Landrtgan, at
Salem, Mass, secured verdict OF $50 against
the Knights OF Labor. Lally alleged that he
was discharged from the firms employ at the
request of the Knights Of Labor because he
refused 10 join the order.
MARTIN FISHER, an employe OF the Postal
telegraph Gable Company In PhtIadelphla,
is a remarkable man. While he lost his right
arm below the elbow, and has but the thumb
and two fingers of his left hand, he is one OF
the most expert telegraphers and type
writers in the employ OF the company.
THREE THOUSAND unemployed workingmen
gathered outside OF the Montreal (Cauada)
CITY Hall and threatened to invade tae build
ing and proceed to do violence IL their de-
mnnds Tor work were not complied with.
The Mayor expressed his sympathy with the
men and said the city had done its best 10
civ. employment, and suggested that re-
Suisition hs presented TO him to call u mass
meeting at tho Board OF Trade rooms. This
was done. and the men dispersed on the up
peal of their leaders.