Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-06-29
THE LABOR WORLD.

Chicago has BARRIERS school.
Washington has 20, ,3GG factory hands.
Florida has in her factories l3, persons.
Ohio coal miners have voted to accept the
new scale.
A large tin plate plant is to be erected at
Akron. Ohio.
The total number Of persons injured by ac.
cidents in coal mines last year was 406l
The strike OF bOiler-makers at Pittsburg,
Penn, threw about 2OOO men out of employ
ment.
Master Car Builders, who have been in
convention in Alexandria, n. Y, elected Of
llcers and adjourned,
The horse shoers are the latest to complain
bitterly of the inrOad which the bicycle has
made in their business
A French bricklayer now gets flity Der
cent. more wages than were paid for his
work in France forty years ago.
Boston freight handlers have withdrawn
from the knights Of Labor and Joined the
American Federation Of Labor.
The Langley Manufacturing Company. OF
Augusta, Ga, will add l5, 900 spindles to its
plant, The company now operates $4,000
spindles.
In the fight between non-union and union
painters ut the new mansion being erected
by +. ID. Armour. Jr., in Chicago four nom
union men were hurt
The reports received by the commercial
agencies show that within the last few
weeks the wages of nearly SOC 900 have been
raised and about 10000 more men employed.
The Italian stone masons have the mon
opoly OF foundation work in New York City
No other masOns can work so well amid
sewer gas and the other accomplishments OF
deep excavations as the Italian masons.
A load of Chinese was shipped from Walia
Walla Wash, to the north fork of the John
Day to work in the mines. The miners of
that section decided they did not need the
Chinese and loaded them up and sent them
back.
Minister Ewing informs the Department Of
state that n new department the ministry
of industry and labor-has been created In
Belgium, and Mr. Nyssesens, member of
Parliament for Lourain has been appointed
to direct the office.
The certificate of incorporation of the
Grand Body OF Associated Typesetting Ma
chine Engineers was filed in the County
Clerks Office in Brooklyn. Louis Fisher is
President and W. L. Super Secretary. Most
of the incorporatOrs live in Brooklyn.
mass meeting of the workingmen Of
Omaha, Neb., was held to take action on the
recent refusal of the United States Supreme
Court to grant writ Of habeas corpus in the
case of L. V. Debs. The resolutions adopted
denOunce the action of the court as arbitrary
and unjust.
The Italian Stone Masons of Union of
New York City has applied to the lnterna-
tiOnal Bricklayers' Union for u charter, and
the matter has been referred to the eight
bricklayers unions of New York City. Some of
them object to the charter ON the score of
nationality.
An important feature of the business situa
ton is found in decreasing labor troubles
particularly among the bitumnouS coal min.
ers of the Ohio district, where there has
been general resumption of work. Further
voluntary advances in wages by manufacture
ers in different sections form another feature
vi scarcely less Importance.
In the Missouri Supreme Court Judge
Sherwood filed an opinion declaring uncon-
stitutional the law forbiddng the discharge
by corporations Of employees who refuse to
sever their connections with labor organiza.
tions. This law was enacted two yenrs ago,
and provides penalties ranging from IA fine
of $50 to $1,000 and six months imprison-
ment. The court holds that this law is class
Legislation.
President Cleveland signed an order plac-
ing the employees of the Government Print.
ing Otllce under the civil service rules. The
order includes all Of the employees. more
than 25OO in number, with the exception of
the lowest grade of laborers. and provision
is made for thirty to ninety-day appoint
ments in cases of emergency, such as occur
during the sessions of Congress, when much
additional work Is necessary.