Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-02-01
THE LABOR WORLD.

THE seamen and dock laborers are out Oh
strike at 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.
STRIKING miners in the Massiilon (Oho
district said TO be destitute and have ap
pealed for State aid
ILLINOIS railroad employees are organizing
a 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 remunerative.
THE Rev. G.. Wynne Jones, of Baltimore
Is going to start Domestic Institute" the
object of which shall be to train girls for do
nestle service.
ALL the mines in the Pittsburg district nov
in operation are paying fitty-f1ve cents pei
ton for mining, the lowest rate t hat has beer
paid for years.
The oldest handmade in the United State,
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-cannine factories
of East Baltimore, Md, which have beer
shut down since the first Of October, have
started up, giving employment to about 1900
people
EMPLOYEES of the Homestead CPenn.) Steel
Works secretly organized lodge of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and SteeI
Workers. The next day 100 of them were
discharged.
MINERS at Shawnee, Ohio, have leased the
Gos!yn and Barber mines, and will operat,
them, paying the proprietors seven cents
ton royalty and ten cents ton commission
for selling the coal.
AGENTS Ofthe new Michigan coal fields are
Offering Ohio miners an advance of thirty
five cents Fer ton to work for them, and it /:
probable that many of the miners will emf
grate to Michigan.
IN Switzerland there is a law by which
railway and steamboat companies factor,
establishments, etc, are liable to indemnify
their employees in case of accidents, or theIj
widows and children in case of their death
WHILE the pitiful story of the misery of tn.
Sicilan laborers and peasants is still fresh in
the public memory, it is gratifying to learr
that step has been taken toward alleviat
ing the sufferings of the Sicilian laborins
classes.
THE best qualifications for conductors ant
motOrmen, protection to human life low
joints on tracks and how to avoid them, ant
the best methods of collecting full fares wer,
discussed by the last Ohio State Tramway
Association.
THOMAS LALLY, formerly an employe il
the shoe factory Of Welch Il Landrigan, a,
Salem, Mass, secured verdict Q. $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 TO join the order
MARTIN FISHER, an employee of the Postal
Telegraph Cable Company in PHILADELPHIA,
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.
writer's in the employ of the company.
THREE THOUSAND unemployed workinemep
gathered outside of the Montreal Canada
City Hall and threatened to invade the build.
ing and proceed to do violence If their de-
munds for work were not complied with
The Mayor expressed his sympathy with the
men and said the city had done its best to
give employment, and suggested that re-
QUESTION be presented to him to call mass
meeting at the Board Of Trade rooms. This
was done, and the men dispersed on the ap-
peal of their leaders.