Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-02-01
THE LABOR WORLD.

The seamen AMI dock laboreTs are on, on
strike ht Buvnos Ayres.
A COMPANY Is being promoted in Bradford,
England, Tor the manu'aciure oil artificial
silk.
| JONI ID. ROCKEFELLER confirms the report
] o. an agreement among iron ore producers
/ TO maintain prices.
STRIKING miners in the Massillon (0hio)
district are said 10 be destitute and have APP
pealed Tor State aid
ILLINOIS railroad employs are organizing
! a gigaht c bureau 10 secure favorable treat
ment IN the Legislature.
Is consequence OF the general decline the
mining oil tin In England has practically
ceased 10 be remunuratiye.
THE Rev. G Wynnn Jon =, OF Baltimore,
is going ~ start domestic Institute" the
object OF which shall be to tram girls for do
nestle service.
ALL the mines in the Pittsburg district now
In operation are paving 1.ty-iys cents per
ton lor mining, the lowest rate that has been
paid Tor years.
The oldest handmai1 in the United States
lives In Philadelphia. she is ninety-t hree
years old, and her name Is Rshecca Snopley
She has lived in one family sixty-ons years.
Tx of the leading fruit-canning factories
shut down since the first OF October. haya
started up, giving employment to about 1900
people.
EMPLoYEs Of the Homestead (Penn.) Steel
Works secretly organized a 10 lgs OF the
Analgamated Association OF Irol and Steel
Workers. The II xt day 100 OF them were
discharged.
Miners at Shawnee Ohio, have leasad the
Gosiyn and Barber mines, and will operate
them, paying the proprietors seven G MIS- a
ton royalty and ten cents a ton commission
for selling the coal.
AGENTS otthe new Michigan coal fields are
Offering Ohio miners an advance OF thirty
five cents Per ton to work for them, and il is
probable that many OF the miners will emil
CRATE TO Michigan.
IL 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 pitiiul story OF the misery OF the
sicilian !aborers an peasants is still fresh In
the public memory, il is gratifying to learn
that step has been taken toward alleviate
ing the sufierings OF the Siciiian laboring
classes.
The best qualifications for conductors and
motormen, protection TO human life, low
joints on tracks and how 10 avoid them. an
the best methods of collecting full fares vera
discussed by the last Ohio State Trlmway
Association.
THOMAS LALLY, formerly an employe In
the shoe factory OF Welch L Lanfrigan. AZ
Salem, Mass, secured ayeriict OF SSOagainst
the Knights OF Labor. Laly alleged that he
was discharged rom the firms employ al the
request of the Knights OF Labor because he
Reused to join the order.
MARTIN FISUFR, an employee OF the Postal
Telegraph Cable Company in PHILADELPHIA.
is remarkable man. While he lost his right
arm below the elbow, ami has hut the thumb
aud two fingers Of his le't hand, he Is one OF
the most expert telcCruphers and type
writers IN the employ OF the company.
THREE THOUSAND unemployed workingmcn
gathered outside OF the Montreal Canada
City Hall and threatened to invade the buird-
ing ana proceed to do violence if their de-
munGs for 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 sugg. SIZED that a re-
QUESTION he presented TO INN 10 call , mass
meeting at the BoIr! 0. Trade rooms. This
was done, and the men dispersed on the mp
peal OF their leaders.