St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-21

, and the orations of Webster, Clay and
sumner They read six hours a day,
and then the matter read is discussed
for two hours.
The mineral water makers and bot
tiers OF New York city are on strike,
their complaint being that their en-
Ployers refuse to lop off two hours
from the working day heretofore in
vogue They have been working TWEEN
~ hours per day; they ask to work
eighteen.
Chicago contractors have decided to
hereafter employ only union carpen-
| tiers at 50 cents per hour This is done
! to protect themselves from men who
profess to be, but are not, mechanics,
| while man must be journeyman
/ carpenter to join the union.
| Factory Inspector John Francy esti-
! mates the number of sweat shops in
! New York city at about 5000, and the
| number of employees in them at about
/ 10000. He thinks that the enforcement
! of the factory laws in New York has
! driven many of the sweaters" over
! into New Jersey.
The United Garment Workers of
America are out with a circular ap-
! pealing to all trades unionists and
their friends to come to their assist
| ance by purchasing only readymade
clothing that bears the union label
Chicago Daily Coin, the free silver
| paper, suspended publication, after an
| experiment of ten issues, while the
| West Side Daily Leader, the printers
! paper. has also suspended.
Many thousands of toilers in Chicago
! will be given a half-holiday each Satur-
! day during the summer. An agreement
/ to that effect was entered into by man
! gfacturerS recently.
An important debate will take place
! at an early date in the French senate
! 1t will be the discussion of a bill to
prohibit workingmen and all employees
! of the state and of the railway COM
| panies to strike.
| The Knights of Labor have sold their
! Philadelphia headquarters for $4,000,
paid a mortgage of $40, 900, and will use
j the balance to build a location in
; Washington.
The Order of Railway Conductors has
! appropriated $4,000 for the benefit of
! the Lehigh Valley striking conductors
| of two years ago who are still out Of
situations.
After a six-year siege the German
| printers union of New York has cap
! tured the composing room of the New
York Staatszeitung and hoisted the
| union flag.
An Australian report says printers
| In that country are making their escape
! to darkest Africa to get away from
| the Calling gun typesetting machines.
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald, of
| California, has found proof that the
| majority of the Japs in the state are
virtually slaves to the contractors.
The city council Of Manchester, Eng
| land, has decided to introduce the
eight-hour workday for all municipal
! employees. Heretofore the workday
was nine hours.
Cincinnati unions are going to have
big Labor day blowout. Want John
/ Swinton and Kerr Hardie, M. P, to
crate.
! Gov. Altgeld insists that the build
| ing of the Southern Illinois insane
| asylum at Ana must be done by union
! labor.
There were a large number of ma
! tional unions in session last week.
| Gains in membership are reported very
/ large.
A new national organization, COM
! posed of unskilled workers in the glass
; industry, was formed at Pittsburg last
/ week.
/ Two unions of women workers were
T! recently formed at Neponset, Mass,
and chartered by the A. F.. of L.