Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-03-29

killed a bill to abolish free passes for
members.
Nashville may organize club for
the encouragement of home QocaD in
dustries.
Alexandria. Ind, with 1900 inhabi-
tants. has u unions and Central La
Dor Union.
Colored men are now admitted to the
Journeymen BARRIERS International
Union.
Detroit plumbers will shortly demand
an increase from 1925 to $2.75 day
and nine hours.
Musicians want Uncle Sam to keep
his military bands from competing WIFE
ordinary musicians.
a branch of the American Fedora
tion of Laber was established at Wash
ington, d. c., last Sunday.
st. Paul boss BARRIERS have organized
and will fix the minimum price of hair
cutting at % cents.
Jackson. Mich, is offered phones in
residences for SIS a year, and $24 Is the
price fixed for Offices.
At St. Louis men walters who were
paid so a week have been ousted by
women, who work for 81.
Protection against wholesalers was
the chief topic at the convention OF Wis
consin retail lumber dealers.
Iron ore shippers met at Cleveland
and increased prices. The Bessemer
ore product is placed at 100000 tons.
Organization has reduced carpenters
hours in Great Britain TO 80 week.
and wages now range from IA to 10
cents an hour.
The Commercial Club Of St. Paul
will label brOOms made in Minnesota
and asks people to patronize home in
dustry.
Minnesota's Labor Commissioner is
wedding out children under Is years OF
age employed in stores and as tele-
graph messengers.
The iron molders of Scotland are
credited with having the most perfect
trade union in the world. 1t has T.
eco members and $15O,OOO in treasury,
A Kenosha CWis.) cycle works fore
man resigned when he heard that he
was to be discharged. Then associa-
ties struck for his reinstatement.
Arbitration settled the differences
between book and job printers and
employees at St Paul. The Minneapo-
lis scale was adopted-$16.3S per
week.
A bill before the Ohio Legislature in
creases the percentage of convict labor
TO % per cent. The present statute per-
mits 10 per cent, TO compete with free
labor
st. Paul cigarmakers Endorsed the
proposed measure which viii compel
manufacturers who have shops in diff
ferent cities to pay the same wages in
all towns.
San Francisco fathers won a strike
for an increase from 10 cents to 81 a
thousand and for cents instead Of .
cents a yard for iron lathing, and eight
hours a day.
A bill before the Ohio Legislature
provides for the abolition Of under
ground bake-shops and other sanitary
regulations. 1t also reduces a days
work from - 10 10 hours
Buffalo grain shOvelers are thorough
ly organized. and they talk of forming
a section of the Trades and La
Dor Council. Buffalo has 1000 eleva-
tor men and 1000 lumber showers.
Striking painters at San Francisco
threaten 10 compete with employers in
taking contracts. They struck Tor a
minimum of SO, eight hours and the
employment Of union men exclusively.
Cincinnati bricldayers say they nave
not struck for an increase of wages, for
56l cents per hour has been the scale
for TWO years. They say many EN-
prCyers want to prevent them from
/ working for certain contractors.
IL is understood that the Western
Union Telegraph Company is quietly
engaging d large force of operators
throughout the country in anticipation
Of possible trouble with their present
force. IL is said that Debs is organic
ing the telegraphers.
California liquor deals want high
/ license. The associations claims to
represent some 5000 members. giving
employment to $4,000 people. and have
joint capital invested Of more than
S100O0OO9O A bill to increase She IL
cense to $500 was defeated last year.
The sentiment in favor of the COM
pulsOry restriction of hours of labor
is spreading among the more skillful
and more highly educated class Of
| bread-Winners. Every one now con-
cedes that a man will be Of more use
! to the world at large if it is possible
so to arrange his life that he should
not be compelled to work more than
eight hours a day.-New York Jour
/ nal.