The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-16

and the abolition OF female employees in
bicycle department. q gtHH
a ChattanoOgu Judge has ordered II
company 10 refund employees 5000 that
had been deducted from their wages for
rent and the services of tho company
doctor.
Judge Mcconnell arhitrated the differ
enCcs of Chicago brlckmakers and their
/ employers Country worker aages We're
increased 10 the city scales IL cents an
hour.
1t is claimed that 1900 iron orc ana
cor per miners IN Wisconsin, Michigan
/ and Minnesota have ORGANIZED in six
months. and two advances In wages have
been secured
IL is said that four hundred and eleven
cities work their carpenters nine hours,
and sixty-f0ur cities eight hours. but
next May the movement viii DC general
Tor eight hours.
Last Sunday the topic OF discussion at
the meeting OF the Los Angeles Cal.
! Educational Labor Association was: Ire
solved that the United States Senate is
absolutely useless anl should be abolish
ed"
The Cooperative Labor Exchange 20
Santa Paula, Cal, viii establish a de-
pOsitory for storage and handling Of an
tho products Of the valley A creamery
millinery shop and steam laundry Will
be established.
Brooklyn women union garment work
crs are raising a fund Tor lhe purpose
of eXhuming the body Of the young WOO
man who in 1884, attempted the life o.
King Frederick William ~. OF Prussia.
10 will Dee crcmated.
pittsburgers are after the trolley COM
panies. While Pitisburg was receiving
$l250 from more than a dozen traction
railways in return FOR the grant OF rights
now valued at 100000 the same city
collected as a tax from owners OF wagons
and other vehicles the almost Quadruple
sum OF $4,000.
AT Cleveland. O., Rev. William IT, Guy
proposes 10 start labor exchange lie
proposes 10 give ont checks for labor
performed or Tor property. and when
sufficient number Of city exchanges have
been organized, 10 establish p general
clearing house for the United States
through which all the checks will pass.
In Detroit shops using typesetting ma
chimes fifty hours constitute weeks
work, whereas IN shops not using ma
chimes the employees are OBLIGED 10 work
ntty-siX hours a week. The machine men
are paid Is cents an hour for day work
and 80 cents an hour for night work. all
other employees receiving the Uniform
scale OF SIS q week for hand work.
At Boston the bricalayers, plasterers
plumbers. brownstOne cutters. fathers and
building laborers have secured the eight
hour day. The steamffters. by their
successful strike. will so TO work on the
eight-hour basis on May l. Carpenters.
painters. decorators. roolers. cornice
workers. granite cutters. horsesmiths.
hosting and portable engineers. wood
workers and structural marble workers
VIII demand eight hours on May l.
An anti-rent movement was discussed
recently by COnfsctioncrs and o..
ors Union OF New York. 1t Is proposed
20 start 4 movement similar 10 that pro-
posed in the Central Labor Union in 1855
The plan was 10 compel landlords 10 re-
duce rents By general refusal OF ton-
ants TO pay the prevailing rates. II was
claimed then that there would not be
a sufficient number OF marshals 10 ovict
the army OF tenants.
The bill OF the National Society OF Fac
tory Inspectors will make the manuiac-
tulc OF clothing ~ tenement houses prac-
tically impossible Congressman SUlzer
has the bin in charge. BY its provi-
sioms every manufacturer VIII have 10
pay license Of 500 a year for every
contractor no employs. each contractor
will have 10 pay $50 a year for every
sub-contractor and each sub-contractor
will have 10 pay a Ike amount FOR every
man he employs outside OF his shop
Contractors will be required to pay 800
each FOR shop licenses.
Omaha Is to have & cooperation laun-
dry. Oakland Cal, has a similar institute
ton, and workers average s. week.
the workers every Saturday night, after
deductions for expenses and ~ per cent
for a contingent fund. viii divide among
them the receipts pro rata according 10
the time pat IN at labor. No one will be
paid at higher rate than another, tho
manager receiving tho same per hour as