Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-18
LABOR AND INDu sTRY.

a single British county yielded 81 scr. 44i
tons OF coal last year.
The Painters Nationa, union headuuar-
tiers will soon be removed to Cincinnati
The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad COM
pany has instituted a thirteen hour day in
its car shops.
Les Angeles brickmakers have formed a
union and are trying to secure the dis
charge Of Chinese workmen.
Japanese workmen wear on their backs
an inscription stating their business and
the name OF their employer
farmer near Sacramento SAYS his crop
OF asparagus this season will bring him
$4,000, OF which $1,000 will be profit. He
has twelve acres OF It.
Herr Krupp, the gun manufacturer. has
dismissed all foreign workmen and officials
from his employ on the ground Of the be-
trayal OF secrets TO foreign governments.
Russia at least comedies that the United
States leads the world In the matter Of mod
orn machinery. A complete locomotive fac
tory plant. consisting OF $500 tons of ma
Chinery. most OF which was furnished by
Philadelphia manufacturers, has already
been shipped from this city to be delivered
and set up at Mini Novgorod.
The shipments OF apples alone from all
American ports this season to date foot up
the immense aggregate OF 429 $50 barrels,
whereas the total TO same date last year was
$1,000, showing an increase OF almost l 900
per cent Last week 1873 600 barrels left the
port of New York. against II ,46G barrels for
the corresponding week last year The great
American pie will soon be making itself felt
in Europe
The ninth annual convention OF the Ma
tional Brewery Workers union. which was
held recently in Cincinnati endorsed the
eight-hour work day; voted down a plan to
establish a death benefit; elected Ernest
Kmzenknobs and Charles F. Bechtold sec
retaries at salaries of 81 800 each I'm place
OF president and vice president; endorsed
all the labels endorsed by the American
Federation OF Labor and fixed Boston as the
next place OF meeting
The Cincinnati Central Labor council has
appointed a committee to make arrange
ments for the annual convention of the
American Federation Of Labor, which will
be the held in that city in December 1t
viii be the largest and most important labor
convention ever held in America. and $50 OF
tho delegates VIII each represent a national
organization. Trades unionism has gained
40 per cent in the last year and now has
upwards OF 100000 members.
New Jersey now has 2972 miles of rail-
way to every 100 square miles OF territory.
lhls is larger percentage OF track TO area
than is contained in any other state Masga.
chusctts comes next, with 26.35; Pennsyl-
vania next. with 21.67: Ohio. 2l.lS; Connecti-
cut, 20.Sl, and Rhode Island, 20.37 In the
proportion OF railroad mileage to inhabl-
tants Arizona leads there being FOSSIL miles
OF fa..|ay TO every 10000 Of population in
that territory The total mileage OF the
l,lOi roads in the United States, as reported
by the Interstate Commerce commission,
June 30 1896, was 130925
new way Of constructing a solid founda-
ton for tall building has been tried with
success In Berlin. II was necessary to
find solid base sufficiently strong TO carry
building weighing more than 10 900 tons
The plot Of ground upon which the build,
ing was TO stand was adjOined on both
sides by high buildings, which rendered I'M
safe the digging to any depth for founda-
ton. The only way out Of the difficulty
was the sinking OF a cHlsson in the center
Of the plot, upon the cemented top of which
hollow form of cement was built Into
this form molten iron was poured, filling
up the space, and upon this cast iron founda.
ton plate the understruCture OF the build.
ing now rests, while the side walls are sup
ported by a cantileyer structure. The full
weight OF the load upon the cast iron
foundation is estimated at more than 20
900 tons.