The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-31
IN THE FIELD OF LABOR.
LATEST NEWS OF WORhINGMES
AND THEIR WAGES.
Paragraphs Of Interest Gathered From the
Busy world--About organ
ICED Labor,



! Detroit BARRIERS will organize.
There are 600 unions OF coooers'
| Duluth cooks now have union.
| Washington painters Will organize.
MINNEAPOLIS walters won stIike.
New Hayen laUrdlymen orsdli]eu'
! Ireland has eighteen daily papers.
| Hr,oklvn Italian coopers organized.
colorado has two newsboys unions
! Alabama has twenty-six cotton mus i
Rochester postal clerks held p'cnl,HI.
Some Chicago carpenters won sNiAe
| Detroit carpenters average S1.3a Gay
Milwaukee has 800 union carpenters.
nan River has 100 textile operatives
| All Duluth bakers signed the union
| scale. -. Ao,r,
Detroit molders struck for $50 as mini
ST. Paul and Minneapolis printers hold
| joint meetings. q
| cents an hour
Switzerland rdilrogders won an ADVANCE
/ OF - Der cent
GOOD miners at Ishpeming, Mich. earn
| $50 % S7j a month.
Convict labor killed the nut ana boit
| mauufactu Is pool
! International BricklayerS' union mas
| $4,000 ia treasury.
! Los Angeles now prohibits circus per-
| formances on sunday
San Francisco brewers struck for recog-
( milton Of their union.
Timers and icemen formed unions al
Cleveland last Sunday.
Philadelphia three unions or cigar
makers will amalgamate
White girls took the places or Ch'nese
strikers az san Francisco.
Inc Mayor Of Louisville Is the president
Of tho Miners Union.
Salt Lake may tax farmers VINO sell
their products IN the city.
4 New York Assembly OF letter car
riers has over 1000 members.
The 81. Paul Labor Exchange mas adced
a laundry plant 10 its outfit
san Francisco expert photographers VINO
draw on stone get $50 a week.
North Adams. Mass. uuiOnlsts want the
union label on all municipal printing.
The Chattanooga Central Labor Union
is again threatened with disruption by
Yns Sew York Central Labor Union Is
not in hurry 10 join the Federation OF
Labor.
we've granted an advance Of from 10 TO
l. Der cent.
ana manager OF summer resort near
Cincinnati has granted all the demands
OF thQ walters.
Detroit structural ironworkers demand
$3.50 Tor nine hours. and most OF the
me Joerneymcn Bakers and Confec-
toners International Union has over
IS 600 I'm treasury.
owners OF restaurants IN the business
district OF Detroit organized ana abolished
tho I5-cent meal
Carpenters employed on Nanderhilts
E1rfn Carolina property won stflke
ag inst uOu-uTlonlst5.
Toledo screwmakers struck against the
introduction Of milling machine hanu
into their department.
THE Ohio law commanding labels on
pIis0n-made goods has already caused the
failure of one contractor.
At Detroit the tln. sneet-iron, and cor
nice workers nlne-hour demand mas now
been universally granted.
The Custom IailOrs' Union will nave us
label registered IN the tWenty-IOur states
having laws for that purpose
The new scale of q New York bakers
union calls for weekly wages from - 10
$40 and ten hours work per day
"NO ticket no washee' At Baltimore
a Chinese laundryman, who stood by this
principle. woD a case ia Court.
The convention OF the brotherhood or
Painters and Decorators viii be held IN
the Chicago Municipal Council chamber.
Ine Detroit ci6ar-maKers' strike mas
been on year. and has thus far cost the
international and other Iuions $1,000.
San Francisco granite cutters have APP
.ealcd 90 the Governor 20 prevent con-
vot-oul granite from being sent all over
New York and Brooklyn union tailors
arc being assessed 20 cents each 10 as
sist strikers In Evansville, Omaha, and
lf0V.dcnc.
Some iaborers We're advanced from 81
10 yl.l3 a day. and teamsters on tine same
job We're given So instead Of s. "A day.
Towns along the O.. II. r. want lower
rates on saturday during the summer
t0 enable them 20 20 10 Toronto for the
purpose of shopping.
The New York Silver Workers Union
has abolished the office OF president and
yice-presiient. Two chairmen VIII De
elected at every meeting.
3iddef0rd Me, textile operatives re-
sisted Il cut in wages. and the employers
decided 90 operate the mills 10 hours
per week at the Old wages.
The mothers, wives, sisters, ana sweet
hearts Of street railway men have formed
"a national union. ana will mold conven-
tIcn next year in Toledo.
Frankfort Ind. street iaborers work
eilhf hours Wages for men and teams
were recently Increased from II and 80
Genus per hour 20 is "a ana 81 - cents
per hour
The Toledo Retail Merchants Associa-
ton announces its object 10 bee the prOtec-
ton OF the people from sales Of shoddy
goods aud worthless merchandise general
sae.raw BARRIERS have won the first OF
tle cases which 10 b Intended 20 bring
against those BARRIERS who do not respect
tae law aal WA0 keep their shops open
-uu.4y.
A number OF tailors at Washington. d.
a.. haze seeded and become suspended
from tll Journeymen La!l0rs' Union 81
America. and have organized an Independ-
eut Illl0rs lnlou.
d number OK the wholesale millinery
stores of baltimore have signed an agree
mcut f0 close their places OF business at
% t.. ST.. nom June 1st. 70 August 10Th.
Inclusive. and IN 4 y. N. on Saturdays.
Detroit bookbinders. who struck for &l3
q week instead on sl2, returned 10 work
when the company conceded that there |
sh0uld Doe an apprentice 10 every four |
l0urneymeu, instead OF TO every three.
A Chicago street railway company pro- |
yidls ID hospital for sick employees. Dur |
ing Illness lhey are paid one-tnird regu- |
ilr salary. $50 Is donated FOR funeral eX- |
renses ia addition 20 $500 for the family |
A. Muulcc. Ind. 800 gl.ssworkers
struck because one man was discharged |
without % weeks notice. After a two |
weeks struggle the company agreed 10 |
pay The man discharged weeks wages, |
and lie 300 returned 10 work.
Fan River has almost 100000 s3indles |
more than any other cotton manuiactur- |
ina centre bon America. the nearest COM |
DpIitors being Providence and the Black |
stone Valley. with 1,550,0o0 spindles. and /
New Bedford with l.2i4.O0 sDindles.
AT tie meeting OF the Wheeling Cen |
tul Labor Union last Sunday the black |
holcarriers alleged that the organization
Of white h0dcarriers does rot exist le-
glny. but an Investigation by the secre-
.ary showed that both stand equally In /
the Federation OF Labor.
a joint meeting OF the ST. Paul and
Typographical Unions was
held for the purpose Of considering "A pro-
position or the win CITY Publishers As