The morning times., 1896-10-04

gates at the Galveston convention OF the
nrolnernooI OF Locoinotiy c f'iienien. hese
fellows fOuuu that the law didn't pay,
and are now firemen.
The S3 seal. for carpenters for an eight,
hour day Is becoming general thfouSiiout
the city OF Los Angeles. Cal. Tie car,
pcnterS' union has IA membership now VI
800.
Members of the Building Trades council
are jrSlUaJ,ng lne matter or trying to III
duce the city officials OF chicago 70 put
clauses IN ali contracts Ior city "Olk Ia
vIdlng for an eiSht-hour DAY ana Union
labor.
AT "a meeting of the New York Central
Labor uuiun, Ol Sunday, ueitsulc III
lfuuuceu II resolution That the a,ii.uries
slouiu De utinzeu Tor tie benefit Of the
ch,iureu for whom Iuoni cannot be foulu
III the public schools.
'.Au every slatIUn the railway COMPANY
has built houses Tor its eu.I loyeS, 81, Us
II Durango Mex letter. The section
hands are ailo wed their quarters Irce
or rent in addition % The casn wages lnat
are paid to them"
The union n.en of South Chattanooga
are talking OF setting u movement on
root for iaIse pubic han and park i'll
lhat part oil .he Guy. The soGtn Cnalta-
nonga business League has signified It's
Willingness TO cooperate with The unions
In this movement.
The official Call for the fifth national
r1gation congress, TO convene in Phoe-
nix, Ariz., Oh Tuesday, Wednesday and
thursday, December 10, 16, and II, has
been issued by the naiio nal executive
committee.
a member OF the st. Louis Journcymcn
BarDers' Union, who is studying law, Is
framing bill to be put before the legis-
iature OF Missouri compelling all BARRIERS
10 pass an examination TO show their quail
iricauons before they are allowed to prac-
uce.
The food commission has made sensa-
t,onal move in its Fight against Cincinnati
Cheuist Fennel deciucd to ask tue courts
10 Try all future cases against druggists
before Juries composed exclusively OF drug
gisLs.
during tue convention of the Brotherhood
carpenters at Cleveland last week, a Gaily
Journal was printed, under the direction OF
Mr.. McGuire, The esecretary-treusurer Each
delegate found an issue Of the journal on
his desk IN The morning, containing Il COM
pletc record OF tue business transacted dur
iug the sessions OF the preceding day.
bill before the New Zealand legislature
provides that every citizen aged sixty
rVc OF upwards who has been resident
III the province for the preceding twenty
years or more shall be entitled to life
pension of 1LOs. a week upon application.
The premier talks of Introducing state pawn
shops. A bill for a statutory half-hOiiday
for domestic servants has already received
its secoud reading.
Did you ever imagine that corpora
tons would meet to decide what is to
The interests OF labor" asked GoInpers
at the brotherhood or Fircmen's convcn-
ton. IF sou expect Il better time 1t
must come through you. II you think l,
or n few hundred such as 1, can bring
about miracles you are wrong. We can
show you all that is necessary to d o, but
unless you organize aud fcderate with
other organizations, aud all these other
organizations III turn become federated,
We snail lose what we have gained and
go back. back, back. You find your papers
ueNoting pages TO the meetings OF the loco
motive Iifencn. Who, twenty-five years
ago. would have called the fireInen
grand organization? None. But now
IL Is dilfeient. Now they are organized"
Sewing women get from 25 to 30 cents a
day and beard. Washers and scrubbcrs
get 30 cents for full days work But If
wages are low so are the expenses of
living; Good family flour is sold at 45
cents Tor a 25-pouHd sack, and a cheaper
grade for 81. 10 for 100 pounds Potatoes
are 10 to 2 cents a bushel. Bcefsteak is
sold at 10 to l2 cents u pound; other
pieces to s oes:ts. Suetis 8 cents, lard TO-
butter u Ia IA cents a pound, eggs 8 to
10 cents dozen. We have bought berries
Tor ana cents quart, cherries aud
piumSat uccntS Il busheI apples ana pears
Of good quality at 10 cents a bushel OF
course, some fruit is sold at higher prices
but We have waited till laboring people
could afford to buy. A good business
suit can he bought ready made for from
"a. 90 to Slo, and a suit made to order,
which would cost me S25 in Buffalo, can
obtain here for SIS. House rent in a town
OF 2.5Uo Inhabitants is from So 10 So per
Month, tue latter sum paying for a good 4
room house with yard nd sarden.-Ontario
Letter in Buffalo Express