Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-15

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The nineteenth annual congress OF
the New Jersey Federation Of Trades
Unions will be held in the city hall,
I Newark, on Monday, August 16.
I ROXbury (Mass) striking milders
I held a parade for the purpose of draw
( ing public attention to efforts of their
former employer to cut down their
wages and run an unfair shop.
Il used to think" says Mahon, "that
starvation would cause men to revolt.
/ have come to the opposite view
starvation makes men peaceable, Or
DERBY, quiet"
Galveston Central Labor Union has
decided to recommend to the different
organizations connected with the asso-
citation that the profits which may be
realized from the Labor Day celebra-
ton be devoted to the striking coal mi
ners.
The Tin and Sheet Ironworkers' I'm
ion Of Brooklyn has decided to work
hand in hand with the cornice work
ers. AS it is likely that several strikes
may occur because Of the demand for
higher wages, a committee was cleo
ted to make preparations for such oc-
currences.
The followers Of Samuel Gompers,
President of the American Federation
Of Labor, and James r. Sovereign,
General Master Workman of the
knights Of Labor, locked horns at
last Sundays meeting Of the New
York Central Labor Union, and for
over an hour they were both at it
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A new and novel method of warfare
against the New York contractors has
been evolved by the East Side garment
makers. It is the confiscatiOn of the
sewing machines Of those contractors
who failed to keep their agreements
with the union, and the establishment
of cooperative shops with these ma
chimes to stock them.
The Illinois State Board Of Arbitra-
ton has decided that the Chicago
BoOkbinders' Union was in the right
in its controversy with the w. B. Con-
key Company and. other employers.
Union men must, therefore, be en-
plOyed exclusively. Both sides agreed
70 accept the Boards decision as bind
ing and no further trouble is anticipa-
ted.
The delegates Of Cigarmakers' I'm
ion. No. 81. Brooklyn, spoke in high
terms of the assistance received by
them from the Catholic Benevolent
Legion, the Legion of Honor and other
benefit societies in demanding the blue
label Of the International Cigarmakers'
Union. The delegates further stated
that they had received more support
from such organizations than they had
from the labor organizations.
After a six weeks struggle peace has
been restored between the Agricultural
Iron League and the Architectural Iron
Workers Union, of Chicago. Under !
the new agreement helpers are done |
away with. and only one apprentice to |
two journeymen will be allowed. The !
clause allowing either party to with
draw from the contract providing thir-
" days notice was given was stricken
put. and the workmen will receive 80
tents 81 y ~ NOL9NIadEM So
Win SlIIea
abOr find the times little improved,
common labor at present is enjoying
,etter times than it has experienced
before at the head Of the lakes in hYe
Or six years. Wages nave advanced
and there is work for everybody. In |
sact there is a great scarcity of labor
in Duluth and vicinity. The depart
nre of large numbers OF men 10 the
harvest fields has made the scarcity |
of mon felt to such an extent tnat /
many employers are finding it dill
cTIt matter to get the work performed
that II is necessary TO have done.
Wages for common labor have advan-
csS fully 90 per cent, and in many |
cases more than that The railroads
have found It necessary to import tai
ians into this section in some cases.
Duluth News-Tribune.