The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03
AMONG THE LABoRERs.
Events TrnnspfrinR In the Domain
of Labor.

In a long interview. reprint I'd In the
federationist, President Gompers said
Sovereign dreamed that thcre were ply
slcal force organizations forming In this
country. The Industrial Advocate. of
Denver, which gave Sovcrelgns letter
to the press associations. answers that
the revolutionary leaders did not inform
Gompers of their plans because they
judged he would be opposed to them and
they were adverse to cast their uevolu-
tionary) pearls before swine. The Advo-
cate hints mysteriously that when Sow
ereign says lis far from q dream and
that his assertions can be proved in
more than one locality
Certain beastly capitalists Of Calves
ton, Tex, are advertising for labor In
Northern newspapers. although the city
Is already overcrowded with idle work.
ers. The scheme is TO Good the place
with unemployed men wno Will soon be
ir starving condition, when their labor
power can be extorted for q mere song.
Such heartless schemes are also being
worked in other cities, where there is
considerable work to be done. Isn't II
an edifying spectacle,
A New Jersey preacher says the Com
ing Nation. introduced grlphophone
to his pulpit to sing. repeat psalms and
pronounce benediction. Another cx-
change remarks that there will prob
ably be a ministerial trust formed roon,
and by supplying Talmage at cut rates
Coxey's army will be supplied With a
| superabundance of chaplains'
The Iron Molders Journal admits
that the Bryant moding machine. by the
operation of which 20 men can do the
work of 100, Is n success. From another
source II is learned that several other
! inventions that will displace men In the
molding industry may be placed on tho
market In a short time.
The Tennessee Coal &Iron Co. has
succeeded in dividing the union. No
long ago the company gave notice OF 9
l2is per cent cut. The miners met II
convention. and, while one faction re
fused to yield an inch of ground, another
faction seeded and agreed to compro
mise on a per cent cut.
Philadelphia shoeworkers decided e
demand that their national union with
draw from the A. f. of L. because thu
latter body depends solely upon the an
tiquated strike and boycott to cure so
cial Ills
Boston printing trades are guardian
of a fund left by Benjamin Franklin 70
| the benefit of mechanics which has grow
to the comfortable sum OF 100000 II
now proposed to establish a labor tempt
| with the money.
Contractors at Memphis Tenn. nav
combined to keep down wages and fore
employees to work long hours. No douh
these would-be slavedrlvers are regarde
n their community as great patriots.
The employing molders' associatio
met at Detroit last week. BY invitatio
President Fox of the national union, dc
livered an eight-hour address, which wa
well received by the bosses.
The national musical war has resulte
In the federation faction coming out Q
top and probably the cruel war wi
soon be over.
The printers are making a stron
effort to have several national secr'
societies adopt their label on all the
printed matter.
The Philadelphia garment workers hay
followed the New York craftsmen and al
: out on strike
: Next August all the street railway al
omnibus lines of Liverpool Will be ope
ated by the city.
+ The A. r. U. convention at Chicago, {
z June 10. according to Mr. Lermond w
, be big affair.
government tobacco plantation h,
! been started in Victoria, Australia.
D Milwaukee Germania was unioniled.