Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-02-12
IN THE LABOR WORLD.

Frisco riveters struck for $a.75 day.
Erie, Pa, bicycle makers organized.
Brockton shoe workers were locked
out.
Boston is to have a horseless fire en-
CINE.
New York has Bohemian butchers
union.
Detroit deputy sherifs talk of organ
izing.
Chicago has 200 union women steno-
graphers.
Dublin has a Surveyors Assistants
association.
Buffalo drug clerks want their stores
closed at 8 p. m.
Unionists are boycotting non-union
St. Paul theater.
New York Central Labor union has
expelled the BARRIERS.
An eight-hour bill recently passed
the Montana Legislature.
Cleveland quarrymen will organize a
state and national union.
The Montana legislature discussed the
initiative and referendum.
In and about Belfast, Ireland, 10000
linen workers struck against the intro
duction of fines.
Brooklyn fathers struck for s.. rs
day instead of $3.50.
Detroit boss BARRIERS want repealed
the law prohibiting Sunday work.
Brooklyn Single Tax league has ap-
pointed an agitation committee.
Washington butchers, cabinet makers
and fathers will soon be organized.
Hamilton, Canada, Trades and Labor
council is opposed to the curfew bell
Chicago male walters den ounced a
boss for giving employment to women.
The Milwaukee council committee re-
fused to drop the litigation for AGENT
fares.
The Irish Industrial league of Dublin
advocates the purchase of homemade
things.
New Haven Chinese laundry owners
have organized and fixed a scale of
prices.
A labor revival at Racine, Wis, last
ed a week, and Gompers was among the
speakess.
Wheeling picklers won their demand
for S1.75 a day, but struck when their
spokesman was discharged.
The Pennsylvania superior court has
decided that the owners of drug stores
need not be qualified druggists.
The annual meeting of the lumber
dealers of Ohio, Pennsylvania and In
diana declared for cheaper postage.
The union draymen of Duluth COM
plain that they are not patronized as
we'll as they should be by union men.
At a recent meeting the trustees of
the Detroit Trades council reported the
payment of $4,000 on the building site.
A bill before the California legisla-
ture will cut street car fares to AZ
cents between and a. m. and and 7
p. m.
There is talk among the printers of
the typographical unions of Mime
apoIis and St Paul about the adoption
of piece scale on the daily papers of
the Twin Cities.
Cleveland Jewish peddlers have
formed an organization and demand
protection from the attacks of boys and
loafers who annoy them.
The American Federation of Labor
has issued circular announcing its
removal to No 700 Fourteenth street,
Northwest, Washington, D. c.
The Scottish Trade Union congress {
will assemble in GLASGOW on Thursday, {
Friday and Saturday, March 18th, 10th
and 27th next. {
Representatives of the Fall River c
trades unions went to Boston Wednes- {
lay and urged the enactment of Rep r
-esentative Donahue's bill TO prevent
overtime working at the mills.
Weavers and winders at Bessbrook =
weaving and spinning mills, near New y
y, Ireland, to the number of about $50
lave ceased work in consequence of Il
he introduction of the system of fines. b
The Brooklyn union of Metal Polish t
RS, Buffers and Platers has agreed to Il
axe into their organization all brass c
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