The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-10
AMONG THE LABoRERs.
Events Trnnspiring in the Domain
of I,ubnr.

The Labor Commission of New York
wants to know what should be done
with the thousands OF women In the
big city who work hard and yet "do
not receive wages enough to enable
them to live as human beings ought to
live The commission ought to direct
his questions at the unprincipled poll.
teal fakirs in the New York Central
Labor Union who have been bowling
for one or the other of the old parties
in the years past, and not only voted
away their own birthright, but that o:
these same women and even the little
children as well. And, mind you, the
voting slobs have actually got the gal
to blame women and children for being
compelled to slave in shops and fac
tories to keep body and soul together.
The A. r. u. convention in Chicago,
beginning on June 10, will be watched
with more than usual interest. 1t is ex-
pected that it Will mark the commence
ment of a new phase of industrial de-
velopment in a clean-cut demand foi
the adoption of socialism and prepDra
ton for overland emigration to plant
the standard of a cooperative com
monwealth in Utah. That Debs and his
colleagues have some well-mature1
plan and also promise of support there
can be no doubt. The coming conven-
ton may make more history than
many people are willing to admit at
present.
The first suit for damages against the
city of Chicago, resulted from the
losses sustained during the A. X. T..
strike, has terminated unfavorably to
the city. The case will be carried up
Through the confession of William IN
! gliss Bloom, a former militiaman who
was on duty at Chicago during the
strike, and who Is now in Jail in CleVe-
land with an incendiary charge hang
/ ing over him, the strikers have peen
cleared of the charges made by the
plutocrats that they fired cars Blooms
! statement, however, that he set fire to
the cars does not seem to have made
the city of Chicago less responsible.
The big four years strike of the flint
| glass workers strike against non-uniOn
establishments in the Pittsburg distric
has been declared off and 1t is probable
that the union will follow the window
glass workers and go to pieces. over 6
million dollars was spent. The worker:
struck against capitalism in the indus
trial field and on the political field the,
voted more power into the bosses
hands.
The charge is made that the conduc
tors, while In session at Los Angeles
patronized a non-union printing oftic
and non-union musicians: With tn
exception of one or two brotherhood
and the A. r. u. the railway organi2a
tions have a blamed poor conception o
trades uniOniSm.
Ex-senator Edmunds of Vernon
who is slated for a foreign mission
showed that he is thoroughly in han
mony with the present Administrative
by making a vicious attack on labc
unions at a plutocratic dinner in Phlls
delphia, charging them with bein
J.. coercive trusts.
The New York and Philadelphi
I clothing operatives are once more VIII
ming their strike. 1t will not be lonl
- | however, before the bosses once MOI
. break their contracts. 1t has come
g be a habit with them to do such thing
e Pinkerton, labor member of II
o lower branch of the New Zealand pa
n lament, was defeated for re-electo
d but was Immediately appointed to
II seat in the upper branch. But, the
l. they are crazy, anyhow, in New Ze
e land.
9 Reports from New England states !
a. dicate that wage reductions are 81
"a the order of the day. Those who ha
L their wages reduced ought to ma
Is themselves known by wearing yeilo
ie hats.
re The Canadian government has deci
$, ed to pass the alien labor bill. VIII
Is Is aimed at the American working pc
pie who may cross over the Dordcr
search of work. Who're paupers!
n over 5000 West Virginia miners ha
n. lreceived cut from 40 cents to 30 cef
H. a ton. There Is no limit to the greed
these cannibalistic capitalists.