The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-25
THE WORLD
OF LABOR,

Mexico has 263 newspapers.
Canton. o., molders struck
Denmark exports frozen milk.
Paris wealth is 1920, 100000.
Switzerland boasts paper floors.
England has a 800 acre orchard.
Tampa is to have Belgian colony.
our forests are worth S56OOOO,OOO.
baltimore hod-carriers demand 81 a
day
Denver rug peddlers' license is 800
year.
Superior. Wis. packers and nailers won
q strike.
New Jersey street cars must be vesti-
buled at both ends.
Rochester shoemakers struck for the
discharge OF non-union men.
Baltimore Socialist Labor Party has
nominated a municipal ticket.
A Buffalo clothing firm voluntarily in
creased wages 10 to 20 per cent.
Dublin. Ire. mineral water operatives
struck for the right 10 organize,
Organized labor in Australia refused
TO Join in celebrating Queen Victorias
Jubilee.
Galveston Central Labor Union calls
upon Congress TO acknowledge Cuban
belllgerency.
Frisco marble cutters and finishers
have won the niue hour day and abolished
piece work.
The food Of San Francisco laborers is
10 be analysed by the professors at the
State University.
Nashville ice dealers were indicted by
the grand Jury on the charge of forming
"a trust and conspiracy.
Melbourne, Australia. clergymen de-
mand that minimum pay for them shall
be 5000 a year.
Unionists OF Chicago denounce the local
..t,. ND GlrfliQd
man can pass the examination.
Buffalo Board OF Public Works wants
the city to pay frement at the pumping
station 50 a day and coal passes $50.
An international labor congress will be
held in Switzerland. beginning August
g. This country will be represented.
It is affirmed that the Knights OF La
Dor including Boston and neighboring
cities. will turn out 10000 strong on Labor
day.
Boston Unionists want the manage
ment of the baseball club 20 take down
an advertisement on its fence OF a non
union cigar
The Cleveland Street Railway Company
has begun the enforcement OF its rule
prohibiting employees from frequenting
FALCONS.
The Compendium. the official organ OF
The building trades. expresses doubt as
vention viii be held In october.
As 20 whether the international broom
makers convention shall be held in Oc-
tober or be indefinitely postponed will
be decided by referendum vote.
~ cannot appoint John Grace superin-
tendent OF the City Hall" saws the May
or Of Cincinnati, because OF the protest
against him Of the labor union people"
All the chief houses aud large en-
the Dublin branches OF the Amalgamat-
Cd Engineers an advance Of one shilling
per week.
Washington Building Trades Council
protests against the employment Of the
jail convicts upon the work which should
be constructed by the honest labor Of
the district.
Al the request OF the American Agents
Association the American Federation OF
Labor has revoked the charter Of the
old Canvassers' Protective Association
The convention OF the Catholic Benevo-
lent Legion. held az Piattsburg. n. Y,
passed resolution that hereafter all
printing done for the order must bear
The label OF Typographical Union.
For nearly dozen years the BARRIERS
" Minneapolis have not worked on sun
SAY. They are now discussing the ques-
lion OF returning TO the old seven-days-a-
week practice.
over 5000 new members have been
added 20 the X. OF J.. The vote on a
retaliation with the window glass organ
ization with the knights has been taken
end less than 200 votes were cast against
De proposition.
The union label will receive great
impetus on Labor day at Chicago. Not
,niy will every horse IN line be COM
,eiled 10 wear shoe bearing label.
but every man who walks in the parade
expected TO wear a boot or shoe upon
rhich the stamp OF the Boot and Shoe
sorkers' international Union appears.
Fishermen ~ Vancouver. u. c.. struck.