The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-04-10
AMONG THE LABORER0.
EVENTS TRANSMITTING IN THE no.
MAIN OF LABOR.
Interesting Items for Wage-Work-
ers Gathered From All Parts Of
the Country.

Upon the heels of John McBrides puff
ing of Mark Hanna as the miners
friend comes Vice President Kane OF the
national union and advises a strike in
Pennsylvania. Mr.. Kane says the min
ers in Hanna's Panhandle mines have
been ground down to the starvation level
and are held there by an iron clad agree
ment, which practically fixes the scale in
the state, and that it ought to be broken.
The Adams American, and National
Express companies have decided to com
bine their offices in the smaller towns and
cities as a matter Of economy, which
means that hundreds of clerks, book
keepers and others who do not regard
themselves as workingmen, and who are,
as a rule, warm champions of capitalism,
will be compelled to look elsewhere for
situations.
In Detroit the two so-called Labor AL
dermen," Torsey and Goldwater, who are
under obligations to and controlled by
the old parties and capitalist politicians
voted to 'whitewash" city officials who
are mixed up ins.a paving scandal. Gold
water and Tossy are typical labor fakirs
and ought to be turned down.
Emperor William last summer, got
some kind of an International congress
together for the purpose of discussing
proper legislation for working people.
The German secion of the congress is still
talking and asking itself questions.
Among other things, it is enquiring if it
is wise to gather statistics for workmen.
The British boot and shoe workers are
again recovering from the severe drub-
bling of couple of years ago. They now
have over $237,OOO in the treasury and the
membership has Increased to $4,000. 1t is
hardly probable that another disastrous
strike will be entered into.
A 80 per cent cut has been made in the
Niedringhaus Tin Plate Works at St.
Louis This is another one of the con-
Germs that promised all kinds of good
things the moment Mckinley was elected
and Confidence was restored.
Boston unionlsts are arranging deal
with the liquor dealers by which union
labor and it's products are to receive the
preference. In quite a number of other
cities the liquor men and the unionists
are working in harmony
Alabama miners held a convention this
week to decide upon some plan of action
to secure honest inspectors and incident.
ally to voice their feelings relative To the
manner in which the silvery Legislature
has killed their pet measures.
Printers had best steer clear of Aus
tralia. At Melbourne the linotype oper-
ators went on a strike for cents per 1000
ems and were forced to compromise.
That is getting down to bedrock.
First Regiment band of Denver gave a
concert at Cripple Creek to empty seats.
Colorado workingmen are boycotting
everything that sounds of militarism.
Musicians were all union men at that.
Although it was the lowest bidder, the
scab Grand Rapids School Furniture Co.
was knocked out of securing a big con-
tract at Columbus, Ohio. A union firm
at Piqua got the contract.
The Cox typesetting machine has been
placed on the market. The advantage of
the Cox machine is that it can follow the
printer into book and job offices and take
his work away from him.
The city of Dresden, Germany, is the
owner of a paper, the profits from which
go to building parks. The paper was be-
queathed to the city.
1t is rumored in New York that the
brewery bosses are preparing to make
war on their workmen with the purpose
of destroying the union.
Nearly all the unions in and surrounding
Bellaire, Ohio, Joined in organizing a
central labor union.
PIasterers and engineers at Washing
ton withdrew from K. of l.. and Joined
the A. f. of L.
Michigan printers object to having the
state printing done in reformatories, as
the legislature proposes.
Cigarmakers issued two more charters