Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-05-28
AMONG THE LABoRERs.
Events Transpiring In the, Domain
of Labor.

Organizers report new unions of broom
makers and a federal at Louisville; car;
penters, mill men. a federal tanners.
fathers. plasterers and painters at Mum
Using, Mich; bricklayers and masons at
Oneida, N. Y; fire-proof tile layers. en-
caustic tile layers, frescoers and finish
men at Cleveland; bicycle workers and
garment workers atASyracuse,-- NJ r.;
carpenters, painters and retail clerks at
Kenosha, Wis; painters, BARRIERS. clerks.
tailors and brewery workers at Birming-
ham, Ala.
The big strikes in st. Petersburg the
present year have attracted the attention
of the Russian government with the
result that hours of labor have been re-
duced in many industries. and in some
cases the minimum of eight hours day
has been reached.
The alleged silver-reform legislature of
Colorado enacted a law recently making
boycotting and the blacklisttng of scabs
illegal. and now the state federation Is
compelled to spend lot of money to en-
ploy lawyers to test the law
A dispatch says that 1t, Is almost GER
tain that the result of the vote in Nthe
Brotherhood of Firemen upon the propo-
sition of joining the American Fedora
ton of Labor will be favorable to the
contemplated affiliation.
The Ohio Federation of Labor has
been granted a charter by the A. F. of
L. 1t was formerly the State Trade and
Labor Assembly, and Is controlled by la
Dor fakirs and skates. SIS
A feature Of an advertisement to erect
a school house at Wheeling, w. Va. sub
mitted by the board of education. reads:
Bidders must state In their bids that
only union labor will be employed. -
New Brewers union formed at Fall
River and Worcester Mass, and beer
Drivers union at Indianapolis and Terre
Haute, Ind.
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will be law enacted in England pre-
venting the importation OF foreign
prison-made goods. ft
Three new unions-the machine wood
workes, garment workers and horse
shoers-were organized at Scranton. Pa.
last week. ftgs a..f
Tobacco workers report that there are
2S establishments in this country at pres
ent that use their label. * M
" On July the machinists will vote on
the question of calling a national strike
for eight hours next year. cam "a fpg
The Heintz Picking Co, of Pittsburg,
Is reported to have made peace with the
glassworkers.
Texas farmers are talking seriously of
forming military branches to carry on
their Alliance work.
A minimum wage law applying to fac
tories has been passed by the legislature
of Victoria, Australia.
A Chicago judge has decided that la
Dor organizations have the right to black
list scabs.
1t is claimed that the city OF Glasgow
now owns 1000 dwellings, which are rented
to working people.
Brotherhood of cooperative common
wealth gained seven new unions week
before last. #. st'h '"'i
Eastern railway employees are still re-
ceiving 10 per cent cuts. Last fall they
wore yellow hats
The two central labor organizations
of GAINESVILLE, o., have amalgamated.
Twelve new unions have been organized
at Galveston, Tex, during the year.
The Bergner & Engel brewery, of Phia-
delphia. has been unionized.
Mahon was reelected national presi
dent of the street railway men. t5i
Papermakers talk of organizing a ma
tional union. ~ ~ f-.,sst,.e. u