Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-01-13
Labor Notes.

Paris has 70, 900 sewing girls.
Gompers was born in London.
North Dakota hay is 81 ton
Nashville plumbers organized.
Duluth has q Union Label League
Uncle Sam cares for $4,000 paupers
Springfield is to have q cooperative
bank.
Charleston knitting mills emplo.
negroes.
Americans use 100000 tons o.
sugar year.
Albany printers kick against convic
printers.
Some New York gold beaters &c
$3.50 a week.
Wisconsin has an Convict La
Dor Association.
Minneapolis now boasts an allied
Printing Trade Council.
Fall River weavers will ask mile ia
furnish filling at the looms.
A New York cigarette manufacturer
has voluntarily increased wages.
Grand Rapids furniture workers
wages have been cut 10 to 20 per cent.
Des Moines street railway must pay
the city per cent of its net receipts.
There are over 1000 enrolled mem,
bers in the new American 'Longshore-
mems union.
Kansas City Council has ordered the
eight-hour day to be introduced in city
work.
The International Union of Ship,
Dock and River Workers has a mem
bershlp of 10000.
The work Of organization among the
railway employees of Ireland is making
rapid headway.
A Swansea, Wales, firm sued lis
striking employees for damages and the
strikers were all fined.
The National Union of Custom
Tailors has adopted button to be
worn by members Of that organization.
A Chicago Painters Union will hold
open meetings hereafter twice each
month for the discussion of economic
questions.
The Social SITS claim to have figured
out that the F, deration of Labor ha:
only 240,00 members, instead of the
zoe, 900 claimed by Samuel Gompers.
The Knights of Labor have given a
charter to new union of walters at
Minneapolis, despite the protest of the
original union and other bodies.
Conneaut. o, has perfected an Or
ganization whose sole purpose is to
pstronize union made goods only. The
organization has Deen named "Labor's
Salvation"
The Building Trades Council, o.
Cleveland, has decided to demand an
eight hour day for all trades connected
with that organization on and afie'
April 1.
II the eight-hour-a-day idea C. = a
be established it would, 80 says the
Toledo Bee,- probably help more tc
solve the labor problem than all the
act of legislation tina: can be enacted.
The State Legislative Committee OF
the Boston Central Labor Union ha,
been instructed to assist all trades
having a label III securing an enact.
ment by the Legislature of Massachu.
sets of the Minnesota law.
New York bricklayers have asked
Mayor Strong to make provision in the
city budget for additional building in
spectors, and they suggest that it would
be well to have an aux liary force OF
inspectors taken from the union.
The members of the Silver Workers
Protective Association of New York
are much opposed to the electrical
clocks in the shops, which tell the
exact time every employe enters and
leaves.
The Independent Shirt Ironers and
Workers Union reports hav-
ing secured an increase in wages OF
10 and Is per cent. in a number OF
shops in New York.
A member of the Michigan Legisla-
ture at the coming session will intro.
duce a bill for the establishment Of
the referendum and one for single tax.
He says manufacturers and real estate
men favor the latter.
The annual report of the Order OF
Conductors shows that over 20
per cent of the death and disability
claims paid we're for accidents. OF the
81 500, 900 paid by the order the past
ye ar, over 81, ,OOO, 600 was for accidental
injuries.