The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-04

u Is rumoreI DO New York that the
brewery bosses are preparing 20 make
war on their w0rkmcu with the pur-
pose OF destroying their union.
Ia 1895 the sum oi Sl.5i0.0OO was
giyen by as English unions 20 mem.
beers sick and disabled By accident
superannuated members received
100000.
Miners compelled 20 deal In the com.
pany store az Powhatan. W. Va. are
charged as follows Flour. 81 a bar.
rel. potatoes Sl6o a hushel. sugar 10
cents a pound. salt meats. i2is cents a
I pound
Organized labor Is gradually assert.
Ing its influence an over the world In
France lately the committee on labor
conceded the right 20 fx at minimum
wage and maximum number OF hours
OF labor.
First Regiment Band o. Denver gave
a concert az Cripple Greek 10 empty
seats. Colorado W0rkiugmen are bow.
cotiIng everything that sounds Of mill
urism. The musicians were an union
men az that
Stage managers In New York have
been notified by the Theatrical Pro-
teetiye union that on and after Jan
nary ! lNss. members %, the u1ion
viii refuse 10 handle scenery painted
By non-ugion men.
SIX culture and manufacture have
made astonishing advances In both
China and Japan during the past four
years. Wages range from S 10 30 cents
day 90 The operators. and are In.
crsasing each year
Az least 10000 mea have been thrown
out Of work by the drowning out Of
industrial establishments In the No.
nongahela valley. Pennsylvania Tho
waters have reccdCd and the work of
cleaning up the debris begun
The appeal ease OF the employees NJ
at the government Cbieka- |
manga park. Tenn. has been decided /
In favor o. the employed. This decIs- |
ion practically oy,rtbrows ,he system /
whereby employers have compelled ON.
ploycs 90 rent and live 10 cnmpsnv /
houses. or 20 employ and have the nav /
stopped Ia The Office Tor the company /
doctor.
Mayor Quincy. o. Boston. was called /
TO task by the Master Builders Asso- /
citation Tor rejecting the lowest bid on |
a city job and giving d to contractor /
employing union.sts The gist OF the /
mayors reply was that trades union. /
lists arc not necessarily more skilled |
but the best 81 the skilled workmen |
src within the union. and employers
who DO the best work generally cmplov |
them.
Convict labor having been abolished /
In New York al the request OF organ. /
lied labor. the state prison ,nmmis-
sion called on the unions 90 saw what
should be done with the conviris
Their reply Is that the convicts be ep.
ployed Ia making their own clothing
and that OF other inmates OF state i'm.
,tltuuons. raising vegetables and fool
and that an able-bodlcd short.term
men be set 20 work on road-makinr
They also demand that no United
states prisoners sentenced without the
state be received at prison within
he state.
In the past sixty years the forests
V America have produced the enor.
nous quantity Of eight hundred and
wen,y-four billion feet. and the value
stima,ed At more than twenty-five BIZ
lon dollars Il Is a curious reflection
hat the forests. once regarded "a an
npediment 10 the country's settlement
nd growth. 20 be felled and burned az ,
lpidly as possible should So soon be-
ome one Of us chief sources o. wealth
BE- considered and protected nv
very means known TO modern science
nd Law.