Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-31

bed for the Cheat River railroad. Messrs.
A. IT, Wartham and j. J. Stoer, Of Phila-
dClphia. the principal stockholders. are
mt Rowlesburg closing up contracts for
the construction of this road. They say
the road will be rapidly pushed 10 COM
pletior. and Will eventually be extended
20 Pittsburs.
The cold weather the past week has
closed down nearly all saw mills and
many other industries along the line Of
the West Virginia Central.
THE WORLD OF LABOR.
Aston owns 1900 houses.
Colorado has woman miner.
New Workers demand 81 gas.
England has $4,000 coai miners.
Maine has q State photographer.
Australia sends coal to America.
The Office eirI is displacing the boy.
Kansas City ships mules to Mexico.
Australia has .760 miles of railway.
Fall River unionists may erect a hall.
Germany lakes 2C'o pianos a week.
Most London pears are from Bombay.
The largest diamond weighs so carats.
NIissourfs cattle are worth S2SOC0.O0O.
Iowa engineers held q State convention.
Wyomiugs coal covers .1,454 square miles.
A Folsom, Cal. sawmiu. is run by cleo
tricity.
Erie Pa. unionists want board Of pub
lie works established.
Striking walters at Minneapolis may es-
tatHsh a cooperative restaurant.
Pcndleton, Ind, glass works are run
ming non-urion good Of all kinds out of
town.
& voluminous petition Of the Ottumwa,
Iowa. people asks that the mayor be salts
aei with $-0) per year.
New York wood carvers kick against the
instruction OF convicts in wood carving.
Nashville Trades and Labor Cocncil has
already invited Debs to speak i'm Nashville
ON Labor Day.
Senator Finn, of Pennsylvania says his
trust bin viii not ar. Il labop org&-iza-
uons.
The annual convention Of the Flint Glass
Workers costs about $4,000 o. year. and
some OF the members want these meetings
abolished
Minneapolis carpenters have been grant
Ell the nine hour day and . cents an hour.
40 trouble.
Nearly SLio0 is the amount so far col
iected I'm Greater New York for the Dock
Workers Union of Germany.
Boston Wafer Department Union de-
nounces the attempt TO revive The proposed
corporal punishment of se3meu.
Toledo holders called the attention of
the Central Labor Union TO the importa-
ton Of Canadians 10y their employers.
Milwaukee ho0kbiuders struck
a Detroit firm has presented The trades
council with a telephone for the current
year.
Toledo BARRIERS have an active commit
tee 40 work against the handling of nom
union laundry work and nou-uuion cigars
in barber hops
An Alderman was chairman OF tho meet
FMS re Hamilton. Can. 20 which a BARRIERS
union was formed NO Sunday shaves"
IS part OF their platform.
Iu the NiuucsoJa Legislature n 90 pen
cent. cut iu wages TO all State employees 3ll
around. from Governor down. hut not ef-
festive tin january L. 1859. is proposed by
60 resolution from Cir. Heimerdnger.
Tha Brotherhood Firemen's convention
at Cleveland took no action on the pro-
pressed 3malgamadou with the Federati ton
of Iabon Il opposes. however. any move
mont TO secure lower freight or passenger
rates.
A san Francisco ordinance provides that
work must cease i'm Chinese laUndries af-
;ar 10 o'clock each night and from 10
o'clock Saturday night tin 6 o'clock Mon
day morning.
Iu the election OF Frank Anthony as
president of the Building Trades Council
on. delegates CO. that central body demon
strltcI tine fac, that there Is no color line
For lle ranks of organized labor In the city
of cleveland
Augusta. GA. brakcmen struck against
5l o.Jer by which hey would bo required
-o ride or top from Augusta TO Atlanta.
III miles. for the sum of GO cents per day.
An effort was mace 10 get up coiored
crews 90 tlkc at least one OF The waiting
trains out. but the negroes refused to go.
sayinc. "It white folks can't ride on top.
Wc wolt
THE strike of work people ar the Dunlop
Pneumatic Tire Factory at Coventry.
ENGLAND. ~i.l continues. The men are de-
u1rdine g.. SD. increase ON a weekly WACO
Of .is. ana the women are struggling for
from ss. 90 2s. tl. week advance upon
their present c1ruir~s d. &C.. lbs. or is.
E.vau NIcHuch. the labor leader who
was sent here I'm september by The Inter-
national Fsderluon Of ship Dock and
River Workers of Great Britain. has now
So. 90 work among the colored iongshore-
mon. The colored men Will be received
into the unions of Eng'ish-speaking long
shlrCmlr already in existence.
The American Agents Association. a
union OF cauvassinE agents affiliated with
The American Federation of Labor. has
issued q defense OF the ecanvassinS agent.
ara now calls upon organized labor to
look FOR the baGge OF the union agent the
same rs they cau for Che union label vines
making purchases.
Work on the buildings Tor the Paris EX-
position Of 1850 has begun. Thee speciilcd-
lions for the bids state ,hJ, any co-opera-
tive body of artisans who snail bid for the
work shall have preference over othsr bid
dels IN this particular: that if the 3'i IS
20, the lowest il shall be permitted to
mako another bic.
Justice NicAda-s OF the New York Su-
proae Court. has awarded N.0l5.S dam