The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-27
IN THE WORLD
OF LABOR.

Chi7ago has a bird hospital.
Venice makes glass bonne1s
Japan has one leather shoe mill
seattle churches VIII be taxed
California boasts l3l oil wells.
Inionism is thriving IN RUSSIA.
The female tramp is multiplying
CuOa has 700 sugar plantations,
Louisville union cabs are Labelled.
Tpolaud makes 100000 pins daily.
United States contains $4,000 tailors'
syracuse plumbers struck Tor s. a day,
obio railway employees average >Lo,
daily. 90 and
New York union blacksmiths get =
for ten hours. ~
Augusta, Ga. s~aloonkeepers "ahl TIE
licerse fee reduced.
Waters in a cleveland restaurant must
shave or resign. 49,.
Detroit and Richmond grocers OBJECT
TO the threads Of peddlers.
Dulufh walters had their hours cut
from L TO II. No strike.
Memphis carpenters struck for an eight
hour day and $40.
Rushville. n. V, merchants after July
Il VIII sell goods for cash only.
In Dublin. ireland. the idea or a mu-
| nlcipal printing Office is gaining ground.
~. LOUIS nor rt1lib'l0 Nbt''''
Court to prevent the formation OF a
rival union.
Bethlehem, Pa, sike Weayers struck
against a cut from nine cents u yard TO
four.
Labor exchange tickets will be employ
ell i'm erecting a labor temple in New
York. .
The Bohemians labor organizations. OF
New York. are organizing = trade ana
labor assembly.
The Ladies' Label League OF Cincin-
natl will not patronize stores that andle
the output Of the baking trust.
Buffalo physicians are trying TO have
passed an ordinance restricting the use
Of fireworks. Too many accidents.
The Boot and Shoe Workers Union or
North America, which met al Boston last
week. has over 80 branches.
There are now seven central labor
councils and district labor assemblies IN
New York city, and an eighth Is under
way.
The Paper Hangers Union. OF Boston,
has succeeded in establishing 2 salts
factory scale Of wages without having re-
source TO n strike.
Milwaukee steamhtters on August !
want $3.50 for eight hours. time-and-a-
half for overtime and double pay Tor
holidays and Sunday.
The Building Trades Council. Of Cleve-
land. has decided not TO affiliate with
the proposed national organization OF
building trades councils.
Several members Of Parliament adj
dressed the Irish 'rades Union Congress.
1t was decided to agitate the matter OF
patronizing home Industries.
: The ferry AZ Bulls. New Zealand. is
worked strictly on the eight-hour system.
no passenger being taken from the right
bank after half past four o'clock in
tho afternoon.
4 Detroit ordinance prohibits huck-
sters. peddlers. "Or any other person.
from blowing horns i'm the general trans
action Of their business. Rag-gatherers
say this law Will ruin their business.
Tho fifteenth annual session OF the MIN
nesota State Federation CT Labor was
attended by s~eventy-eight delegates. II
decided to recognize no musicians not
affiliated with the Federation Of Labor
II is rather severe -arraignment Of
present Law society when workingmen
talk Of leaving the cities they have built.
the houses they have erected, the machin-
cry they have made, and all the wealth
they have created. between them, and
forming new colonies. so that they may
have the bare opportunity to labor and
live.-ToIedo Union.
w. J. Henderson. an expelled member
OF the Frisco Musicians Association,
sued the union for damages. Judge Sea.
well gave a verdict for the union on
the point that a member Of a labor organ
ization must first exhaust all the laws
OF the organization for redress. which
Henderson had omitted.
Fall River steam filters struck. BY the
terms OF the proposed new scale helpers
can be engaged at whatever prices the
master plumbers see 1T. but after they
have worked at the trade two years thAy