The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-27
AMONG THE LABORERs.
Events TrnnspirinG in the Domain N
of Labor.

Organizers report new unions of broom
makers and a federal at Louisville: carr
penters, mill men. 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 at Syracuse, N. ";
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 TIE 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
boycottlng and the blacklisting of scabs
illegal, and now the state federation IL
compelled to spend lot of money to em-
ploy lawyers to test the law.
A dispatch says that it Is almost GER
tain that the result of the vote in the
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 charter by the A. #. of
L. 1t was formerly the State Trade and
Labor Assembly and is controlled by Ia
Dor fakirs and skates.
A feature OF an advertisement to erect
a school house at Wheeling. W. Va, sub
mftted 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
l1aute, Ind.
There is every indication that there
Will be law enacted in England pre-
venting the importation of foreign
prisonmade goods
Three new unions-the machine wood
workes, garment workers and horse
shoers-were organized at Scranton, Pa,
last week.
Tobacco workers report that there are
2S establishments in this country at pres
ent that use their label.
On July l the machinsts will vote or
the question of calling a national strike
for eight hours next year.
The Heintz Picking Co., of Pittsburg
is reported to have made peace with the
glassworkers.
Texas farmers are talking seriously oil
/ forming military branches to carry or
! their Alliance work.
A minimum wage law applying to fac
| tories has been passed by the Legislature
of Victoria, Australia.
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 weel
before last.
Eastern railway employees are still re
I ceiving 10 per cent cuts. Last fall they
wore yellow hats.
The two central labor organization.
of GAINESVILLE, o., have amalgamated
Twelve new unions have been organized
at Galveston, Tex, during the year.
The Bergner e. Engel brewery, of Phila
delphia, has been unionized.
Mahon was reelected national presi
dent of the street railway men.
Papermakers talk of organizing a ma
tional union.