The sun., 1898-03-20

buses have been put upon the yari,t f.
routes, and ihcgrnrrHi puiIir j. pa,r.uiz-
ng the buses we'll. They demand nine
hours and lI4 cents per hrlr.
The labor unions "i Ia, riv. Nirh,,
have decided tn entcr politics lni, spring
ln"y have agreed to push }lrI,in Hold
G'Hgs. printer, for lsc office II civ
l.rrordcr and will ask on" ui the ,,-
'i'lcal parties to place hi. uallo un ,lrir
ticket.
Should Il bill before the New York
Legislature become Il law. every man
VIII" wants to he ii barber will have tu
serve tI'I"r years apprenticeship and
aISr pass satisfactory examinations.
harbcr schools are also to be abolished,
il agitation by bosses and joulncyucn
shall be effective.
At he commencement OF 1891 the
nfilc'a!s If the strongest labor organiza-
tons in NewSouth Wales spoke in most
positive manner respecting the PROSPER
Gus condition OF the colonial labor
market at that time. and those remarks
nave been repeated in an equally en-
phH''r manner at the beginning Of the
present year.
At meeting Of the men ON strike ON
the Irrk X Bandnn IrlanGy Railway.
Mr. ieVehan, the irish secretary ni the
ANA ganlatcd Society, stated that over
"Uo ''ad bcrn received during the week
from England in support oi the men,
who are receiving more money now
than they got in pay from their late en-
plOyers.
English cotton firms have been mott.
fled by the Government tina, "thr ar
rangcments for ventilation shall be s,,cb
that during working hours in no part
Of the cotton cloth factory shall the bro.
potion OF carbonic acid Carbon dioxide ,
IN the air be greater than nine volumes
Of carbonic acid to every ten thousand
volumes Of air."
The Scottish National Operative Tail
ors' Conference at Glasgow considered "A
scheme for the admission oi women To-
he mems union. 1t was agreed that
this scheme should be passed. the
women to pay full or half contributions.
receiving proportional benefits, and to
be eligible for local committees, while
not to sit on the Executive Committee
meantime. \ resolution was carried
asking compensation for idlcncss en-
forced by the presence Of infectious dis.
ease
! The man ont OF a job is hopeless poor
devil with no Standing The man with
job is sclf-contented creature, ant at
any moment to join the UNEMPLOYED,
yet voting with might and main to keep
things as they aIp-jnst because he has
work tor the moment. Organization for
proper wages proper taxation and proper
expenditure of public money would soon
bring about change. But there is no
sign yet OF such organization. The work
man makes as much use of his ballo, as
Il ballot as bowling savage would make
of a chrnnomctcr. lie can bv voting
work out his own salvation. When will
h. begin New Evening journal.
With reference to the statements that
the Midland England Railway Conn
| panv has refused to acccdc to the de-
nands of its servants, the Directors wish
tito be known: ~ That the refusal Of
any further general concessions was ac-
c"mpanled by promise to consider any
special cases which m ght hitherto have
escaped attention; (2) that the grounds;
of refusal were that the concessions al
ready made have removed anv iust cause
for complaint; (3l that these concessions
represent net cost to the shareholders
Of more than c2S, 600 annually: ~ that
the demands i'll the national program
would, if granted in FULL wipe ont the
dividend on the deferred ordinary stock
Oh the basis OF the wear 1880.
Members "i.hc Chicago typo, hetar are
are agltating the calling a meeting Of ne
/ National Tvpothclac consider the nine
hour demand to be made soon hv the
printers throughout the United States,
thrag" "mpioyr, are opposed to the
nlnc-horr day.
he New York i.ithngraphcr>' .l-Sr-
cAl ion has - shops un,icr it, iurisdr-
ton. fIltv-rhrc" hours constitute. a
week work. The nIllimunI rates Of
wages l. ~ week, with Linl" and Il
nan i"r al overtime. inr'Uljng work un
h"i1'mN~. Sem" mrnihri~ earn 50 a
W"'E an | over. and frr,mrn ~ murh ~,
so and oNcr. This j. tie h",, organized
''' 80 ''''''l 'NiliAl = q. l'it'it' INil. itr~
ha' - Mr"u Y ho do net hrluug t. the
association.
Judge 1uicN recently Nr,ira, i,u,q>
1u IT,! Chicago /. Ud Il Education. Il.
tuc Board .hoJtJ tiut that tie Snl'rt
labor Of tit" country was lu#c.iraJy or.
gained into 'iuirn-' whose ulc,uErr.
refused It. work with mun-unioni>tS. t1al
unless 4 clause lr,rlliny all Wur, to br
dome by 'nnium' labor he inserted. there
will he strikes upon tlr wark, causing
delay, loss and trouble incident tu
strikes, and i! it should find by reason OF
such situation confronting the Board it
w"u'd be wise and prudent to insert such
provision. or. in other words, il the
Board should, in the discharge of its
public trust, be honest y Of the opinion
after invest lga ion, that the public inter-
csts, both as to economy in the conStruc-
ton of the work and the character of the
work done, would b. best Sub,crvcd bv
the insertion OF the union ciauSr in the
contracts, it would clearly havethc riyh,
and it would BE- its duty to insert such u
provision.'
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