The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-13

Japan has a ship school.
Japan buys Canadian salmon
France has ono electric railway.
Frisco VIII have "a hemp factory.
Denver has "a fruit peddcrs' union
Ice laborers at Rondout N. y, demand
e n day.
State income tax.
Iu Toxic Japan, there Us union OF
I 900 iron-workors.
New York engineers are opposed 10
BIN requiring licenses
Cleveland unionsts win act play
called "'le Miners Strike.
Chattanooga foundry employees won an
advance OF per cent
Six thousand people sleep in the open
dir in London every night.
A Chicago ordinance requires city
horses 20 he shod On union shop.
an officers of the Cleveland Central
Labor Union must furnish bonds.
The United States grand jury is 70 act
on the local coal dealers trust
A Cleveland councilman has prepared
an ordinance for four-ccnt car fares.
Members Of the Ohio Wholesale Gro-
GERS Association who cut rates are hncd
wisconsin hardware men at their State
convention decided TO fight department
stores.
In Movico miners cat 90 10 cents n day.
Mexico has yielded >L00.OH1lJ worth oi
precious metals.
Lord Provost McGrldy presided at
meeting OF tho Dundee (acotanD Car
pcn.crs and Joncr5' Union.
Cleveland TIM. sheet iron and cornice
workers ON Aprirs first Monday want
eight hours and 90 cents per hour
Washington Cd. CD bakers say that MAJ
chimes are being introduced That VIII disc
place half The men employed in bakeries
Buffalo Aldermen have passed am orii-
nance imposing - license fee OF $1,000
ON each department of each department
store.
Chicago master carpenters say cute
throat competition has ruined their hnfl-
mess. They have organized and VIII
employ only uui0nists.
Dundee Scotland Shop Assistants
salesladies and men Union has induced
many merchants 10 close their stores al
o j.. NJ. on Saturdays
Chicago unioniets propose TO have say
in the matters OF river Improvement and
the expenditure Of water taxes for pur-
poses other than those authorized boy law
Residents OF the District of Columbia
have no vote. and unionists Will this week
hold meeting TO- demand the suffrage.
Senator Tliman viii speak
Chicago sheet metal workers get 90
cents per hour ana double pay for over
time. one apprentice is permitted 10
every four sheet metal workers employed.
Mayor Quincy proposed scheme TO erect
"a building boy union day labor instead GOT
contract labor was unanimously endorsed
by tle Boston Central Labor Union
Tho question of sunday labor fro Che
steel mills is the paramount problem now
confronting the Amaicamatcd Association
OF iron and Steel Workers.
The United wood Carycrs' Association
Of New York reports that quite NUM-
Der of employers have already agreed TO
substitute the day wages system FOR the
old system of paying the men by the
hour.
south Cardinals Legislature is consid-
erlur % bin 20 provide for the taxation
of telegraph. telephone. palace car Sleep
ing-c8r. drawng-rCOm cor. dicilG car exc
press and fast freight Joint stock assoc
Citations.
Tha first nominating convention TO DE
held in the United states 10y Social Demo-
Gratis. tine followers of Eugene Y. pcbs.
was held at Milwaukee last week. Canol-
dates for Mayor Comptroller city Treas
lrcr and City Attorney were nominated
81 Boston Che other day Gcmpers eN-
pre. scd Dis belief that tho failure OF fhc
tl. present struggle would mean CORES
pon1ng reductions in wages ia the South.
and Chat nothing would bee gained by the
New England manufacturers
ON May lst next 150 members OF New
YORK Typographical Union. NO OHig
siO win commence cultIvating garden
produce on the 2Jl-acre tract $40 Pelham
Park The union has appropriated $500
l0r the venture. and "a similar amount
has been contributed by the Mayor
Committee.
Mayor Ramsdcll. of Lynn. speaking be-
fore the Workinsmen's Political League
the other evening, said q was sad COM
mentary that I'm city like Lynn. COM
posed largely OF workingmen. merchants
and real estate men Were chiefly selected
as representatives at the State house.
DO is said that 90 pr cent OF the cus-
90 laundry work of New York Is now
done bv machinery The Shirt Ironers
Union has decided 90 request Congress
man Sulzcr to- prepare "a bin to prohibit
goods manufactured or prepared I'M penal
institutions OF any one state from beiug
sold lu amy other State.