The sun., 1898-01-16
AMONG The T0|LERS.
Hammer Taps From the Work
shops of the World.
A TALK OF WAGE EARNERS.
Pointed Paragraphs From Many
Lands---!tems of Interest From
All Crafts.

New ON CLOAK HidHuliftNltlS WI
employ none but unionistS and all iii,
putcs are to be referred to an arbilratio
committee. Heretofore there has bee
Il strike each year.
At a meeting Of Kansas City Type
graphical union a communication iron
the major body was received dcclariD
that ii nonunion printers sued the cit,
to test the ordinance requiring the uniol
label on all city printing, financial an'
legal help would be furnished by thu
union.
"Big Six''-or more properly the New
York Biographical Union No. G--i
planning to buy great tract OF land ol
which to coionize those OF it, members
who cannot secure employment at then
trade.
P"I1pnsed amendment to the Lords $
Day act of Ontario. Canada, would stop
Sunday cars, fast freights, hot DINNERS,
organ playing, etc.
Buffalo masters BARRIERS want appren-
tices to serve three years.
Among the measures to be presented
by the Liquor League for the action OF
the General Assembly Of Mary land dur.
ing its present session are the following
A bill to prohibit the sale of liquor in
department stores; bill Ies alizing the
sale of cigars and mineral and aerated
waters in saloons. a bill to amend the
habtual drlnkard law and that which
applies to the sale OF liquor to minors,
SO far as Allcgany county is concerned,
and bill requiring clubs desiring to sell
liquor to secure a license in the same
manner as retail liquor dealers In
Allegany county the saloon keeper is
made responsible under acts OF Assembly
for any unlawful act committed by
drunkards and minors to whom they
have sold Intoxicating drinks.
A Detroit negro attorney hls sued a
restaurant proprietor because he was re-
fused the service afforded white men.
The jury disagreed.
Paperllangers have national Ulrion.
The Colorado cooperative colony has
800 members and 5000. The colon,
will be sectarian, and the corpor.
alton will build no church Of any de.
nomination. 1--WE will haze our ow1
carpenters and will build all buildings
for the members, the latter paving fol
them at cost The wages Of every ybod ,
will be 20 cents an hour. The colony j,
forty miles from PIacervilIe.
New Castle, Pa, unionistS induced
local merchants to boycott the Armour
Meat Company. Armour opened SHOP
and has been selling the best sirluii
steaks at ! cents "A pound and hams at I
cents. Armour employed similar tactics
at Marion, Ind, until the boycott was
dropped.
The London Society If Comp"sitors
have decided by G4l4 votes to l34 to in
crease TIE examination allowances
They have decided to adopt the new
scheme OF federation of trade unions.
Virginia will probably tax stock, an,
bonds.
The Miners international Congress il
to be held shortly at Vienna,
Broughty, Scotland, miners dcmanr
the nine hour day and Is cents per hou
for overtime.
Dayton, Tenn, miners were cOnccJc,
their demand that 2O00 pounds, insteac
OF POO, should constitute "a ton, but tn,
company wished to retain the right t,
deduct 200 pounds Of coal for ten pounds
of slate. In lieu Of this the men pro
posed that for certain amount Of SLATE
the company discharge the miner anl
revoke the docking order. Strike j.
still on.
The decision Of the English House O.
Lords in the appeal case Of Allen versus
Flood, which gives to trades unionists
the right of refusing to work with non
unionists and 10 employers of dismissing
the latter has already borne good fruit
Several eases have been settled in Eng
land on the same terms.
In the Dublin, Irc., street cleaning de
partmcnt the wages commence at ~. l.,
tor swecpcrs, while carriers and nightmcn
drivers of sweeping machines, etc, rr.
ceivc S3,2j and $3.50 per week.
The Minnesota State Board OF BARRIERS
has under consideration rules, which, j
adopted, will make it necessary for tn,
so-caIlcd schools for turning out barber,
to give their stnudcnts a two-ycars
course at the hands Of competent in
structors.
In Obi" it is a punishable offcnsc t,
sell Intoxicating liquor to any pcrsul
whose name has been entered upon :
list kept by the City Clerk as an inebri
ate. The liquor dealers want the bur,lc,
OF this law lightcncd. Change will alsc
be asked OF the law forbidding the sal,
Of intoXicants within two miles of fair
Petition will also be made for moditica
tion Of the ''purc food Iaw.' 1t now
provides that no "whiskv' shall be sold
less than 100 proof.
Nashville ci garlnakcrs want the Legis.
laturc to repeal the cigar dealers tax.
Washington Y. VI. c. A. asked tn,
Central Labor nion toad it, project fu,
new building.
There are PIP labor exchanges.
Tle object of the union of Seattle
WASH, BARRIERS is to get all the lO-ccnt
shops to join with the l5-ccnters and
ma lntaln the price Of shaving at Is cents
and % cents for hair cutting.
The BrickIaycrs' and Masons' Intcrna.
tionai l. mon met at Peoria, H., on
Mondry last. 1t consists Of 3O1 local
unions, with 5000 members. The
clght-hour dav has been secured in Is
cities, and nine hours day constitute q
day III other towns covered by the
union. The initiation fee in New York
is S25. No strike the past three years.
The % unions Of jolrncymcn BARRIERS
in New York State held q convention at
Syracuse last week. They want a law
recurring examinations b,t arr onnnso Il
to the bill prepared by the employers.
Three-cent shops we're denounced as
were barber colleges. A Chicago man