Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.
LOCAL AND TElEGRAPHIc LABOR NEWS.

/, East, young man" Many a man who
goes last Just now will live comfort
ably on unearned Cuban increment
hereafter. And many another will be
sorry he went. 1t all depends on now
| you go-to work hard or try to get on
| without hard wOrk.-New York Jour-
nal.
| An Indiana Judge has just decided
| that an injunction will not lie against
! members of organized labor who seek
to prevent, the employment Of nom
! union labor by informing contractors
and employers generally wnen non
union men are found working for them.
According. to Bradstreet's ninety per
| cent of the business failures are firms
| with capital of only $1,000 or less.
Wages, says the GlasswOrker are
not only lower where there is no or
ganization, but are lower because Of the
absence Of organization. Examining
this last lesson more closely another
suggests itself. Not only does the lack
OF organization curse the unorganized
| with low wages, but it forces the wages
Of the organized to remain on lower
level than they would be but for the
| unfair competitions of those who lack
the intelligence or moral stamina to
organize. Indiana window glasswOrk-
ers' wages have been elevated and they
now earn more than in 1898.
A bill to amend the law relating to
the employment of mattresses in res
taurants has been prepared and
brought into Parliament, England. "A
waitress shall not be employed in or
about a restaurant for more than ten
hours in any one day, nor for more
than sixty hours in any one week, nor
for more than five consecutive hours
without an interval of at least half an
hour for meal"
The twenty odd members of the
Dixie Glass Company who will operate
the Tallapoosa, Ga, bottle plant on the
cooperative plan next fire are gather
ing there preparatory to putting every
thing in shape for start September l.
Hawaii" says GOmpers sis now an
reXed, and it devolves upon the Ameri-
can Workingman to see that slave la
Dor should not exist there, and that
Hawaii should not be used as a half
way house to flood this country with
cheap Monaghan labor. AS to the
Philippines, | have nothing to say ex-
cept with reference to this matter. 1t
should be the assertion of every work
ingman in this country that neither
slavery nor any feature that has the
semblance of slavery should exist any
where under the United States flag.
They may annex anything anywhere
they like, but the courts have no right
to interpret the laws or constitution in
such manner which will place the la
borer on a par with slave or which
will in any manner restrict his liberty.
For should they so interpret the laws
with regard to laborers in Hawaii and
the Philippines, the same interpreta-
lions will in time be applied to all the
workingmen in the United States"
A considerable amount of useful in
formation relative to labor and wages
in New South Wales, says John Plum
mer, is contained in recently publish
ed report on the working of the factor
les and shops act in that colony. The
average wages are, as a rule, higher
than in the United Kingdom, but they
represent the earnings of skilled work.
ers generally, the remuneration for
unskilled labor of which there is in
variably superabundance being the
same as in older countries. The eight
hour system is general in the mechan
ical trades, but there is no legislative
restriction, except in the case of wo-
men and young persons. The current
rates of wages In different tredes are as
follows: Boilingdown works, &C. IS to
To los; tanneries, Ell los to 92 15s;
wool washing works, 6 los to G2 los:
aerated water factories, principal hands
Ell to ga, female and lads, IS to 1Ss;
bakers, Ell Is Cd to 63 Is 3D., assist
ants and apprentices, Is Cd to 25s;
biscuit bakers, 25s to Cos, general hands
los to 40s., pastry cooks, 20s to sos;
breweries, 20s to SOS; confectionery, 30s
to Cos; millers, 25s to ASS; refriger-
ating works, 40s to Cos; fruit preserv-
ing and jam making, Cos to sos: meat
preserving establishments, 20s to 70s;
sugar mills, ASS to sos; vinegar works,
Cos; baking powder, self-raising flour,
etc, 20s to sos; dressmaking and mill
linery, 40s to $685. ordinary milliners,
Is Sd to 49s Cd; farriers, 27s cd to Cos;
hat and cap makers, male, It's Sd to Cos,
female, Is 35S; shirt cutters. 40s to Cos;
shirt makers SIS to 25s; wooden mills,
EOS to Cos; whitework Qinen, etc., los
to 32s; brickworks 30s to 55s; cement
works, 30s to 52s; joiners, 36s to Cos;
turner's, 30s to Cos; carvers, 3Ss to OBS;
limeburners, 40s to ASS; marble and
stonemasons 30s to 65s; bricklayers.
ASS to 54s; modelers, Cos: paint and
varnish makers, sos to zoos; potters,
40s to Cos; quarrymen, 40s to ASS; saw
yers, 30s to Cos; striker, 25s to 40s;
iron founders, 35s to- sos; iron mould
ers, 36s to 70s; blacksmiths, 30s to Cos;
coppersmiths sos to 63s; tinsmiths, 30s
to 63s; plumbers and gasfitters, 30s to
63s; wireworkers, 26s to 63s; brass
fnishers, 36s to 63s; shipwrights, ASS
to 72s; boilermakers (ship building),
sos to 6Ss; ship joiners, ASS to Cos;
sailmakers. 25s to Cos; cabinetmakers,
Cos to Sos; French polishers, 4Os to Cos;
chair makers, 29s to Sos; upholsterers,
40s to Cos; venetian blind makers, 30s
to sos: mattress makers, 30s to SIS;
pictureframe makers, 35s to sos; saddle
makers, 30s to Sos; harness makers,
Sos to Cos; wheelwrights. 35s to Cos;
coachpainters, 20s to Cos; coach body
makers, 35s to Cos; electrical engineers,
sos to COS; electricians, 40s to 70s; in
stalling workmen, 40s to sos; gas
stoekrs and firemen, 42s to SIS; box
and packing case makers, Cos to sos;
coopers. 35s to Cos; dyers, 27s Cd to sos;