Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-11

Alderman Thuering, of Milwaukee,
! Wis, is pushing his no-seat -no-fare or
dinance. which is now in the hands OF
| the CITY Attorney for an opinion, ana
! on Monday last introduced an ordl-
nance recurring the company to run
car on every line in the city every nve
minutes all day.
The thirteenth annual social meeting
| OF the Dundee (Sc0tiand) and Dlstrlct
Mill and Factory Operatives Union was
recently held. The. honorable preSl-
dent. Rev. Henry Williamson, PRESIDED:
| The chairman said that the Union naa
| been the means of increasing the wages
| of the mill and factory workers Oh
I; Dundee by 20 per cent, and ne ola hot
know how soon they might nave 10
! inquire whether the masters couio Al
| ford another per cent. Iney nau d
! 900 of a membership, and had no less
than $4,000 to their credit.
| Glassworkers and coal miners OF
| CharIeroi. Pa, and vicinity have FORM
ed an association to condact co-opeIao
tive store. A site for Upward OF $z'ooo
has been purchased in Charleroi' upon
which large three-story bullalhs, oo
nv 70 feet. will b erected. The first ana
! second floors will be used for the ner-
camille and grocery business, ana the
| third floor for a public hall. Successiul
co-operative stores have been FOUNDED
bv the miners. and are in operation at
Banksyille. Carnegie, Shanor Station
and there are some in Pittsburg prop
er. These not only pay all running eA-
nenses but clear enough to pay hand
some profit to the stockholders. Inc
BanLsville store also supports a redo-
ing room free to the public.
good deal has been said lately
about trade union discrimination
against colored workmen, anu tne
statement has been made that organ
lied labor does not recognize the negro:
So far as the American Federation Oh
Labor goes that is not true. Inc Cigar
makers Union, the American Fedora
ton OF Musicians, the National 1oDac-
co Workers, the Hotel and Restaurant
Employees National Union, the united
Mine Workers and several other UNI
ions, all affiliated with the Federatlon
have colored members, and the obliga-
ton of the Federation taken by all
intending to become members, includes
the following clause: You also prom
Use never to discriminate
! ~
his creed, color or nationality Fur
thermore, colored delegates nave been
members of at least three Fedratlon
conventions, and the Machlnlsts IN
ion. which once had color line clause
in it's constitution, abolished 1t some
years ago. This organization is COM
posed largely of SouthernerS.
Richard Edmonson. a well known
- r1rrIo n
devised scheme OF miners pensions
which he has expOunded to meetings OF
coal workers. 1t aims at giving every
miner who has attained the age or oO
and is untitled for further work pen
sion of $3.50 d week for life. turtner,
any miner who shall become lncapac-
itated for further work owing to an &C
cident while following his employment,
shall be entitled to the same sum per
week for life. Lastly, every widow
who shall have lost her husband owing
to mine accident is also to be PAID the
same relief. A slight extra allowance
is made for each child in the FAMILY
The money is to be raised by duty or
cents upon every ton of coal raised
year. This, with interest, would real
ize more than $4,e00,0O0 yearly. "a
adopted a bill proving for a pension OF
SIS per annum, or $50, for every per-
son over 60 years of age, whose yearly
income does not exceed G34, provided
he or she has resided in the colony for
rs years.
The Domestics' Union, Of Christiana,
| Norway, demands: l. All night work
to be abolished, except in case of sick
| 90, fn 1anp o
at 6: 80 il the morning and end at 3
o'clock in the evening; work or at
tendance on the family after o'clock
TO be performed by a second set of SER
wants or to be paid for extra. 2. One
afternoon free each week, and the
whole OF Sunday every alternate week.
g. Light, warm and well-ventilated
rooms, each servant to have her own
bed. Unions have now sprung up all
over the Scandinavian countries, prin-
cipally in Norway and Denmark. The
movement has spread into Germany,
Austria, England, France and Belgium,
and last month a convention was held
at Vienna, Austria, when some 80 dele
gates from these countries were pres
ent, and it was decided before forming
a general society to send two delegates
{ 10 AiUcEICd W SStult LIE support vi tHC
women servants in America. The two
delegates that have started are Miss
Ida Christofferson, a Norwegian, and
Henrietta Mailer, Danish woman, who
also speaks the German language.
An open letter, challenging President
Samuel Gompers, of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor. or any of his col
leagues, to a public debate in Kansas
City, at any time during the week be-
ginning December u, has been issued
by Max S. Hayes and Isaac Cowen, Of
Cleveland. Hayes is secretary of the
Central Labor Union and editor of the
Cleveland Citizen. He will represent
the Central Labor Union in the eigh-
tenth annual convention of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, which will
open in Kansas City On December 13.
Cowen is business agent of the Central
Labor Union. He has been elected a
delegate to the convention by the
Amalgamated Society of Engineers. He
is prominent among the Socialists.
The two questions propounded in the
challenge are: Resolved, That the
American Federation of Labor should
declare for political action through the
Socialist Labor Party and the ether,
New trades unionism and federation