Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-11

The depression in the cycle trade in
Englands deepens with the advance OF
the year. In Birmingham there are
between 1000 and 5000 men out
employment and the society officials
report great want of employment at
Coventry, Liverpool, Limerick, Cork,
Nottingham, Redditch and Wolver-
hampton. The cause of the depression
is given as over-production and Ger
man competition. The rush of a year
or two ago was unhealthy and trade
is now finding it's level. Business in
Dublin is fairly active, but dull win
ter may be expected.
The programme of the Trade Union
Congress, which will be opened at Bris-
toll, England on August %, is shorter
and lighter than any Congress in recent
years. There will be a proposition be-
fore the Congress providing for the
sending of delegates to the Irish and
Scottish Trades Congresses. This may
be taken as an evidence of the British
ers adopting a more reasonable atti-
tude towards the trade uniOnists of
Ireland, says the Dublin Herald, but
they are too late. We can look very
we'll after our own affairs, and will
continue to do so, probably.
Baltimore is promised cheap ice.
Three new plants.
At the latest meeting at the New
York Central Labor Union George
Warner, the delegate of the Machinists'
Union, said that George H. Phillips, a
machinist on board the Merrimac with
Naval Constructor Hobson, had not
been sufficiently rewarded by the Gov
eminent for his services. He declared
that Phillips had performed exceeding
valuable services in the sinking CT the
Merrimac at the entrance to Santiago
harbor, and that he had been promoted
from a first class machinist to chief
machinist, with an advance of SIS a
month in his salary. On motion the
secretary was instructed to write to
the President and the Secretary of the
Navy, requesting them to further re-
ward Phillips for his services.
Cleveland (O.) uses 100000 of the
Bakers Union label weekly. No other
city uses so many.
Colorado unionists may take hand
in politics.
The pastor of a Cleveland Seventh
Day Adventist church is opposed to
Sunday closing of stores. He wants
saloons closed every day in the week
Federation of Labor Organizer
Doughty. of Waco, Texas, reports that
they have succeeded in organizing the
printing pressmen. retail clerks. laun-
dry drivers and timers during the last
few months, with all other unions
strengthened in membership. They
have secured the insertion of a clause
by the City Council that in future all
contracts let by the city shall be done
by union labor.
Hooking Valley (O) miners have
again appealed for food.
The membership Of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and J0iners
has concluded vote on a proposition
to alter the constitution. 1t was in
tended to establish a uniform system
of dues and benefits in which all the
members would share alike. The pres
ent constitution is claimed to be in
consistent, as the assessments vary in
localities. 1t was expected that the
proposition would have a majority, but
to the surprise of the officials, the vote
SIlOWS OSCidSu 1lldJOIILy against dlICI-
alton
Indiana cities hold one big labor
demonstration. This year the unions
got together at Indianapolis.
Kentucky has no laws regulating the
employment of child labor.
At Scranton, Pa, 80 per cent of the
men in the building trades of the city
are organized. The Common Council
has passed an eight hour ordinance.
The contractors were defeated in their
efforts to have school houses built by
contract Movement is on foot to abol-
ish contract labor entirely in all mu
nicipal work.
Common labcrers employed by Mo
line, Ill. concern now get $3.50 per day
as a minimum. Those who received
$14O per day, receive $1.55; those who
received SLIGO will now receive $1.70.
No increase base been secured for those
receiving $1.75 per day. A minimum
for moulders has been established at
$3.50 per day The trade union move
ment is quite general in Moline; one
year ago there were not 25 union men
in the city.
Trade unions, scoffed denounced,
ridiculed in turn, and antagonlzed as
no other organization on earth, are now
being argued with. their merits, as the
wage earners' defenders, protectors and
advance guard for a juster reward for
the wealth producers are more widely
discussed and generally conceded. La
Dor Day is now the general tribute Of
our entire people to the victories won,
the vantage ground gained. by organ
lied labor and the hope entertained
that that happier. truer life among
men may soon be ushered in-that day
Of which posts have sung, philosophers
dreamed, and workers struggled for
ages.-American Federationist.
Labor Day was first proposed May s,
1882. and first observed September of
the same year, in New York City. Con-
gress passed the law making Labor Day
a legal holiday for the Territories and
the District CT Columbia June 2S, 1884.
The pen with which the President sign
ed the National Labor Day law was at
the time presented to the President Of
the A. F. of l.. Organized labor of
Europe adopted a Labor Day at the
suggestion of the A. F. of L. 1t is May
1. 1t is usually observed the Sunday
nearest. or in the evening of that day.
In Japan blacksmiths employed by
the Government enjoy the 10-hOur dav.
A pamphlet called "Notes on the En-
cheering Trade Lockout and List Of