The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10

The Iron Molders' International Union
is tbirty-nine years old.
Governor Pingree, Of Michigan, favors
q universal eight-hOur day.
Cincinnati street railway managers
prohibit conductors from eating onions.
Germany's employment bureaus find
employment for $4,000 people per month.
In Germany the national organization
Of shOemakers has a membership OF
1876.
In Great Britain 131,7OO persons got
an increase Of wages In May while, $500
suffered decrease
More than 400 electrical workers went
on q strike in st. Louis August 1. They
demand SO for ten hours, instead OF
$3.50.
The clerks Of Tacoma and other cities
Of Washington are pushing a movement
to have retail business houses close at
$3.50 p. m.
Charles Ruff Of Des MOlnes, says that
the colOred members Of the TypOgraph-
ical union there have never produced
rat printer.
The postofilce department has $4,000
employees. This is more than any other
cation on earth has on its pay roll for
this purpose.
A cut of II per cent in wages has
caused 500 employees of the American
Plate Glass works at Alexandria, Indi-
ana, to strike
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers is the only one Of the big rail-
way organizations which did not join
the railway federation.
Austria works It's employees on gov
ernment railroads ten hours per day and
allows pay for overtime at rs per cent.
In excess Of regular pay.
Michigan labor statistics show that
the average wages paid in the State are
as follows: Men, $1.62 per day, women
73 cents, children 81 cents.
In Italy employers are required to care
for employees who suffer accidents while
at work when the employe Is compelled
y to lay off more than five days.
Switzerland has relief stations for the
unemployed. In 1896 129, ,234 persons
were received and cared for by them.
The cost was less than $4,000.
During 1897, 1928 employees of facto-
ries, mines, Quarries, fisheries and rail-
ways in Great Britain were killed while
at work. Those injured numbered 58,-
n 2Sb.
The Central Railway of Brazil has
some sort OF difficulty with a Brazil
Ian newspaper and has notified its en-
ployes that they will be discharged If
they read the paper
The international unions interested
have refused to grant authority to q
printing office to use the union label
wheE the printers are union men but
the pressmen are not.
Electrical employees working on city
work at Chicago are in a dispute with
the city authorities because the latter
refuse to allow more than ordinary pay
A for work done ON holidays.
"A big Labor day celebration is being
arranged at Topeka. The merchants
are taking interest In the affair. A
leading feature will be a picnic at Gar
iield park, which will last all day.
In south New Jersey nearly all Of the
y factories have company stores and most
6f the business goes to them. The other
merchants and the workmen are making
\ ON effort to wipe the stores out Of exist
X once.
Two plants at Cleveland under the
oontrol OF the wire and nail trust have
y reduced wages One-third and threatened
70 add 20 per cent. cut in addition. The
workers have struck and more than
2,O0C are out.
Unless the operators conform to and
abide by the Chicago agreement by Au-
gust 10 fully 5000 miners will strike In
the Pittsburg (Pennsylvania) district.
1hic decision was reached at session
OK the United Mine Workers last week.
During 1897 there were 266 coal mines
9ln Illinois which were afPactad IN,