The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-12
THE WORLD
OF LABOR.
spain has "a women physicians.


England buys flowers OF France
American desks go TO Germany.
Havana has 400 idle cigar factories.
The union label has supplantedthe boy
colt.
Denver cooks may strike for a six-day
week
New York has 900 union marine engin-
GERS.
New York stone masons get $500 for
Denver has a Direct Legislation Lea
Bollermakers have 200 unions. 5000
members.
Long island city carpenters won the
oight-hour day.
Peoria, Ill. sugar renners struck for
u cents an hour
West-Bend. wis, buttonmakers won
a strike for higher wages
Frisco BARRIERS have joined the crusade
against schools for BARRIERS.
United Mine Workers decided against
establishing a defense fund.
Cleveland butchers want their employ
ers' shops closed on Sunday.
X. OF l.. has . 900 members In Greater
New York and jersey city.
Debs' Social Democracy viii drop poll
tics and press the colonization scheme
Paterson IN. j. cigarmakers have
formed unions OF horseshoers and brew
ers.
Fall River Central Labor Union does
not believe that policemen should be
pensoned.
Very few Brooklyn carpet stores ara
open after 6 y. NJ, except on Mondays
and Saturdays
"a Bill for tho Regulation or the Art
OF Barbering'' is to be submitted to the
Colorado Legislature.
Chicago mas notified company that
makes desks for the city that only union
labor IS 10 be employed.
The T. of L. has captured all the r.
OF j. breweries at Rochester, and tho
union scale has been signed by employ
ers
Premiums are awarded employees OF
The Cincinnati. New Orleans and Pacific
Railroad for"freedom from accidents"
etc.
New York hosting engineers were con-
ceded the eight-hour day, but the ma
chine stone workers battle has been sus-
pended for a year.
Minnesota State Convention Of Union
lists inaugurated its sessions on June 4
and the State Convention Of Wisconsin
Unions Will open at Ia Crosse shortly.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, contractors did
not pay union wages. Now the city mas
dropped the contractors. the municipality
engaging whatever men are needed, and
pays laborers II IL cents an hour.
The Boilermakers Union Of Chicago
enjoys the eight-hour day. and the high
est wages are paid in San Francisco,
where ele men receive 1924 a day. The
rate in Chicago Is S2.75. Buffalo. Pitts
burg and Boston are nine-hour cities, the
pay being at the rate Of 10 hours. or
about $3.50 a day. The Pacific coast and
the West are the best organized sections
OF the country. Colored men are ineligi-
bic for membership.
The Scottish skaters recently held
convention at Dundee. 1t was decided
that a member rendered unfit for work
shall receive 500 and 81 a week indeh-
nitely Apprentices who have served five
years are 10 exact tho standard rate OF
wages The skaters Of Glasgow adopted
this: IN The event OF a member being
unable to follow his employment as a
slater through old age and has been
member for thirty years continuously he
shall, by applying. receive the sum OF
500 from the Central Board IN lieu Of all
claims. tho sum 10 be lew on members
at y cents.
To be placed on the white list OF the
Consumers League an organization in
Guiding the most prominent women Of
New York, a firm must observe these
rules: Equal pay 10 women for work
equal IN value 10 the work Of the same
kind done by men. Payment OF wages
by the week the minimum OF wages in
any department 20 be not less than S. n
week Hours OF work not longer than
from 3 A. NJ 10 p. NJ, with three quar-
ters Of an hour allowed for lunch A
hslf-holiday at the end Of each week.
and pay FOR all overtime. The working
rooms. lunch rooms and retiring rooms
must be far apart and the treatment OF
the employees must be humane"
The official report OF the Cigarmakers'