The sun., 1898-02-06
Hammer Taps From the Work
shops Of the World.
A TALK OF WAGE FARMERS
Pointed Paragraphs From Many
All Crafts.

ton OF pure gold ls worth 66Vz, 1921
There are 25,OO0 union locomotive fire.
men.
New York street cleaners have a
union.
Duluth cigarmakers struch for an ad-
vance.
A dozen new unions are being formed
at Duluth.
All but one Detroit brewery is in a
local trust.
New York wood carvers will not join
the F. of l..
Boston Globe compositors eat only
union bread.
In the CITY OF Mexico the saloons are
closed at lOp. IN.
Some Chicago boilermakers have struck
for the nine-hour day.
Lorin, O., longshoremen's scale has
been signed by all employers.
Worcester, Mass, carpenters have
been promised the nine-hour day.
Negroes have taken the places Of strik-
ers local triInmer) at Locust Point.
Md.
Boston stereotypers passed a law pro-
hibiting the employment OF appren'
tices.
A labor union at kyoto, Japan, recent
ly suggested to employers that wages be
cut 20 per cent.
At Cairo, ILL.,, a negro detective dis
covered that colored people must pay 81
a glass for whisky.
A bill to create the office of Labor
Laws Enforcement Inspector" is before
the New York Legislature.
New York sandwich men resent the
invasion of their calling by an Italian,
and talk of organizing union.
Brooklyn Central Labor Union has
asked the Police Commissioners to pro-
vide policemen with union-made hats.
Portland, Ore, retail merchants have
organized and have issued an appeal to
the people to boycott department
stores.
At the instance of the labor party the
New South Wales legislative assembly
recently voted: 'That, in the opinion OF
this house, all government employees
(servants Of the railway commissioners
included) should not work more than
fory-eight hours in anv one week.
In San Francisco laundries girls work
lG hours a day for from $50 to Sl5 per
month and board.
New York's State Board OF Arbitration
declares that the walking delegate is Il
necessity and accomplishes much
good"
Hamilton, Ont, has created work for
the unemployed. They are employed at
the city quarry and receive Is cents an
hour.
Helena, Mont, tailors have organized.
They complain that Eastern sweat shop
goods are sold there by drummers who
pay no taxes.
Banksvlle, Pa, miners established a
cooperative store year ago, and it has
already cleared 5000 A department
store is to be erected.
Cleveland pressmen and machinists
want the eight-hour day on May |. The
German printers have already estab-
iished the eight.hour day.
When an electric light and spoke firm
at English. Ind, learned that its en-
ployes we're organizing, it counter.
mandcd a cut in wages OF 20 per
cent.
The Boston Building Trades Council
will boycott in the future any politician
found patronizing either as guest or
through purchased ticket certain places
Of amusement.
The commercial florists of the District
of Columbia have made a strong argu-
ment to the Commissioners against
The selling Of cut flowers by the Indus
trial Home School and the Reform
School.
The question of making general de-
lnand for the eight hour day on May
! st has been submitted to general ref
International Bricklayers' Union. Some
of the delegates advocated u day of six
hours.
There is war between the stogie makers
and the Cigarmakers' International I'm
ion. The former has 1000 members, ar d
the Wheeling branch WAS organized in
1868. The cigarmakers will not affiliate,
and the stogiemakcrs' body includes
many cigarmakers.
What makes an anarchist? Suppose
you were cold and hungry cotton mill
hand on strike against cut in wages to
70 cents day. Then think OF yourself
reading about Philadelphia girls cotil-
lon, at which the crepe paper and tinsel
iavors are alone to cost $3OOO.-kansas
City Times.
On April the painters and decorators
If Cleveland will demand 274 cents an
lour. The present pay is but 22! cents.
The demand of last season was for 30
,ents, but the rate finally agreed upon
vas rs cents. This was reduced after
ward to 22!. The eight-hour law is also
o be insisted upon. /
The Retail Grocers' Association of
Cleveland says there are 5000 dead beats
II that town and they will have pre-.
cntcd to the Ohio Legislature bill TO
mend the present laws SO that 10 per
ent. of married mans earnings can be
,arnisheed to pay debts contracted with
tradesnan for the necessaries of life.
The Actors Protective Union is up in
rms against the bill before the new
FORK Legislature authorizing theatres to
pen on Sundays, and their delegates
to the Central Lobor Union
gainst being made to work on Sunday
Without getting extra pay. The meet
pg adopted motion made bv the dele