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0 contribute one per cent. OF their earn

to contribute one per cent. OF their earn
lgs.
President Hicks, at the New Yorl
Congress of the Knights Of Labor OF
Tuesday last, said: "A combination il
forming with large capital to be use'
for the purpose Of getting the tioxrn
ment to turn over to private capital oul
Post Office Department.
New York has 10000 Hebrew union.
lists.
Chile boasts lady car conductors.
California uses Chinese coal.
Finland has women carpenters.
At Rhodesa milk is S375 a quart.
North Ca'oIna has II WOODEN mills.
Russian railroads have no dining ears.
James +. Scripp-, Of Detroit. repre-
senting the Mayors Business Mems :
Committee, says: Let us obtain from
tn" Legislature an act permitting Detroit
to raise her taxes in her own way. am
told that such an act would be constitu-
tipnal. Let us tax nothing but the bare
soil. Then factory buildings. improve
lnents on the land, bank stock, money,
all personal property will be exempt. 1t
will Civ manufacturers such unusual
facilities hat they will flock here"
/ The committee OF Cleveland boot
blacks appointed to ask the retail shoe
dealers to discontinue the free shine
stands have secured the consent of every
retail dealer in the city except one.
Chicago unionists will ask merchants
to boycott an Albany. y. V, firm that
employs Michigan convicts to make
shirts:
Cleveland Central Labor Union was
offered 500 by Syracns, house for its
Endorsement of history OF the labor
unionists learned that merchants who
were asked to advertise understood that
the entire proceeds were for the union.
the Central Labor Union rescindcd its
agreement with the publishers.
The Milwaukee Street Railroad Com
pany requires conductors to carry not
less than s. of their own money while
on duty
Montreal TradeSmens' Labor Council
wants an ordinance that will prevent
boys under Is from being drivers of
vehicles.
Byron W. Holt OF the New York Re-
form Club, says there are 800 trusts in
the United States with a capital of ST.
DOO,OOo,OOO.
Wayne. Nich., Councils 1asscd an
ordinance prohibiting slot machines,
pool and card playing in saloons. The
saloon keepers are now boycutting Conn
cilmen who are merchants, and the or
dinancc may be repealed.
President Simon Blrns,of the National
Window Glass Workers Association, l..
\. 300, has prepared new plan for the
amalgamaton OF the four trades and
voting sheets have been sent Qua to win
dow glass workers throughout the United
states for an expression on the propO-
stion to have the time-honorcd applen-
ticeship abrogatcd, and allow the manu-
tactnrcrs to put in an apprentice for each
tiattener and cutter.
Louisville letter carriers must not here
after ride bicycles as an aid to delivery.
They prefer to ride in street cars after
three years trial Of he wheel.
Fourteen OF the principal department,
stores of Denver organized and ordered
the Denver Post to reduce its advertising
rates. The Post refused, an | he advrr-
ti~rrs' ''union' is not represented in it,
columns.
Detroit hasn't an idle union printer
Fast st. Louis steam laun lrvmyn are
trying to oust the Chin 50 and outside
agencies.
On December II twrity-~iX mrnbr,~
attended Il meeting If the Cincinnati i
Stonrcn,trr-' l'ninn, only Gy" Of whom.
! it Is said. were in good standing and en-
titled to vote. At that meeting Il melton
wa passed tn reduce the wage sra,c from
~ cents t, % cents per hour. All con-
lra:tpr> were notified Of the cut. which.
i was stated, would g. into effect on
!anIary !, lSi'~. The original scale was
| Tor - cents an hour. and would not rx-
, pirc until March |, 1898. The action
created a sensation among the members.
and as a compromise they will receive $}
for eight hours until April !, 1880. There
are now two warning unions. but the
national body has turned down the %
cent people.