The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-20
THE FIELD OF THE WORKINGMAN

! London.
The regulators In a New York piano
| mandatory have been granted an '"-
crease OF Is cents a case.
Journeymen brichayers OF England
have lust made the greatest mistake OF
their organized lifetime in refusing me
/ inventors offer of sale OF the steam
/ bricklayer" and patents covering its ran
ufacture and use. Instead OF purchasing
/ and controlling the device m their own
| interests. they have allowed II 20 PISS
| into IN. hands Of a CAPITALISTS syndlca
and will soon he working IN competition
| with IL. with the usual result.
English factory laws exclude persons
| engaged I'm putting up fruit jams from
the legal work-day restrictions. ana as a
consequence children employed In TINS
| husine.s ,re made % work from \. NJ.
| 10 10 and II i. NJ, with an intermiss.on
| OF but half an hour FOR the midday meal
Germany has a tool machine trust
In the Astor tenemcnts. I'm Elizabeth
street. where we found forty-three fami-
| lies living in rooms intended for sixteen.
! saw women finishing pants AZ go cents
a day. Some Of the garments were or
good grade. and some of poor. some OK
/ them were soldiers trousers, made i"F
| the Government: but whether they re-
ceived 8, Z. s. or 10 cents pair 10 came
10 80 cents a day, except IN a single IN
! stance IN which two women. sewing
| from I'm the morning until II o'clock at
NIGHT were able. being practiced hands.
TO finish "forty-fiye pants al IL cents
a pair. and so. made together over SL'J.
They were content even happy. L sup
nose Il seemed wealth % them, coming
from a land where a Partisan investiga-
tor OF repute found three lire mot quite
GO cents per month, a girls vases
Jacob 4. Riis, in August Atlantic.
Indiana has l3 window glass factories.
Conservative window glass men now
fear. since the big trust has been -1bin-
doned that within G. yer" short time aiItr
operations begin the American WinIoW
glass market will be flooded, prices WEI
decline and a death blow struck 10 me .o-
operative and independent plants. THE
total window glass capacity Of the Unit
ell States is 1901 pots the greatest ever
known I'm the history of the country
Warrington, England. Town Council
has lust issued an order uenaliZ-ng the
delivery of milk later than 10 A. NJ. on
sundays. The order is under the LORD 3
day act of 1910.
There are 1850 union printers.
Bricxlayers of Toronto have secured a
contract with their employers for % IL
cents an hour. en- eighth0ur day and sat
urday half holiday.
Pittsburg stonemasons get So cents an
hour.
Chicago has 80 breweries
The sick and death benefit fund attach
cd TO the Journeymen Bakers nd'Confec-
toners International Union now pays
sick benefit OF s. a week and a funeral
benefit of $lO0 The initiation fee is 81
and the dues Sl25 for three months.
Kansas city has negro BARRIERS union
The State Convention Of the Wording
mems Federation VIII Dee held I'M Alba
ny ON September 18th IL the majority of
the delegates go 10 that convention so
instructed, IL State Labor party VIII be
formed
The New York Society Of City Garden
ers demand $lj a MONTH
India makes 100000 gallons Of heer a
year.
100, $4,000 tons.
Members of the Woman Federal Un-
ion. oil Aluncie Ind. viii not rent q house |
built by nOuuni0n labor
The aggregate mileage of AN ;he roads !
controlled by the wonderful Vanderbilt /
Morgan combination uD % the present /
date. is 40 226 which Is more than one !
fifth of an the railroad MILEAGE In the /
United States The total amount of the |
bonded Indebtedness of the Vanderbilt |
Morgan roads is Slj5l, 55J The capital |
stock is 81 100 4)1 ii5.
Honolulu has thirty-hve millionaircs.
The first municipal strike Boston has |
ever had was won IN a day. Employees Of 1
the bath houses struck because their pay |
was cut from Sl6 90 so o. week
After combined strike and lockout
which lasted five weeks, and during which
twenty-five cigar factories have been
closed and 600 cigar-makers idle. the DIFF /
fercnces between the employees and enc
ployers were finally settled on Monday
last. The manufacturers granted every
demand made upon them and the
changes rendered necessary by these con-
Pc s.Ons will amount virtually 10 rev.
,lbti0n I'm the meJh0ds 81 producing clear
Havana cigars in the United States. Tho
,igar-makers demanded the abolition IN
each factory Of the scales for Weighing
he filler tobacco issued 10 them. This
Vas the main point at issue. Under the
lew rule which goes into effect when
he factories open tomorrow morning, !
10 check viii be kept upon the mate''-i
ssued 10 the men for making 'nto CT
,ars. Another demand was that all fac
cries should adopt a. uniform scale Of
wages Hitherto each factory has had
|
4, the same grade OF cigars varied con-
iderably. This had its effect on who's
ale and retail prices. The resumption
4 work will call for 5000 more cigar
makers than are here at present. thaf
lumber having returned 70 Cuba since the
rouble began Another result Will be
hat Cigar-makers will command higher
wages than have ever prevailed before.
Frisco has a fuel oil exchange.
Denver drug clerks are moving 20 rave
he druggists display sign indicating
hat only union help is employed.
Indianapolis has d German carpenters
MON.
The New York Wood Carvers Union
nd the Modelers' League have agreed 10
mal-amaie. I
James O'Connell. president OF The In J
irrational Association OF Machinists. Is I
ne OF the two fraternal delegates from
ne American Federation OF Labor TO the l
ritlsh Trades Congress.
AT Seattle last week nearly sixty mem
ers Of the Chinese crew on the United | {