The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-28
Cincinnati steamatters will organize.

Chicago carpenters get %forty-hve cents
an hour.
Milwaukee carpenters demand q -
cents an hour
Cleveland. o.. may purchase and oper-
ate its gas plants.
Tho initiation fec Of a New York
walters union Is 50.
Governor Thomas. OF Colorado, vetoed
the anti-Boycott bill.
Canadian Pacific t ackmen are paid from
Sl.15 10 u@ for a 10-hour day.
Some Cleveland carriage makers struck
for the recognition Of their union.
Duluth unionists viii boycott local beer
II the brewers shall not form a union.
Gompers will attend the convention or
the Colorado State Federation OF Labor.
During the month Of April the Journey
men Talors' Union Of America paid 81 200
in strike benefits.
Marion. IND. carpenters struck for n
minimum scale Of % cents an hour and
the nine-hour day.
Bricklavers I'm Denver are Paid n cents
an hour for work on buildings and c. IL
! cents for sewer work
Pittsburg has not celebrated Labor
dav for "a deo1dc but uuiOnisfs are pre-
ran River 'entral LABOR Dnlon is max
ing an cltoIl To DaFe enc feaHils room OF
the public library opened ON sundays.
Tho German MachinIsts Union or
Newark. mas decined 10 ADMIT machine
hands into the union on trial for six
months.
a union label has been adopted by the
gvrnrfy.1 nU4.r. rrfnnn ~ M Nlrfr 90
enable compositors TO distinguish union
from non-union ruled paper.
The New York Central Federated Union
has decided 20 change IT'S h~e7d0uarters.
Tho reason given was that the proprietor
OF tho han had violated his contract by
selling ~n0n-union made cigars and beer.
The contract for printing the official
souvenir of the Cincinnati Saengerfest.
which had been awarded TO q ~non-union
concern. has been Cancelled. and al print
ing VIII De done by union labor.
Electrical Workers Union @. of New
York. has secured agreements with 81
~ inc princiD4l electrical contractors in
the trade by which they PLEDGED thom-
selves 20 employ only union men at $3.50
JOY CEN. ''''' "o'H
me IIonIl'hl ~ ~ nplouNh l'ot. Di
the lnited ASSOCIATION or RUNNERS cas-
ttiers. Sioamhtters ana Sieamhttefs
it'iperf hH- won U.s. slilNe l'f Inc titl'
hour WofkiaN ana 81 n daN iheF hin
hoo0 working ten hours ana receiving
S'o'
At the latest meeting Of the pitfeburg
United labor LEAGUE the question OF
hoycottine tho N~ononeehel T-1"f'.n
ana oI III l,ho- o~oa-i1,+,o~e b.rir%
oor+roo4- -. tofst,, v-.,i,s u.or. ro-
$1,000 t
'' ~
1ne New YORK Nood carver A7-o-
clai'on has instructed CUISINES agent
John : Henry TO erect the rel cement
OF a member In a shop from which he had
been discharged on demand or me NODE
leis League. because he Wonld NOT nay
an initiation fee OF $40 TO join that organi-
cation.
Onoer lne contract system i'r 'ne nVe
H'"ls e"N''7 o. ''e
u ~. COO, c-. -aoiecl a.
M at,,h
."' ~
an oLlIe' ant % =, c NJ $50 u
po,u VI. $3.50" u. "''0
""IN IMAM was o''' u'"' p4''i'"s'
i'm New York an navors WORKING after
: o'clock on SATURDAYS and ON SUNDAYS
must now be paid overtime rates an Tho
rate OF 81 an hour. while rammermon re-
ceiNe rs cents am hour ior an overtime.
nIue7'one N'ihe also u-Hl9nu u an
".
o "- 49,
~, w y, !" "''
r'"., Ivy Di 'I'o 'o'' ""'o N'Pt waning
iol '"e" "'"'
At Tacoma Councilman Hartman in-
sisted on n rate Of $40 per dav OF eight
hours for lab0rers. teamstcrs. carpenters
and mechanics belne raised 10 corrc-
spo9d. The present wages Of laborers is
SI.", Tor nine hours wolE cry
'nNi.'I i."-l
""i"n'' ano nc Sal'IS
u'di Wa"o 90 p,'
'"en are Ia'eH '
iieI''.lo'' p saiaIy OF - PET u"s mas
Deeh aIoWeu'
Anon, the n-roolamation OF martial law
I'm tho mining district OF Idaho. the B0s-
to, Central T.,bor T-rion has TRosolvod
Tba4 tho @ r T. eco I'm this action OF
said authorities another move toward n
denoffsm that has lately been fixing it,
eo'f nror tho iretitufior- Of our country
whicr e. q menace 10 liberty. and n con-
towrfrbfo and undiscovered attack uron
3D.. t~nso u,i,n r,rament An indie
natio, merfin0 ~ New York uniouiets is
~ y. hold
BaNcfa mon ] OF Ne" r'h' MS
fcpflmahded a FOREMAN ll u UNION Hu''
because DO neeiecieh 10 YAK now" WIN
hin ono nicht al the union labels an
pronriafed fOr that shop. The rule OF mo
union requires an foremcn i'm shops on