The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-12

state Labor Commissioner Lacy Oh
So c,a~olina. shows that while in
| 1Soe there were employed in cotton FAC
| tories eS22 men, 1857 women ana ovfo
| children. there are now employed 1870
mon an increase Of 100 per cent: i''oo,
women. an increase Of 80 per cent ana
only $40 children. a decrease oil W Der
cent ,,t.ht-o,
The Conner mines Of upper Michigan
| - ,,o,- givine, employment to l5'.0L
men. - 49,.
Carpenters Union, 30. Of Brooklyn has
| ordered that where three members d'o
! employed together they must MAKE d
report at least once in two weeks. Where
! five rnernbers are employed a regular
shop delegate must be elected VINO wiz
| be fined 80 cents each time he fails 10
make regular report.
Tho following increased imitation fees
! by Frisco unions are announcer flas-
1 terers'. $50. IaDerhanger5 ana fIeSco
Painters s.: Painters, $40.
Chicago Typographical Union, no. To-
voted in the different offices on the prop
osition TO make the job scale OF wages
SIS a week for the 9-hour day, to 20
| into effect on November q. The prop
osition was carried by vote or 'oi 10
II. This was almost exclusively Job
printers vote.
Contractor Andrews. Of Oal, Park. has
been forced TO sign the Carpenters scale
| bv the action Of the woodworkers, VINO
refused to turn out the mill work TOT
! his contracts until he made terms with the
| union. For nine days the workmen in
! the mill of Bedard e. Morency had held
| back the doors. sash and other mill work
| Chicago Journal.
In order TO settle the existing difficulty
between the Lozier Company of Toledo)
! and the Grinders Union, the company
agrees 10 reinstate in their regular turn
I'm its Old employees prior 10 the annual
! shutdown of 1899. and will in no way
! Disseminate against them. The union scale
J of WAGES shall be paid for the season OF
400. piecework abolished and day work
| substituted.
MINNEAPOLIS has n Hackman's Union.
! Toledo sign writers are organized
! There are 800 union patternmakers
| in the United States.
Frisco has a Latin Carpenters Union.
| Press Assistants Union at Cincinnati,
/ now has an enrolment Of 90 members.
| The officers report it is impossible to
sppplv the local demand for union men.
Grand Rapids has a Ladies Union
! Label League
! syracuse has n municipal lodging house.
At Bridgeport. Conn. delegates Will
J make q house-to-hOuse canvass to induce
/ housewives 10 buy only bread with the
| union label on it,
! Adopted by the Chicago Federation OF
Labor which will ask the city Councll
10 enact into a law: Resolved, by the
| Federation Of Labor of Chicago That the
chief Of police Of the city OF Chicago De
J directed not to furnish policemen Tor the
purpose of patroling any ONCE shoD OF
/ factory where a. strike is In progress ana
! he II further resolved. That police ofii-
| GERS shall not modest or disturb any clu-
Gems when engaged I'm expressing their con-
! stitutional rights at any place within the
! citv Of Chicago. and further, that the
/ chief Of rolice be instructed not to fur
| nfeh policemen as escorts 10 individuals
] 10 and from their homes or places Of
| abode to the places whore they are work
| ing when a strike is in progress at the
! latter place
The Piano and Organ Workers Union
! received the Endorsement OF the Chicago
| Federation of Labor yesterday. a total
| Of 300 piano and organ makers are IDLE.
| The wages paid I'm the piano and organ
| factories have been 20 per cent. lower
! during the past FIVE years than ever be-
fore in the history Of the piano business
| The proposed scale Of the union is from
IS per cent. TO . per cent below the scale
Of wages prior TO 1893.
! The general railway agitation for bet
! ter condition of employment is TO be re-
| newed and pursued I'm a vigorous fashion
II the Executive Committee of the a. 6. r.
s. can succeed i'm rousing the men, A
! manifesto has been issued by Mr. Bell
! She general secretary, in the course Of
| which he saws: at is now nearly two
wears since the Board Of Trade request
.fr.. .Ifr IN
| their respective companies, which rec
ommendation was acted upon with but
| rncagrc results. excepting that nearly
! 100 men who acted rs representatives
| were I'm various ways vctimiscd. a united
! movement IS essential to establishing
/ for all grades the principles of each dav
! standing by itself time and a quarter
! for al time worked over each DAVIS stan
| dard hours. time and a half for sun
/ day duty between - midnight Saturday
and y midnight Sunday. and n euaran-
! teed week. Hours-Er gine-drivers. fire.
/ men goods. mineral and passenger guards
/ and brakemen. 10 hours per day. and time
! and a quarter for night duty between 6
| p NJ and a NJ. shutters eight hours
! per day: signalmen eight hours per day
! I'm all busy cabins, and 10 hours per day
/ az a maximum I'm all other cabins. Goods
/ workers draymen. passenger staff and
/ ell at present rated above IN hours per
! dav 20 be rated 10 hours. Plate-layers,
! 81 hours per week, with an all-around ad-
vance OF 2s. per week.-Dundee (Scot)
| Courier
At Boston the Central Labor Union,
NJ its special meeting. tabled circular
from the Parnell Memorial Committee,
conveying a vote OF thanks. because it
did not bear the printers label
At Boston the present enforcement Of
Tho Sunday law by the police IS due 30
The agitation in progress by the BARRIERS
and grocery clerks.
The BARRIERS Union is waging war upon
.ha alleged BARRIERS schools OF Boston,
ogainst which serious charges are being
made.
parbers' Examiners, who have entered
,non the task OF issuing regular licenses
~ The 175 BARRIERS in ST. Joseph. who
carly in september were granted tenn
nororv permits TO work at their trade.
The BARRIERS Union has preferred char
yes Of incompetency against dozen
operators of scent shops, and the mat
ter wifi come before the board,
Fourteen hundred miles OF the Cana
dian Pacific road. from Fort William,
| Ont. to Vancouver was tied up and
traffic suspended for ten DAYS The
original point I'm the dispute was recos-
! milton OF the union. but when the strike
Oros epSaa thu ynnrhinis.s had not cniv