The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18
Around
the World

! gobbliny up more Of he independent
plants.
The gamblers Of Nashville. Tenn,
! have formed IL trust to keep gamblers
from other cities from interfering
| with the Nashville trade. They see
that thp day OF competition is passed,
even in the gambling business.
In Paris, France. $4,000 day labor
crs and masons, employed on the cN-
position grounds. are on strike. They
demand an increase of their wages
- cents per hour.
Telephone companies in half Il doz-
en- western states have formed Il huge
combine.
The big West inghouse Co., of Pitts
burg, capitalized at S15,ooO,O0O, and
the Walker Co., Of Cleveland, with S..
100000 capital, have been consolidated,
and it is stated the General Electric
Go. may also become part of the new
combine before long. The three con-
Germs named have practically a mo-
nopoly of the electrical and motor
construction business of the country
and also a large foreign trade. The
organization of industry is progress
ing splendidly and all the time social
ism is coming nearer and nearer.
\ $l5,0OO,OOO fish trust has been
formed. 1t will fish for suckers on the
land as we'll as those in the sea.
In one Factory in Detroit, Micl., is
machine Oh which a boy not over
fifteen years old is doing the work
which until recently required six men
working by hand. The six men, who
were Of necessity capable mechanics,
could not be had for less than $50
Il day each. What will become Of the
six men thrown out.
There are seven young lady conduct
CTS on the electric cars of Chillicothc,
O., and five at Ninccnncs, Ind. They
work nine hours a day and receive 81
week. IN ChilIicothe there were over
100 applications for the position.
y committee of printers, pressmen
Philadelphia to make final arrange
mcnts for the Inauguration of the
ninc-hour work-tay for the printing
trades cast Of the Allegheny noun
t;tins.
President Diaz. Cornelius Sullivan,
John Dunphy and other prominent
citizens of Mexico are building an
enormous cortlage and linen factory
within few miles Of the City Of
Mexico, where model Irish colony
will be settled. 1t is expected that
5000 persons will receive employment
within Il year. Each family will be
provided with /; beautiful cottage.
with running water and electric light,
and situated in the center of a garden
800 feet square.
The wages of all day laborers III the
tin plate plant Of the Newcastle dis:
trict have been advanced from five to
ten per cent. The advance will affect
between 200 and 1.5O0 men.
The Reese Hammond Brick Manu-
featuring Company at Jeanette has
advanced the wa Ges Of its $50 en-
pIoycs from to 90 per cent.
France employees over 5000 women
in her civil service. telephone, and tclc-
graph offices. The municipality Of
Paris alone gives work to 900 women,
while the Bank Of 'Francc. pays sal
aries to 100 more. Two hundred Wo-
men have permanent positions in the
Credit Foncirr, with earnings varying
from $l15 to S3115 a year.
\ thorough report covering labor
from 1910 to 1897 has just been issued
in four volumes by the French bureau
of labor. In 1SlO-J' the daily wages
in France averaged 41.4 cents for men
and POI cents for women, while in
l>9l-:; they were IS and 10 cents, re-
sprctisrIy. Roughly speaking, wages
have doubled in France during the
last 80 years. It is estimated that the
cost OF living has increased p per
cent in the same period. In Paris the
average wages for men arc ST.; per
day and of adult females 60 CENTS
The average working day is 10 l.,
hours. There are no statistics rs to the
stability of employment. matter
which. according to the Revue Social
iS'.', is Of grave concern. many WnrN-
ingmrn being unemployed for long
periods.