The Irish standard., 1899-05-27

senate to-day by q vote Of 20 to Is. Three
democratic SENATOR'S voted with the solid re-
publican majority. The bill was subsequently
ing with the minority and two democrats
with the majority. The vote was 81 to e.
The Field Of Labor.
The most stubbornly contested aght Of
the season In the building line In Chicago
Il the strike at Armour's packing-houses
IN the stock yards, which was called In the
interest Of the Carpenters union. 1t In
wolves with the carpenters the bricklay-
ers. the building laborers, structural iron
workers and the briskmAkers.
The last-named organization 10 not af.
dliated with the Building Trades Council,
and 10 not bound by any written laws or
rules to strike in sympathy with any Of
the building trades. Nevertheless, it be-
lieves thAt.its assistance can be of great
benefit to the other trades in this contro-
versy, and therefore it readily consented
to stop allsbrick from being delivered TO
the Armour, buildings, from Hayte & AL
sips and from Gray & Tuttle's yards.
when requested to do so by the repre-
sentatives Of the building trades. GRAY.
futile & Co. have sold brick to the Stock
Yards and Transit company, and 1t was
reported BY the pickets who are watching
the Armour buildings that this brick was
being delivered to those buildings. A COM
mittee Of the trades interested called upon
Mr.. Gray. and he stated that it was not
with his knowledge or consent that any
brick from his yards was being delivered
to the Armour buildings. After a close
investigation it was found that the brick
sold to the Transit company was being
used on the Armour job, and the Brick
layers alliance ordered Gray, futile &
Co.'S men not to load brick for anybody
reached In this particular case. Commit
tees OF the trades interested meet the rep
resentattves of the Armour company almost
every day, but so far no satisfactory ar
rangement has been agreed upon.
An association has been formed in San
Francisco which proposes to insure per-
sons against unavoidable loss of employ
ment. PROVISIONS are made for the policy
holder to draw three-quarters of the
amount OF his salary for month should
that much time be required in finding a
new position. Should the policy holder be
oHered place at less than his former
position. the difference is to be made good
by the insurance company. The idea is a
novel one. and at first seems attractive,
but the practicability seems questionable.
since the company would be insuring
against contingency which lies too
largely with the control of the insured
himself and entirely out of the control Of
the insurers, it is difficult to see how d
be conducted with profit. The ordinary
man does not burn down his house and
risk the penalty for crime that he may COL
lect the insurance on it, nor is he apt to
deliberately end his existence in order that
his heirs may profit by his insurance, but
there are many shiftless men who would
throw up their positions for the sake of
mOnth'H wit rto
The tourneymen plasterers of st. Louis
are out on strike, demanding restoration
of their old wage scale. which had been
promised by the contractors.
for uniform scale Of wages and recogni-
ton of the ,iflon.
Immigrants are again pouring into the
country in great numbers, the arrivals of
foreigners landing at the port of New York
being at the rate Of 1000 day. In the
New England mill towns and the cities on
influx of Canadian workmen.
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The Trades and Labor Council of Grand
Rapids, Mich, has gone into politics, and
aldermen who voted for the street railway
franchise, and whose terms are about to
expire, are slated for defeat.
Advices from Alamogorda, N. M, say
that the strike situation has not improved.
The 225 mill men and choppers who are out
are orderly, but will resist to the utmost
any attempt Of the lumber company to put
Italians in the vacant places. The men
offer to return to work on condition that
they are paid g for ten.h0ur day.
A decided victory was gained by the
Brewery Workers Union of Cleveland,
Ohio, the past week, when their demand
for ntne-hour workday and small in
crease in wages to the lowest paid men
was granted without a struggle.
The late convention of the International
Machinists at Buffalo projected plan that
is expected to bring about feature of
strength to the association. It was voted
that each lodge throughout the country
should levy an assessment of 81 on each
member, the fund SO created to be at the
call of the general offices for strikes only.
The officers believe this fund will amount
to not less than $4,000 inside of a year.
The business agents which the conven-
| one-half of their salary from the general
offices. This was agreed on in the view
that these agents would prove of great
general good to the association. The cost
to the general offices will be about $4,000
| a month. There are 100 machinists out at
the government arsenal at Rock Island who
are In great quandary as to their future.
| They have been out of work now five
weeks, and the prospects for resuming
work do not seem wholly rosy. The trou-
BILE came about through the command
ants plan to pay the men BY the piece
and to make each man look after two
machines. ~ r5
The Pharmaceutical Clerks Association
was formed last week by $50 drug clerka
from the FIVE boroughs of New York city.
The new association is in opposition to
the Drug Clerks Short Hours League
which was organized several years ago
and which had . bill shortening the work
Ing hours of drug clerks passed by the
last Legislatures.
Governor Thomas Of Colorado has vetoed
the bill repeating the boycott and black
list statute.
A big coal miners strike is on in Kan
sas and Missouri, involving nearly 1000
miners.
| Springfield, ILL.,. will soon have a labo,
temple, IL flattering prospects count for
anything. With very few exceptions every
laboring man In the city 10 in favor Of
erecting grand monument in honor OF
organized labor.
The Order Of Railway Conductors, in SEES
sion at Detroit, Mich. adopted resolu-
ton declaring that hereafter the railroads
must modify the physical examination re.
quired of employees. and also the rule un-
| der which thew refuse to give emnlov.