The labor world., 1899-07-22
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the " orld.

The CigarmakerS union OF lndlan-
polls has purchased white caps for
be newsboys of indianapolis bearing
he cigarmakers blue label on the
ront. i'll
Tn the presbyte national con-
antion, in Milwaukee aSfew days ago,
8preacRer declared that he was in
Wor of CIVILIZED warfare" and was
,udly applauded. ssa
Max s. Hays, the well known Cleye-s
ind Cocialist writer and editor Of the.
;ieveland Citizen, is touring the state
i Ohio in Al wagon and speaking.
very night for the Socialist labor
iarty. .it
Every. building trades union in
singhampton, y - .,ssf rom the man
sho digs the cellar to the mechanic
Who puts tie finishing touches to a
structure, now work the nine-hour
ay Two years ago there were only
We small local unions. z5ss3s's 5pss
The conference between the union.
oal miners and the friendly = oper-.
Tor at ittsburg Kan., has resulted
ia complete recognit ion toff the union
nd an adjust tment of all the differ
noes. m
The Indiana gob. let and tumbler fac
ory at Greent own, Ind. ], IS a cooper
tive concern, which began nine years
go in mode way and by care ful.
management has built up a. most pros
-jerous business. Every stockholder
san employe, and in the division Of
)rofits the men average yearly far
more than craftsmen employed under
he wage system. 5s5
"A settlement has been reached in
he strike on the Akron & Cuyahoga
falls Rapid Transit company's lines.
ten hours are to constitute day.
dotormen and conductors receive an
!dvallce of 2 cents, and other employ
SO 1-2 cents per hour. Future dis
ntes are to be arbitrated.
The Springfield Federation of Labor
,ass recently organized the brewery
workers. Of the Rc;sch brewery Of that
.ity. Hours of labor were reduced
rom IA to 10, and wages increased
rom SIS to $14 per week. This was
rood work, and the Springfield feder-
ttion has a right to put q feather in
tscap.
There is & a movement on foot to
.:re..sfer stthe official headquarters of
IL the international unions to Wash
ngton.
A new automatic weaving loom is
1eing introduced in German textile
.enters, of which the Neue Freie
,resse says This machine enables the
1roducti on Of 100 yards Of cloth in
The same time in, which the looms It
present in general use to produce IS
yards. 1T saves the waste OF many
pieces of cloth which are now rem
dered useless and thrown away. In
addition to several other technical adj
vantages the new loom is labor
saving contrivance whereby manufac-
tErers can employ one workman to
supervise from Is to 20 machines at
the same time, instead Of three or
four, as at present.
q Strike on at the potatoe governor S
factory in Detroit. New machinery
operated by children and discarding
of the union stamp caused the trouble.
Western Federation of Miners has
called national union labor conven-
ton to meet July II at Chicago, for
the purpose of protesting against the
usurpation of power by military
authorities in Idaho. &
Freight handlers strike at Buffalo
declared off. The saloon boss system
has been abolished. Scabs that were
brought on from New York to break
the strike returned to that burg.
Il The bricklay ers' strike in Berlin has
affected about 5000 men. Allied
trades are also being drawn into the
controversy.
The social democratic labor party
of Bulgaria has achieved a great sue
cess, electing six of its candidates.
A s4o,ooo,oOO cattle ranch trust is
being organized by New York capi
talists.
Union blicklayers of Buffalo out on
strike for As cents an hour.
5000 building trades workers n
Scranton, Pa, are out on strike fol
the eight hour day. Wooaworkers
union was expelled from ttilc building