The labor world., 1899-12-02
AROUND THE WORLD
Much Information Given in as
Few Words as Possible.

According to the International Typo
graphical Journal, the bricklayers and
stonemasons are threatened with a
revolutionizing machine. a Birming-
ham firm of engineers has patented an
apparatus described as a mechanical
bricklayer, for automatically laying,
cementing and leveling bricks, slabs
and stones in the construction Of
bridges, Notifications; vfaducts and
houses of all descriptions, This device
is said to effect a saving of two-thirds
of the time required in such work as
compared with hand labor. It's rev.
olutionizer. ... -.
Score another point for Millerand,
the Socialist mamber Of the French
cabinet. Millerand has Just succeeded
in securing an agreement from the
government that in all public work
in state or municipality. union labor
must be employed and union wages,
hours and other conditions. must be
adhered to. That comes Of having the
good sense to elect labor men to power.
A dispatch from Stuttgart, Germany,
district of Wurttemberg for member of
the Reichstag resulted, on the second
ballot, in the election OF the Socialist
candidate.
The Socialists Of France are consid-,
ering proposition to- select a COM
mittee Of so or 60 to conduct the affairs
of the various factions harmoniOus1y.
S. T. and L. A. bakers' union Of New
York seeded and went back to the
national. 1t is thought the same thing
will happen in Boston soon.;
A 5000, 100000 lobbying trust has been
organized. It will attempt to hold up
congress in the interest of half a hun
dred commercial bodies. .'-
1t is claimed Edson's son has invent
ed a submarine telephone, and that we
will be able to talk to the Europeans
in the near future. "
A big trust is being organized in - =,
East tn AVntpduca Bgirelesa te2esraphy.
1t will control important patents.
There are strikes on in nearly every
large city in the country and nearly
all trades are affected.
The steel and wire trust has closed
several more mills in Indiana and
smashed the machinery. 49,,
The railway firemen are now up
against it. An Indianapolis man has
invented a device to throw coal into
the f1rebox Of an engine and evenly
distribute it, and is so arranged that
the engineer, by turning a little wheel,
can place the coal in the firebox at the
rate of about 21 cubic feet a second.
This work is now done by the firemen
with shovel, who throws about 20
pounds at time. The machine has
been tried and has been found to work
perfectly, and it Is thought that it will
solve the problem of poor firing of en-
gines and do away with f1remen en-
tirely. The superintendent Of the
Pennsylvania railway has examined
the machine and says there appears
to be nothing in the way of it's sue
cess. The Pennsylvania company will
test the device with a view to using
it on the entire system. The railway
firemen will soon get used to the word
revolution.
The boss contractors have submitted
their ultimatum to the building trades
in Chicago. The bosses declare that
after January 1, 1900, there shall be
no limitation to the amount of work
a man shall perform during his work
ing day; that there shall be no re-
striction in the use of machinery; that
there shall be no interference with
workmen during working hours; that
there shall be no sympathy strikes:
that (scab made) material, except
prison product shall not be boycotted
that unions shall not prohibit the en-
p!oyment Of as many apprentices as
bosses deem necessary. 1t is now al
most certain that a great struggle will
come with the first of the year, as The
real estate and other captalistic as.
sociations. as We'll as the daily news
papers. are reported as moving to the
support of tne contractors
Here's a funny item: The steel an6
wire trust closed it's mills at New
Castle. Pa. several months ago. Hear
ing ahoGt the great prosperity that th'
magnates are enjoying and talking