The labor world., 1899-09-30
AROUND THE WORLD
Much Information Given in as
Few Words as Possible.

E6" "OFOS DIS TOSSiUl0'
The colonists Of Ruskin, Tenn. are now
moving to Ware county. Ga.
From every section of the country come
reports of increased activity in organiza-
ton.
The metal polishers' boycott against
the Buck Stove Co. of st. Louis has been
Withdrawn. Trouble settled.
Boilermakers are warned to pay no at
tention to advertisements for craftsmen
in San Francisco. Trouble on.
The joint festival of trade unionists and
social democrats Of st. Louis was sue
cess, fully 5000 persons taking part.
The Pingree municipal ownership scheme
for Detroit is pronounced dead by those
who are attempting to put it through.
In Denver theatrical manager has Sc
cured an injunction which restraints all:
union men from boycotting his play house.
Debs is once more on the lecture plat
form, and under the able management OF
L. W. Rogers large houses are had night
1y.
In Philadelphia, Chicago, Birmingham,
Ala, and one or two other places there
are serious strikes Of building craftsmen
which may spread.
The tobacco trust has gobbled up an
other big Independent concern in New
York. The writing paper combine and
match trust did same trick.
In addition to the strike Of thousands
Of firemen and seamen in Great Britain,
5000 min workers in Scotland have been
locked out and there IS also a great walk
out of miners threatened. . .-
A new $8o,O0o,Ooo electric trust. a $780,
100000 chair trust, an $S00O,0O0 tool COM
bine, S, 600 glass trust and a big in
ternational yarn trust are among some Of
the latest octopuses. 49,. a..
It is announced that the referendum
vote taken by the bricklayers to affiliate
with the A. F. of L. was carried, but that
the opponents are making kick and
claim that unfair means were resorted to
The miners strike in Arkansas has been
adjusted, while in West Virginia the
strike is spreading. In Indiana and Penn
sylvania there are also conflicts between
the operators and men which threaten to
become serious.
Carl Browne is stiM galivanting about
the West organizing to march overland to
Washington. He claims he will make Nc
Kinley and congress back water on the
imperialistic question. The procession may
not begin to move until next spring.
Commenting on the Chicago trust con-
ference, the New York Herald says:s'It
is significant that the addresses made by
the college proesfsors, all noted in one
way or. another the fact that the success
of these great aggregations of capital
makes toward state socis linsm." ...s.e-.,&
Another riot occurred in the Southern
Illinois coal district in which half dozen
men were killed, making total Of "A
persons that have been wiped out in that
district, in which the greedy operators are
attempting to enforce conditions that
would have tendency to degrade work.
ers to the level of beasts. ~*
The, Workingmen's Federation Of New
York met at Albany last week, and about
the only thing the delegates did was to
prepare another carload Of so-called labor
bills to he lobbied through the legisla-'
ture-maybe not. A 'tfair list' and a
black list Of legislators is also to be pre-
uared to be laid before old-party work.
ingmen to set them to fighting as to who
is "labor's friend and who is not:
The Marxist faction of socialists of
France held their convention in Epernay
and showed a strong growth during the
past year, 6OS organizations being repre-
sented. 1t was decided to go into the
forthcoming general convention Of the
French socialists and favor close aQli-
ance with the three or four other fac
tions, the administrative power to be bas-
ed upon proportional representation.
Figures compiled by authorities on the
subject show that at the present time
practically all the necessaries of life are
controlled by 116 trusts, which employ g.
547 900 wage-workers, who represent about
II, 100000 Of our population. The circle Of
116 trusts will be gradually narrowed by
absorption and combina ton and few in
Gividuals will soon dominate the entire in
dustrial fabric. Against this Imperialism
or autocracy of wealth there is arrayed
but one clear-cut intelligent force-the in
ternational socialist movement, pure de-
mocracy.
This item has familiar ring: "A huge
wall paper trust began operations on
Monday with a capital Of $15,OO0,000. All
the smaller factories have been closed
and the business transferred to the syn
dicate. One-third of the men engaged in
the trade, chiefly travelers-who are not
wanted by a monopoly trust that does
not need to tout for trade-and designers,
have been thrown out Of employment"
This appeared in the London Clarion
and has reference to new British COM
bine, which has also raised prices % per
cent. Now the English voters can con-
dole with their American brethren, while
the foxy capitalists on both sides of the
Atlantic can enter into a "gentlemen's
agreement" divide the spoils and lAugh in
their sleeves.
The situation in Idaho can be summed
up as follows: Altogether $50 union men
were lodged in the bull pen by McKin-
leys man, Gen. Merriam, at the command
Of Gov. Steunenberg, the Bryan-Pop
Democratic Standard oil and silver trust
tool in office. Of that number $50 still re-
main in the pen, seven union men have
died or been murdered, ten have escaped
and one, Paul Corcoran, was sent to
states prison for II years upon trumped
up charges, false testimony and by
packed jury, as is now generally ack-
nowledged. In other words, 600 men nave