Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-09-27
Industrial.

A New York brewers union has do
mated to the Denmark strikers.
London bill-posters struck for $S.25
per week,53 hours to constitute a weeks
work.
When first known to the Romans silk
was SO dear that 1t was sold weight
for weight with gold.
In New York $500 carpenters and
joiners threaten to strike for $4 a day
and eight hours work, on September
IS.
The Amalgamated Association Of
tramwaymen, hackney carriage en-
ployes and horsemen in general has
1000 members.
Twelve years ago one sailor out of
every LOG, on an average, lost his life
by accident. Now the proportion has
been reduced to one in 256.
Toronto claims to be the Leipsic of
Canada Nearly $40, ,OOO, 900 is aid to be
invested in that city and neighborhood
in paper-making. printing and book
binding trades.
Nuremberg, Germany, has an cleo
trical and optical works, which employ
over 1000 men. besides a large scientific
staff, and which in 1897 executed orders
aGgregating SIS. .0OO. 900.
At Munich there is n hospital which
is entirely supported by the sale of old
steel pens and nibs collected from all
parts Of Germany. They are made
One woolen mill at Knoxville, Tenn,
has paid-up capital Of S650, 600. works
500 hands and sells its excellent all
wool cassfmeres in Chicago and the
Eastern markets. The big wooden mill
at Braunfels, Texas, places its cloths
mostly in Boston.
little more than so years ago a few
workingmen of Rochdale Eng, Joined
together to purchase a sack Of -four
and chest of tea. That was the be-
ginning of movement (co-operative)
which now includes 1000 societies, with
total membership Of 1000, 900.
Illinois ranks first in corn, wheat.
oats. meat packing. lumber traffic, malt
and distilled liquors and miles of rail.
way; second in rye. coal. agricultural
implements and hogs; third in popula.
ton, manufactures. iron, steel and cat
tie. First settlement French, Kas-
kaskea, 1882. Admitted to the Union.
1918.
District Attorney Steele of Kings
County. during the recent trolley strike
declared his intention of proceedipc
against the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company for alleged violations of the
10-hour labor law II a complainant
able case. Such complainant has ap-
peared.
The decision Of the Ilir.ois Steel
Company to return to the employment
of American labor. after experimenting
five years with cheap European labor,
is strong argument in the claims OF
trade unions that cheap labor is dear
and that well paid labor Is the best IN
the long run.-Chicago In.er-Ocean.
The Municipal gas works of Man.
chester Eng. made a net profit of
s370.260 last year. Last month the Gas
Committee handled over $256. 900 Of tina I
sum to the relief Of rates During the
year the number Of gas consumers in
ceased by 6995. and the increased con-
sumption Of coal In the manufacture
Of gas was 10000 tons.
The general state Of employment In
the United Kingdom during the month
Of July continued steady and good. the
percentage OF unemployed being lower
than at any period since 1890 There
has been a marked upward movement
Of wages during the month. particular
" among coal miners and iron and
steel workers.
Local hardware dealers were a few
days ago notified Of another advance of
Is cents keg in the price Of nails, and.
according to A. ". Romadka, Of Ro-
madka, Bros trunk factory. nails and
ether iron and brass goods required in
the trunk manufacturing business
have advanced from 125 to 800 per
cent--Miiwaukee Sentinel.