Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-02-08

A Havana correspondent says that
in a shoe factory in that city operatives
receive so per week, which is more than
those workers average in Massachusetts,.
The Miners Union of Red Lodge,
Mont, has started cooperative meat
market, and will, it is said, start CO.
operative store.
The British engineers, maehinists, etc,
paid off debt of S250,OO0 last year in.
CURED during the great strike and have
million dollars in the treasury.
Broom trust raised prices 25 cents a
dozen, making an advance of 76 cents
per dozen in six weeks. The lime trust
has also advanced prices 35 and 40 cents
barrel.
Another big strike Of garment workers
and tail6fs is brewing in New York city.
About $4,000 persons will be involved.
The cause is the increasing oppression
of the competing sweat shop bosses.
The "battle" for supremacy between
the Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern railways has resulted, it is
:" 'o'D'
ihe ho'he'ei'er, rio"er anu morgan
interests are in the deal.
Ellis Darthoiomew' u Luna w So
cialist and trade union worker, has been
allowed patent for a railway and street
car an'o'ahe '"at o'eicoiheS MI ueiee,S
III 'hose oiahes III use u. present. "''h'
ou. infringing oii any vi 'he'h.
Inc n'a'eh 'rus. i attempting 10 ao'
sorp 'he oa'n'eai trust ana the straw
poafu .rust-ihe very ia'eSt combines
oeihg iornheo Is u or'ck trust III 'hs DIS
'rrc. oi ooiuiioh' n".'ohM o'eyeie
Sauaie 'rus'' ana hotei trust
NO" tne o'ege''oooPer department
s'ore proPrie.ors nave s'ar1ed an oiu age
pension iuna LOT employees WIN @Zoo''
oV' Inc ii'tie one'lihe s,orekeePers IN
ohicago' Ne" iork ana o'her cities VIII
Ue wondering "na' 'ne p's iie'ch"h'S VIII
10 next
Inc NUMBER oi iaoor strikes LII Yer
many ior octoper was Si' ior November
a. IN Austria there were OH Blk strikes
IN november. Durihg octoDer Deieium
hao " s'iiAes WIN 'ou'i VI |'i'' s'r'A'
eis, rlahce Z, s'fihe's' o'io' s.iiheis'
WINE Ehgiahu hao o. s'rikeS ahec'ihg
iz,o"' men,
Inc miners ana the operators IN the
JOINT convention at rittSourg' agreed 10
'ne ohieago seaie Oh iast year, Whicn IN,
ciuues tne eient-hour oay' however, IL
S .hought 'hat eohsiaeraoie trouble
WIN oe eAPe'iehcca WIN 'he hockhhe
'aiiey operators Dearmt' ooi' hehd
anu o'hefS VINO refused 10 yieiu'
~ IL reported ehat nearly three nun,
ureo hrihS LII Urea. nri'a'n nave Johea
'he ne" employers 'eaefatioh which ID
organizing ana accumuia'ihg iund ior
the purpose Oh making war on traden
unions Many Oh 'he Iar seeing iaooi
people aie aPPrehehs'c oi ser'ous .rou'
pie IN the near future, ana especiaiiy as
."e oosses are n'akihg WY races a' 'he
iofiniaao'e competition OF 'he American
'rustiiieu INDUSTRIES
Inc lockeu out 'cNtne workers Oh h.'
iahta' ua'' are III a oad way huhdreaS
Oh iahiiiies nave peeh e'icted from tne
company houses ana are iorced 10 i'e III
tents ana III TINS era o' cap''a,'stie pros
perity the new democratic oihciais' ei.y
ana STATE are aoing Just eXactiy what inc
repupilcan OFFICIALS In Massachusetts ana
other horthern states are aoihg 10 stay
the oppressive ana strang'hg nngers Oh
greed-nothing' What rascaiiy ana
hypocritlcai set these Old party poiiticians
are, to be surei
One OF the most astounding scientific
discoveries OF the age Is Prof. Z. II. n
IriPiers liquid air MOTOR and II his pro.
phesies prove true we are ON the eve oi
q new mechanical revolution. Liquid air
Is an innocent looking huid, but runs TO
4oo degrees below zero. According TO
froi. lripier' IL can DC used ior pro
peiing steamships ana running all sorts
oil engines. a iew carloads would plow
up all the Meets IN Europe its motor
power iS from ~ 70 ioo Times greater than
steam. IL may DC used IN the treatment
oi diseases such as diphtheria' cancer
ana piood poisoning
Inc 'endron bicycie 20, OF ioiedo'
ONO, has adopted the union label, and II
VIII appear on al wheeiS mace py the
nrm. John +. Muihoiiand, president oi