The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-12
THE WORLD
OF LABOR.

United States has 2OS,3sS saloons.
Belgium 300 lrewerics.
Alabama has % woman cotton planter.
Iu Berlin sheet music Us sold By weight.
a scheme is under way 10 connect
Liverpool with ain the manufacturing
towns within radius of seventeen
miles. bv electric street railroads. which
viii carry passengers in the daytime
and freight ~ night
The Sew York Newspaper writers
Union has received its charter from the
International Typographical Union. and
starts life with one hundred and sixty
members.
Assemllyman O'Conncu. OF New
YORK. who is a member of the Journey
man plasterers' Union has introduced
bin requiring street ana elevated rail-
ro1d corporations 10 carry workmcn's
tool bags and providing that no such
corporation shall prevent, under a PEN
atty of So fine. amy person from enter
Iue car with "a bag, box or other re-
cept0le for tools. if such is of o. size
10 carry ln The hands of the person while
occupying seat.
Denver painters want s. and the eight
hour day ou March T.
AIRS George Livingston Baker. a So
ciety woman 0f West Ncy Brighton. s.
I has commenced hght against the
Staten Island electric railroads. acting
iu the interests of the employees of the
two roads She has had the officials Of
OF the road summoned GO court on next
Wednesday to explain why the motor
men dI'" CONDUCTORS Ut. '3lnptlleu 10
Work from nlltrn 10 twenty hours
day. Mis BAKER charges me oihclais
with violating the ten-hour law.
bon England the workers .u the match
factories suffer from phosphorus poison
iue. and iu the pottery factories they
arc afflicted with le8d uo. ming Efforts
have been made. with ltte effect SO
FAR Orb cNmpe. manui .iur0.s 10 use ma
terials and appliances W1eh VIII pre-
vent th.a. n mp ilt'u-u tle pottery
districts OF i.nr and ls lhe Nisu 70
N0ap nd. foNpi. are iouAu SUFFERING
from nNndHo DEAN. ameness, or
Dt ''n't fildl organs
alI- yea uE iN' irtd
Following closely 600 tho heels or the
success oi iha c,mno .tnis movement
iNf lNe uiN'-hnlf Mnrk-NdJ ana the alop-
.loh oI similar r'-9ll.ln- ny me brlck-
layers lN' .ii.iti'hal Union comes the mn
.il l".. iAe Mt.llhl-ta inter-
t'.''."- p -.'H' Hi.H over '.ry mem eis'
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1lr Scales. Socialist Democrat from
HaFrrhI.. mas submitted The following
lin 90 the achuss.tts legislature:
"Auy CORPORATION co-uartnor-uiD per-
SON or persons employing any person
for llra Or Otherwise. snail at any and
all times during the hours OF such em-
U0gm-ut uu0u request or auDIicatiOuI
made by any person to the EMPLOYER or
lia agent or repIesc NATIVE for private
interview or conference with such en-
p.oyee at tho place o. hls employment
-naA iDfthWlln grant such request or
.'icalon Ly directing or permitting
him t) go 90 the place where the en-
u.oVee is cmUIlrad or hv suror,of,ir.,
the employee 30 some suitable place pro-
Nided uy the employer. where such em-
pio}ee ana the person making the request
or appIedilln may privately mold an in
tett lc" OF conference ilgatncr.
iItMall mas inite railroads
DID IH-itAl pan l7 nelng advocated
I'd pension tA persons there over sixty
five years old.
IL coumlliee relree ning the College
.. II'L -Ia.I 'l -HfW hs alt low IN
Al.tnt % Asht tne passage of the ten
h33.f drug c.e4s Dill