The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-03-11
LAsOR NOTES.

WOODEN mills In New England are en-.
forcing 10 per cent reductions.
Textile workers Of Fall River, Mass.
have asked for q restoration Of the old
wage rate.
Denver Trades Assembly has re-en-
dOEzed the theatrical mechanics fght
against several theatres.
In . tobacco raising district Of Ken.
lucky the farmers recently burned theiI
tobacco owing 70 the low price hxsd by
the trust.
Marlboro boot and shoe workers are
still on strike. In other parts Of Massa.
chusetts wages in the trade have also
been forced down.
The Economy cooperative colony al
Beaver Fails, Pa, semi-religious insti
tuition, IL on its last legA Several Local
sehemers are getting control Of IL.
Union people Of Denver are raising q
popular subscription 10 erect a monu
Inent 70 the memory Of Rev. Myron 7.
Reed, the well known reformer, who
died recently.
New York promoters are trying 10 In
terest capitalists in a plan which eontem.
plates the formation of q gigantic com.
bination to control the American soar
output with $4,000, 900.
On straight vote as TO whether or no.
political discussion shall be tolerated In
the printers' union Of Atlanta, Ca, the
socialists, who took the affirmative, wou
out BY vote Of four TO one.
Pastor Paul Gohre, the leading social
writer among the German clergy, says
that il Is useless to expect the return 81
the masses TO the Christianity az laugh.
and praeticed by the churches of today
In Bedford, Va, the tobacco worker
have not received any money in five
years The pluek-me store has allowed
them 70 exist, and that il all. Still thew
claim that slavery has been abolished.
The Central Federated Trades of New
York adopted the greater part of the
Cleveland c. l. Z. political platform. Al
least half dozen central bodies in var.
ious parts Of the country have done the
same thing.
In mill at Allentown, Pa, puddlers
wages have been raised to q so a ton
which indicates that the 81 rate is not
being paid to any considerable extent
The foregoing advance is being loudly
heralded as a sample Of prosperity, when
everybody knows that It is q beggarly
wage for the labor performed.
A congressman at Washington SAYS the
eight-hOur law is now practically dead
Latter nurinw a. al. -. Ty-..
States attorney general in suspending il
during the late war
The British employing printers have
formed an organization for the purpost
OF compelling linotype operators to come
70 their terms. The workers secured
the eight-hour day and restriction Of
apprentices, and the bosses are kicking
The Indiana legislature killed the two
cent fare bill. The railway corporation.
worked the same old game-got their
willing slaves TO circulate petitions pro
testing against the proposed law. as their
wages might be reduced Other, and US
ual, influences were exerted.
The miners convention in Chartered
Belgium. recently held, adopted resolu
tion calling upon the craftsmen to make
preparation for a general strike by OBJ
tanning sufficient provisions and funds
Higher wages are demanded, and Incl
dentally greater freedom of suffrage.
A prune trust is being formed in Cal
lforniA, while in Baltimore, Maryland, III,
breweries have formed a combine. In
Pittsburg a brick trust is in process q
formation with a capitalization Of s.,
100000. Kentucky distillerics have con
solidated with a total capitalization o
SSs.0OO.0Oo. Other new trusts announced
are: Print goods, $4,000 600; steam
engines, $s5,0OO,0OO. A trust is also an
nounced on candy and bananas, object;
10 increase the price.