Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-10-29

many men having obtained an increase of
four shillings week. The strike lasted a
week.
Girl Mattresses may replace the colored
| men who now serve the meals in the din
| ing rooms Of the first-class hotels in Cleve-
land in case there is any further attempt
made to unionize the hotel waters.
Pittsburg moulders ignored President
Foxs suggestion that arbitration be eff
fected. Only eight of the ffty-three firms
| in the city are members of the National
Founders Association. Twenty Of these
firms have conceded the advance.
The great amalgamted central labor or
ganization of all the labor bodies in the
five boroughs projected by the Central
Federated Union of Manhattan is not re-
ceiving much support from the solid labor
associations in Brooklyn.
The Milwaukee Typothetae has not only
expressed its intention of enforcing the
| nine-hour day of November q. but has
also notified twenty-three that every mem
Der will contribute $50 toward entertaining
the International Union next year.
Six colored non-unionists who were
wounded in the affrays growing out of the
strike at the Sunnyside coal mines, near
Evansville, Ind, are each suing for 5000
damages, alleging that it was represented
TO them that there was no strike.
The successful strike in New York has
cost the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners about $4,000. of which 5000
was expended on the shops. An assess
ment Of 81 per capita was levied by the
District Council to defray the expenses.
The presidential postmasters of Michi-
gan have organized. They want an amend
ment to the eight-hour- law for carriers,
making it forty-eight hours per week, to
be distributed at the discretion of the post
master; consolidation of third and fourth
class matter.
After the cigarmakers in L. Kahner &
Co.'S factory, New York, won their strike
on Saturday they hired band of music
and celebrated the victory by having a
good time generally. The Spanish and
nand workers secured an increase of 81
Thousand. and the dry, fresh and ma
chine workers 81 a thousand more each.
L. s. Oliver representing the Labor Mar
tyrs' Memorial Association, invited the
Chicago Federation of Labor Sunday af-
ternoon to participate in the annual dem
onstration on November u in memory of
Parsons, Spies, Fischer. Engel and Lingg,
who were executed for completely in the
Haymaker riot. The Federation took no
action.
The conference held in Liverpool under
the auspices of the Amalgamated Society
of Railway Servants approved the resolu-
ton passed last year at Leeds, which sug-
gested twelve cents an hour as the mini
mum wage and eight hours a day. Out Of
the 5000 railwaymen ip Birmingham
scarcely one-third are members of the
Amalgamated Society.
Dewey's cousin A. NJ. Dewey, agent Of
the nUited States Department of Labor,
who is here investigating the Occur
d Alene labor troubles, in addressing an
audience of union workingmen last night
said: II declare myself a socialist. be-
Neve in national paternalism. in govern
mental ownership of all industries. The
competitive system of labor is to-day the
course of the tolers.'
The most ambitious proposal yet brought
forward to provide municipal workmen's
dwellings in London was recently adopted
with very little opposition by the West
Ham Town Council. They propose to OBJ
tain Parliamentary powers to acquire 100
acres of land, on which it is estimated
5000 houses can be built at a cost of &1,-
000, 900. The Council have already erected
large number Of workmen's dwellings,