The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-25

were recently discharged were REIN
stated and the miners wages advanced
30 cents on the days work The men
were receiving 500 a day They now
demand 1910.
The Mayor and the five minority mem
beers OF the Board OF Supervisors have
effected a compromise with the San
Francisco Gas and Electric Company
and the Pacific Gas Improvement. Com
pany by which rates 10 individual con-
sumers shall De reduced from Sl75 10
$50 per 1000 feet. By the same agree
ment rates for gas furnished public build
ings are reduced 10 S135 per 1000 feet.
Lamps for lighting streets are TO be paid
for at the rate OF 10 cents per lamp
instead OF eleven.
With the solitary exception OF the
SLOGAN Star, all the big mines near San
don, b. O., art now closed down tight,
ana at least three hundred miners have
quit work no that camp since the first.
This is on account Of the refusal OF the
members OF the Miners Union as well
as non-uniOn men. 10 accept the s. for
the new eight-hour shift offered by tho
Silyer-Lead Mines Association OF San.
don The Miners Union rs holding out
Tor the wages received for the old ten
hour shift of $3.50
At Bay city, Mich. the cultivation Of
No sugar beet has caused an unlocked
Tor scarcity 90 kitchen help Ladies who
nave scarcely looked into the culinary
department OF their homes now find them
selves Obliged 10 do their own work. ow-
ing 10 the imp0ssblllty 10 secure help.
Tho local news papers arc fun OF wan,
ads for girls. bur they remain unan-
swered. The growers OF sugar beets.
who have put I'm double ana I'm some
casese treble. the acreage OF last year.
have offered inducements 10 working wo-
men and girls which have taken them
from residences They pay 81 a day and
board for wedding. calling for them IN
the morning and returning them in the
evening
Detroit garbage men won their strike
The agreement was in good legal form.
very short, and called for $50 a day for
drivers OF single wagons. ten hours 70
constitute a days work; pay 10 be given
every week; overtime paid for ar the rate
Of % cents an hour; all work OF less than
day 10 be paid for at the rate OF %
cents an hour. new men 10 be paid union
wages and 10 be admitted 10 the union
within fifteen days. or discharged n the
union could not receive them owing ~
refusal 10 live up 20 the rules. or n tho
company could not recommend them 10
membership after trial. and arbitration Of
all differences The men are 10 PIT IN
eleven hours n day with the company.
but are 20 have one hour for dinner
AT New York Laurence Gronlund pre-
sented TO large audience IN the rooms
OF the Social Reform Club his ideas Of a
proper programme for the New Democ-
racy next year. He thinks all reformers
ought 70 united and press certain ideas
upon the Democratic party for adoption
as part OF it's national platform, and
then drop third party work and help the
Democrats win. He proposes these seven
pIanks. l. Municipal ownership. :. State
productive work FOR the unemployed. 3
Assistance for organized labor IN its light
against trusts T. Assistance for the farm
ers from the Department OF Agriculture.
r Government banks Of deposit and loan.
q A national telegraph line. Z, Govern
ment control Of railroad fares and freight
rates.