The labor world., 1899-11-04
| AROUND THE WORLD
Much Information Given in as
Few Words as Possible.

rev WOYQS as POSSIBLE.
Tnirty-seyon of the 80 bridge-jbuild-
ing concerns Of the country have gone
into q trust capitalized at $61 500, 900.
The absorption Of the big Pullman con-
Germ blythe Wagner Palace car combine
! is regarded as another step in the
scheme of anna lgamating the vast rail-
Wav corporations of the country under
the direction Of the Rockefeller-Van-
derbilt syndicate, and it is followed by
the announcement that arrangements
are now benig made with the Hunting
ton interests to secure an alliance.
"Cousin' George Dewey's cousin, A.
NJ. Dewey, who is government en-
ployl and is now Investigating the
Occur d'Alene labor troubles, created
somt .oing of a sensation in the West.
II an a Socialist he said in an ad-
dress before an audience Of union men
in Seattle, WASH, Sunday night. Il
believe in national paternalism and in
government ownership of all Industries.
The competitive system of labor today
is the curse of toilers. There is no hope
for the betterment of the evil condi-
/ tions which exist save by the estab-
lishment of the socialist form of gov
ernment."
A general vote in the socialist labor
party favors a national convention the
first of January, which will probably
take place in Chicago.
It appears that the great strike in
Havena, Cuba, for the eight-hour day
has been smashed. General Ludlow
has ruthlessly thrust into prison every
labor agitator upon whom he could lay
his hands. He denied the worlkmen of
Havana the right of public meeting.
His methods were similar to those OF
General Merriam in Idaho. Thus 1t
will be seen that the saintly-hypocrit-
ical 'benevolent assimilation'' of the
republican administration consists in
destroying unions, blocking the shorter
work day, and depressing labor gener-
ally in the interest of the capitalist
class
The American Federation Of Women
has been organized in New York Ito
enroll the women of America into one
great sisterhood, whose members shall
pledge themselves to use their influnce
to help working men and women to
maintain and fortify whatever ground
they have gained in the path of pro-
gress. to support and encourage them
in all movements for the betterment
of their condition.
In a German cafe, according to
story that is now gOig the rounds,
mar said ':the emperor is a - fool.
He was promptly arrested by a. zeal
GUS official on a charge of lese majestic
lie said he did not necessarily mean
the German emperor. my friend,
said the officer, that is much too
thin. There are several emperors, but
there IS only one who is - fool.
"A Pittsburg unionist Of the olden
| time says an exchange, "who has
now a fortune at his disposal, proposes
erecting a modern building which shall
be headquarters for all the labor organ
| iZations in the city, Can this bt
Frank Gessner, the well-known social
ist writer and lecturer who is reported
asiust having fallen heir to a good
sized fortune.
The beef trust has just notified the
| retail butchers of New York that II
they start a packing house the COM
! bile will establish retail stores end rur
them out Of business. The retailers
do a. business of S65,000,000 year, and
! the trust has it's eye on that goodly
sum.
According to Carroll D. Wright, US
labor commissioner, it costs one cent
to manufacture 80 boxes of matches
with so matches in each box. Ihus
the consumers pay about 9,Ooo Psi
cent to the trust, which stole it's pat
ents and pays beggarly wages.
Unofficial reports have it that the
i socialists and liberals made heavy
| gains in municipal elections OF Bel
eium. Facts are evidently being sup
pressed by the capitalist press, but they
will come to light in few days.
More of the New York trade unions
have Withdrawn from the independent
labor party One Of thenl the dock
| ers' union, turned around and endors
cd the democratic ticket, and now there
| is another row on.
About 1900 colored oyster shucker:
| were locked out at Norfolk Va, be-
cause they refused to sign an agree
rent to leave the union. Bosses art
organized.
Trade unions of Montgomery, Ala.
refused to participate in an industrial
parade because the capitalistic man
ayers barred the negro unions. Right
Automatic feeders are being put II
many large plants throughout the coul
try to feed boilers and firemen are be
ginning to look for other jobs.
There will be no teleSraphers' strlk
on the Big -Four. Firemen and train
men would not stand by them. Olt
song.
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