Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-10-15

Federation of Labor a resolution was
adopted favoring the free coinage of sill
yer at the ratio of l6 to /, the initiative
| and referendum, proportional representa-
ton and imperative mandate.
At Raleigh. n. c., the penitenhary au-
thorities, realizing how much of the crops
| were lost vast year before they were har-
vested, have determined to prevent this
so $50 hands have been hired in addition
to the convicts to help harvest il.
The Republic Steel Company. the trust,
In direct violation Of the new Indiana
weekly wage laws. has notified its en-
ployes in its plants that It will cease to
pay weekly and in the future pay every
two or three weeks. 1t employs 1000 men.
Carpenters in New York have gained the
Saturday half-hollday with the increased
wages they contended for. Brooklyn car
penters will abide by their agreement with
the local boss carpenters. which precludes
them from making any demands for a
change until the 1st of next May.
At Milwaukee, from October 1 to April !,
| 1900 floor molders are to receive s2.T5 and
| bench molders $3.50 per day, and men en-
gagged % piece work are to receive an ad-
vance II 10 per cent. Between 200 and
1900 men are affected. The union comedies
the question Of arbitrating discharges and
the hiring of men. bna
Hereafter the mines Of Leavenworth.
Kas thanks to strike that lasted five
weeks, will be operated as union mines
The eight-hour system has been accepted
and the price for mining viii be &c cents
per ton Of 1000 pounds. mine run. which
Is an increase Of Il cents per ton over the
price paid prior to the strike.
The charter of the Amaiga mated lodge
of the lower mill Of the Union Iron and
Steel Company. at Youngstown. ohio. has
been suspended pending investigation Of
complaints made BY other mills, that pud-
dlers have been turning out 3.4oo pounds
at each turn instead Of 2240 1t is claimed
that day and night turns in puddle mills
have been following each other 50 closely
there is no intermission.
All machinists and filters on the Cana
dian Pacific Railway from Fort William 10
Vancouver went out on a strike last week.
The strike IS practically because OF the
refusal Of the company to recognize the
union. They asked for a schedule 81 mini
hume wages at 3 cents per hour. price
and one-half for over time, double price
on Sunday. ard the abolition Of the con-
tract system but the contention is rscog-
milton OF the union.
The Democratic candidate for Mayor OF
Chattanooga favors municipal ownership.
and recently talked as follows TO street
railway employees: These changes should
always be made By purchase OF existing
plants BY agreements or condemnation Al
actual cash value Of actual roperfy-noth-
ing for franchises thai cost nothing. Moth
Ing IN consideration Of watered stock and
bonds on which the people have been pay
ing interest and dividends. but which did
not enter the construction Of the plant.
Our union to-day" gays Gompars. is a
determining factor in ali social functions.
main artery Of the pulse Of trade n
commerce, Of society. II raises wages.
prevents reductions and checks strikes and
lockouts. from the mere fact that il f. Il
promotes fraternity. sociability, II fosters
temperance and lfberzIity. Above all Il IS
an observation-disclosures. Our union Is out on
sectfanalism: Il il the embodiment OF de-
nlocracy: II knows no creed. rank nor IL
tie II SCOTS at the cheap snoobery 0k
wealth and rejects It's charity: tor the self
styled 'sets' ard upper tens it has a
healthy contempt and upon the tInsel and
brass Of their striped defenders II bestous
is scorn Our union . o. the peoDle We