The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-11-09
LABOR NOTES.

81 Gouis union carpenters have
notified contractors that minimum
wage rate Of a. cents per hour viii
be demanded for the building aeaa
son OF 1900.
st Louis trade unionlrts have sent
$500 10 the families Of the impfisan-
ed miners al wardncr. Idaho. being
the proceeds u the labor day ccle-
brattou.
The new steel works 10 be erectc
az Joliet, III by tho Pressed ste''
Car Company vii giye employment
60 1000 men.
The san Francisco labor couneii
has addressed letter 20 the Amffl-
can Federation % labor setting
forth the status ~ labor Ia the Ha-
y allan Islands showing the at.
tcmpts that are being made % IA
duee further immigration under the
slave system. and urging the Fed.
GRAFTON to take steps 10 have the
slave 'sbor laws - the islands fc.
pealed BY congress
TIE two National Hatmakers'
unions have consolidated and the
new organization vii have mrH.
bcrahlp Of over soeoo.
President Bompers and the eKaru-
tive committee u the A. = II
have issued the circular call Tor the
meeting Of the nineteenth annual
convention Of that body. which il
10 meet al petroi, Monday. pecen-
Der II
Eugene psss viii visit Australia
on a lscturinx tour
The Eroihsrhoof o, Locomotive
1remen now has = riembsrshjn -
over n 600
The new Law providing for tie l..
crnslnE % BARRIERS IN alt towns e.
Michigan 81 over 10 CO.. Inhabitants.
has gone into effect. and the n=v
commission has already been organ.
iHed The iaw provides that all bar
hsrs now IN the business shall be on.
Titled 60 license upon Masking az.
plicatioa = the commission and
paying a Zee - o. Hereafter. how
ever. all persons who drsifs 90 en-
gage in the business must pass a
satisfactory examination before thr
state commission as 80 their prom
cheney in the use af the rapnr. as
seil as ~ dislnfsctiuH tnaia. so as
10 prevent the spreading u diseases
After a protractcd struggle. last
ms over Two years. the Krent miners
strike az Pana. III. "a. been sstti~i
BY compounds. Twsnty snYe lives
we're oct In the various riots grow.
ing out % the controversy. whlrh
cost the miners. owners AMI state
authorities hundreds 81 thousands %
dollars
To blame an usganlsst.on fof ttn
iation Of law committed b members
% such organization in nonasnsieat
N there was the least logic In such
a course every church in the world
should be destroyed. The AtfItule
% the government ami state authars
itisa In idaho IL Fnonstruus. and not
only un.American. but inhuman.
and calls fpr strict Investigation ard
punlshmsnt The Toilsr
The granite cutters throughout the
taii~d states are preparing te IN
auTurRte the ~iEht-hour day on tho
frsl Of May, 1900.
The cp.t ~ strike. and iockouts In
Great Britain. according to an Ems
lish journal faoss NJ a total loss in
wages alone during the iaat i've
years OF $4,000. 90. Tn. loss 10 the
trade and manufacturing interests
Il simply beyond computation
Eight hours a day and a minimum
wage of 81 per day after MAY %
next year was the edict determined
upon BY the National convention ~
the National Union % Steam EnRin-
GERS AZ their recent convention IN
Boston The Union determined upon
an aggressive stand In this respect
and viii hEht out on those lines To-
fnish. and a successful one. they
feel assured