The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-05-20
LABOR NOrns.


Debs starts on q lecture tour throu'
Tennessee and Texas next week.
The Brooklyn central bodies have
been amalgamated as the Central Fed
Grated Union.
Social Democrats announce branches
lately organized alto Chicago. Cincin-
nau Dayton. and South Groveland.
Mass.
The Missouri Legislature has passed
an antitrust law. Like similar laws
in 4 dozen other states, 1t won't be
enforced.
Carnegie has decided that the Home
stead library shall have $l,75O,0O0.
He win collect this money from his
employees. as usual.
A two weeks revival by the Gen.
trail Labor union at Fort Wayne. Ind.
which closed last night. resulted in
eight new unions being organized,
After being out two weeks the strik-
ing girls at the Diamond Match fac
tory at Oswego. N. Y, returned to
work at the reduced rate of wages.
The Western Federation Of Miners
has q proposition under consideration
to erect a home for aged and disabled
miners. similar to the one conducted
by the printers.
Two thousand new members were
added to the tobacco workers national
union during the last week. One I'M
ion tobacco firm In South Brooklyn
used 1000, 900 blue labels In the month
Of April.
Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance
issued nine charters and gained 1000
new members last month Organizers
are at work In some Of the eastern In
dustrial sections and in mining regions
throughout the country.
The wives, sisters and sweethearts OF
Schanton. Pa, unionists have formed
an association to cooperate with the
different unions in a crusade against
non-union and unfair stores Of that
city.
The passage by the California legis
lature Of the Hoey eight-hour law and
Its approval by Governor Gage gives
California q law which will establish
the eisht-hour day in practice as vel
as in theory.
Besides Illinois, serious trouble has
occurred In the mining regions Of Ar
kansas; big strikes are threatened In
Pennsylvania and Ohio. The pool
miners are struggling for q greater
measure Of liberty against mighty
odds.
The novel feature OF witnessing al
alderman on strike happened At BufFa
10, N. Y, last week. When the EN-
ployes Of the Western New York 1
Pennsylvania railroad went on strik,
Alderman Darmstadter walked GU
with them.
Capt Wilder. acting superintendent
OF the Yellowstone National Park, re
ports to the secretary Of the interior
that all the large animals In the parl
have wintered well. despite the reports
to the contrary which have from tim,
to time been sent out. He claims tina
recently he saw q herd Of 26 buflaIoei
which were In excellent condition, bu
that they were seized with q panit
when they saw him and rapidly dis
appeared.
The biggest strike In the history o
the glass industry in New Jersey Is on
Saturday LOO blowers In South Jer
sey laid down their pipes and say the,
will not 60 back to work until thei
demands are granted and their unioI
Is recognized. On Monday the Glasl
Blowers association called out tn,
remaining nOn-union factories in Jer
sey. adding $500 men to the ranks o
the strikers. In all. $1,000 persons ar,
affected. The men recognize that Their,
Is a prolonged struggle before them
and claim to have accumulated SIS, OOt
In their treasury for Just such an emer
gency.
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