Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22
WORLD OF LABOR.
Belgium contains. Is, 800 saloons.

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No electric railroad in Paris.
Franklinville On. W hasn't a saloon
at Juneau. Alaska, coal costs $40 a
ton.
wyoming has twenty soda lakes.
The Boston Central Labor Union will
neither ask nor receive funds this year
from the city toward paying the ex-
penses of the affiliated labor organiza-
tons in celebrating Labor Day. In the
past the city has made contribution
but the delegates recently voted, 90 to
8, to accept no money.
Employees OF Nobleville Qnd.) bot
tie works lost strike.
Most of the recently elected officers
OF the Cleveland Central Labor Union
are Socialists.
Paris, France, grocers' boys struck
They ask for working day of twelve
hours, that the shops shall be closed
at noon on Sundays, and that they shall
have one full day off in a month. The
strikers nailed up the shutters of shops
during the night. sent fictitious orders
to the grocers, and upset the stalls
outside the shops.
Seth Low, who was selected as UNI
pire in the dispute between the arbi-
trators engaged in settling the strike OF
the printing press feeders employed by
the Fless & Ridge Printing Company,
New York. has decided in favor of the
company and against the feeders. The
feeders demanded S14 per week. They
were getting $12.
After fighting each other for ten
years the Central Labor Union and the
Central Labor Federation went out OF
existence as separate organizations on
Sunday last and amalgamated as the
Central Federation Union of New
York. The Central Labor Federation
consisted of the Socialist trades unions,
which revolted from the Central Labor
Union ten years ago. The new body
represents membership of about 100,-
600 in it's affiliated unions.
Il am certain says Judge Swartz,
of Columbus, o., that the Legislature
dld not intend to include them in the
Antitrust statute. They neither tend
to monopolles, to corner the market or
subVert the ordinary healthful condi-
tons of competition. They are open to
all within the class in which they are
organized on terms or conditions COM
mon to all in that class or division of
labor. There is nothing in the affidavit
tending to charge criminal conspiracy.
In my opinion there is nothing in the
statutes bringing labor organizations
within the list of combinations prohi-
blted as organized in restraint of
trade"
New York has a Newspaper Writer'S
Union.
Chicago Building Trades Council
consists of q unions.
Operatives in the Birmingham, Eng,
engineering trades claim that in view
of rates prevailing in other large engi-
neering centres they are entitled to
time and a quarter for the first two
hours, and time and a half afterwards,
and that, instead of excess being reck-
Oned on SO hours per week, it should be
calculated from five each evening.
Double time is demanded for Sunday.
Peterhead, Scotland, painters earn sd
per hour, and a mans average wage
throughout the year is 25s. per week.
They demand I'd per hour
Dundee, Scotland carriers demand a
minimum wage of 22s per week for
single horsemen and 24s per week for
double horsemen; Sd an hour overtime
(overtime to begin at o'clock on week
days and 3 O'Clock on Saturdays; and
weekly payments.
Falkirk, Scotland. molders demand
an increase of 211a per cent in wages.
Bakers and Confectioners' National
convention will be held in Chicago on
March 5.
Tennessee Legislature has been asked
to abolish trading stamps.
At Mrs. Astors' ball half billion
dollars Waited; half a billion dollars