The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-01-07

A faFnltufS trust b under way.
Park loo0 exposition win be tia atx-
tenth bald IN that city.
Printsrs skill On striks a KalamAa0oI
Lansing and jackson. sss9
A needle machine .tuEna out million
and half needles IN q week.
Block coal mineTp Of Indiana have de-
cided to resist operators demand for
abolition Of the 10 cent diferential BE-
tween bituminous and block coal.
The Granite Cutters official journal
claims that the organization haa not been
In n dourisAing condition since 1901 a
At present. gs h!aaA us
influential St. Louis women have b.
sued an address to the public. urging the
abolition Of child labor under fourteen
years in factories and stOreA sG.... ~,
Journeymen bakers hold. their tenth
convention at Chicago March Q, lS9s.
An effort viii be made to again locate
the headquarters more centrally.
Half q dozen different lamp chimney
machines are about to be pat into use, to
the sorrow Of the chimney blower, whose
skill has become drug on the market.
The Continental Tobacco company,
which has been Incorporated in New Jer.
sey, with q capital Of $4,000, 900, has
swallowed q number Of union concerns.
Textile workers Of Augusta, Ga, are
appealing for aid to sustain them in their
struggle for living wages SEM monies
to Forest Gay, bOx SS4. Or And. Mul.
cay. 2sl Broad street. Augusta. Ga.
Fifty girls employed in the GOkey
shoe factory at Jamestown, N. Y, struck
against a reduction OF 10 per cent. About
100 other employee are affected.
A decision Of the court Of appeals in
ST. Louis affirms the finding Of lower
court, whereby the treasurer Of the Tail
Ors' Union Of that city, who was one Of
the seeding faction, was ordered to pay
over $1,000, and other valuables, to the
union sal
The striking cigar makers Of Louvain,
Belgium. are still firm in their resist
ance against the employers, who tried 10
break up the unions Attemps to Inn
port cigar makers from the towns proved
unsuccessful, as most Of the men joined
the strikers.
The Central Labor Union Of New York
is having prepared. through its legal
counsel, an employers liability bill,
which d to Be introduced in the Iegis-
iaturs for passage. Labor organizations
throughout the state are said TO be back.
ing the bill
The Toxic. Japan, higher council Of
commerce and industry has passed .
factory bill in an amended form to suit
the employers The amended factory
bill, says the Labor World, l. far worse
than the original The minister Of agri-
culture and commerce may determine !
concerning workmen and
employed in factories with
in the sphere of the following clauses:
~ Prohibiting or regulating the employ.
ment Of children under ~ yearS t2) Reg.
ulating kinds Of industry and working
hours over IL hours . day concerning
workmen or apprentices under IA years
OF age and female workers. t3l Giving
workmen or apprentices, two holidays in |
a month and an hours rest . day when |
employed more than 10.
At the Million iron works, says Lon
don Justice, a large number OF gentle |
men connected with the leading iron |
works Of England and Scotland met to |
view the trial Of q new labor Saving in !
vention in the form of pig" lifting
machine, which has just been patented
and which Is claimed viii affect nothing |
short Of a revolution IN the manner OF |
casting pig iron at smelling furnaceA
rhs new machine Is capable Of convert.
ing 600 tons Of molten metal into ap-
proved pigs" in one day, and dOes all /
lifting loading, breaking at q cost Of /
two cents per hour, against ten cents
an hour for manual labor. The Million
and Akam Iron Works Co. has placed the
machine in its plant and its practical
working was smphatically commended BY
The representatives Of all the hrms pres
mt