Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-05-03
S'CAl|I'NDINA V[lAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
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]. HlAPPENIN in THE IA IHERLAND.
Principal Events that Have Occurred In
the OLD Countries About the w..
Es5{&FEsstS North Sea Within a Week - ~
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The after affects of the labor conflict
at the Furnland wooden mills in NAL
mo last summer call for little more
attention than would otherwise have
been allotted to such insignificant dis
turbances. Mr.. ,Schmitz, the manager
OF the woolen mills, who, by the way
is German, doled upon himself the
ire of the worl<ingmen to an unusual
degree by the stubbornness with which
he fought against organized labor dur.
ing that strike. But by means of pa
tient, systematic work, and liberal
expenditure of money, the labor unions
succeeded in bringing him to terms,
and he agreed to take back the dis
charged Workingmen as soon as he
could employ them proftably. Early
this spring he took steps to have new
residence erected, and the work was
let out to contractor named Ohlsson.
When work had fairly commenced,
+ however, the men employed were no.
titled that Mr.. sSchmitz had not taken
back all the men discharged at the
wooden mills, and the local labor Or
CARNATIONS resolved to boycott Schmitz
by ordering the men employed on his
new house to quit work. Both Mr..
Schmitz and his contractor took great
pains to settle the matter so that the
house could be finished according to
the contract. Schmitz explained that
he did not have any employment for
those men whom the labor unions
would crowd into the wooden mills, and
that it was unfair to make him suffer
personally for a strike which was the
result of the policy of the stock COM
pany owning the wooden mills. But
all to no purpose. The labor unions
are evidently striving to get even with
the man of Furnlund fame. One re-
suit of the latest attempt at negotia-
tions is described thus: "A deputation
from the workin gmen had conference
with Mr.. Schmitz, but they made even
more exacting demands than before as
a condition of the removal of the boy
colt, the result of which was that the
negotiations were interrupted, and the
prospects for an agreement are darker
than ever"
The Vienna correspondent of the
London Times claims that ''Finland is
surely an innocent victim of the Nor
wegian-Swedish complications and of
the rivalry of Germany and Russia in
endeavoring to exert a controlling in
fiuence in the North" The Russian
politicians, it is further stated, believe
that divorce between Sweden and
Norway is approaching, and that Nor
way may be secured by an alliance Or
some other means. $500 .-
u. The assertion that the Norwegian
navy might reduce the city of Gotten
burg without serious opposition has
stimulated the interest in the matter
very materially. It is now proposed to
erect Notifications at the mouth of the
Gotta river, and the riksdag is expected
to make liberal appropriations for this
purpose. The people of the city are
enthusiastic over the prospects. L On
the twenty-fourth Of April about ITO
members of the riksdag visited the site
of the proposed Notifications, and the
city was gay with bunting on the occa-
sion.
The Swcdes throughout the whole
world are grieved at the turn which
Russian politics have taken in regard
to Finland. Only the other day num-
Der of students in Augustana college
and theological seminary at Rock ISL
and, ILL.,, sent to the Finnish students
in the university of Helsingfors. Fin
land, a resolution expressing sympathy
with them in the present national cri-
sis in Finland. The resolution views
as unjust the action of the sovereign,
who threatens to rob the Firms of their
liberties, and prophecies final victory
for the people seeking to maintain
their rights. .-..
A cable to the Record from Strasburg
says King Oscar of Sweden, who, since
his arrival in Germany from the south
of France, has been visiting the Grand
Duke of Baden, left Carisruhe April "a
i for Weisbaden, where he will Join his
family for months stay at the baths.
Russian Notifications near the bound
airy line of Sweden? "a Finnish con-
tributor to Haparanda paper states
that the Russian government is plan
ming the establishment of Notifications
at Tornea, and that a strong Russian
& garrison may be stationed there %
The government has stopped sale of
strong drinks on the steamers in Norr-
land on account Of the labor troubles
in that section of the country.
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The journeymen printers in Fredrik-
..stad have struck for higher wages.
They ask ~ cents per hour il the sum
mer and II cents il winter; but their
employers offer one cent an hour less.
Fifty mechani les IA the hines shop
of of the place have also quit vorl
There are about one hundred manu- i.
fact turing estab lishmen IA and around
ssStavanger. Most off hese have sprung
mp ia he course Of the past ten years.
he city Of .F'lekke jjord cam have
5;Sagefossen terfall for SIS So, The
fall has q capacit Of 500 horse power,
and the city may utilize Il II for ghting
purposes a.s
many new bull dings are Is be put
in Stavange during the comm &
season hat the con tractors AVE 40
lea where they can obtain a II the help