The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14

secured an agreement with the .contrac-
tors by which they will receive 50 for an
eight-hour day for the present year.
There Is a general demand for union
ciigarmakers in California. Business in
this craft Is reported brisk throughout
the extreme West.
Sheet iron. workers of Binghamton, N
Y, have made demand for a nine-hour
day without reduction in wages. They
work ten hours at present.
Kansas City plasterers have secured the
e1ght-hour day and an advance of wages.
A strike was not necessary. The fathers
also gained material advance.
At the Westerman rolling mills, Mar
ION, Ind, the wages of all employees not
increased 10 per cent May l.
Worcester (Mass) Iron Molders union
IS demanding abolition of piece work,
increase of pay, with a minimum wage
the union card.
Union painters and carpenters at Waco.
IeXas, are out for higher wages and
shorter workday, and refuse to work on
buildings where non-union labor is en-
ployed.
The Tennessee legislature has passed
inspector to be appointed by the gov
ernor for term of two years The law
Is applicable to counties of 10000 popula-
ton and over.
who already controls most of the glue
estapl1shments, Is reaching out for the
INDEPENDENT plants for the purpose Of
forming complete monopoly. 1t is
stated he will have 500, 0O0, 900 in the bus
mess.
More charters have been granted by
the national unions thus far in 1899 than
during the whole of last year. The labor
movement in the last few months has
fore experienced.
AS result Of a visit to Augusta, Ga.
by r. w Green, one of the "A. F. of L.
organizers in the South. a federation Of
trades was formed in that city in which
all the local unions are aff1liated repre-
senting a membership of nearly 5000.
The Nebraska legislature has passed a
from requiring a conductor, engineer
fireman, brakeman, telegraph operator
or, In feet, any employe In the train ser
vice, who has worked ten consecutive
hours, except in case of accidents, to
again go on duty until he has had at
least eight hours rest.
Calm yourself. The trusts are pushing
along quite well. Last week some twenty
gigantic corporations were formed. the
largest capitalization being for the inter-
smallest for more than s., 200, Goo. O The file
small fry have been cooked and are now
being devoured by the big fellows. OF
tention to the political, end of their in
terests They know they are to be
smashed, and they are going to aid in the
| ing.-Labor Advocate.
While giving his testimony recently be-
| fore the national Industrial commission.
| Samuel Gompers, president of the A. f.
| of L., took OCCASION to pay high tribute
to the international Typographical union
IN the successful administration Of It's af-
| fairs. The printers, he said, had had a
most remarkable history in the past five
| years. A complete revolution in the craft
had been inaugurated by the Introduction
Of the typesetting machine. Yet the
splendid organization of the craft had
kept the standard Of wages up, and with
| out any serious controversies with en-
| ployers. 1t was the wise action and con-
| servatiye course of the printers organiza-
tion, he claimed, that accomplished this
result.
An interesting legal battle Is on In Chi
cage which promises to test the rights of
workmen to order sympathetic strike.
and, incidentally, will define the legal re,
sponsibility of parties who may be In
VOWED as owners. contractors or subcon-
| tractors: Winslow Bros had contracted
to remodel building for L. a. Letter, the
real estate man and capitalist, but after