The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-01
THE WORLD
OF LABOR.

makers forge wrought iron links, az
BrOomsgrove and Ola lflli women na ~
makers work with the hot iron, ana IN
the Lancashire coal mines 400 women
ga wooden clogs and pantaloons save a1
the pit mouths. ,,., .-,-,-
ways, tenement houses, logging hVuSS9'
lighting plants, etc. - .,
There Is not a nOn-union nat store III
New York. The opposite Is the l"Sl to
garding shoe stores. s,, .en
Reports from Western railroad Sen
tres develop the fact that there II
scarcity OF hremen and trainsmen. 49,.
a building trades council has just oeeu
organized In st. Paul Nit crocors,
Ikotective Association has peutioneu tne
Legislature Tor law against uauins
stamps MIL, 40 tot
The iron manufacturing outlook is PEI
ter now than it has been at any time
a cargo OF coal was shipped from Ia
coma Wash. 20 Honolulu.
cuba has 100 sugar plantations IONS @' ~
,fD tobacco fields Most Of them arr
I'M the western part OF the Island, WINE
in the eastern part cotton Is graduaiy
displacing coffee
The members Of HartfOrds labor I'M
ions will hold "a series Of meetings AT
which economic questions VIII % 1s
cllssed English LABOR leaders now ID THIS
country will be asked 20 speak.
Investigation shows that but sixteen
"a
rested during the year for inert.
The trade unions of Rome ltaIN. are
said 10 have fOrestallod the car qls-
armament plan by recommending mar
their members discontinue the practice OF
carrying knives on their person.
Tile c.eht-h0ur day has been adopted
g., thc cftt council Of Memphis. Tenn,
for am D. bOrcrs and mechanics Wofkins
for the municipality.
The labor interests OF Denver are mp
I'm arms against the boycott law passed
hv the last session of the Legislature.
They hope 10 have it repealed at the
Ihe british trade unlonists have start
ed "a war against firms that print the
Bible and refuse 90 pay union wages.
fhc to piastefers unions OF brooh-
Ism borough have amalgamatcd
Miners OF South Wales refused, by a
vote of 81 .Sl6 against l2,j34 10 Abolish
their monthly holiday known ass Ma
By a vote Of 1Js to 40 a labor con-
ference al Glasgow Scotland, recently
decided Co take political action
4 law has passed in South Australia
providing that no woman or young per-
SON mas Oe employed for more IMAM -
nuf ul other reIsDu Cor more imam ~
hours por week I'm shops. stores fac
tories, etc. In South Australia there 10
3D. Ia00r party ana there are labor repre-
sentadves I'm the legislature.
The commissioners of the Dislrlct OF
Columbia nave made move when VIII
curlal the system of contracting Tor ma
terials to- be used I'm pubic work
stone quarry located near by, M Mafy
land has been purchased, ana 10 rs ii-
tended TO operate this quarry hlIe ulitCl
an the lab0rors needed, pay LOT t'o
large sum of money as compaigia " ~.
the former expense of contracting TOT
tho same work. Nh
r..fr ID
FOR union-made stoves by publishing "A
list Of manufacturers who use the trade
label a.. Clio hi
cvci. factory M Kenosha Wis. struck
because the old scale OF wages was MOI
With Atlanta electing for Mayor
i0urncyWau printer who peat "a prom
inent and popular lawyer toI tt t NOM
nation through solid support OF me WotA-
ing element and Hayerhill. Mass. elect
ing the Social Labor candidate, VINO wds
clerk I'm "a cooperative store. LleIt ai
indications of "a new force boz politics tnat
may smash n good many deep lald plans;
The qbor vote. by consolidation. would
carry everything before d. in almost eF
erv city in the and.-SteubenVllle CO..
Ihe supreme Court OF kentucky de-
cides. u % case brought boy a black
listed employe against "a railroad COM
p8uy that whoever wr0ngtully prevents
"a man from pursuing his occupation M
aicts am acuonahle injury
The Robinson Thrashing Machine Com
pany. OF Richmond. Ind. increased their
1gorkmeu's wages 10 per cent
THE prison commissioners of Frank
ford KY. have leased the labor of go
couvicts for 90 cents per day per man.
THE Metal Polishers Buffers Platers'
and Brass Workers Union. OF New YORK
% |HHH DO
non-union brass workers asking them to
join issues in their common cause.
Latest official figures show that trade
uui0nists in Germany increased from
3zq 2a0 in 1896 tO az $50 in 1897.
New York contractors are having
shirts made Ono the Raleigh. n. C., penl-
tcntary at % cents q dozen.
Tho Flint Glassworkers Union label IS
blown in the bottle
There are now seyenty-hYe cotton-spin-
ming mills in Japan with an aggregate
capital of fiO0D.O01 half paid up. with
10000 spindles working and nearly 2h,-
90 more in course of erection or pro-
iectcd. giving employment 20 over lAWO
men and over 5000 women the wages VI
the former ranging from 81. 20 81. day
and the wages of the latter ranging from
q1-2d Do Sd. dav. OF the ll5O00 tons Of
wear 90 per cent were Indian. rs per cent.
Chinese and ~ per cent. American. The
amount OF native-groWn cotton was uu-
der so tons. Down o. the last year Cr
two the only market for the output was
found IN Japan itself With the removal
of export duties. however, a foreign OUT
Oct was found iu China. where japanese
warn i- now competing severely with that
of India.
Although the Klondike IS now field
labor troubles have already taken place.
principally because mine owners have
made two attempts 20 bring I'm Indian
miners and longshoremen. So far the
whites have kept the Indians out
Detrolt's Republican Aldermen Endorsed
The Rcamer bill for municipal ownership
and operation of street railways.
CeN,eland brawerics are now secur-
ing control of saloons. SO that their
product may he exclusively handled.
Russia with q population of 100000
has only is 23f physicians ln the United
states. with population Of about TO-
O00 D0 there are 10000 physicians.
PAPER collars are being turned ont by
only two firms in this country one In
Boston and the other In Haw Yor.'.
Their total annual output is from ~
10000 10 100000 collars.
Boston city laborers now each receive
s. % per day
An attempt is being made 10 utilize
tho needles Of the Oregon pine tree for
ests for the manufacture Of n fabric re-
sembiing wooden cloth. J. A. Cords IS
establishing plant az Grants Pass.
The first American newspaper printed
IN Manila was Issued october 18th. IL
D. called the American
The official returns give the coal pro
duction In India I'm 1897 al 4O63 l27 long
tons against 3slS0l3 tons in 1896 and
g 40 sol tons in 1898. over three-fourths