The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-17
WORLDS FIELD OF LABOR.

European builders are said to be waiting
to see Americas great machine shop in
stalled at the Paris exposition before they
go ahead. as we are to have the finest
Ing of an American shipment, an Eastern
craft journal says: "a manufacturing
concern of East Berlin. Conn, shipped to
the United States commission at Paris
France. twenty eight carloads of Iron
and steel structural material, to be used
for the framework Of a typical American
machine shop for the United States ex-
hibit of iron and wood working machin-
cry at the Paris exposition. The structure
will be 34S by "a feet in dimensions, and
Will be equipped with power in order that
chinery at work. The building proper,
with its contents, will serve as an exhibit
Of typical American machine plant and
shop, with all modern appliances and
equipment.
One Leehtman, president of the Kansas
City Typothetae employing printers as
sociatIon) was fined SIS in the police court
last Saturday for brutally assaulting a
fourteen-year-old pressfeeder, who was
on a strike for a shorter workday. Kan
sas City has the unenviable distinction of
and Canada where the nine-hour day has
not been inaugurated in the printing
business.
According to the report Of the auditing
committee of the Boilermakers and Iron
Ship Builders International union. that
body is in f1ourishing condition. From
the close of 1893 to date Of examination
of books, Nov. IS, 1899, the membership
making total Of sos names mes registered gi
in good standing. The organization has
218 subordinate unions in as many cities
in the United States, Canada, Mexico and
Hawaii.
A standing committee has been appoint
ed conformity by the Building Contractors
association and the Building Trades coun-
Gill; of St. Louis, consisting of three on
CT RI VU6t Nh ic
Der from the st. Louis chapter of the
American Institute Of Architects will be
added. This committee is instructed to
draw up code Of practice, to which both
parties shall agree covering all ques-
tions that are liable to cause strikes, and
to arbttrate any question or difficulty not
covered by the rules.
The National Glass company, otherwise
known as the Tableware combine" last
week granted an unexpected concession in
the shape of a material advance in wages
and recognition of the union to the flint
glass workers.
William j. Smith. for fifteen years the
president Of the American Flint Glass
Workers union, has announced his deci-
sion to retire from office on Jan. / next,
thinking he has been in the harness long
enough.
An exchange says that the only emery
quarry in the world Is owned and oper-
ated by the wOrkmen themselves, about
thirty in number. All must be married
before they are accepted into the fra
tern1ty.
Miners are on strike at Diamondville,
Wyo. Last Sunday night about 200 women
seized the mines and chased armed dep
uties off the premises. The women were
armed.
Three new labor papers have just been
started. They are the Streator Qll.l La
Dor News, Montgomery (Ala,) Workman
and the Stationary Firemen's Journal.
Puddlers at the Knoxville (Tenn) roll
Ing mills have had their wages increased
fro r n N
During the first fifteen days of No
vember the Order of Railway Telegra-
piers paid $4,000 in death and disability
claims.
With the close Of navigation 'longshore
labor and lake seamen will have to seek
new avenues Of employment.
Six hundred workpeople are benefited by
an increase of 10 per cent in wages in
the Qutnnebaug, Conn.,, wooden mills
Dayton, O., building crafts are forming
a building trades council.
A gold penmakers union was formed
in New York last week.