Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-25
World of Labor.

Boston is the only city in America
that owns and operates ferries. She
does this at loss of nearly 500, 900 a
year. None of the ferries of that city
are financial success.
Ohio's Legislature killed paper that
required equal pay for men and wo-
men.
Philadelphia has 1876 unions.
Tarnpool, Austria, has municipal
bakery and sells bread at cost price to
citizens.
Berne, Switzerland, has a municipal
slaughter house, water works, lighting
plant, etc. -
Dresden, Germany, publishes a daily
paper, and all profits are spent on pub
lie parks.
Vienna operates municipal brick
yards, and sells part of The product to
private parties.
Leeds, England, has city ownership
of slaughter house and meat market
costing 100000.
Melbourne, Australia, city with
half million population and rapidly
growing, has taken an advanced stand
for municipal ownership. She owns
absolutely her gas works, and last year
made a profit of over s1,500000. The
street railway system will soon revert
to her, when she will transport pas
sengers distance of three to five
miles for l cent. Long ago she adopt
ed the eight-hour law for all city en-
ployes. She provides for the free
transportation of school children. She
furnishes free employment exchanges
and one of the finest school systems in
the world. Next to Paris it is the
equal of any.
Uncle Sans Washington printing
office will cost $2,000,000.
Japan cooks earn $3.50 per week.
Cairo, Egypt, cigarette makers
struck
Boston has 1880 municipal en-
ployes.
The Brooklyn Roofers, Cornice and
Skylight Makers and Tin and Sheet
Iron Workers Union have succeeded,
with the aid of the building trades
unions of the burough, in defeating
thoroughly the Amalgamated Sheet
and Metal Workers Association of
Manhattan, which attempted it's de-
struction last summer. Members of
the Amaigamated Association are not
now allowed to work in Brooklyn
shops and must confine themselves to
work solely in Manhattan. One firm
paid the union six months dues in adj
vance for two men in order that they
might become re-eligible for member
ship. In the burroughs of Brooklyn
and Manhattan the same scale of
wages prevail, but the Manhattan or
ganization is credited with intention
to demand increased wages for its
members when the working season be-
gins.
Brooklyn building trades unions are
deeply interested in two labor bills
which are intended for presentation to
the State Legislature, and take the
shape of amendments to existing laws.
The bill provides for modification of
the civil service laws, to enable the
civic authorities to employ mechanics
without their passing civil service ex-
aminations, inasmuch as the bill as
serts, the unions they belong to, the
building trades unions, are UNDER
stood, subject them to rigid technical
examinations before admitting them to
membership. The other bill is an
amendment to the eight hour law, and
it's effect will be to impose fines upon
sub-contractors who violate the inteni
of the law
jewelers. Protective Union reports
that a majority of the manufacturing
jewellers of Brooklyn have granted the
nine hour work day, and full dinnef
hour.
Laundrymen of Brooklyn are COM
bining to raise prices to 10 cents q
shirt for washing and ironing, and
cents for a collar, and establish UNI.
form scale throughout the city. The
Monaghan laundrymen are reported to
be in hearty sympathy with the movG-
ment, as it will give them long de-
sired opportunity to raise their priceI,
and it is asserted that the movement
has obtained the moral encouragement
and aid of many of the large steala
laundries. The present prices are 8
cents for a shirt and / cent for a COZ
lar.
Japan cotton mills are consolidate
ing.
Griffin, Ca, is to have a $4,000
knitting mill.
Two men who were sent from En-
gland to start up new machinery for
the Lawton Spinning Co., at Woon-
socket, R. l., were not allowed to land
at New York
Chicago may export coal.
United States and Canada contain
100000 coal miners.
New York unionists want Labor
Laws Enforcement Inspector"
Savannah plumbers struck for a
working day of nine hours for each day
of the week except Saturday, which
should be only eight hours, and also
that there should be a fixed scale of
wages paid to members of the union
at the rate of $3.50 day for a work
man of four years experience, 81 for
one of five years, and for one who had
completed the full course of six years,
SO a day.
Providence carpenters will demand
the eight hour day.
The Iron Molders' Union, of New
York. is worth $4,000 and has 5000
members.
Americas foremost merchant, John
Wanamaker is no less successful as a
newspaper publisher than he is as the
head of a department store Already
the Philadelphia North American is one
of the best newspapers in the world,
Mr.. Wanamaker, regardless of expense,
having gathered for the editorial, re-
portorial and business departments
some of the ablest men in America.
Sam Chamberlain and Arthur McEwen,