The labor world., 1900-01-06
AROUND THE WORLD
Much Information. Given in as Few
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ed the chasm and come together. Th
congress recently held, while affirming
the principle that the Socialist party
representing the working class in an
tagonism to the capitalist class, il
necessarily opposed to all bourgeoi
administration, agreed that Socialists
may under special circumstances, ant
with the consent Of the party, take
part in such administration. Differ.
ences We're got rid Of a constitution
for the guidance ofS2the party in the
future was agreed to, and the unity
of the whole party was agreed to with
1acclamation amid the greatest enthus.
iasm. 1t was bitter pill for the cap.
italist politicians, who hoped to SEE
wider and deeper division result from
the congress.
At Amsterdam, Holland "a congress
was recently held to consider the al
visibility Of forming an assocition ie
agitate for the establishment of uni
versal suffrage. A committee was in
structed to draw up a program de.
nanding the right of voting for al
men over 81, the vote to be by ballot
and each elector only to have one vote
How these ignorant foreigners do per.
sist in advocating equality.
Capitalism need have no fear. Typo.
graphical Union No. 271, of Boice, Ida.
no, at its last meeting adopted reso,
lutino declining to strike the name OF
Governor Steunenberg from the list OF
honorary members, on the ground thai
his action in the case of the Wardnel
miners was necessary for the protec-
ton of life and property and for the
maintenance of peace
The secretary of the G. "A. T. L., OF
New York, recently took a trip west
and was feted by managers Of mode
slave pens at Dayton and Cleveland
No evidences of the class struggle
came to her notice and yet one of hel
hosts in this city threw up a con-
tract because union labor was insisted
upon.
The American Window Glass Co.
whose plant has been idle since June
began operations on Monday, and al
the same time ordered a reduction in
the price Of glass of SO 1-3 per cent
The wage scale of the unions We're
agreed to. A merry war between the
glass trust and the independent CON
Germs is now imminent.
Manager Bateman, of the Toledo
Tube Works, has been held subject tc
action of the grand jury, for discharg-
ing A. B. Cole because of his con-
nection with labor union. It viii
now be be@demonstratetl whether the So
called labor coercion Jaw is worth the
paper tits printed IN.
It is likely that a 500 100000 appro.
priations bill TO construct the Mica
ragua canal will pass Il, this con-
gress. Capitalist interest demand 6
shortening of the water way to oul
possessions in the Philippines, and its
servile tools in congress will do the
masters bidding.
A walking delegate of the Lathers
Magistrate Planners court and ad
monished not to interfere with the EN-.
ployes Of Contractor Mccarthy, who
were performing greater task pei
day than allowed by the union.
e. B. Howard "a compositor, of Kan.
sas. Mo, who at the Detroit conven.
ton of the I. T. u. opposed discus.
sion of the socialist resolution, has
been appointed superintendent of the
free employment bureau. Another CASE
of no politics in unions, please.
The St. Louis Building Trades Coun.
Gil has taken issue with the Theatri
cal Stage Employees of that city, be-
cause the latter refused to accept al
agreement with the theater manager:
which the council approved of. Solid.
itary, oh bosh!
A wheel workers union, whose juris'
diction of the Int. Carriage Workers
was organized at Cincinnati. Twenty
three firms are entitled to use the labe
of whom IL are located in Cleveland
Z in Milwaukee, and 8 in Lawrence
Mass.
The Baldwin locomotive works ir
Philadelphia has a crane which viii
lift a 10000 pound locomotive 40 fee1
in the air carrying it 1886 feet and SCI
it down again in 8 minutes and 81
seconds.
In the Bradenburg, Germany, munic
|ipal elections the Socialists elected five
additional members to the council, Civ
ing them eleven members in all.
Troy, N. Y, newspaper writers have
oganized and secured charter from
7. T. U. In this city they are above
doing anything like that.
The Denever ordinance, prohibiting
clothing stores from opening on Sun
days, has been declared unconstitu
tional, by the supreme courts.
! X A threshing machine trust, capital
lied at s6OO,OoO,oOO, is under process o
formation, embracing 70 per cent 0
the Incorporated factories.
The DeLeonite N. E. c., S. L. P.
ordered suspension of Sections Fitch
burg and Clinton, Mass, to make room
| for reorganization.
The German Reichstag. has passet
| the third reading of the bill repealin!
the law prohibiting workmen's associa
tions.
Chinese laundrymen in New Yorl
city have organized and adopted
scale of prices. How dare they!
K of L.. in Toronto, Canada, ar
reviving. Several new assemblies hay
recently been organized.
| Snoial nanocratS ORGANIZED ney