The labor world., 1900-01-20

York Socialist who is member of
Typographical Union No. 6, has is
sued a circular, which is being dis
tributed by printers throughout the
country, in which he squarely defies
Che injunction of Judge Bookstaver,
who came to the rescue of the New
York Sun in it's fight with it's printers.
Hanford makes a scathing attack up
on the, courts and their government
by injunction, and shows how corpor-
ate wealth is protected by the capital
istic judiciary in the denial of free.
speech and public assemblage and
other Infamous methods. He declares
that he is boycotter and is alone.
responsible for the circular, and peo-
pie are wondering whether he will be.
thrown into jail
Ayers Almanac for 1900 contains
some prophecies for the coming CEN;
tury that are interesting. The de-
day will be established in every city
and hamlet of the United States. A
president will be elected by the labor
party within the first quarter of the
new century," says the almanac. All
public utilities will also have become.
nationalized. Maybe the predictions
of the almanac makers are too con-
Servative.
The minimum legal wage law is
now in operation in the colony of
Victoria. Australia. Under the law
no employer can offer an employe-.
nor can an employe accept-less than
the stipulated rate, which varies for
different occupations. For instance,
journeymen bakers must receive at
least twenty-five cents an hour, while
their apprentices must receive at least
$1.25 per week.
J. Samuelson, an English political
economist, shows that 110,S17 farm.
laborers have been displaced by ma
chinery in the past few years in Eng
land, and that it required the, labor
of only 1000 men for one year to
make that machinery. The argument
that invention of new machinery
makes sufficient work to employ those
displaced has been knocked gally
west long ago.
The manner in which labor and it's
unions are run all over the United
States has aroused the interest of
many foreign countries, and at present
there is in New York an attache of
the Italian embassy at Washington
who is making a study Of the labor
movement in this country. He. is
Duke Caraccilo di Castenata.
Tom Cronin, general secretary of
the iron and steel workers union of
Great Britain, defeated a millionaire
opponent for city council in Hutchin-
son. England. The two old parties
united on the millionaire, while, the.
Socialists and trade unionists united
on Cronin.
1t is reparted from New York that
the Rockefelers, who control six of
the largest banks and do about one
half of the city's banking business,
are corraling another big financial in.
stitution, and will soon control the
money market of the country.
Belgian Socialists have issued a.
statement showing that the money
needlessly spent for the army IN that
country would pension 100000 with.
81 per week, and in addition provide.
them doctors and medicine in case of
illness. a F
That the trade unionists are up and
doing in New York state, as well as
elsewhere. is proven by the state
bureau of labor statistics. which show,
that during the months of July, Aug
fust ami September, the membership
has been increased over $4,000. There
were 1920 trade unions on September
30. 1899. as compared with LOST on the
same day OF 1898: and the membership
increased from 171,067 to 2O9.120, the
greatest number yet recorded.
The extent to which machinery is
supplanting hand labor in the coal
mines appears in the recent report of
the Ohio mine inspectors. OF the years
coal production of 14059,l35 tons in
that state 5.252,5SS tons were mined
by machinery. This is a gain over
the preceding year of l,147474 tons and
is the greatest amount mined by that
method in the states history. The
years increase equals the entire
amount of machine mined coal in 1890
and is nearly 250,O1O tons in excess of
that so mined in 1882
1t is reported that the Choctaw Rail-
way company has declared it's inten-
ton of employing only colored firemen
and that white men need not apply.
The Retail Clerks union of South
Bend fines every member 81 for vio-
Iating rule against purchasing y
copy of the Chicago News or Record.
ST. Louis street railway companies
have agreed that $2,0O00O0 in new con-
struction to be erected the coming year
shall be done by union labor
Toledo (O.) board of aldermen has
unanimously decided that none but
union bricllayers shall be employed on
sewer construction in that city.
1t is reported that the teamsters of
Chicago are about to so out on strike.
Every coal dealer in that city has rails
ed the price of coal, but not the wages
of the drivers. t.a-
The Socialists of Denmark are trying
to push Il bill through parliament
which will enable municipalities to
borrow money in order to construct
workingmcn's dwellings, when neces-
sary.
The London Star says married men
in the employ of Sir Thomas Upton
the tea merchant and yachtsnlan. re-
ceive as low as $3.50 and $500 a week.