The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-02-02
IN LARoR's REALM.

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Switzerland now has 1928 cooperative
societies.
st. Louis now has a Tobacco Work.
ers' Union made up entirely of colored
men.
There are II mechanics and 101 far
mers in the Lower H use of the Con-
necticut Legislature.
In Colorado's Legislature there are
II union men. and the Lieutenant Gov
ernor is trades unionist.
The first eight-hour day concession
to American trades unions was won by
the freestone cutters in 1867.
Twenty eight new cotton mills have
been built in Mexico in the past year
ma several others are under way.
Dublin. Ireland, printers have made a
emsn for shorter hours-a reduction
. ( faw hours per week.
Nearly 10000 anthracite coal miners
in enrsylvania joined the United Mine
N..Aers' Union in November
tlCty new lodges ( the Amalgamated
As ociation of Iron and Steel Workers
have been formed since April l.
State Labor Com missioner Rixey, Of
Missouri, is making war on the unsan-
itary bakeries and sweat shops of ST.
Louis.
The last election at Rochester, n. Y,
showed a gain of thirty per cent. in
the socialistic labor vote as compared
with former elections.
Philanthropists at Toledo, Ohio, will
build home for workingmen. and
have asked for committees representing
various crafts to cooperate.
Railway men at Birmingham. Eng
land, have begun & struggle for the
shortening of the present twelve hour
day and seven days a week term Of
service.
Eight months ago there were only
three trades unions in Niagara Falls.
now the town boasts of twenty three
organized bodies.
The Wardner Bull Pen" has been
vacated by the release Of the last of the
been withdrawn.
st. Louis street railway companies
have agreed that $2,0O0.000 in new con-
struction to be erected the coming year
shall be done by union labor exclusive
ly.
1t is stated that the Gould Steel Cast
ing Works at Anderson, Ind, will be
70 10 hn
failure Of the natural gas supply at
that point.
Retail clerks at Omaha, Neb., are
agtating for o'clock closing and later
for the Saturday half holiday. Sew
eral department stores have already
signed the agreement.
The Brotherhood of Leather Workers
has increased from three local organi-
cations in 1897 to thirty-six branches
to as many cities on November l, 1899,
with membership of $500.
The shoe manufacturing Industry
seems to be moving westward. Kansas
City is to have factory that will turn
out 1000 pairs per day.
Dayton, O., building mechanics have
ing Trades Council. All branches of
the industry are fully represented.
The professors and students of DO
litical economy in a number of the
leading universities have taken up the
subject of union labels and their in
fiuence on wages.
Indianapolis labor people are to have
Hhra NIT
not less than $4,000. The money is be-
ing raised by giving Sunday afternoon
concerts by professional talent at pop
ular prices.
The electrical workers of Great Brit
ain are advertising the good points Of
their unions in the technical trade jour-
nails The advertisements are well
written, occupy prominent positions
and are changed frequently.
Chicago Typographical Union No. 1s
is considering the purchasing of land
and opening a farm on which idle
members could be employed. The sue
cess OF the New York unions farm was
the inducement to take the step.
The Tin Plate Tr list, during it's brief
year of existence, has increased the
price of tin plate from 1925 to s4.25 per
box. an increase of 50 per cent. Wages
have increased but Is per cent, hun
dreds of travelling palesmen have been
thrown out of posit ons, and in the past
six weeks thousands of men have been
thrown out of work by the closing of
mills.
President Spaldirg. of the bicycle
trust is stated to have promised Presl-
dent Mulholland, Of the Bicycle Work
ers' National Union, that he would
bring about a plan to cooperate"
with the workers. Then the trust pull
ed 5000 travelling statesmen off the road,
closed down two plants in Toledo, one
in indianapolis, another in Kenosha,
Wis. and one in Philadelphia, throw
ing several thousand mechanics out of
work
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