The Saint Paul globe., 1900-11-19

They are made into pearls, buttons, and
| az az KINDS of jewelry for the Indies anC
Russia absolutely fo:'bids the employ.
ment of children under twelve years OF
age in industrial establishments whether
cohducted by the state or private in
one-fourth of the laboring population
OF Colorado is said to belong to la
Dor orgdniza tons. The State Federation
OF Labor claims that Colorado is the
pest organized state in the Union
We veterinary surgeons in New York
are in hard luck said one OF them,
With tire cable cars the trolley cars.
ana now the automobiles, our business
mas mas , gone to the dogs, metaphorically
speaking. Soon there will be as many
surgeons as there are horses
The Bohemian bakers of Cleveland. q.
VINO nave been on strike since early in
tiIS year Tor recognition of their union.
the establishment of a ten-hour day. and
an increase in wages, have at last been
victorious, The scale Of the union v1-
signed by the boss bakers last week an5
an the members of the union are 81 work
again. . y" vi ~
The Journeymen Plumbers union and
ne employing plumbers of Honolulu
IH7aWaH n islands, have Joined, forces for
Ine mutual advancement of the era Fl
a,?,,Iie a9H [ie, cofnIplnatlon dealers in plumbing
SuIplles Will not sell plumbing nateriai /
TO any one not a plumber, unless the
purchaser agrees to, enlpiov a roasIne, tl1T
piuInper or a member eff the journevmen:s :
n1,iei: tar;oI ~ n aoQ1tlon to this, plumbing ma
eeI5ais 70 any but members of the com
olhe nave gone up from 30 to 50 per cent
per cent. " ~ -oo
Na%eral gas has been in use in Pitts
burg since 1880. Today the combined caN
Ita1 OF the companies operating in tbo
Plttsburg district aggregates $40 0GO 60G
WaIis VRJis 'lL1g 1,oO9 miles of lines and 1850
mtHs, employing nearly 1900 men. and
holding under lease over 10000 acres OF nf
land, Tor Which, they. pay half a milton
dollars annually in ROYALTY and rent
me me dalIy lily 1 consumption of gas is now
HedIly izVWO,OO0 cubic feet, equal to 6 OO0
TONS OF coal. Over 300 new wells arA
GrllIed each year to maintain the sunnIv
~ ne n9o supply is used by 500 mills and over
4O,OO0 families.
o,15 PfttsbqPg te produces half the pig iron
out Oh pennsylvania, over a fourth of
= the total production of the United States
ana an amount equal to over a third of
me entlre output of Great Britain. 1t
produces over two-thirds of all the steel
produced in Pennsylvania. within a frac-
ton of as much as all Great Britain.
ana ana three-ffths Of all produced in the
- 0mnIted NJ sta tes Pennsylvania produc-
loh OF 6,5Ve,O00 tons Of pig iron last year
was within 80 per cent of the total prod-
uct OF Great Britain The entire Dr0d11c
Ion Ion OF the United States was f30O0, OQO
tons. The value of -PenqfsyIvania's ehare
was almost $lO0 GOO 600, which means fhst
over $5O0OO.O90 worth of pig iron was
turned out in the Pittsburg district in 1899
,iiehry White, general secretary Of the
Ohlted Garment Workers of America,
maze a statement last Saturday after
noon that movement has been started
Tor the organization of national labor
PoLdcal party in sympathy with the
Democratic party and to ba affiliated
with the National Association of Demo
cratic Clubs. Mr.. White says this party.
Whlle 1t is composed exclusively of mem
Ders OF labor organizations, will acS inde-
pendently of the labor unions, but will
further all measures, state and national.
supposed to be in the interests GF G2tSDr
1t will favor the Democratic platform, he
says, with the exception of the free Sill
yer plank.
Careful inquiry among the labor agents
and others who are engaged in furnish
ing labor for the plantations and mills
developed the fact that there is work in
New Orleans for every man who wants
it, and that the cause of this demand is
that the city is virtually stripped of
able-bodied negro laborers. They have
scattered to the four Winds MANY to
Galveston and the lumber mills of Mis-
sissippi, while large lumber of them
are at work on the sugar plantations for
less money than they can get in the city
the opportunity of the white man. and
those Wha have given the situation care
ful study think the result will be that
many avenues heretofore closed to the
white man will be opened wide, and that
if he fails to take possession, it will be
his own fault.-Newe Orleans Times Dem
ocrat.
A man who recently visited pie fac
tory in Chicago thus describes it: "The
day we were there a special run was(be-
ing made on pumpkin pies, and 1 looked
in vain for any signs of pumpkin rfnds
One of the foremen grinned and told me-
in strict confidence, that real pumpkin
was never used in pumpkin pies at pres
ent, except possibly in a few remote and
The substitute was q mixture of sweet
potatoes, apples and cheap flour, favored
with a chemical extract. Il tasted some
of the stuff and was satisfied he was
telling me the truth Cranberry pie con-
tains only enough cranberries to make
a showing after the manner of the oys-