Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-04
INDUSTRIAL.

Jan. l2-Chewng gum manufacturers of u. S.
combine at New York; capital, $l5, 100000.
l7-John Mitchell elected pres. United
Mine Workers in convention at Pittsburgh.
23-Bridge building companies combine;
capital, S50,0OO,0O0
Feb. Leading pottery interests organize;
capital, $40, 100000
3-Soap manufacturers combine; capital,
S50,000000.
6-American Car & Foundry Combining
big car concerns) incorporated for $780,
0O0,000
Mar. American Steel and Wire Co., at
Joliet, ILL.,, raises wages OF $4,000 employees
from to 10 per cent Various whisky
and dlstllIng companies form trust, capl-
tai, Sl2S0O0,0OO
l6-Wagcs of $4,000 stove molders raised
3O-The Republic Iron & Steel Co. capital,
$50 5O,OOOOOO), controlling 80 mills west OF
Pittsburgh, incorporated.
3l-During month of Mar. l34 corporations
organized IN New Jersey; aggregate cap
itaL stock, 81, Ill, 100000.
Apr. Increase in wages in cotton mills
of New England goes into effect, the resto-
ration benetiting 10000 operatives.
Andrew Carnegie advanced wages of TO-
600 employees in Pittsburgh and vicinity 10
per cent.
29-Trouble between union and nonunion
miners at Wardner, Idaho, eliminated in
blowing up Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine
and mill, causing loss OF S25O000 and one
man killed. :. II. G. Frick Coke CO., in
Pittsburgh, Pa, employing $1,000 men,
raises wages from TO l2i per cent.
May 2-Troops occupy Wardner, Idaho, and
martial law prevails on account of rioting.
lO-Rotous strikers at Duluth, Mimi, blow
up street car with dynamite; 10 passengers
injured.
ll-lndustral commission in Washington
begins inquiry into operations OF trusts.
l1-}rotherhood of Railway Tranmen in
session a New Orleans rpalpctS Grand
Master Morrlssey and adopts resolutions
opposing Sunday trains.
Jun. United States court of appeals, in
session at Milwaukee, says alien labor law
applies solely to common labOrers, eX-
empting clerks and all kinds of ski ar
tisans.
l0-Wages of $4,000 employees in iron and
steel manufacturing industries raised %
per cent -. Big Consolidated Co.'S II
street railway lines in Cleveland, o., tied
up by strike for increased wages.
l2-RLotlng III Cleveland resulted in de
structlon of 10 cars and injury of scores of
persons, including many policemen
2l-As result OF settlement of coal miners
strike, 22,00O of the 10000 strikers return
to work i'll Missouri, Kansas, Indian Ter
ritory and Arkansas.
24-Street railway strike in Cleveland ended
practically victory for railway concerns,
though at Il money loss of nearly 5000, 900.
Jul. ll-Distillery Co. OF Amer, incorpo-
rated at Trenton, \. j.; cap. Sl25, 100000.
l2-Consol lidation OF wrought steel, iron and
tube industries effected i'll New York;
S80,000,C0O.
l3-Wage increase of 10 per cent. for 10000
tin mill employees announced.
Sep. l2-Irust conference (35 states repre-
sented) opened i'll Chicago.
l6-M. l.. Lockwood (Pa.) elected pres. anti
trust organization formed as result of con
ference in Chicago.
2O-Antl-trust conference begun in St. Louis,
Gov. Sayers TEX presiding
Oct. l0-Pana llll) coal miners strike set
tied after lockout of over Is mos, during
which many lives were sacrificed.
20-Pullman Palace Car Co. OF Chicago alb
serbs Wagner Palace Car Co. of \. \.
Nov. 22-Commerclal Industrial congress or
ganlzed in Chicago, composed OF leading
shipping Interests; +. p. Bacon, of Mil
Waukee, pres.
Dec lO.-Wages of 3GO, 600 New England tex
tile mill employees advanced, increase be
ing Sl0,000,00O a year.
l3-lndependent telephone companies Of
Mich, Ind, and q. refuse to sell out to
telephone combine. e. international Farm
ers union organized at Binghamton, n.
y, to maintain produce prices.
2l-At Springfield, H., street car blown up
by dynamite for Sd time since strike began.
LYNCHINGs.
Jan. 5-Eage City, Alaska, Jack jolly, sa-
loonkceper and gambler. Near Banks,
Ala, Marshall McGregor tcolored)
charged with barn burning.
Feb. ll-Ncar Leesburg, Ga, Bill Holt, Geo.
Fort and Geo. Bvens; assault.
Mar. l5-Palmetto, Ga, 8 negroes shot,
charged with arson.
23-In Little River county. Ark, negroes
lynched to date, result of what is practic-
ally race war
25-Charcston, 5. c.. John Webb and VIII
Toney Cncgro boys Is years odd killed by
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