The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-26

ton OF wages ana a BLACKLIST on ali
the men who went on strike last April.
The men are now receiving less wages
than in 1898, and the trust has more
than doubled the price of the nails it
manufactures.
The Iron and Steel Trust, after keep
ing it's mills idle since June, has sue
ceeded in starving its skilled workmen |
into accepting a reduction of wages.
cents per ton, and finishers' wages cut
per cent. Sixty thousand men are
involved. The trust will at once open
it's mills, especially through Ohio and
Indiana The men have been starved
so long that they are eagerly Hooking
to work. Now the republicans will use
this revival of industry" as one OF
their campaign arguments. The AS
ISOLATED Press reports carefully omit
ted any mention of the reduction that
the men have been forced to accept.
The trusts fully realize their power
over their workmen.
At Pittsburg, Pa, 1000 tin plate
workers are on strike because the TN
Plate Trust will not pay wages enough
/ to cover the advanced cost OF living.
At Elwood, Ind, $500 tin plate work
ers have been idle for weeks trying 10
get the trust to give them slight al
vance in wages. The trust has starved
the men into accepting the same wages
thew had before the price of living ad-
vanced % per cent.
At Evansville, Ind, the 800 employees
of the cotton mills have been on strike
for six months. and hunger is making
them restless.
Robert G. Dyrenforth, commander
in-chief of the United veterans Union
has issued an official circular urging
all members of the order to vote lor
the reelection of President MchlRley'
switch engine on the mobile &
Ohio railway collided with a frelght
near Cairo, ILL., and c. G. oliver, MO
bile G. Ohio agent at Jonesboro, Ill., anu
Louis Pallozalla of New Orleans were
killed.
Az the condition of Dowager EN-
: press Frederick is temporarily lmproV-
ed Prince and Princess Henry OF frus-
; STA have left Hamburg for kel. =.
Il The Yukon navigation is closed and
T. boats tied up at various points along
the river.
. The settlement of the big strike OF
the anthracite workers is undoubtedly
q blocked by the question OF the price
miners will be asked in the. future 10
e pay for powder
q A cable message has been received
announcing the death in London ol
- Senator Rhoderick Cameron, the Wei
known New York financier, aged 10
, years.
:, All the street mail boxes in Freemon'
O were broken open and rified recent
Nv The amount of loss is not ye'
!, known.
Nearly $4,000 900 in gold arrived las
: Friday from Australia on the steamer
: Alameda.
Il The village of Guadalupe, Mexico
was recently hit by a waterspout ant
i swept off the face of the earth Inc
roar of the wave was heard in time t(
o warn all but three of the five hundred
,, neople of a Rio Grande valley settle
ment.
e 81. Norris, a contractor of Chicago
l. is under arrest for an alleged attemp
upon the life of John w. Gates, expires
n ident of the American Steel & Wire co
l. When searched at the police sCalloi
l. two large revolvers were found con
J. cealed in his pockets.
k The highest price on record 1or Ma
If seed was reached last week IN chicago
e. The top quotation was 81. S5 per bush
lie ell This is an increase per bushel dui
II ing this month of SO cents. 1t is
cents above the quotation OF a year age
" The government estimates the are'
n of wheat in New South Wales at 1,slo
er 939 acres, an increase OF 6S,Soo acres
Mr.. Kruger was secretely taken Of
~ board the Dutcr cruiser Gelderland, o.
= which vessel he sailed fol. Holland. ii
isl was fearful of the Beers.
The newly inaugurated Metropoi
tan underground railroad had its mrs
disaster IN Paris recently. Two train
- collided and 29 persons were injured
VI two of them fatally. The accident OF
IL Cured between the Exposition static
on the Champs Elysee and the Plac
y de la Concorde.
Il, The death is announced OF zdenk
OF Fabich. the celebrated Bohemian con
I'll poser.
Brooklyn is champion of the baseba
ne world.
as The platform on which Senator Hal
H. ma was speaking at Auburn, Neb., co
as lapsed. Senator Hanna was not hur
I'll The only injury was the braking OF
n boys leg.
Is, The census bureau announced tnf