The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-01-05
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Jan. i3-l hewiaggum Manufacturers 81 T. :.
combine az New York: capitai, SIS. co0 600.
l5-Iohn Mitchell elected pres United
Mine Worksr.in convention At Pittsburgh.
BIRDS. s9 ..,oI companies eombinei
Feb l-L.,sips gs:tery interests organize
3-Soap manufacturers combine; capital,
a5o. 900 900.
o-Amercan Car Foundry toombinins s
BIG car concernsr incorporated for 80.
90 900
Mar. l-Ameriean Steel and vire Co. IT
Joliet H.. raises wages Of - 90 employees
RON % 10 per cTnt Various whisky
and distilllng conparies fern trust, CAPT.
tai, si2s. 90 900.
l0-Wages Il 1900 stove moiders raised.
30-Ths Republic Iron a Steel Go. capital.
soooo,oool, controlling 20 mills west 81
fltlahuish, incorporated.
3l-Dlring month Of Mar. ia corporations
orvanizsd IN New Jersey; sEgregate cap
ital stock, 81. M, 10000.
Apr. l-lncresse 10 wages In csttos mills
81 New Engsnd goes into effect, the resto-
ration benshtins lto.ooo operatives
4-Andrsw Carnegie advanced wages Of TO-.
900 employees IN Pittsburgh and vicinity 10
per cent.
29-Trouble hetv,ss union and nonunion
miners At Wsraner ldahs, eliminated IN
blowing up Bunker Hill ans Su4uvan nine
and mil. causing loA- Of t1s0 900 and one
mar kuied. H c. Frick Coke Co, in
Pittsburgh. Pa, employing 1000 men.
raises wages from Z 10 ~ PEI cent.
Nay 2-lroops occupy Nardner. Idaho. ard
marital laW prevails on account OF rioting
l0-Riotous strikers at Duluh, MINI. how
up street car with dynamite; 10 pssse myers
injured.
ll-lndustrial commission in Washington
begins inquiry into operations Of trusts.
u a. a.
session Al New Orleans, reelccts Grand
Master Aornssey and adopts resolutions
opposing Sunday lrains.
Jun. ~ nlted States court Of appeals, IN
session al Milwaukee. says alien labor law
applies soiely to common laborers. ex.
emptng clerks and all kinds Of skilled ar.
tWans
lo-Wazes Of 5000 employees in iron and
steel manufacturing industries raised p
per cent. Big Consolidated Co.'S IA
street railway lines IN Cleveland, O., tied
up by strike for increased wage
l2--Riotiug in Cleveland resulted In de.
struction OF 10 cars and injury OF scores Of
person., including many Policemen.
2l-As a result OF settlement OF coal miners
strike, 22,0OO Of the 5000 strikers return
10 work IN Missouri, kansas, Indian Ter.
ritpry and ArkansAs
24-Street railway strike IA Cleveland ended
practically a Uetory 'Cg IaAway concerns,
though at money loes OF nearly 100000.
Jul. ll-Distiilery -. Of Amer, ineorpo.
rated at Trenton, N. j.; cap. GA, oO0, 600.
l2-Consoiidatson Of wrought steel, iron and
tu0e industries effected in New York:
t8G,O0O,OOo.
I3-Nsss increase Of Is per cent. for 80, 900
tin mil enspoyes announced.
sep. l2-Irust conference Us states repre-.
sented) opened m Chicago.
lo-M. l.. lockwood PA erected pres. anti.
trust organization formed az result Of con
ference in Chicago
2o-Anti.trfst conference begun r. St. Louis,
Gov. Savers TEX presiding
Oct. l0-F0ns (lil.) coal miners strike at.
tied after lockout OF over IS NOS, during
which many lives were sacrificed.
20-Pullman Palace Car Co. Of Chicago alb.
CORDS Wagner Palace Car Go. Of \. I.
Nov. 22--Commercial Industrial congress or.
ganized in Chicago, composed OF .cading
shipping interests; 4. p. Bacon, Of Mi.
waukee. pre-.
Dec. lO-Wases Of 300. 600 New England tex.
tie mil employees advanced, increase be.
ing flO,O0UOJO a year.
l3-lndepcndent telephone companies Of
Mich, Ind. and o. refuse to sell out 70
telephone combine. internationOl farm.
ers' union organized at BInghamtOn, y.
Y, TO maintain produce puCcs
2l-At Springfield, H., street car blown up
by dynamite for Sd time since strike began.