The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-01-05
INDUSTRIAL.

Jan l2-Chewing gum manufacturers of U. s.
combine at New York; capital, $l5,0OO,OOO.
H-John Mitchell elected pres. United
Mine Workers in convention at Pittsburgh.
23-Bridge building companies combinej
capital, S50000,00O.
Feb. Leading pottery interests organize;
capital, Sl0,0O0,O00
3-Soap manufacturers combine; capital,
$50,000,000.
6--Amerlcan Car & Foundry combining
big car concerns) Incorporated for $780,
000,0O0
Mar. American Steel and Wire Co., at
Joliet, H. raises wages of $4,000 employees
from to 10 per cent Various whisky
and distNhng companies form trust, CAPT
tai, Sl2S00O,000
l6-Wages of $4,000 stove moders raised
30-The Republic Iron & Steel Co. capital,
$50,000,00O), controlling 30 mills west of
Pittsburgh, incorporated
8-Durng month OF Mar. l34 corporations
organized in New Jersey; aggregate cap
ital stock, 81, III, 100000.
Apr Increase in wages in cotton mills
of New England goes into effect, the resto-
ration beneiiting 10000 operatives.
Andrew Carnegie advanced wages of TO-
600 employees in Pittsburgh and vicinity 10
per cent.
D-Irouble between union and nonunion
miners at Wardner, Idaho, eliminated in
blowing up Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine
and mill, causing loss OF S250,000 and one
man killed. II. G. Prick Coke Co., in
Pittsburgh, Pa, employing 1900 men.
raises wages from & to l2l per cent.
May Troops occupy Wardner, Idaho, and
martial law prevails on account OF rotlng.
l0-ltiotous strikers at Duluth, Mimi, blow
up street car with dynamite; 10 passengers
injured.
ll-lndustrial commission in Washington
begins inquiry into operations OF trusts.
lI-HrOI nE pnt,d a Halfway 'Irnturnnu in
session at New Orleans, reflects 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.
emptng clerks and all kinds OF skilled ar
tlsans.
l0-Wages of 5000 employees in iron and
steel manufacturing Industries raised %
per cent ...Big Consolidated Co.'S II
street railway inC. in Cleveland, o., tied
up by strike for increased wages.
l2-Riotlng in Cleveland resulted in de-
structlon of 10 cars and injury of scores of
persons, including many policemen.
2l--As a result OF settlement of coal miners
strike, $1,000 OF the 10000 strikers return
To work in Missouri, Kansas, Indian Ter.
rltory and Arkansas.
24-Street railway strike in Cleveland ended
practically d victory fOr railway concerns,
NiouGh az Huutl lOhN OIL nearly GZUU,uUU.
Jul. ll-Distillery Co. of Amer, incorpo.
rated at Trenton, n. j.; cap. $l25, 0OO 900
l2-Consol idatioD of wrought steel, iron and
tube Industries effected in New York;
SS0,000,000.
l3--Wage increase of 10 per cent. for 80 900
TIN mil employees announced.
l9-Blcycle manufacturers combine; S40,-
100000
Sep l2-Trust conference (35 states repre-
sented) opened in Chicago.
l6-M. l.. Lockwood (Pa) elected pres. anti
trust organization formed as result of con.
ference in Chicago.
2O--Anti-trlst conference begun in st. Louis,
Gov. Sayers Tex presiding.
Oct. lO-Pana (ul.) 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 N. Y.
Nov. 22-Commercial Industrial congress or
ganized in Chicago, composed OF leading
shipping interests; Il. u. Bacon, OF Nil.
waukee, pres,
Dec, l0.--Wages of 300, 900 New England tex.
tile mill employees advanced, increase be-
ing SlO,000,0 900 year.
l3-lndependent telephone companies Of
Mich, Ind, and o. refuse TO sell out to
telephone combine. international Farm.
ers union organized at Binghamton, n
\" to maintain produce prices.