Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-01-05
INDUSTRIAL.

Jan. l2-Chewing gum manufacturers of u S.
combine at New York; capital, $l5, 900 600;
Mine Workersin convention at Pittsburgh
23-Bridge building companies combine;
capital, $50,0O0, 600.
Feb. Leading pottery interests organize;
capital, $40, 00O, 600.
Soap manufacturers combine; capital,
500, 000, 600.
6-American Car & Foundry combining
big car concerns) incorporated for $780,
Mar. American Steel and Wire Co., at
Joliet, Ill, raises wages of 36, 1000 employees
from to 10 per cent. Various whisky
and distilIing companies form trust, CAPT
16-Wages of Is 600 stove molders raised.
39-The Republic Iron & Steel Co. Capital,
So, 900 ,0OQ,. controlling, 30 mills west of
Pittsburgh, Incorporated.
31-During month of Mar. 134 corporations
organized in New jersey; aggregate cap
ital stock, 81, Ill, $50, COO.
Apr. Increase in wages in cotton mills
of New England goes into effect, the restO-
ration benefiting lac, 600 operatives
Andrew Carnegie advanced wages of TO-
coo 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 $3.50, 900 and one
man killed. H. c. Frick Coke Co, in
Pittsburgh, Pa, employing $1,000 men,
raises wages from to l23 per cent.
May Troops occupy Wardner, Idaho, and
martial law prevails on account of r1otlng.
10-Riotous strikers at Duluth, Mimi, blow
up street car with dynamite; 10 passengers
injured.
ll-lndustrial commission in Washington
begins inquiry into operations OF trusts.
17-BrotherhOod of Railway Iralnmen, IN
session at New Orleans, rejects Grand
Master Morrissey and adopts resolutions
opposing Sunday trains.
Jun. limited States court of appeals, in
OF oh IoENf
applies solely to common labOrers, ex-
empting clerks and all kinds of skilled ar
tisans.
steel manufacturing industries raised %
per cent. Big Consolidated Co.'S Il
street railway lines in Cleveland, o., tied
up by strike for increased wages.
l2-Rioting in Cleveland resulted in de-
struction of 10 cars and injury of scores of
persons, including many policemen
2l-As result of settlement of coal miners
strike, 1000 of the SO, 600 strikers return
TO work in Missouri, Kansas, Indian Ter
ritory and Arkansas
24-Street railway strike in Cleveland ended
practically victory for railway concerns,
though at money loss of nearly 500, 900.
Jul. 1l-Distillery Co. of Amer, incorpo-
rated at Trenton, n. j.; cap. $l25, DOC, 600.
Decentralization of wrought steel, iron and
tube industries effected in New York;
$50, 600, 900.
13-Wage increase of Is per cent for 1000
tin mill employees announced.
Sep. 12-Trnst conference (35 states repre-
sented) opened in Chicago.
16-M. L. Lockwood lPa.) elected pres. anti
trust organization formed as result Of con-
ference ID Chicago.
20-Anti-trust conference begun in st. Louis,
Gov. Savers Tex presiding.
Oct. 10-Pana (Li.) 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. Z.
Nov. 22ICommercial Industrial congress or
ganized in Chicago, composed of leading
shipping interests; z. P Bacon, of Nil
waukee, pres
Dec. I0.-Wages of 800, 600 New England tex
tile mill employees advanced, increase be
ing SIG, 0O0, 600 year
13-Independent telephone companies OF
Mich, Ind, and 0. refuse to sell out to
telephone combine. international Farm
ers union organized at BinghamtoD, N.
Y, to maintain produce prices
H-At Springfield, H., street car blown up
by dynamite for Sd time since strike began
LYNCHINGS.