Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20

pose of inducing them not to join the
union. New York Times.
Russia drinks about sSS000, 600
worth of tea every year.
The telegraph system of the Krupp
works has 81 stations, with So Morse
Geographic instruments and so miles
circuit. che telephone system has 1923
station, with 335 telephones and circuit
of 200 miles. On April /, 1900, the to-
tai number of persons employed in the
different works was Sc ,679, namely, 81,
462 at Essen, 3,475 ut the Gruson works
of Bgckau, $3.50 at the Germania works
at Berlin and Kiel, 6,164 in the coal
mines, and 6128 at the blast furnaces,
and on the testing grounds at Meppen,
etc.
The Watchcase Engravers' Interna-
ton Association before adjourning its
annual convention in Brooklyn de-
clined a proposition to affiliate more
closely with other branches of the
watchcase industry in an allied council,
and declared by resolution in favor OF
special and separate organization for
each division Of the craft
Beer can now be made from oats.
Heavy mining operations are going
on in Mexico. For a mine not far from
Monterey, New York syndicate has
paid S35 600, 600.
President Perkins, of the Cigarmak-
ers' International Union. reports an in
crease of 6.000 in general membership
during the year. IN the New York
strike $4,000 was paid TO non-uniOn-
lists who went out. Cigarmakers' I'm
ion. No. q, OF Boston. alone cOntri-
buted sl4GC0 10 the strike and lock-
out in New York
A strike OF domestics in New York
city is imminent.
The object Of the Coal Statesmen S
Association of Chicago is the protec-
ton of statesmen. and arrangements are
under way to secure the cooperation
Of the miners and coal-teamsters' or
CARNATIONS to enforce reasonable de-
mandS frCm operators and coal dealers.
Russian gold mines average an an
nual yield OF S6.66S pounds.
Chicago has 10000 telephone wires.
ST. Petersburg is soon to have a
home for self-supporting working wo-
men.
Kansas has more national than State
banks.
Kansas City, Mo, claims to have es-
tablished fifty new factories in 1900.
Nowhere in the history Of organized
labor has such a Dody made the ad-
vance in so short time as the Switch
mems Union Of North America Start
ing from nearly nothing, a couple of
years ago. it now has 1873 local bodies
and 1900 members.
Chicago journeymen plumbers won
the Saturday half-holiday. No strike.
After a five hours session the Chi
cago Lake Seamen's Union voted that
members holding political jobs could
retain their membership in the organ
izatin
Coal deposits exist in all the Austria
liam colonies, the largest being in New
Aouth Wales, and the smallest in South
Australia. The total production to the
close of 1899 was S5,969,136 tons. repre-
senting a value of G35,647 ,004 The
quantity of coal exported during 1899
was 2,79S,523 tons, valued G1,005, 794;
the places outside the Australian colo
mics to which shipments were made be-
ing Ceylon. Fiji. Hongkong, India,
Mauritius, New Guinea, Straits Settle
ments, Celebes. Chin. Cochin China,
Ecuador, Hawaii Japan, Java, Mar
shall Islands, Mexico, Molucca Islands,
Mozambique, New Britain, New Gale
donia, Panama. Peru, the Philippines,
South Sea Islands, and America A few
hundred tons were also shipped to
Great Britain. The output for 1900 is
expected to be the largest on record.
The Philadelphia Labor League de-
cided to go in municipal politics, along
with the Allied Building Trades Coun-
oil and the painters organization, and
appointed a committee to cooperate
with those bodies in propounding the
questions toN the candidates for Coun-
ell. The secretary was instructed to
write to the Executive Council of the
American Federation of Labor stating
that when that body lives up to its own
laws by compelling all afiliated locals