The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-10

| order to lessen the production of convict
made goods.
Two bills are now pending in the Mary
Idnu legislature to increase the pay Of
ponce oIncerS. One proposes an increase
Tor the entire force, from the commits
sioners down.
Moulders Of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. have
oeen granted an advance in wages of q
S cent 65o per day. The plans for new
call for union labor.
The, textile school at Lowell. Mass
now has 80 day scholars. which is IL
more II is said than the aggregate of
England. and 374 night pupils.
The printers strike at Bangor, Me.
remains unsettled Employers offer to
concede a nine-hOur day. but the printers
v ant S12 per week for men and S. for
women This demand is refused.
The timers of Denver, Col, are going
70 STRIKE FOR raise in wages from So. %
to $50 a day. The lathers plasterers
WoodWorkers and electrical linemen will
also make similar demands.
There is no indication of any action
TO break the deadlock existing between
the weaving forces of the four big mills
q the American Wooden company at
OlneyVille r. l., and the mill owners
The supreme court Of Kansas is ex-
pecled 70 pass a decision on the cOnsti-
tutIonal1ty or the eight-hour law within
a few days. So far the labor bureau has
gained a victory in all of the lower
courts.
Union organizations in East st. Louis.
ILL.,, have increased their membership
over 100 per cent during the past six
months, and substantial gains in wages
have been granted to many of the trades
The child labor bill, drawn up under
the auspices Of the Baltimore Federation
or Labor, prohibits the employment Of
children under fourteen years in factories
The penalty for each violation is 500.
An effort is being made to organize the
SLACK barrel coopers at Louisville, KY
Ihel1 condlt1on is reported to the Amer
lean Federation of Labor as being worse
than that of any trade in the country.
The city council of Cheyenne. Wyo.,
mas agreed to pass an eight-hour. ordi-
for city labor. Painters have secured
nine hours and a raise of 80 1-3 per cent
in wages.
Busy times are reported from New
Hampshire. There is little or no tdIeness.
Everybody seems able to obtain work and
many union men have entered upon long
contracts at the navy yards in Ports
mouth
The strike. at the Hartford Carpet com
p2ny's works at ThompsonvilIe, Conn,
still continues, and efforts are being
made by the Hartford Carpet corporation
70 secure men to work in the dyeing
department.
The general condition Of labor in Flor
bershlp among the trades unions is re-
ported by the organizer of the Fedora
uoh' Ihere is not single strike or lock-
out in the state.
The general condition of labor is duh
IN Montana, particularly among the Ium-
bermen. All of the other crafts are well
organized and about 100 workers in
Western Montana have received an in
crease of Is cents per day.
Miss Millie Weitler, Of Cincinnati has
been appointed as a special deputy for
Ohio to Investigate child and woman la
Dor in factories and workshops. She is a
shoeWorker, and has been active in Iabors
ranks for fifteen years.
Nlnety-hve per cent of the railroad men
IN vermont are in the unions, and the
roads IN that state are better organized
than any in the East. Machinists and
metal workers at St Adams are on Strike
Tor a nine-hour day.
The Hold Carriers, Brick and Mortar
Workers union at Washington, D. c.,
have given notice that on and after ADril
l they VIII refuse to work with non union
men. This may serve to delay building
operations at the capital.
The Bartenders' Association of Greater
New York, organized last week, has Tor
one Of it's objects the disciplining Of all
members who drink behind the bar. None
but men known TO be of ahStemioCs hab-
its may Join the union.
Burlington QoWaJ city council Is about
to pass an ordinance that mono but union
men shall be employed on city work
Wages OF city laborers nave already been
raised from 1.50 to 81. - day. and team
sters from 50 10 S. 80 a day.
The Western Central Labor union. Of
Butte, Mont. 3 heading a movement hay
ing for its object Ille breaking away OF
all Western labor unions from the
American Federation OF Labor and form.
ing an Independent federation by them
selves.
The mana cement of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad hesitates %
increase the wages of its employees at
the request of the railroad labor organiza-
push their demands for an eignt-hour
day.
President Mitchell, Of the Mine Workers
union. has issued invitations 10 the heads
OF coal carrying railroads 10 attend q