The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31

will be made a member of the United
Brotherhood of Leather Workers and
Horse Goods employees. She is an Al ne
chanic and can hold her own with any
man in the country as d harness maker.
1t is not believed that the request Of
the operatives in Augusta, Ga, for per-
mission to strike to enforce their de-
1nands for a 10 per cent advance in
wages will be permitted by the National
Textile union.
Disaffection among the workmen at the
Chicago Building company's plant in
South Chicago threatens a strike that
may affect the l,400 men employed there.
MacmndSJS employed by the company
who struck last June are still out.
A company Of 2S4 men of the Prussian
railroad brigade was pr2cticeG in bridge
construction near Berlin recently, where
they built a railroad bridge 1E3 feet long
over d sand pit, fitting 1he piles and 9th
6r umberS, III three days and three
nights.
President Roosevelt is inclined to mod
fly his order relative to the efforts Of
government employees in securing better
wages and shorter hours. and he has al
ready broken down the bars of his pro-
Eibltlve order in so far as it applied to
government printers.
Seven girl operators in the Central Ex
change of the Fox River Valley Tele-
phone company, at Appleton, Wis, struck
a few days ago and crippled the service
for several hours, because Supt r.. r.
chief operator.
The best fed laboring men in the coun-
try are those employed in the logging
districts Of Michigan. Wisconsin and
Minnesota. They have many Injuries
and logging camp cook has to have
qualifications that would give him a good
position in a town or city.
The Union Railway Company of Provi-
dence, r. l., denies the demands OF Di-
vision No. 200, Amalsamated Association
of Street Railway Employees. "A general
strike is possible The men asked for
recognition of the union, ten-hour day
and a wage Of 2212 cents an hour.
Returns from the local labor unions
that have taken the referendum vote on
the proposal for a political action branch
or committee as permanent establish
ment in the Chicago Federation of La
Dor indicate, it is claimed, that the big
labor assembly will have to keep out OF
politics.
The Peace-DaIe Manufacturing Compa-
ny Of Providence, r. H. following out its
cooperative plant established in 1878, last
week paid to its employees per cent
upon the wages earned by those entitled
to the bonus Undr the terms of the orig
InaI plan. Since it's adoption the COM
pany has divided $25 900.
The first cotton manufacturing concern
in Rhode Island to follow the action of
the mills in Fail River in swelling the
pay roll is the Richmond Manufacturing
company, which recently posted notices
III liiS -NdIlltulL LlliiSy dIltiOuIcliS an du-
vance of 10 per cent beginning from
Monday last This affects go hands
The Austrian Railroad club, one Of the
most successful organizations Of the
kind in the world, celebrated it's twenty
fifth anniversary recently. The club has
many technical lectures, publishes a very
good weekly newspaper and has innu-
merable social functions. The railroad
minister and many high functionaries
took part in the celebration.
Seventy five girls on strike at the Tioga
silk mills, Athens, Pa. for an increase
Of wages and the discharge of an obiec-
tionabe Syrian workman marched to the
factory in a body, singing popular and
martial airs and demanded concessions Of
Supt Holt Moved by the songs the Of
ficers discharged the Syrian and granted
the increase.
Unless one party or the ether recedes
from its present position. the indications
are that every brewery in Boston will be
closed on April l. The trouble will also
affect the bartenders of this and other
cities The 1,500 brewery workmen have
requested the master brewers to grant
them an eiSht-hour work day. without re-