The Washington times., 1902-12-08

formed a ullOu-
Nearly 1000 shoemakers are Idle at
Leicester, England.
Canadian labor unions win aeitate for
free and compulsory education.
Hobokcn school teachers may organ
lie and affiliate with the A. r. Of l..
Telluride. Col. labor unions have post
ed a boycott on Chinese laundries.
There are 10000 children under four
teen working in Illinois factories. mainly
in Chicago.
New York. Ohio and New Jersey all
have laws preventing the night work Of
children
Fifty thousand people are employed in
Switzerland IN the manufacture OF en-
broidcrles
Providence. r. l.. has a union com
posed Of Italian painters and one Of
Italian carpenters
Senator Redfeld Proctor will erect a
Y. N. c. A. building at Proctor. Vt. for
his 1000 employees
Police and fremen at Toronto. Can.
have decided 20 organize union OF their
respective members.
Ironworkers IN the Midland district Of
England have received a general advance
Of 214 per cent.
Union sawmakers at indianapolis de-
mand an increase of II per cent on the
present scale Of wages.
More strikes occur in times Of uros-
Perity than in hard times. according to
statistics obtained by the Department OF
Labor.
The Lake seaman's Union has started
movement to prevent in the future
the employment OF women cooks on lake
vessels.
Four thousand bookbinders in London.
England, have been locked out for ask
ing for an increase in the minimum wage
schedule.
Labor exchanges In spezia. Brescia.
and other Italian cities have built homes
for workingmen under municipal admin
is:ration.
The turn over Of 1000 cooperative So
cieties in Europe last year was S4O0. 900. 70
co., In 1898 it amounted to only $780,
COO 600.
BoilermakerB in the shipbuiIding in
dustry on the northeast coast of Eng
land have agreed to accept 8 per cent
reduction Of wages.
Buenos Ayres. Argentina, has forty
/ labor organizations. and the greater
rumber OF these we're concerned In the
recent Industrial strike
Efforts are being made by the Liver
pool England Hairdressers' Associa-
tion to secure a general closing OF bar
Der shops on Sunday.
A Japanese railway company has girls
as Mattresses for their passenger trains.
and intends 20 employ women In the
ticket service.
Richmond (Va) street car men are
making arrangements 20 establish a Y
NJ. G. A similar to the organization OF
railroad employees.
Union broom makers at San Francisco.
Cal. are meeting with success in their
agitation against Chinese and convict
made brooms.
Foundry workers at Tacoma. Wash.
decrease IN wages. The minimum scale
IS now $3.50 day.
Twenty-three per cent OF children IN
SaXony. Germany. are forced to work OF
6O4GCO children OF school age. 137, ,831 are
employed In trade
Associated Iron Molders OF Scotland
are agltating a system Of weekly pay
ment of wages on the Clyde and north
cast coast Of England.
The members OF tn, English Cotton
SDinners' Association employed nj the
Duchess Spinning Company works have
been on strike for sixteen weeks.
Silversmiths at Baltimore. Nd, have
organized a union and have been grant
ed a nlne-hour day at the same wage
previously paid for ten hours work
The strike OF National Boot and Shoe
Operators az Glasgow. Scotland. has
been settled. wages. hours Of labor. and
other disputes having been adjusted.
Street car employees at FL PasO, Tex.
have been granted an advance OF 3 cents
an hour They demanded % cents an
hour. but compromised on 20 cents
Ameshury thass.) carriage manufac-
turers have refused demands OF the Car
riage Makers Union for a nine-hour day
and an increase in pay OF 12ia per cent.
Oakum picking by female prisoners in
English prisons has now practically
ceased. Instead they make their own
garments and those Of the male prison
CTS.
The rtesterers Of Canada and the
United states have a complete and pow
crful organization Of their own. and do
not affiliate with the Federation OF La
Dor.
Lancashire and Cheshire England
miners have asked for an advance in
wages Of 10 per cent. The movement has
the support OF the National Federation.
The International canadian Railway
TcIcgraphers arc understood 20 be sat
isfed with the proposed advance IN
wages Of $3.50 per month. They now re-
celyc S58.
The Illinois State Federation OF La
Dor win make q fight 10 have The Legis-
lature pass measures looking toward
taking convlcts out Of competition with
free labor
Sir Georges Newnes has settled the
dispute between the Dockers' Union and
the Moud Nickel CCmpauy. at Clydach
Wales. and all OF the old hands have
been re-euEaged.
Notice has been served by the AmeH-
can Tobacco Trust to $4,000 OF It's en-
ployos that they viii grant "A wage in
crease ae soon as the new wage schedule
has been completed.
The executive board OF the Wstern
Federation Of Miners is considering
plans for the extension Of the organiza-