The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-28


Union carpenters in Buffalo and Os-
"ego' y. l., demand increased wages.
The strike at the United Verde mine
! IN Arizona has been settled amicably
The strike of the tug fremen threatens
70 spread to every port on the great
| Bricklayers and timers have Joined tta
| Tenn. liz
The Rochester & Pittsburg roai ana
| iron company has come to terms with
| its employees.
Three hundred public school teachers
are about to strike for more pay in MI
| Waukee, Wis
Uni9n flint glass workers have pre-
| vented the introduction of blowing ma
| chimes in Indiana factories
The bod carriers strike at Chicago
proved TO be hzzle. All the men have
| returned to work save a few leaders.
The brewers strike in Hartford. Conn.
| mas been settled by compromise I'M
| winch the brewers gain little.
! New Hampshire labor organizat tons are
| 70 send a special committee to the Iegis
Iature TO work for the fffty-eight hours
| a week bill.
Telephone girls in Washington are IN
the verge OF declaring a strike against
! an an increase IN working hours without an
| increase in pay.
m Master plumbers Of Brooklyn, n. r..
| n a
| wage scale of 81 for an eig.ht-hOur day-
and a Saturday half holiday.
The painters and decorators in To
ronto, can, have won their fight the en-
PIoyerS ~accedlng to their demand for 30
! cents an hour.
pudding strike at Marion, Ind All are
az Mork on good paying jobs independent
! OF the contractors.
! c1 S,hiphtters employed by the Eastern
9AIpDuLulng company at GrOtOn Mass
| nave struck, charging unfair treatment
! from the foreman. III
Inc hrst attempt to organize stenoe-
IaPhers ana typewriters has been inaugII-
/ t u az ChlcagO. An effort will be made
/ ~ secure minimum scale Of S.
The executive committee of the strflr-
! ms plasterers labOrers in New York r.
| Fort that two thirds of the strikers nave
gained their demand for $3.50 a day.
Building trades in the province of on
e ediro' Canada, have increased member
snip 70 greater extent during the past
! viOus. f~
The, The attorney general Of South Carolina
| threatens both criminal ard civil pro-
! ceedlngS against mill owners in tE-t
plOyes.
-, In the Lancaster district of Britain
! me threatened wage troubles in the tex
! tile trades have been averted. employer,
| having withdrawn their notices fora i
| reduction.
The deadlock in the negotiations with
! me prlcklayers a Toronto Canada.
! threaten to seriously Interfere with fh,
! naNement of the building trades on
| May L for shorter hours and increased
wages
An eight-hour convention of employers
! and employees is to be held at AIinueapo-
rs, MINI IN September. Nearly every
| state IN the Union will be represented
! and the city will eXpend 5000 in enter
| tanning delegates
Three hundred men at the Chester tin
nuns, IN Liverpool. Ohio, struck about a
! dissatisfaction with the new sca1e Of
| Tered by the American Sheet Steel com
| pany The men were expecting the
Amalgamated scale. Instead. they claim
enc was offered which cut their wages
| one-third.
| For the first time in forty-seven years
| the plant of the New Bedford Cordagc
| company is practically shut down be-
| cause OF a strike over twO-thirds Of the
| 5OO or more operators employed there be-
| ing out. They struck for an advance of
| ~ per cent in wages which has been re-
| fused them.
| There We're in the United States at
| the opening of 1892 a total Of 46I5 iron
| and steel foundries, or a gain of over ii
1 per cent on the number shown by the
| FOundry canvass two years bcrDre
Inc foundry capacity Of the United
| States is today 30 per cent greater than
| 1t was two years ago.
The Loom FiXers' union tonight voted
| to withdraw from the Textile council.
| The action, which is equivalent to q
| vote to strike, is taken to Indicate thar
| the union believes the citizens confer
| ence committee will not be able to Sc
| cure an advance Of wages, and the union
! prefers to act independently.
The Laborers Union Protective society,
| in New York, composed Of masOns la
i Eurers, has followed the example OF the
pia5terers, laborers and decided to make
| demand for So a day and the eight
| hour day, to go into effect on May ].
| The LabOrers' UEicn Protective society
| has membership of over 1900
The National Federated Trades council
| Ohio, two weeks ago. Charters are be-
Ing issued by the executive council, and
| Cleveland has one. The new Organiza-
| ton is intended to do away with the ne
CeSsity of sympathetic strikes among the
| men in the machinery trades.
The Long Island Railroad company. in
New York state has decided to establish.
a schedule of wages for all conductors
| ard brakemen employed on both passen-
| ger and freight trains. The schedule IS
arranged gives the men an increase. on
an average Of 6 per cent Of their present
effect on May 1.
Forty-nine jewellers in the employ of
| Saunders, Loire & Co., of Toronto, are
out on strike. The strikers include
| five girls. The strike was ordered owing
to the alleged discharge of J. B. Strae
| chan, vice president of the union. This
| action by the firm, the men believe is
| to ward off any definite move which
| might be made to secure d shorter work.
ing day.
The coal strike in the Kiskiminetas
| valley, Pennsylvania, is at a standstI
~ Everything cry 4ba is quiet and no trouble Is
attempt is being made to start them with
nOn-union men. although factories hero
are all short of coal. The electric light
plant cannot furnish the town Of Ia
rentum with street lights because of
| lack of coal.
Nearly 1000 coal miners have quit work
| along the West Penn railroad in Penn
! savanna. Or the $500 miners employed
IN the district, 800 remained at work the
companies employing them having sign
ed the scale. These communicating
P1ttSburg q Buffalo, the Kerr and the
| Allegheny-have been paying the rates
asked since December, when the demand
/ was made.
One Of the strongest centers Of trades
| Inlon1sm among women is Denmark
| Inc number of women organized IN
traces unions in that country is 72i3- OF
whom 5,24 i've in Copenhagen Their
| organizations embrace fourteen trades
| and include about a quarter Of the yyo-
| men wage earnerS of that country. TNty
are best organized in the bookbindlng.
textile and tobacco trades.
The truck drivers ana tcamsterz az
! Albany N. Y, recently organized. have
| formulated certain demands. which thew
| viii present to their EMPLOYERS on Mon
day, April q. The men win demand an
/ increase OF wages, according TO the fol-
! lowing schedule: $12 a week for drivers
! OF teams, $40 a week for drivers OF SIN
! gle horses, ten hours to constitute a