The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-10

SN'"' RES Alamo Insurance Baf
mates In their employ has been erec,n5 ,,
Sdu Franclsco, Cal. The demands ~ -
t u,en Ior ntne'hour workday ana oyerti.,''
ssf - were conceded aud contract IN.
s'sue1 by the contending forces
, AT New York city the FrankIir As.o.i.
IN on " ireSs Feeders has made n de1nYn1
t toI GA week for all work ana extra t,I
a a Well 9EeF fnL The men were getting 81.
week Iof all work on less than n Ca1
sheet presses aud Sl4 for work o1, III
sheets. la" VV'VyV
NJ Hotel and Restaurant Employees union.
~. at Denver, Colo. mas asked for NJ
tWeIVe-hour day, six days labor in n VI
ana recognition Of the union. No rea,,cgf
10 n,i made as to wages. This movement re-.
Oei,es tne sanction of the Cooks and Wait.
ers union, The union starts with GOOD
prospects of success eO'4
oIesh l9oo!ers, mostly Austrians. urc
. Ueihg brought into Alabama from Pcnnsvl
y3hlu. There Is room for several tbo,,t,3,1
laborers In the district md ns tho n, Nv
appear 70 be willing to do copmo1 and
skiled labor. they will eventually oi,,...
Tpt0Ige iaDor. the latter being somewha,
1t is reported from Dawson thar tbc on
traitors Gi the government tele graph Offices
~ the North have gone our on STRIKE
oW cnE 70 me nonpayment Of wages and
a cut OF 80 l-3 per cent In salaries TN.
Dawson Office is still open aud NO renorls
nave been received regarding Offices f5f
ller mp the river.
The The International Union OF Steam Engi.
nneerst Ia behalf Of the engineers Of t1a
san francisco, CAT, lire department have
pettioned the city TO restore TO tbe Ialtcr
the rate rae OF pay that they enjoyed prior to
49, ~ hHuHt ION OF the new charter, which re-.
$3.50 'ioH' s4oso 10
:, A request from the Federated Trades
SoqAGil OF Milwaukee, Wis. to the Cen
trdI reiterated Union Of New York for
independent political action with a view
OF coming together IN a National move
meht, was received with little enthusinsm
- committee however. has been appointed
posed new party
The miners and other industries In south
africa are seriously affected by the scarcity
comparatively large sums during their mill.
taIy employment. are Indifferent - ,wnga
earning The chamber of deputies In 40
eordahce with Lord Kitchener's appeal. is
oHerlng work Oh the surface mines 10 ~.
regulars at the old rate of paw.
Engineers on the Manhattan Railway com
pany at New York have requested a nine.
hour working day instead OF one Of ten
hours. An agreement has been drafted
and submitted embOdying the nlne-hour
work day and a provision that when fire.
men become engineers or motormen they
pc PAID the union wages Of the Brother
nood or Locomotive Engineers, which are
$3.50 a day.
The United States immigration bureau
mas Informed the machlnists' union at Oma-
ma, Neh., that any effort TO import men
from foreign countries to take the places
or striking shop men on any railroad would
receive immediate attention 1t Is pre-
sumed that the Union Pacific was pregar-
ing 10 import men from Scotland and En-
gland to lake the places OF strikers on It's
officials Of the Elgin. Joliet and Eastern,
Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern railway
Nrlf Nd all
new schedule of hours for engineers, FIRE
men. conductors and brakemen The men
recently asked for an advance In wages.
Several conferences were held, and It was
agreed to maintain the old rate, with
reduction from twelve to eleven hours.
1t Is asserted that over 10000 agricul-
tural laborcrs In East Galacia, Austria,
most of them Russians, are now On strike,
landed proprietors Is progressing Near
Lemherg extensive stores have been
burned down. while excuses are reported
TO have been committed In other localities.
for troops. but the authorities recommend
ed that an attempt at Cancellation he made
by increasing the wages OF the laborerS.
The new agreement concerning wages be
tween the Atchlson. Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad and the Brotherhood OF Railway
Car Men went into effect August !. Under
the terms decided upon the change will be
gradual and will not he extended over the
entire system uulll dppul JHuudIN l. VT
tain cases which are most pressing Will be
given advantage of the raise first The in,
crease will atfect about 1000 men 8nl
amounts to an average. OF from 10 TO l29a
per cent. The agreement also provides for
I ten-hour day and a possible hour OF on
saturday,
germany was the first nation to provide
furd for injuries received by worklngmen.
In teyeral different forms some compensa-
ton has existed In that nation for more
than 100 wears The industrial accident in
in 1885 provides compensation as follows;
Disa billy for work, d6 per cent OF wages;
fatG, accidents, funeral expenses amounting
to twenty DAYS wages and an annuity to
dependents not 10 exceed 90 per cent OF
the wages paid for the estimated life OF
the victim. Employers are compelled by
law To Insure their employees In trade as
soclations.
Manufacturers all over Italy are ANXIOUS
" watching the outcome OF the strike Of
1000 boys at Millu, none Of whom Is more
than IA years old. and who are employed In
n diversity Of trades Just now quite
number OF dressmakers errand girls and
maids Of all work have Joined the youth
full male strikers, the general complaint
being insufficient wages. Manufacturers
fear that these children, through the lead
ership OF grown persons. Will perfect IN
Dor league which. because ITS members
are children, Will gain sympathy every
where and spread throughout the country
the State should forbid the employment OF
children altogether.
Do not leave hon on a journey without
3 bottle cf Ch6F1beriain's Cole. Cholera
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