The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14


BY its provisions. The corutct goes into
effect January l and extends more than
year.
scilles France, the dock lsbnrcrs at Cette
ami Port Louis have refused 20 unload
steamers arriving at those pieces from Mar
seilles. ard the doc6msn az Cheroourg nave
struck in consequence OF a dispute regard
Al NV York city the Musical Protective
union hos appealed TO President Roosevelt
for a "fair and just Interpretation of the
aleu- contract law as applied TO the Inn
portatlon Of foreign musicians" The union
holds that orchestra players should be
classified as artisans" instead OF 'artiste.
Trouble is pending for the railway clerks
in the employ OF the Michigan Central Rail- /
road company. The clerks, who recently
organized lodge No. 81, Order OF hallway /
Clerks Of America, were notified that they /
must either resign from the union or quilt /
the service Of the Michigan Central.
The Columbus Screw and Machine com. /
pany was recently organized at Columbus, |
Ohio. The venture Is backed entirely by /
laborlng men, mostly belonging TO the l
Buckeye Lodge Of Machinists. Union men |
from all over the country are subscribing 4
for the stock, which Is divided Into loooO
shares OF 81 each.
Al Los Angeles, Cal, a strike has been
called among the members OF the Up
hOlsterers union, and nearly all members
have responded. They demand an eight
hour day and wages OF from So so 70 So
I
So day, and have been working from niue
TO ten hours.
Des Moines dowa) messenger girls and
boys employed Ov the western Union Teie-
/ graph company went on a strike recently,
I demanding q scale equal 10 that OF the
Postal Telegraph company. The demand
| was almost Immediately complied with, z
! guarantee Of $50 a month being made, and
/ the strikers resumed work.
Never In the history Of the central West
{ has the general demand for labor been
]
eurners existed As a result Industries are
! suffering In that they can not operate 70
l capacities warranted by the conditions.
/ Manufacturers are offering the greatest in
I duccments 70 labor in the history OF their
( A union Of all tho millinery workers, men
and women has been formed ~ Paris,
( France. and 1l.OoO skilled miillners are out
on strike, demanding higher wages for piece
work and the exclusion OF Belgians and
/ other foreigners from the Paris ateiiers.
The mllluers AZ fashionable shops earn
from $50 to 500 a week during the busy
/ season.
Rules md regulations for q pension sys.
/ TEN, which viii 80 into effect January /,
/ 1893 have been completed by officials OF
/ the Union Pacific railroad. by which It's
old employees win he carried on pension:
IL is stated that II VIII Involve the annual
/ distribution of over S3OoOOo and Is intend
( ed o. cultivate q closer relation between
. the railroad and employees.
At Vaucouvrr H. e.. the strike OF the
telegraph operators IS stll on. The oper-
aiors and employees NJ New Westminstor
also operators the telegraph service IN vie
rU-iq, NBUaluo and several towns In the
. knnfnrav country. gnd Ht is feared ON.
plHyes 500 these places may he ont in SYM
lr is reported that the cotton mills IN
. North Carolina have not employed counsel
for tho purpose NJ hehune anti child labor
the subject and see that they arc not hurt
/ I'M 10 mill interests. Commissioner Of La
b1r NnOcr says that IN his report he Eill
urge n bill forbidding the employment OF
any child under II years
A National steam power council, to be
come section OF the American Federation
OF Labor, IS the latest organization planned
. There nre seven cities In which steam
[ mower councils exist, Members OF the Chi
Cago council advocate the calling Of Z
convention to form n National body, which
win ask for q charter from the American
There 10 practically No chance for
strike IN Australia, Employers and labo
. / orranlzatlnus would forfeit large sums o
money n they refused TO submit the set
) Element Of n strike to arbitration. There
b fore, strikes are practically lmpossihl
, there. Australia recognizes the Amalgam
atcd Trade union, which is responsible
, financially, in sustaining its position. En-
> ploycrs are I'm precisely the same situation
T. An labor men are amalgamated into on
! immense union.
. In England the employers are able 4
y keep down the labor unions and to hren
!, down the principles q collective bargain
ing The house or lords Inns ruled tia
n trades unions can not be sued, but a lowe
q court has forbidden the right TO pickC
a oven poaceahly, Frederic Harrison hold
thar this Is the death kneN OF trades uulou
z In England When open 70 Irrigation I'D
n unions VIII bo worsted 10y the superior ~
a. sources Of the employers, aud when Eng
lish trade declines there VIII be "A series o
a strikes
~ SIX hundred persons are affected by an nm
d uounecmcut OF tho Equitable Lie Assurnnc
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