The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-17

ms completed an exhaustive renor, a.,
Ma ,salst Is most emphatieally fhst 80.
s ssse immigration is QUO Of tne most np,o,
Ma INC Inat aruict tne Dominion.
,.s nsn employed In Walton A. Iogsn,s ..,.
.S.lef department at LINN iioss so.e
~ noIki refusing TO become ,ne,nhs,. ~,
az az BOOT and Shoe Workers uninn " VI
union Ha 1s received The stamp OF tne
ton. uuss 10 Ia organiEa-
radses exeeutlye council OF the american
=, OF Labor at lis recent ses.tcn
its raI. naenciseo, Cal, decided 70 Instruct
&c ,nepresenta lives In Porto hlco, as we'll
as tnose In this country, 10 do nil ~ ,ne,,
bomer 20 assist the labor movement IN
n SSIe1 hieo against the opposition with
Car cSrpe 81 y meeting sl5 at every turn.
Sanada, are organizing TO obtain an ia,
of.ase OF wages. The plans are to obtain
u minimum wage OF 20 cents nor honr in
pace iace OF me II cents paid No TALKING Of
g. M, M Is neard, The number of carpenters
already organized. ~
MT Chen, proprietor Of the Tslng Tai
urn OF Kobe, Japan, has purchased a spln.
nue mn at shanghai, In which 20,Oo0
.hu'uies are In operation and 100 uprra.
ives are Mt work under i've jauancss ',,rr
seers. He has formed very poor opipiol
ot the capacity of the Chinese a. ape~n-
ives and means to hA la t4mpiuy Japaucse
number.
President Malone of the Denver fcolol
chamber OF commerce viii nave To nay
Siu21 for the privilege uf acting us an ar
hltrator ~ settling the recent building
tradeS strike. When lie settled the strike
the only difficulty was over the nay.ncut
OF fines assessed by tho unions against Ger.
ram members, President Malone, on being
told the amount was only nominal, agreed
to pay II out OF his own pocket and was
surprised 10 find no tnI 20
S102l.
The wages Of Dublin urclonn engineers
are below those paid in Belfast and some
smaller Irish towns AMI the wage rate ha,
remained stationary for twenty years. The
men made application Cor an advance,
which was refused hence the strike The
union Is supporting the men In their de-
mands II appears that the railway firms
have Imported free labor men from elias
gov; these, 1t is alleged. were not found to
be satisfactory; then the firms sought for
men In Leeds and Manchester, and 1t is ex-
pected that the supply will not he OF 4
higher quality. Hence II is anticipated that
the men will succeed
certain degree Of unrest has been mani
| fest In the English Miners Federation lis.
trict over the recent reduction In wages,
and In few instances the men LET work.
Rut the fear Of litigation has led To =
reluctant acceptance Of the situation IN
the ease Of the Dcnaby ana CA1ehy Main
collieries the men who censcd work WIZ b.
out notice returned to work and gave q
fortnipht's notice, but the officials ut the
pltS refused 10 give out the davy lamps, 50
that about 3co0 men are SIN ont. In the
Lancashire districts n dispute has arisen
as to tao proporticnate reductions In The
case of surfnccmcn, and also rs to the Of
feet or n previous reduction before the
award of The arbitrator II is thought that
2c,Cc0 may strike. The dispute at Mcssrs'
Flctchcrs co.icries has been settled. after
weeks idlcnces, concessions having heeh
agreed TO