The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-10

proposed joint conference Of EMPLOYERS
ana empioyes, to be held March r. at a
place to be selected in the anthracite re
gfon.
The brewers. of Cincinnati. Covfne+on
and Newport will strike because ~ d dis
pute between the United Brewery yTcrI5
ers and the Stationary Engineers unions
as as 10 winch shall have jurisdiction over
the breweries of the three cities
The number of trade unions in St
Joseph Mo., has almost doubled in the
past three months The state fedora
State officials from Nebraska and Iowa
viii attend and confer in relation to CO
operation in the work Of the several
states.
,, Powder workers in Kansas have Sc
cured an annual contract with an in
creased scale of wages. and a Drovision
iof the use OF a union label. The miners
nave gained a signal victory through the
arbitration of a clause in their contract
providing for extra pay for doubIe-shiftad
entry work.
Labor organizers are at work in Ore
Son. Ihe general conditions Of labor are
Sooq. over 1909 men are on the paw rolls
OF the mills in Oregon City, but the wag-
es are small. Painters wages have been
improved by organization. and one bin
has been passed by the legislature ia
VoFable to labor.
Several new lodges of the AmaIeamat-
ca association of iron, steel and tin
workers have been organized in the Ma
honIng Valley district during the past
week. A number of new sheet mills bave
recently been started in the YOuners-
Town district, and the new lodges have
t peeh formed among the employees Of
these new mills.
All the section foremen and Iaborerz
working for the Canadian Pacific ana
Canadian Northern Railway companies in
Manitoba and Assinaboia are organiZing
Since the trackmen's great victory on
Canadian Of
brotherhood have been organized at Win
nIPeg, Belmont, Portage, La Prairie ana
MInnedoSee.
Glass potmakers of Ffndlay, Ohio. have
Federation of Labor 1t is the first or
ganization of its kind in the country
dhere are quite number Of the craft in
ONO, Indiana and Pennsylvania and an
International union is to be Organized a
locals. u
e. At 1.-THE the annual annual meeting of the wilson's
q CHlon Iube company, at Glasgow re-
Gently, the chairman said no dividend
could be declared on account of the un-
paraIeled slump in prices, due to Amer
rne com nlnatlon Of tubemakers. The di-
rectors decided to close the works Al
GoVan' suburb of Glasgow.
Rumor now has it that the fine goods
n;llI winch winch ran River. Mass, capitalists
were reported to be ready to heip buiid
IN New Bedford, is to be located i'm Rail
river, probably in Flint village. near the
ArkWnght plant. 1t is understood that
" capital viii be $4,000 and that some
OF the most conservative owners in the
Ill Rlper mills are among the sub
scrlpers for the stock.
Notice has been posted in the SfbIev
LllIls' at Augusta, Ga, that beginning.
mex MONDAY 10 cents per day will he
adoeG to the wages of the employees in
me me aye ~ house and other departments.
ms Is taken by the operatives to mean
torestallment of the strike, which is
eqIttempiated to be inaugurated on
march II, for a 10 per cent Increase in
effect. Oii-<' Tory
II tee iron and steel trades in Scot
iand and the North Of England rroduc-
IIon mas fallen off considerably This wear
as compared with 1900 writes TT1itoj
StdteS consul Rufus FLEMING. Fdfn-
prsn, scotland. 1t is estimated bv wei
informed men in the trade that the ONT
Put OF pig iron is 10 per cent below last
year hgures; of manufactured iron in
10 per cent. '00i' ''Dout
During the last month the FOLLOWING.
UNIONS We're organized i'm Salt Lake Citv'
Ieamsters hack drivers. exDressrnaJ,'
oool ana Shoe workers. bartenders, butch
eFS ana Federal labor unions. The Cipar-
makers union has inaugurated a cam
palgn against the Eastern teDaToa1+
nGuse and Pacific coast Chinese cigars
ne carpenters have started a crusade
VI IL Tade union education, and the ex-
- ,'S2IneH nave secured a bill of prices
winch VIII add considerably to their
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