The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-31

duction Of wages. The demands are resist
ed
United States Commissioner ii Labor has
appointed Prof. John n. Grey, Of tine
Northwestern university. to visit England
and study the effects of labor unions
on the output Of industry. The bureau =
tC investigate this year the effects of the
policy limiting the daily output of mans
hands among unions i'm the United states
Germany, England and France.
Carriage and wagoumakers at Ames-
bury, Mass, the great center of that inc
dustry in America have organized, and
will ask for nine-hOur day and "A mini.
mum increase Of 10 per cent ON piece
work The request will not be made be-
fore Jan. j. 1903. i'm order to give tho
manufacturers opportunity to arrange
their business affairs to conform TO thu
new schedule
1t is represented as an admitted fact
that in certain section of Russia sincS
the emancipation of the scrfs there has
been an actual decline in the humidity
of the country. the chief cause Of which
was the destruction of vast acre of for
est land, the timber of which was sold
to meet the needs of Impoverished proc
prietors suddenly deprived Of their moss
valuable resources.
The convict labor question Is attracting
attention in Indiana. 1t is said that thu
refOrmatOry at JeffersonviIle is turning
out more goods than ever before. This
is in ChaiTmaking. and the local union
of CEairma king at New Albany has asked
the assistance Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor ana the Indiana Federal
ton of Labor i'm an effort to reduce tho
output Of the penltcutary.
There is possibility that work on the
Great Eastern district bridge and am
other irOnWOrk on buildings i'm the course
Of construction in New York city will
come TO 4 sudden stop on May ]. on
or before that date the representatives OF
the Housesmiths and Brdgesmiths' union
viii demand an advance Of wages TO 40
cents an hour. Unless their demands are
granted they are determined TO stop work
throughout the entire country.
The labor measures now pending before
congress are the Chinese exclusion act
eight-hOur bill anti-injunction bill, pris-
on labor bill, musicians Joint resolution
and an immigra ton bill. The Chinese
exclusion act is being given the most att
tention, and is in both houses. The labor
lobby is opposed in this measure by
powerful lobby composed of trauSpOrta-
ton corporations and Chinese interests.
The English Miners Eight lOur bill
now before the house of commons Will
increase by ,one-fifth the wages of those
VINO work longer hours. lower the pro-
dLctiOn and increase its cost. and tina
Measure will actually reduce the work
ing hours to six and a nalf or seven
hours, as the rest of the time Will be
spent in going to and coming from the
workings in the pits. The chief obiec-
ton is legal interference with men.
The recent strike Of the employees of thu
on a large scale, some 300 men being.
it is said thrown idle. The attitude Of
these on strike towards those who re-
NAMED in, or those who took the places
of those who went out. was 50 threaten
ing that a large reserve Of police was
called out, some being mounted 10 pre-
serve order and protect those engaged to
remove the refuse from the streets
The workers engaged In the strikes IN
Spain. which eyentuated in a disastrous
conflict with the authorities and lei to
serious bloodshed and very numerous ar
rests, have appealed TO the workers Of
England for support. Some efforts on
behalf of the workers stiu on strike and
those injured and arrested are being put
forth with the view Of pecuuiary as
siStance The conflict arOsc out of the
strike OF metal workers. In the first in
stance for nine-hOur day. but ii ended
in general strike out of sympathy.
The court Of appeals in 81. Louis, in
deciding the case of FroliCh, a musician
expelled from his union because he rode
on boycOtted street. cars during a strike
and who sought reinstatement by the
courts in his union, held that when a so
called trade union becomes the tvrannicaI
master and a monopoly it puts itself he
yOnd the protection OF the courts. and
no member OF sucn a union can have a
stapding in a court Of equity. Therefore
it could give FrOlich NO relief from his
expulsion.-G. 3. Houston In PhiIadeiDhia
Record.