The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-02
IN WORLD OF INDUSTRY
E...s, Of the Busy Workshop, Nil
and Mine.
! GOSSIP OF The BREADwINNERS
!, tbe Weeks Work In Every
evIew y :, the Globe Where Manufse-
N, t,rsrs and Mechanics Hold sway

= Isoan. % per cent Of SIX spinners are
emsln. ,rsers at west Duluth. Mimi, will
I'M q union: It,, o,stor, talIors of Bos-
~, III, MISE s,c1ooi teachers at Toledo, ONO,
ii y nnsted for an increase IN salaLlts.
hamilton Canada fr sn p inersase u Of pay
&rs are n@ ~ higher wages Is causing Bel
E lPpsats,sgorkers to emigrate to this coun-
~ ..r,ent for nine hour day will be
{,susurated by the machinls's at i'ic"uionu'
s.,vo makers at Memphis, Tenn, have de
say sog AN an increase from So to $3.50 a
tnndredb; o,,erhood Of Railway Men will
W ,r convention on December l at st.
@ SIs,n quo. Of the oregon Railroad and
hasggnton company at Portland, Ore, are
IN strike. 49,. % - ,o,,aroi s+.,t,o
II gaining strength throughout Nortnefn
fS DIV AIT annual convention of the Rail-
~ Freight Clerks union was recently
keld at Akron. ONO. min.
81 The Russian finance minister, Witte; mas
Recommended tnat s'tiAe' sH"u'N ~ '1e"'
8lg goa Il norters at Marsellles have resolved
Il ~ to unload foreign coal during the strike
X the French miners.
4 There will he no strike If copper miners
/, Gjnbe Ariz. all differences having re
tsntly been satisfactorily adjusted.
"A The dispute of miners Mt Pendlebury,
ENGLAND, has been settled. so That the no
ilees 10 cease work have been Withdrawn.
timers in the Central railroad shops at
'Afscon Ga. are on strike to enforce a de-
iins6d Tor an Increase of 30 cents a day.
9 Russian and italian tailors at New Haven,
|lronn who have banded together for their
common interests, have. gone on strike.
II The longest strike Of recent times was
Abet Of the Sunderland, Eng, engineers,
(which lasted two and half years-from
'hSSS to 1885.
working hours are from In the morning
Hill s at night and the wages 10 cents a
Retail clerks at Creston, Iowa, are bound
ato keep up with the progress Of the age I'm
Organization and have formed themselves
The tramway strike in Geneva, switzer.
band. has been settled. The company
granted the demands Of the men as to
honrs and wages.
a Difficulty in securing the services of men
Hto act as arbitrators has long DELAYED the
settlement Of the plumbers strike at Kan
q sas City, Mo.
4 Strained relations between about 400 fe
male workers In the various book binderies
+ and their employers at Toronto, Canada,
a
a Berlin has its first female barbers-the
8 wife and daughter Of a hair dresser. In
{ Bohemia Hungary and Scandinavia there
+ are many women BARRIERS,
a new scale calling for 50 a day, instead
4 Of $40 and $50 a month, Will be presented
E by the Hack Cab and Coupe Drivers
union at Chicago
settlement Of the coremakers' strike at
Buhalo, \. Y, Inns been reached by arbi-
tla'on' Inc trouble arose over a demand
4 "a
Union rope makers at San Francisco. Cal.
pave Deen granted a 20 per cent increase
Il OF wages. The advance was given volun-
nrily by the employers.
Inc local carpenters union OF Colorado
spllngkl Color has decided to build a S2ag.
w memorial hall In honor Of the late multi
millionaire. w. S. Stratton.
,,LApeit coal miners In the Macon county.
Sansouil, shaftS make from $3.50 to 81 a
cay, working eight hours and still from
4 oVV 20 0D more men are needed
Another dispute as TO the employment OF
honu9ionlsts occurred in the Rhondda Val.
. y, wales recently by which some 1000
miners were thrown idle.
by re1diustment of wages miners and
5 T y,ner EMPLOYEES Of the Colorado Fuel and
{ t,on company VIII procure In number
Ca, cases advances OF from 10 TO % per
City expressmen at Des Moines Iowa
ntaIe petltioned the council 10 revise tbG
trsyn toiaInanCe regarding the prices for
i bSTssslseddr IN baggage, and asked that an
'HTT,ease be made.
The most prominent Arstrt,n tr,,,,, .,,.,...
STHes"erbe NereIn, Of Lower Austria. has
SSs.ueu 20 send deputation to the Initial
positlor IN 1874 TO visit the st. Louis ex-
,. az Everett, Wash. strike Of the inter.
. n%S.onai order Of Electrical Workers for
4 ~ Il pay uas been averted by the granting
receive sTy SSeaInands Of the men. Linemen Will
Of from Ton the report Of the labor department
clear tb s9ha ION Ting board of trade it is
eYcen,II nat the coming winter Will he an
Population ~ Ippglng one to the working
laborSers5h threatened r strike Of about 1000 dock
IN v ~ az Brest, France, has been averfed
f6at * promise Of the minister Of marine
and he red E rnses shall he inquired into
the eng DTln EtdEard Of England once learned
brsr,pn, n. .. trade. Alfred Rorckel. a IL
Of tbirt,a AT Mayence, has compiled list
lilies wbo bbellogrs or European royal fam
4 IL ~ nave learned to print
Nina. result Of the recent riiieTs' strIka NJ
duce frata Nlhn' the movement to re-
general IN 'e a twelye-hoair shifts which are
down the Wss,ssTillls promises TO spread
Union Iohe Nj sslssippi valley
desvsgru .iaoor men at Chicago. Ill. will en-
contrn, ~ elgct 2 mayor Of their own and
form wbieh 81 " council. They have n plat
Wnurpies OF trades unionisn1 '''ii
half - unions at IndlanhpoIis Ind I, no
union lne local Federation Of Brevrersv
their men,hlle.a Ions have assessed fines on
Iibsraaalo e Cincinnati beer.
~ uaeWen AZ Seattle, Wash orc -, e+.t,-o
and ree csnI nour day, $3.50 day i'm wages
hsrn Tvnsmuon Of the union Ti,o -,
vifbopU,e en getting 81 for nIne.bour dsY
II ~ union recognition ""' .
nsss.s estlmnted thar Tho or+t..,,
S enriea last March in RonmonnII9I S AM Jaw
mdanse 1900 Jewish rynrtr,M ~ suo1
co NAV livelihood and reduce ovar ,np
Shoot bmoi9en and children TO begearv
made r eonlers at Portland, Me-, have
Present tbe % u.sI TOT 40 cents an hour. AT
han. men on the wharf ana ozi IN hour TOT
stk wi 'ne men In the holds Of the vc a;'
inss general nn movement against srrd.v s,.v.
Nyernooot inmengurated some time Sso nv
shops were ci1s, BARRIERS. Most Of the
The 1 IN With those who refnse" WI pe lnaGe
citrr 4 me electrical workers IN ot,oh,n,o
been Wori.ii,, are out ON strike They nave
from 50 10 60 s ~ hours day and receiving
'FF,,y llneman. anu 500 day for
nsica american federal partv bos non,
Federst io,i iisgn lglesias. president ~ ne
an AmerIc,o Morkmen Of Porto Rico and
Ter, 10 reprosdre eerauon 81 Labor orqan.
ne house 81 deli dele9 Ine Guayamo district in
sunaefis OF an institute FOR the biInd AZ
duly e i,, Eng, have struck nfter having
lleakue ns uinhicated with tho Nstio1sl
they rec8 VA ne bllndl because the wages
na Ne, beeh reduced ps making ship cord Tenders
VIII denys drivers at San Francisco cal
cf tho nrsso,, snorter hours on the exnirntion
members ~ agreement IN December Tho