The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-09
WORLD OF INDUSTRY
/ Of the Busy Workshop, Nil
and Mine.
tOsslp OF tue BREADwlNNeRS
/. ~ the Weeks Work In Every
!, an the Globe Where Manufao-
IT, and Mechanics Hold Sway.

.rv workers at Fresno. Cal, have
IL al labor is in great demand at Kan
~ SINNERS throughout Connecticut
4.ganiging. 49, ., III,
sAIIa raI' wages for painters In England
a e,p per at Omaha, Neb.. have secured
Sht.hour day.
,nsrciai telegraphers at Columbus,
Itbaye formed a union,
''snimers and funeral directors at Chi
I'M. have formed q union.
IA mouIders at Beaumont, Texas, have
IN lar an Increase of 25 cents a day.
TX are about 10000 members of the
"a federation of Great Britain.
III Huron Mich, Trades and Labor Az
III viii establish a labor library.
IN paperhangerB at Cincinnati, OHIO,
IN for a 20 per cent Increase In wages.
.4emleabie adjustment of the tailors'
2S al New Haven, Conn, has been
1rer 10000 women employed In the
IN Industries, less than $4,000 are or
,bepters and joiners at Brecon, Eng
have received an advance OF 1sd an
ter clerks at Richmond. Va, will or.
'# with the intention OF demanding
|& nnlon labor party of Queensland,
Mia, have elected twenty-four mem
10 the legislature.
Ia thousand spinners are on Hirike at
isxtile mills near Newry. England, for
Itcrease In wages.
IA right OF combination In Germany
"A ranteed by law, but farm laborers do
Iossess this right.
I'm will be introduced in the next
~ chusetts legislature looking to the
iioratlon Of labor unions.
M German government has provided by
nance for the Importation to Samoa OF
lfse contract laborers.
.hworked seamstresses In Berlin are to
ID BY a legacy OF $4,000 left by a
An bookseller named Balm.
n Western Federation of Miners may
"A building at Denver, Colo. for the
n the federation In that city.
thousand fishermen on Puget Sound
sIorganlzed a trades union, chartered by
american Labor Union.
milwaukee,, Wis, tobRcconist has been
n sS5 and costs for using the union
\ on cigars not made by union labor.
IIhese girls ure being employed in San
btlscO as telephone operators for the
.amodation Of Chinese merchants.
movement for a seml-monthly pay day
in employees has been Endorsed by the
IN, M. Trades and Labor assembly.
|hyasSers In Ohio and Indiana will or.
IA a labor union. The pioneering OF
new union is being done at India
be,
fcrences between brass buffers and
~ ers and their employees at Watertown,
\, win probably be settled by arbitra-
H. hundred thousand men are employ.
al hand looms In and around Lyons,
he, at an average of co cents day
IthoTitles Of British Columbia have es.
khed travelling libraries for the benefit
ID numerous lumber and mining camps
Tstrlke Of bookbinders Mt the govern.
printing office at Washington, D. c.,
8ntempated, notwithstanding reports
4e contrary.
lrters In the employ Of the board of
pay increased from So TO $3.50 a day,
jaborers from 50 to $3.50.
b president OF the Monon railroad has
tpriated 5000, besides the grounds for
4nng Mems Christian Association build
pear the railroad shops at Lafayette,
BAL polishers and brass workers In the
py q the Western Gas Fixture COM
4 at Toledo, Ohio, have been granted a
pour day, with ten hours pay.
4 1873 the cigarmakers worked from
De to fourteen hours q day. Since then
hours have decreased to eight per
and wages have been increased so per
/ cIals at Hamilton, Ont, are prosecut-
employers for evading the law against
4 employment OF children under ii years
BE during school hours
Allied Printing Trades Council OF
pn is making a vigorous fight to have
pnlon label placed on air text books
IN the public schools Of that State
Per DoN makers at San Francisco, Cal,
submitted a new wage scale to their
EYE Ihey demand a 20 per cent
. ..s IN wages and nine-hour day.
'uonary engineers in the employ Of
Shlcago NJ ilwaukee Brewers associa-
nave made a demand for an eight
Jay union wages and working condl-
'FS sarstoss q Hr1 troy Albany Giena
nave formed Joint conference board
H. advancement Of organized labor.
slpni. ttVh OF government canal lock-
from the Welland canal has asked
'nIan cabinet ministers for an Increase
|eT b bG0ni Sl'2o to S1.50 a day and
pinctions, have been issued against the
ens Inachinlsts and moulders al Birfn.
WI w. AIa.j restraining them from in any
interfering with the operations OF the
fixing machinists at Botb No vho
been on strike since March Ok have
Ioes, 20 work without any concessions.
barter. Hi"ue W SURRENDER
I sd strike Of the electrical workers and
sstt, JheInen at Oklahoma CITY has
men VIII Compromise was effected.
!. instead se et more more pay and nine hours
sf locked. out by the Pacific Rail.
~ ~ LOS angeles, Cal, because their do.
81 snorter hours and more nav was
former 70 t nave returned to work on
ii KS OF the Women's Christian Temner.
n Ardmore, /. Il. have nIan
~ - ~ S5hey propose to establish n nnbiIc
r. alu reading room and Mace +o resf
~ especial benefit Of the iaboring PEG,
'9 q. shipwrlghts and caulkers NJ Nor.
il, VA, have rejected the nronositIorN 1T
a ~ uay; They demand a day from
a. until shutdown. an avsra,,o ~
ana half hours ''eiaSe VI
~ Sis9 lpgete In the Welsh tinplate indus.
u Of Ins 10 tue appointment OF a com.
I've 1 on umpire is TO be csIied n ar ar.
m esers and make an award
No Pohgers at Great New York ,ra
m aotss 10 organize a National upion
nY ~ c'rtttcglar Industry. and are an
10 tneit Fellow workers In other
~ - ,, assist S in the attempt. " 0'A''
cottor inuians are being imported IN
sctsvoan IN Mississippi They are onIek
Well nimble OF finger and after 4
n ner 5 ot practice can nick as much
king S er. as the best negro pickers.
returned t ~ at Dublin, Ireland.
Pic nv, 70 work after 1--WE months
sn,n.4Ilae men were supported nv The
~ .Sa Society OF Engineers. INF
/, n V 9ntain any CONCESSIONS.
,,ionllper OF strikes ordered nv or.
itles lncreased. With several IRE.
wblio ION ION - In 1881 10 i164 In
llS So, though very slightly I from a'o SO