Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10
LABoR ANN INpusTnY.

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The telegraph operators of Boston have
formed a union.
scston,s ,s striking srewsry workme may
At Portland, Ore, the marine engineers
concessions.
The Wisconsin dairy Industry employs
100 hands at an annual cost for wages OF
nearly $l,OO0,OO0.
Farmers are offering high wages in iowa.
a. Fertile one man is paying $3.50, and N5
Engineers and Hremen on the Colorado q
southern have asked that company for an
increase in pay.
The long continued strike Of. the Divers
helpers. at Paterson, IA J., has been for
mally declared on.
The National Federation of Teachers was
recently orsanlzed At Minneapolis It's OBJ
5ect is OF a protective nature.
Engineers on the Santa Fe have given
notice that they will not handle engines
repaired by ~nonunion machinists.
Coal miners in Holland are better paid
and work shorter hours than men employed
in any similar industry In that country.
At Lowell, Mass, the loom hxers' strike,
which has been in effect three months. has
been ended. 1t is believed the men received
favorable concessions.
II Is estimated that there are a. 1000 or
ganized wageworkers in the city of New
orleans, where the next convention OF the
American Federation OF Labor will be held.
The farmers OF st. Joseph county, MichI-.
gan; are continuing their night against the
T6reshers organised IN that county q short
time ago.
The sacramento Valley (CaL) Develop
ment association, in view Of the difficulties
caused by the large fruit supply and the
short labor supply contemplates sending
east for the labor needed.
The English House Of Lords has decided
that cknR atnfnna nnta11 - 400 - aAAl.
treasures coniscated where employers
could prove that their business had been
damaged by strikes or boycotts.
The German Reichstag has placed $780,
900 at the disposal OF the government to
provide dwelling accommodations. where
rent. is high for workmen and subordinate
ofncials in the governments employ.
From mining Developments that are on
foot in the North W~arwickshire, England,
coal field it seems likely that what Is now
hive OF coiiiery workers before many Years
have passed.
AL women employed In the bindery OF
the government printing office at Washing
Of their trade. This has been brought
about by a demand enforced by the bindery
women OF Washington.
Efforts are being made by the trades
council and affiliated labor organizations
at Bay city, Mich, TO secure a labor tenn
pie for the exclusive use OF the locals. The
workers Will organize a stock company,
placing the shares at 81.
State Factory Inspector McAbe OF Indi-
ana advocates the establishment by the
facilities for the employees. He says a bath
after q days work Will do much to remove
the desire for stimulants.
7. ". PowderIy. Reconnaissance OF fmmi-
grafton, and who was formerly at the head
Of the knights OF Labor movement, is now
a. the head OF a $l,O00,OOQ company that Il
coal held Of Pennsylvania. near fremont.
The growth Of the wooden manufacturing
industry In the United States Is set forth
tai invested IN this great industry IN 100
was SS92.o40sS53, an increase of 81, 2es .0e6. or
Is per cent, during the decade. The value
inquire. Via. Ss21Is.o50.' In wages ana saIa-
ries more than e90.0o0,O00 was paid out and
materials used cost SzS2, 2S0.066.
Considerable interest IL being taken by
labor leaders In the coming national con.
vention Of employer and employe, which
will be held In Minneapolis September 22-26.
The idea Is a novel one and grew out Of an
consider the best means for inaugurating
q general eight-hour day. Prominent stu
ised to attend the convention, as well as
many large manufacturers and national
labor leaders.
Gently Judge Sherwood handed down an
opinion deciding the Injunction case Of the
Max HaAs-Jeanes Clothing company OF
other officers OF a St. Louis Organization Of
the United Garment Workers OF America.
Judge Sherwood sustains labor unions IN
enforcing boycotte without interference by
the courts. Chief Justice Marshall CEN
ours in the opinion. Justice Robinson dis
sents. Justice Valiant tried the case IN
Bt. Louis and did not sit In this case.
Fifty thousand lonRshoremen OF the
Great Lake viii be represented, at the an
nual convention OF the International aaso-
cation 70 be held In Chicago. The most
important work is the amalgamation OF
the association and the National Union Of
Dock LAboferH IN Great Britain and Ire
lanc, with 10000 members. The British or
gnizatlon was 20 nave been represented by
James Sexton. but word has been received
that he viii not be IN ChicagO. However,
the convention Will probably take some
steps toward the proposed union.
~ u reported In railway circles tina the
Great Northern will replace its japanese
Workmen throughout the western states
with European labor, and that the change
Will be made as soon as practicabie. mi
railway company Is understood to have
found the work OF the brown men un-
profitable, and that the change Is in the
nature OF an experiment. While the COM
pany has not yet brought the Japs EAST,
its lines IN Montana alone. Ii Is there
that the change will be made. Al ore
Montana point arrangements are now beinr
made, A is said, FOR the accommodation
Of 30 EuroFeans. They viii receive Is
cents an hour.
The widow OF the late Marquis de Aores
after six years Of persistent EFFORT. has
succeeded IN brInafnn aavanfaan ~ 1b~