The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-27

after DAYS work will do much TO remove
the desire for st|muants,
The auditor of the South Wales and MoD
mOuthshire iron aud steel trade sllqlng
scale board has awarded the steel workers
an increase Of IL per cent from July l.
This bring tho rate of wages up to II per
cent above the standard
Efforts are being made by the trades
council and affiliated labor organizations
Mt Bay City, Mich to secure labor tenn
bic for the exclusive use Of their locals.
The workers will organize a stock com
pnny placing the shares Mt II.
All women employed In the bindery OF
the government printing office ~ Washing
ton D. c.. will become members OF the
local union of their trade. This has been
brought about by demand enforced by
the bindcry women of Washington.
TWENTY-FIVE trades unions OF Cienfuegos.
including the longshoremen's, stevedores',
cooks, coach drivers and bakers unions
have struck in support Of the strike of the
men engaged In unloading timber IL Is
paraly2ng business In the entire district
The Trades and Labor Assembly of Des
Moines Iowa, has protested to the CITY
government against the use OF aspha't
having, claiming. among othcl reasons, that
II is against the best interests Of the Ia
boring people. because it is controlled by
trust.
EMPLOYERS of labor In Scotland are de-
termined to avail themselves OF legal rights
to keep their workmen to their duty E.
1TpdpEnr WOThUltu nuNt uFNA ANNN'ts
fined u shillings each. and danAge Of Z
guineas each, for absenting themselves
without leave.
Eight hours day, with 20 cents an hour,
has been agreed upon by q committee rep
resenting the 2500 building laborers at
| Roston. Mass, and vicinity, and the Ma,
| SON builders association. II Is expected
| that peace will thus be kept. at least Tor
one year.
Union wOrkingmen at Muneie, Ind d:
through the Central Labor union, nave re-
solved 10 have one holiday year outside
OF Labor Day, and have set August al
| the day this year. Labor organizations OF
other cities will probably be asked 10 jolE
In the holiday
Cleveland (Englandl ironstone miners have
determined that at the next adjustment O
| their wages they will apply Tor an hd
| vance. as the selling prices or CieyelanI
| nig iron have gone up shllings durius
| The Inst qnartar and 9 shillings anu
pence during the last half year
After fifty years of obstinate resist ,,,I
az Vienna. Austria, has at last GRANTED
| certidcate of competence to q girl HlSel
/ Eibuschltz. who Is the first female Watc1
/ maker tc be recognized mere: ms irhn
! yntion is sternly resented by the labor D"d.
| of the trade.
committee representing the shlngl
| u,aaveys of Tacoma, Wash. who nave nee
/ ont on strike for some time past ms p.t
! before the Building Trades couneiI lor ~
Pusspose N assist them e. their night agains
, pSaS use 81 the product manufactured b.
unfair mills.
The c. p. R. Machinists. at r ecsn
meetlns held in Winnipeg. Man, voted
days pay each month from ON, every man iba 4, e
Ia ~ assist the striking machiElsts o
the Canadian Northern railway II Is VI
Sarstood that the mschInists Of the Easter
divisions are also assisting the strikers
Columbus (ohio) unions Of the lnterns