The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-01

to add to the strength of the like Ey
quitting their tubs In sympathy.
The trouble of the freight handlers Of In
dianapo.is, Ind, with the Big -Four Railway
company has been settled and the men vi
continue to work during the coming year
under the agreement that their president
who was DISCHARGED. should he tclustIted
ana shifts made at the freight house so as
to diminish Sunday labor
All the union carpenters who have teen
cut on strike at Birmingham, Ala, have
returned to wo.k. All differences =,
tween the carpenters and the master build
! trs have been settled. The carpenters VIII
! receive SO cents au hour for eight hours i
| day and the master builders can hre q
ncnunion OF union foreman for each 'oD
| as he sees tit,
| The contractors Of san Francisco CAL
| have decided 10 remain neutral pa the
! troubles existing bow cen tue Bnlldllg
Trades council and the ocai unions OF we
crs, and to ignore all unions III employing
carpenters. As long as calpentW Il u
union ran no questio rs as to whic union
| ne Is affiliated With will be asked
The Canadian Pacific railway has issued
an order laising the pay OF the traGSheh
on that sssten 20 per cent IN compn lhee
with the decision of board Of arn.ita a.
| tiCn The new rates are to be SID, Sl.oy
| and S1.35 a day. The employees asseftsl
that the cost Of living had increased ~, -
per cent since 1897. The railroad company
|
The striking tin can workers at 3ostoh'
| Mass who have been out for three Neehs,
are receiving financial aid from = luli ,
of the local unions The state hoail o.
! arbitration and Cancellation Is cndelVullhE
! 10 make q settlement The Gmployes say
! however that they will not go BACK unleSs
/ the nine hour day Is granted, ana ~ "
| position has been indorSed ny tue ANU
unions of the city.
During the past year the organized iaoor
champions in Connecticut nave been ErrbbS
! busy in organizing the different crafts ~
4 object Is to make a united ehort 10 en-
a labor governor. In the past SIX mont no, ~
4 three labor mayors have been eleetcu IN
| Connecticut and why 1t should not be pos
! ION which is being much discussed by
/ labor leaders.
] The Scottish coal trade Cancellation boa tpd
| has been comforting in Glasgow, Win ~ ~
object of revising the rate Oh o Wing for
continuance of the board. The latter nas
| now been in existence for three year d4
there can be no dGqot n nqs Sy avertng
strikes and regulating the nuetu"tions -
! wages. a
city Attorney McNamarss has aayis SEQ
that under the lnS law Of fee anf s'ua 10 pay
its laborers upon pu,ic york for gay nr ~
/ eight hours at the rate OF wages Whlcn pr se,
vail for ten hours work per Gay, am All, ~ ~,
teams likewise. The rate Of ages WIZ WI IS
Laborers, 81 so per day. and for teams l,,' ~
per day. which is the same as mas pe'N
paid for ten hours work 80.
The plot thtckens in the stllke OF s III
Paksrs' and Confectloners union az Hlr
| IaEe city. Utah, The men Involved dts
getting aid and sympathy from fdGn,a an rs si1
The Machinists, union mas 9uo Ipstrnrize NJ
lions Hedging The members 10 paIlHnLl,s" cor
Establishment in the city that handles dies e cn,
lain bakery bread The Painters union AZ, an,
i ne Cceks' and Walters union have taAe'
similar action. In
The carpenters at Barre. ", arr a. the
yolyed in strike which has resulted era N ms
! entire suspension OF hulldihg yppfnsei OF
/ Tba diftieulty arose over the reiusai ~
ta the master carpenters and builders 70 oue e
eognize the carpenters union, a enter 4i int
mo dispute' A protracted strike is lov ~
Tor by the labor leaders, who say ,ha, ya cog
win refuse any plan short OF aeluai ie'Os
| milton ut,
THE sweeplng reductions which the E ~.
/ Railroad company Is making because on at
miners strik, has been the cause OF 'NsS'