The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-24

iprancnes or labor. and the struggle may
involve 1000 WOrkmen in Denver
The lockout of the brewery worknnen
OF cincinnati, COvingtOn and %ewport is
ended Inc Workmen will be allowed to
return without acting on the recognition
OF the engineers contract and a II Dartfa,
70 the controversy abide by the ..eisfon
o. the American Federation of Labor
mere were over 1900 men out Originate
Coal mine owners Of Colorado have
adopted desperate measures to r-ray-art
the organization Of the miners. Several
hundred deputy Sheriffs have been hired
III Inc Southern coal fields to break nm
any union which the miners may trv
70 organize, and the district organize.
has been threatened with death IF be
sEtuid come into the district
Inc labor troubles existing between the
carpenters and master builders i'm Syra
cuSe IS having bad effect On the b1ftId
ing there this spring. The carpenters
rave asked that their wages b. raised
from % to 30 cents an hour c0u1n,a,,oir,s-
AEFl /. The master builders are SLOW t.
tdhe aGuon, and several important CON
tracts have been held m un-iI +L 49,
ter can be settled '9 iii''
mere seenls no longer reason to doub+
lHdl the Mitchell Chinese exclusion hin
"EIch the cotton mill interests of tbe
country have so bitterly opposed viii Lo
IaVoraEly repOred by the senate commit
tee on immigration This bin 0stpnsibr,.
duLLIts TO this country Chinese merChan s
Dtt the opponents of the measure claim
mat Il VIII have the effect of axcI15f,,rr
the yellow man ms
Inc royal commission on Japanese inn
HIISratlon appointed by the Ottawa gov
eminent reports that as long as rho lii
OF the emperor Of Japan is enforced ~,
venting emigration from that countrI. +,
CaIada, II Will meet all objections raised
~ oiIl n toIumbia. The commission az
tIolES mat the emigration Of JaDaress
10 British Columbia is inst as Tt-i[1>
uonable as the Chinese.
Inc Keno bin introduced in the NIassa-
tiHSett9 leSlslature, providing for court
70 settle industrial disputes IL soIidf,-
opposed by the labor and trade ora-.v7j-,a,'
llcns OF that state because in uenaIizas
StFlKeS; but does not penalize IockOuts
- - renewed, too, that at least one
JCuSe OF Such court should be selected
by the labor men as wages are tn Tvs
liked by the court under the provisions
of the bill.
President Roosevelt has conferred with
a committee of representatives Of print
ing crafts and received from the mem
bers a memorial asking that the ruling
of the pOstoftiCe department barring from
the mails certain publications issued an
nually, semi-aunually and quarterly bet
4 set aside. They said that they represent
! ed 1000 firms, employing 100 zoo wOrkmen.
| The ruling is described as a great hard
ship.
! Fall River manufacturers have voted
] to increase wages in all Fan River mills
! 10 per cent None of the manufacturers
| We're at first in favor of increasing wages
1 beyond the per cent named in their am
SWer to the operatives. &. G.. R0uuZyiIIc
/ treasurer of the Shove mills. and Joseph
/ a. Baker, treasurer of the Chase mills
4 first to grant the 10 per cent increase.
/ came in for a large share Of criticism
! strike of the miners in the vicinity
! of Altoona, Pa, is imminent unless some
! satisfactory agreement Is reached soon
! between the representatives. of the men
4 ana the mine owners. The annual con
I NentiOn OF the REPRESENTATIVES. az fh4
/ 1aTI
! Altoona recently, and plans were laid for
me securing Of an eiSht-hour day. Both
/ sues felus 70 make concessions and a.
| Iad strike IS likely 10 follow
The strike leaders at OluevviIIa r. n
] appear to be making good" their de-lar-
/ atoms that unless the strike is the Amer
! lcan WOODEN c0mpanyS mills there and
l IN MantOu is immediately settled ina
/ Meavers Of four other mills operated bv
! the company at various other places will
| come out IN a sympathetic strike which
! VIII nave for them the additional iaceu-
| 1--WE OF gaming for themselves the higher
! scale of wages which prevails I'M CInry-
| vile.
1t is probable that the National Stove
FOUNDERS association Will grant am i'm
crease in wages to the stove ruoI3ars nf
| the United States. Although GOOD vyaares
are received at present "a slight increase
was asked at the joint conference AZ Ibi-
| caSo curing the past week and no objec-
| 1iGHS were offered by the manufacturers
! mere mas not been a strike among tb.
! thousands Of employees i'm the ass0cig-
ION . stove foundries for twelve wears
| crease in wages.
| The Russian government je s-r.,5l,a.It..
lIHihduhS all foreigners from The public
service Formerly there was "a number.
u IoFelBh engineers in the employment
OF the various railway corporations mn
! as these passed into the Possession Of ma
! crown the foreign employees were glen
oi.e optIoH o. becoming Russian subjects
or re5lgning their posts ana. with az
! tIeHeIy rev exceptions, the latter alter
native was adopted. The government mas,
now c-Jered private maritime companies
! 10 dispense with the service of all for
subjects
| The Miners union Of Ouray county
| colorado, has declared war on Chinese
| LABOR. The war is waged by means of "A
stringent boycott and freeze-out. No one
| Is allo"ed TO employ a Chinaman or to
rent them houses, or sell or give them
any article of food or drink The rail
roads are pledged not to transport them
INTO the country, and all white people who
| ignore the boycott on the Chinese are
| themselves bOycotted. which has thus
peen made unanimous. The Six Gonna
mes or San Francisco, to which the local
| chinese pay tribute, has shaken uD the
matter, and at their instance Minister
| WI mas made formal complaint to Score
| tary Hay.
,Apropos Of the refusal Of the anthra-
d
OF the anthracite miners in Shamoxin
! Pa, March IS, to which President Mitch
| ell, OF the United Mine Workers has in
Yited them, it is said that the workers
last year waived the point gf such /,
formal recognition Of the union On the
| tac1t understanding that recognition
| would be granted this year if il was
shown that the union really controlled
the miners. The union holds that II baa
! shown this by securing obedience when
II ordered those men ba to work who
struck against its rules Operators how
ever, will not be willing to confer with
any but their own men on the question
Of wages and condition Of labor this
| spring.
| While officers of the Great Lakes Tow
| ing company are confident of reaching,
an agreement with their men before the
! opening of navigation. there is ample
/ chance for a general strike from the
! present outlook. Not a man has been
| hlred at any port, pending the receipt OF
| the demands of the various local Organi-
| cations of the Tugmen's union At some
/ points the unions very slow i'm for
| mulating their demands hIit The rug
! trust officials will hold out until every
| union has come in. The Tugmeus union
| at Duluth has just sent in its action. It
| goes further than can possibly be grant
| ed by the trust. The men demand $50
| per month, want every other night OFT
/ and every other Sunday off. Work On
holidays is 70 be arranged between ths-
| local manager and "A grievance commit
tee of the union. Before the formation
Of the trust captains a the head OF lakes