The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17

UUV,VuU.
The firemen, timers and iron house.
smiths at New Haven, Conn, will or
ganize next week.
The horseshoers' examining ana Ii
cense law Of Illinois has been declared
invalid by the state courts
The painters in Manchester, n. H.,
nave made a demand for a raise III
wages from $l.75 a day to 81.
Reports from labor unions show that
over 5000 men have been thrown cut
of work by foods in the Virginias
There have been many new Team
stefs' unions organized in Massachusetts
sters.
1t is reported at Lindale, Ga. that the
Massachusetts mill in Georgia VIII
Double its plant of 5l,-6l spindles and
1,726 looms.
sonville, Fla, is nearly, ready for occu-
pancy. 1t cost the trade unions Of that
city nearly 5000.
Altoona, Pa, which has always been
considered a strong non-union town, mas
been enrolled in the ranks union hav-
ing just been organized there.
Now that a wage scale has been adopt
ed, there is no longer any danger of
strike this year among the $1,000 miners
in the Pittsburg district.
On March ~ a deputation numbering los
of the Dominion trades congress VIII
wait on the Dominion government ana
urge certain I2DOr iSSlSlaIlOH.
The Pollock bill. relating to the placing
of the union label on state printing, mas
been reconsidered by the OHIO legislature
and is now Ealf Il law.
modern residence property Will De
ratified off by the Indianapolis trace
Unions and the proceeds VIII be , uSed
towards the erection OF union laboI
temple.
Plans are being made to extend the
power Of the big steel trust across the
continent, and it starts with the sGheI enc
of taking over the Colorado Fuel an"
Iron company.
The photo engravers of St. Paul and
Minneapolis seek shorter hours ana q
uniform wage schedule The employers
refuse to sign Such an agreement anu
Il strike is imminent
An amaIgamation of the great export
| flour milling firms Of the Pac4ic 80. Goa5I
| is being worked into shape at Portlano'
| Or 1t will have d capitalization OF $IV'-
| 600 900.
The American Ice company a New
| Jersey corporation with Capl.d1I y ~
$685. AS 800 will absorb the hnlfHer l,l.
er Ice company, or chicago winch l4'7 q
/ capital of $7000,GOo.
Thorough organization Is being et-
fected by the agents of the American aIi
| Federation Of Labor among the notgI
| and restaurant employees of New Eng
land particularly in the larger cites.
| Now that the miners scale has been
| signed at a joint conference OF tie mn
/ erS and operators in ZaneSVlle, ONO, II
| is believed that the strikes IN al tHe
! nfher counties of the state can be easily
| settled.
Over Is per cent of the linemen Of the
New York and New Jersey Telephone
company who went on stT Iaft f tel othsT
! Places, where they have found employ
| ment.
The Carpenters union of Indiana polls is
| have asked for a minimum WaSe SCdlGG
| of 271b cents per hour. The contractors
association refuse this and offer a max
| imurn of So cents. A strike Is hoI III
| probable.
/ Large contracts have been received ny
| the Bethlehem Steel company ana 10 III
| +be orders 500 additional men VIII oe en-
Moved fer nearly year. one CONTRACT
/ calls for 81, 900 tons of angle iron LOT
structural work
During the year 1900 the number of es-
! Establishments in the bicycle business IN
! this country was 512; the capital. w. '6o,-
/ 659; number wage earnerS eIllplos ~
! II. 525: toal wages paid, 49, l69,Sll, and To-
| tai value Of products, S3l,9l5,9JS.
More than 100 labor unions in Cleye-
! land Ohio will be- united mtg one SIedt
| organization, to be known as the United
! Trade and Labor council. large build
| ing will be erected by the organization
! to be used exclusively as labor temple
Gov. Mcbride, Of Washington state. has
made new move in his war on the
!
| intention to dismiss any state eynploye
! who accepts a pass over Il railro - and
| he declares he win crush out the lobby
The National Federation of Labor is
| making arrangements to adjust working
| conditions in the iron trade throughout
| the country. That was the only c0ndi-
| ton on which the strikers retuENed to
! work in San Francisco after nearly 4
! years idleness.
Austrian shoemakers are protesting to
hnf
| permits the American shoe to inVaue
| their markets and take away their trade
| Vienna shoemakers say they are unable
| to make ends meet by reason OF the
| competition.
| The quarrymen's strike at Quincy.
| Mass, is causing considerable trouble for
| the manufacturers. The stock in most
or the cutting yards is practically ex-
| hausted and the manufacturers are talk
| ing of getting out stock with rcA-union
/ quarrymen.
The state board of public lands and
building III Nebraska mas just closed a
| three years contract with a broom and
buster company for convict labor at the
state peni+entiary. The company viii
! pay, 40 cents per day for the use Of
| each man.
The president Of tho Great Lakes
| Towing company states that there IS
| no trouble with the Licensed Tugmen's
| ASSOCIATION SO far as wages are concern
ca despite reports, and mat the lelay in
/ appointments is due only to the uatIsu-
az care being exercised.
Detroit merchants and manufacturers
! are making a bitter dghJ against senate
phi NO. 1lo, the purpose of which is SAID
| to be the legalizing Of boycotts ami
blackiists by the federal government. 4
petltlon OF protest will be sent to the
TWO senators from Michigan.
Mexican laboring men work for y
| cents day There are mere copper cents
| IN that country than in any other on
the sIope. 1t is not uncommon to Sc,
] mexican woman go to market and buy
/ a cents worth OF wood, a cents worm
OF corn or coffee and a stalk OF cane.
Although the Russian journals are mute
on the subject, II IS learned at Vienna
that an industrial crisis is rapidly ap-
proachng in that country For I0n.e
time 1t was confined to the metal indus
! try but now it extends to othe- b-ancl.s
and especially to the textile industry.
| The Association of Civil Service EN-
| pIoyes IN New York state is devoting
| every possible effort toward the passa e.
| OF the Remson bill in the state senate
! 1t calls for the retention in Office OF All
| present Incumoents under civil serv.os
TOT hte, and that they cannot be dis
missed except on proved cha ges.
! The locked out Brewery Workers at
| cincinnati nave started an opposition
brewery One has already been Bought
/ Tor Sl00,Vt0, another has be en- offered
a aho reserve ao fund is left OF $4,000.
! There are $1,000 members Of the iJnitrd
| Brewery Workers, and they are pre-
| pairing for a long fight
| Fireman Thomas Sweeney il st1ire
| the flre department Of New York 10 pre-
vent pelng made to work more than
eigHt hours q DAY, IN accordance with Il
state law Inc deputy commissioner Is
unable TO see how he can place the men
| ltPon an eight-hour basis. unless fha
itres VIII pc made to start on schedule