The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19


vtsulteu IN the closing Of the platt al.
partmeht Of tho Sonth Durham. ENGLAND
works which has thrown 1900 men out OF
Girls employed II the large paper box
factories IN Chicago. H. VIII be called
Out on strike because the EMPLOYERS ~.
tgse 70 recognize their union and abolish
humber Of the female members OF tho
clerks union IN St Paul Minn. have or.
Ggnized league. al the mciahers of
wtileh pledge themselves to marry none but
Several hundred miners in the united
coilerles Mt Glasgow. Scotland. have
struck. The cause is partly due to ro-
auctlQn Of wages aud n DISPUTE between
Two labor organizations.
~ san Francisco. Call the Draymens
asSoclation has conceded nearly every point
called for bv the new wage schedule ne.
Gently submitted bv the Brotherhood Of
reamSters
Locomotive engineers OF the West are
preparing n formal demand for a 10 pes
cent Increase In pay obcylng the instruc
lions of the National convention recently
held In Norfolk, Va.
The Boston, Mass Retail Drug CLERKS
assoflauun has adopted a schedule OF
neurs OF labof which they are .usking em
psoyers 10 sign. The schedule is not 90
anEeet the present rate Of wages.
English labor organizations are much
stronger than our own and have less iu,
ternal strife to defeat the aim Of the
unions; Distinct from his organization the
-
settlement ~ the steamfitters' strike
nas been reached Mt Buffalo. n. u The
men VIII receive $50 for an eight hour
day from October 2, 1902, to April l. 1888
and $3.50 a day thereafter for me year
At Duluth, Mimi. the tug strike Is not
only nov settled. but oil details OF the
sottlement have been adjusted, Every tug
10 the Union Towing and Wfecking com
pany Meet Is now manned by union men
The Indiana labor commission has cen
IemarkaGy successful Ia handling strika
during the past year and It's report would
seem to show the wisdom of submitting
i9bor difficulties TO uuprejudiccd arDitra.
In England during the past month ILL.,
80 work people mostly miners, suffered
ieHucLlons IN wages, while only 9J3 90
tanned advances. Most OF the changes wpra
scales.
.,SAt Los Angeles, Cal. the Inside Elcctrl
Workers union hae been successful IA Its
demand for an eight-hour day, which he
came effective October l. The men threat.
ened strike unless the concession was
The disqualification Of the army at the
Cane is throwing back upon the English
labor market thousands of able boiled
workers for whom there is no apparent
opening Many Of the returned rescrylsts
4 are IN distress
The latest link in the great chain OF
labor unions IN Toronto. Canada, is the es-
Cooks Protective association. The new
organization viii be affiinted with the
LoucShorcmcn's association.
There Is trouble nj Augusta On no
tween the mopo reniept of tLo Ccorsis
railroad and the engineers because the
luter refuse TO give the officials sufficient
time 70 properly consider q proposed new
pay scale and agreement.
The South Wales Miners Federation
seems determined to abolish the sliding
scale as a basis for wages They seek ii
minimum wage on the same lines as the
National Federation Of Miners, with or
without n cancellation board,
EMPLOYERS of the granite workers, on
strike at Rcd Beach. Me. have conceded
the claims of the strikers for a ninc-hour
day and the recent OF their pay every
two weeks. In addition. an advance OF 10
cents day has been given
II has been officially announced at the
be increased Il cents dav Thc action
~ ia me WIN recent voluntary advances
OF n93,Snlnlsts nav nv the company
tttnpiaLe lraue NJ LGneNE Wales, where
ne hrSmeh nave rendered Il months no.
NY ne men uemanl an elght hours
S S.lu II ~ c'ISe WORK; some fuoo men
uliohnStS.
Inc ironworkers association, IN eonjune'
non WIN the Mlulhhu wages BOARD Is seek.
ing 20 secure tue universal adoption OF
piece work IN tue South Wales sheet trade,
me proposed change VIII meet about lo1
mus ana some thousands OF Wurker%
AIueIlhhl Iowa, lhempe. OF inc lapeP
phrty IN me DuDUh Gorporatluu was Sc
lrcteu rs lOru mhyoF,cleCt Of that city Tor
l9oa lie "a tue nrst lAhor representative
elected luru mayor or Dunhh. IAuugh now
ranking as an employer ne is sun WORK
ing plumber ana lender Ia ms tfade'
a boycott which VIII throw 4VJO WORKERS
out oil employment mas oeen started az Ch,-
taso In ~ n .,,st tU and trIn,n,ers
tu,eN IN s. ~ 80 20 ,,,t rIn1It,,i,
w. ~ ii,, ,,,T,1I,rs ~ ~, s,acIsi
W suui' ~ iI'VS ~ Va ~
ot9st clu'utHI luohuls' .,....,... - ,ht
EleNeh OF Snt lonOI ~ s"LiEa t'Ui.s " NJ,
eego auopteu tne We9hg SssSosineit P, t,i
OIL 10 cents per cdpilu III ~ " lue s'Ilhlus
mheIs. hese eleNsH pYults hay tne III
bershlp OF l5,upu II nll the IaDor orsanl'
cations OF chicago adopted the pan tue
weekly Contribution Would amount 70 oNpF
$4,000.
Employment N the coal mining industry
is improving IN England. AT .coliieres ems
ploylng 4S1,g06 work people, the pits
worked ON an average 4.9I days week
during Inst month; / 81 days In the pre-
yous month and 4 81 days IN tho same
month a year ago. But the number en-.
Moved nj Tie plts was s. per cent greater
ihar n wear ano
Rive fbcusand school tenchers In Chicago,
M ,ttl nr,raniza n unIon and ioin the Fed
aratio, ~ i ,,l,or Tbcv intend 10 present
al ritip9a, ,,,n ~ tho hoard of eduratiun
1ibo taacbars arc nmbraged Mt lie deduc.
~, ,r saioIies Far Tabor day. md also de
.luI a. Siabo soa,a ~ soisrjes n tbIs is
inS,ru tbeT vii striko