The Washington times., 1902-12-14
ECHOES FROM THE
INDUSTRIAL WORLD
Review of the Weeks Work OF Every Milton Where
Manufacturers and Artisans Hold SWAY.

/ Francisco. Ca. are on strike 20 enforce
a demand contained ia the aow wage
schedule oil the union. which calls Cor au
increase OF peg ranging from 20 TO 20
4 per cent.
Terrence Flynn OF the Tailors'
Union. and a member OF the Mozcly
Labor Commission to this country says.
"Ths workman in this country is g5 per
cent better Off thau the workman .u
England"
stringent orders recently issued by
the government regarding immigration
from Mexico will cut of almost entirely
the importation by The farmers of Louis
lana aud Texas OF any more farm labor
from Mexico.
Siberian convicts at the settlement Of
AIexsndrosk have gone on a strike. re
fusing nourishment until more humanely
treated. The convicrs are mostly cdu-
Gated men. undergoing sentence for po-
utical ohcnscs.
Personal opinions expressed by over
,ne hundred trades unions officials In
Ontario, Canada. recently. would seem
10 indicate that voluntary arbitration is
the most popular in Canada in the set
tlemcnt or labor disputes.
4 fight is expected in Cincinnati. Ohio.
between the foundrymen and the core
makers. the former having refused to
meet the representatives OF the Core
makers International Union on the
question OF apprentices.
The Kingston tOntD Machinists' Tn
ion will take steps TO enforce the alien
labor law IN the cases Of the German
machinists who recently arrived 20 take
the place Of the strikers at the Kings
ton Locomotive Works
According TO the officials Of the Ma
tional Association Of Blast Furnace
Workers. that association will, on May
/. serve notices on an blast furnace or
orators throughout the country that
eight hours will constitute a days work
AT Asheville. y. c., an Electrical I'm
ion Workers strike is imminent The
union is demanding $50 a day for new
lnemen and s. per day for old lnemen.
At present most or the linemen are earn
ing $3.50 per day. Both sides appear de-
termined 10 hold out
At Chicago. Ill. the Boxmakers' Union
has signed an agreement By which zoe
men will get increases I'm wages amount
ing 90 S52,JO0 a year. About 800 men
are bound by its provisions. Tine con-
tract goes into effect January 1 and
extends more than a year.
In connection with the strike az Mar.
seilles, France the dock laborers at
Cette and Port Louis have refused to uu-
load steamers arriving at those places
from Marseilles, and the dockmen al
Cherbourg have struck in consequence
OF a dispute regarding wages.
At New York city the Musical Protec-
tive Union has appealed to President
Roosevelt for fair and just interpre-
tation Of the alien contract law as ap-
piled to the importation Of foreign mu-
sicians.' The union holds that orches-
ira players should be classified as ar
tisans" instead OF artists"
Trouble is pending for the railway
clerks in the employ OF the Michigan
Central Railroad Company. The clerks.
who recently organized Lodge No. 81.
Order OF Railway Clerks Of America.
were notified that they must either re-
sign from the union or quit the service
Of the Michigan Central.
The Columbus Screw and Machine
Company was recently organized at Co
lumbus, Ohio. The venture IS backed en-
tirely by laboring men. mostly belonging
TO the Buckeye Lodge OF Machinists I
Union men from all over the country are I
subscribing for the stock. which is divid- /
ed into 5000 shares Of 81 each.
AZ Los Angeles. cal. q strlke hnsI