The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-01
WORLD OF INDUSTRY
4, 4 the Busy Workshop, Mill
spd Nine.
| !, ea,;Ip or THE BREADWINNERs
~. Weeks Work in Every Ma
y, Globe Where Artisans
y ~ Mechanics Hold Sway.

.,.,.ts on the entire Texas and
D have struck for shorter |
-, tugs now towing In the Chi
S.,, may be tied up as a result OF
Y TX I q bremen and deck nanos'
~. in the building trades at 81.
Nan is over, because OF raise
s,sss. but without recognition Oh 'ne
1870 employees OF the Continental
IN company. at Jersey ~ lily, n, -
s "a taeir wages raised 10 per cent.
-. summers employed at the Bur
" wv cotton mill are on strike ~
s demand for a ~ per cent al
"a b wages
m,,stened strike Of the coal miners
ss,s BRETON, Canada, Is on; me coat
,ssrss have granteu 'he =" Pet
NV demanded.
1. ,adIpg Of the strike In Belgium has
" ~, WI s,Tnal for a general revival In the
y " ~ s,sel Industry. and the mills and
~ W. again in full activity.
~ ..,,, AZ the anthracite coal miners
Y ~ no men employed Mt the Lehigh
" p,,iroad company's shops at Eas'
3. have been put on short time.
..,,,ny of West Virginia miners and
80 has been called nj Huntingdon,
ny when II will be determined wheth
IL. viii be a general strike In the
a. ,,aIsnapolis, Ind, union Of plumbers
-.l.slv sending contributions of money
ssasr nnions of the organization nov
...sS In strikes throughout the country.
IN ,,,ike at Evansville, Ind, glass
" & sill on and guards are stationed
y, Mani 10 prevent any trouble from
snEers The State laoor commissions
iii be appealed to.
n. IDENTITIES and mechanics employed in
Northumberland (Engand) coal fields
!. scented TO a reduction In wages of
~ day The settlement was effected
conference.
.,rety Of laborers threaten to bring
IN improvements in Chicago, ILL.,, TO a
{,adsll Thousands of men are In de-
Isra there, and 2 large Increase In wages
rsGed but workmen can not lie found.
're ,ctIon Of both chambers of the riks-
|, sens favorable TO universal suffrage,
n ahof leaders At Stockholm, sweden,
Y, n sseded 10 end the strike ana the
{ooo men who went out will resume
III
clrr makers at Toledo, Ohio, have
Ina Is for an Increase Of 81 per 1000 on
tr and seed mold work and the same
|nount Of advance on clear Havana work,
| q Unlock minister OF labor, has intro
nd a bill to prevent strikes on the Ca
k;ian railways The measure provides
settlement by arbitration. The law ap-
! NJ TO electric as well as to steam rail-
FL
ugeated statements of the neci az
1,ssas for harvest hands, recently pub
Lid, having caused a flood Of letters on
h subject, 7, f. j. Gcrow, state employ
7tM agent, authorizes . denial of the
Elements
= ne nsht Is on in earnest between the
jhgs and operators of Michigan. Com
3lees representing both bodies net NJ
isniw, Mich. and the latter submitted
ssile which the miners absolutely refused
sysn consider,
Chairman of the committee from he
Birmingham NJ Trades council has been
f.asa TO tal.& nF suggestions frog, the
rtdean Federation OF Labor that The
|sllted bodies take a hand in the next
tiicns, both State and city.
TaHe Is a great scarcity OF available
!tAfornlu, also q big demand for carpen.
tn The ranches too, are also hampuTcd
d tue scarcity Of hands and frat is be
fEias overripe for want Of picking
! Ia four days recently the Dowlais
|Nses) golfers, to the number of 5000, re-
Eatsd out OH strike because 100 men re-
[lsd 70 join the federation, and then the
Bsnl END took place, all but n few men be-
f'rlng unlonists, and the Golfers resumed
Pak
tay 5000 miners, mostly foreigners, have
Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania,
/ iah the last week for Europe, for a holt
y lprng the strike. II is estimated that
rH 1000 strikers will take advantage
ne ile.up for trip to their Old homes
Egrspe.
Pan State Master o. II. Hale of the State
Ass York, says that II they would pre-
~ neif rights In this country the farm
nust organize as they have already
~ slt far in the rear by their failure
saAle the benefits Of organization.
representative of the ouarrymen's
W. q North Wales has been sent to lay
i, iadt OF the strike in the North Wales
Inv quarres before the slate quarrymen
las country and TO invite help from
fx ere
Mlss Of Spanish railway workers is
frtNa 10 be threatened The mems lead
NM. sAsu an interview with the minister of
w NofSs, but no definite arrangement
Nsl'ng the strike was come to. A
Ase az the present time Is regarded as
eg Unfortunate.
W sosance Of 10 per cent. which was
H., ..'u % tne 2I,OO0 employees of the Fall
nm Mass, cotton mills early last month,
4, ss,olac general in Southern New Eng
III Is estimated that fully 6U,uU
f1sassd, =" W Adu 'r'S't 90
~ minnesota State board OF control has
.'aeed the salaries of State employees 10
su, because Of the Increased cost of
s snce the beef trust advanced the
meat There was no demand on
EsAsut Of the employees for this increase,
IN WI cost the State over $4,000 q
I'M so'u plate glass works, at Toledo,
"A s q the largest plate glass plants
gViiu, mas closed down by the strik-
IN, " ruekmen, who demanded an in
~ "a cents an hour. Five hundred
IN, an anected. Three hundred and
4 N, az. men az the Lbbey glass works have
|M JESUIT OF 4 meeting at Toronto, Can
I'M %iegraph operators OF the Grand
TIN ,,way, east Of Detroit and the st.
IN n, nsI nave received an increase on
tvvtIvs scale OF wages, and extra for
r. ~. ! allowed. The conductors OF
kas,s' also contemplate asking for an
ENVY eye house in Paterson, n. j., is
(,t} y, = result Of the order made last
III, 49, general strike. The strikers
b Rsrn.r,eat 20 send some OF their men to
III -N-r ia
lrs done and to PETERSBURG. Va. with
|ekn, I, p.lhging Into the union the men
- ~ uose places and inducing them