The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-18

bin ia the English house of commons VIII
liam MatAtr l4uyldI, VINO .I l-'i lu,.. i,lut
to- the royal commission rcpo,t Oh tcI-
Ideal education iu America drew an uHcon-
pilm,nta'J comparison between tine AW'u
cam yNG britain systems 90. education sIt
said Great Britain had long years Of neglect
TO make up 90 uIrtyr iu ,luIp as. ...s
for 40 industrial struggle win the A.tr.-
cans ana people OF other nations.
tine American Federation Of labor has
granted cGartcr TO the roStonicc ClcrN.'
fret charter granted by National labor
or+inization q" an association OF poStunirc
oupolos, aud the Washington union / tac
,hHJ of It's Kind To 1nihate with organized
labor. II viii unite with the Central ia.
hur union OF the DiStiet If Columbia, the
local labor so'rrnng htdt and delegates
to tn1i organization have been selected.
In Salt Lake CITY, rtah. there are some
o-p,u electrical workers who earn 5000 .
month. TWO expert decorative painters are
credited with receiving 80 day ana ind
work. \ teg p,astCrcast men commlud
wages equally high. Brcklaycrs get 81 a
day, while plumbers. timers. cacpCntc,s
and stunecuttcrs all get S4.jU q dly STA.
Chlnlsts earn from So to $500: paidtcrs s.
and Si.3O: Restaurant cooks get from SO
To $40 a week
An important memorial. signed by tho o.
neil representatives. of eighty four "a, mt
employ cIS' associations aud declarations
throughout England has been presented TO
the primo minister protesting against lcgis-
illYc Interference with adult labor. and
expressing regret that the board Of trade
and other departments Of the government
listen 10 the labor unions, while they ic-
mere the nonunlnniStS and unOrganizcd Ia
Dor whose desire Is. It Is alleged. TO be
free from state Interference ana control.
Mayor sullivan Of Hartford Conn. the
union labor executive, has made hi, hlst
attempt aa mayor to settle strike. There
is a lockout Of eco employees AT the factory
Of the Underwood Typewriter company A
committee II the strikers asked the mayor
IA he would attempt a settlement. and he
agreed. He saw the superintendent but
the litter would not discuss the strike OK
cept IN the presence Of the general man
. ager who vas away, and the attempt end
ed unsuccoSSfuly.
Denmark, the country where 1pital an I
labor are best organized for ngntinc pur-
poses is in the midst Of an industrilI strng
gle involving important possibiudes. I'm
happily for the Workmen their funds Hre
reduced after the unusual demands Of tae
past bitter winter Apparently, the EN-.
ploycrs wish to make use Of this Cppor.
tunity to impair the strength ~ the un onS.
: The trouble started when the Dan a
/ Steamship company ordered It's seamon 70
abandon their organization.
The New York Contra management has
increased the wages Of about 80 emnloys 8
ia the company's shops at Owego \. Y.
/ from 10 10 40 per cent The Tnonthg
! salaries Of the operators. station agents
/ and yard clerks Of the Rome, WATERFOWL
/ and OGdcnshurg division hive boon in
creased s. TO So according to the length
Z NJ service and percentage of efficiency. Tho
/ wage increase thus far made Coy the New
York Central. II Is said Will swell The
monthly salary list about s20aO0O
Mr. W. Abraham NJ, =. f"Mahon'l, IN q
. further speech on his American experience
says TINT on rubbish heaps Of the I'm TED
states there are thousands Of tons ol
/ machinery that Ia England and Walcl
would have been used for ten or ever
twenty years longer In Chicago. In ou'
largo steel works. the men. after being pait
on Saturdays. stepped into their gig whici
were there ny the score and drove home
Could they Imagine Rhondda GOLFERS driv
ing home In their working clothes in thoi
own gigs on pay daysf