Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-09-11
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The Lehigh Valley Railroad compan,
intends to construct at Sayre one of tn
largest locomotive repair shops in tn
| country.
Anthracite miners are planning
large demonstration for Mitchell Da,
at Scranton in October next Full,
$4,000 miners are expected to take par
in the parade.
| The Western Allegheny railroad, thu
new line which taps the rich coal field:
of Butler and Armstrong counties, wa:
formerly opened last Sunday
A law legalizing strikes is in prepa
ration at st. Petersburg.
| Samuel J. Parks, the New York walk.
! ing delegate, was found guilty of extor-
ing delegate who was found guilty OF
extortion has been granted new trial
A general strike has been declared
| among the miners in the Elk Garden
or Lower Potomac region of West vir-
ginia. The strike is the result of
wholesale discharges for having afffi-
lated with the Union.
The Bloomsbury Car Manufacturing
company is about building 40 cars for
China. Twenty will be box cars and
the other third-class passenger coaches
About $50 longshoremen employed
by the Joy Steamship company, at
New York went on strike because Of
the discharge of the head stevedore
About 400 men went on strike Mon
day at the Continental mill of the Ma
tional Tube company, Pittsburg, be-
cause the annual wage scale had not
been signed.
The attempt of the Hotel and Res
taurant Employees Union to tie up Chi
cago restaurants failed.
The Santa Fe railroad wants $500
miners Immediately.
Mayor Falkenstein, of McKeesport,
imposed fine of $50 and costs each OIL
five tinplate workers charged with riot
ing, and imposed lesser amounts on six
others.
The board of Cancellation formed to
settle disputes between the anthracite
coal operators and workers met at New
York Wednesday, and several questions
arising out Of the coal strike were de-
cided.
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
international Alliance has decided to
establish a national defense fund of at
least 100000.
At the recent convention of the
Georgia State Federation of Labor
resolution was adopted demanding that
the Democratic party insert in its plat
form child-labor plank
At meeting of the Pittsburg Master
Builders association a committee was
appointed to secure subscriptions for
stock of company organized to build
an exchange to cost about 100000.
1t is stated that Tonapah, New, is
the strongest labor Union camp of it's
size in the United States Everybody
there who works either belongs to the
Miners. Union or the American Labor
Union.
The Brotherhood of Railway Train
men is taking in the employees of the
third-rail electric system in the West
despite the protest of the Amalgamatod
Association of Street Railway En-
ployes, who claim jurisdiction.
Miss Mabel Mcdonald, a. waitress,
and the candidate of organized labod in
Duluth for queen of the carnival was
elected by majority of $50 votes.
Mayor Hugo presented her the freedom
of the city and q $500 piano.
A colored man was elected as inter-
national president at the conven-
ton of the longshoremen at Bay City
last week. The longshoremen's ma
tional, with more than 100000 mem
bers, is the third largest trade Union
in the country.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Freight
and Baggagemen of America has been
chartered.