The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-10
TRADE, INDUSTRY, LABOR

The Southern Hosiery Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION at Chattanooga, Tenn, yesterday
decided to advance prices 5 per cent. on
Jan. i, with contemplated advance of 10
per cent. shortly.
Ten hours day and no union agreements
or no work for an indefinite period is the
ultimatum issued by three more big manu-
featuring concerns. members of the Fox
River Valley Manufacturers Association of
northern Illinois. The three concerns are
located at Batavia, H., and they have 1,50O
union employees. A general strike is ex-
pected Monday.
The Building Trades Council of Pittsburg
has been weakened in it's tight with the
Builders Exchange League by the settle
ment of the dispute between the sheet
metal workers and the master timers and
the withdrawal of the hosting engineers
resumed to-day. The lockout against the
other building trades continues.
The convention of the National Alliance
of Billposters and Billers at Cincinnati
advance circus men, and the same was
afterwards signed by the representatives
of all the travelling crcuses, who were in
waiting at another. assembly room. The
new scale gives the billposters of the trav-
cling circuses an advance of SIS per month
and is good for one year from date.
Importers of american goods at Hamburg
and Bremen, who haye been expecting the
new tariff would go into effect I'm April,
1904 have received the assurance from a
government source that there is little prob
a N.
/, 1905. This unquestionably is due to the
belief that the government and the Reich
stag will be unable to act on the new
commercial treaties until late in the ses-
sion.
The second day of the special convention
of the representatives of the Sheet Steel
Metal Workers at Pittsburg to consider the
| output question, passed without a vote be-
| ing taken on the subject 1t is probable the
men will be asked by the convention to
work only six hours instead of eight hours
| q day as at present and four turns instead
| of three. BY this plan more men can be
| employed and the mills can turn out Is
| per cent. more product in twenty-four
| hours.
Residents of Asbury Park, n. j.. who in
| vested 900 in the Frazer Mountain Cop
| per Company of New Mexico have been in
| formed that the company has gone into the
| hands of receiver upon application of N
/ b. Chiders. United States district attorney
! for New Mexico, acting for j. NJ. Lanning
receiver of the Monmouth Trust Company
| of Asbury Park. The complainant alleges
| that the company owes sl07,oo and has only
81 in its treasury. Ii was capitalized at ST.
4 600 600 and every snare OF the STOCK was
| disposed Of
The contention between the eight lodges
/ of suspended boiler makers and the ma
| tional organization, which resulted In the
| calling of a special convention, terminated
al Pittsburg yesterday when a new organi-
| cation was formed by the suspended lodges
| In the national organization are 10000 and
| of this number ], 400 were represented at ths
special convention. Frank Shaney. for
| merly second vice president OF the Brother
hood was elected president: Donald craw.
ford, business agent OF the suspended
| treasurer and II. F. Young, Charles Jenk
ms and Thomas Nolan, first. second and
third vice. presidents. respectively The new
organization viii meet ,sea IN Chattanooga
the national organization holds Its conven
ton.