The Washington times., 1903-01-27
IN THE WORLD OF INDUSTRY.
Notes of Interest to the Country's Wage Workers

There are 22,Oo0 casual Iaborers in
Liverpool, Eng.
The breweries in Cuba pay $40 900 a
month in wages.
Paperhangers at indianapolis. Ind. are
making arrangements TO form a union.
United Mine Workers at Dudley. Ala.
nave received an advance Of . cents a
ton.
Cincinnati (ohfo) contractors have
signed the scale presented by the strik-
ing plasterers-
With a promise Of an adjustment of
wages Bessemer (Mich.) miners have re-
turned to work.
Carpenters at Cheyenne, Wyo., have
returned to work. The Elen struck for
80 cents an hour
Connecticut union metal workers are
discussing the matter Of a demand for a
nine-hour day.
At Oakland. Cal. the recently organ
q
concession Of shorter hours.
During 1902 Bridgeport showed a
greater growth Ct industrial establish
ments than any ether city in Connecticut.
Passenger conductors on the ConsoIi-
dated Road have been given an advance
IN wages at New Haven. Conn.
MoIders at New Haven. Conn. have
made formal demand for an increase in
wages averaging nearly 10 per cent
Two thousand shoemakers are idle at
Leicester. England; several thousand in
Germany, and some in Vienna, Austria.
The lady teachers in the Protestant
schools ia Montreal, Canada. have petit
toned for a substantial increase in their
salaries.
Wages at the Cleveland CEnglandl
Ironstone mines have risen ~ per cent
during the past year; in 1901 they fell
2912 per cent
Bridgeport. Ohio. carpenters have
made demand for an eight-hour day and
the same pay as they are getting row
for nine hours.
At Maynard. Mass. the spfnaers'
strike has been settled. It is believed
the men have been conceded practically
all they asked.
At Rochester. y. Y. the hack drivers
strike viii be submitted to arbitration.
and indications point to an early set
tlemeat.
Kenosha, Wis, barteuders have form
ed a protective organization. They will
make demand for a ten-hour day and
better wages.
On and after April ] the organized
carpenters of Schenectady. y. Y. will
demand 40 cents an hour. The prevailing
rate is So cents.
At Pittsburg, Kan. all the Frisco
section men on the division have struck
because their wages were reduced from
S1,56 to $l.25 per day.
The number Of people employed in
the British civil service now exceeds
500 600. OF these over 100 900 are en-
ployed by the Postof1ce-
Steps are being taken by the exeeu-
tive board Of the Federated Trades
strike at Milwaukee. Wis
Farmers in Austria are being sold
out by the sheriff for non payment of
taxes, and no buyers can be found
Thousands are out Of work
In Ireland there are stIu eighteen
counties where the average wage of
the agricultural Iaborer Is los week.
or less In Mayo the average Is SIS. I'd.
a week.
All the lithographers in Cuba are
employed in Havana. There are 800
men employed in the trade. and their
wages amount 10 800, 600 a month.
The building crafts Of Portchester and
vicinity, y. Y, will get eight hours.
Saturday half holiday on and after
April ], 1903. and 1928 day.
Oil well operators at Muncie. Ind.
have unanimously decided to recognize
Indiana organization: "a oil we'll dTilleTs.
Blast furnacemen's wages in West
Cumberland, England. are fixed al %
per cent above the standard, as com
pared with 2714 per cent in the previous
quarter
Investigations in York, England go
TO show that the average weekly ex-
penditure In drink among ali laboring
classes in that city amounts 10 s.
week.
At Appleton, Wis, the Appleton Mills
has declared a dividend OF
/ per cent cf the amount of their wages
fer he last year in favor Of the en-
DIOyes.
The number Of employees in the New
York municipal service has reached 40
2ag. Of whom 1900 are teachers and
10 600 members of the police and fire
A new political party called the Po-
litical Labor League has been recently
formed through the instrumentality Of
members Of local labor unions in Troy,
y. y
Vancouver CB. c. carpenters and
woOdworkers have entered upon a cam
paign for an eight-hour day, with SAT
urdav half holiday and a minimum wage
Ct 50 cents an hour.