The Washington times., 1903-02-08

al Sheffield, Ala.
Union machintsts at San Francisco,
Cal. are agiJatiug q movement for q
nine-houT day
At Portland. Ore. the strike Of marine
/ engineers on river bO~ts is practically
al an end
The Kingston and Pembroke CCanada)
Railway tTainmeu have been refused an
/ increase in pay
At Topeka. Kan. all the painters Of
the Santa Fe have been granted an in
crease in wages.
All propositions looking 10 a settle
ment Of the troIleymen's strike at
Waterbury, Conn, are OF
British pottery works employ 10000
work people of whom about $4,000 are
women and children.
Shoe lasters at Manchester. y. II.
are on strike, due to trouble existing
over the wage schedule
Boone GowaJ. taiIors have formed
union and now practically every indus
try at this point is organized
MoundsviIIe. W. Va, carpenters have
made a demand for an increase in
wages. which viii likely be granted
Goshen. Ind. trolley men are on
strike by reason of the employers re
fusal TO recognize the new union.
Molders' unions at Indianapolis -n5.
have secured scale of 50 a day, 10
date from the first OF the year.
All the city employees al Minneapolis.
MINI. with the exception Of the police
men, have received advances in salaries.
Bricklayers at Toronto. Canada. are
considering the question of demanding
an advance on their present rate Of
wages,
Demauds have been made for a :irf-
form scale ana increased wages for I 500
employees Of all the elevated railways in
Chicago, III.
All boiIermakers on the Hartman
system may go out if the Union Pacific
fails to grant the strikers a conference
at an early date.
Not content with having won an IN
crease Of wages in Cleveland. Ohio, tie
bill posters are trying to extend iheir
organization to Toledo
Three hundred shoemaEers who struck
for higher wages in Philadelphia in
1850. were the first workingmen 10
adopt such tactics in this country.
The matter Of a general boycott on
the Union Pacific shops viii be present
ed and discussed at The next meeting
Of the Central Labor Union at Oraaa.
Neb.
During the last year 1889 men were
employed by locomotive building firms IN
The United Kingdom. The total shows an
increase Of 700 men over 1901.
Chelsea. England, municipal buildings
in Beaufort Street, for the housing OF +he
working classes will cost about EG5 900.
accommodations being found for g33 per
sons
The situation as regards the South
Wales coal trade IS still unsettled Pro
posalS and counter proposals have been
made. hut until recently no decision has
been reached.
The scale Of wages that viii be asked
by the members Of the Lake Division.
Masters and Pilots Association. has been
presented TO the Lake Carriers. Associa-
uon m Detroit
School boys Of the Armstrong school,
in Sioux City. Iowa. have formed a union
and have announce that they intend
striking for q longer recess unless ID Is
granted them voluntarily
Cuban soap manufacturers produce
$50. coo l0xes Of SOAP annually and pay
$4,000 "a month in wages In addition 10
these 10000 boxes there are Imported
Purouic plague is spreading so EeriaIs-
" AZ Durham Natal. that IT is anriciDated
tha+ the Zululand mines will be closed
so as to prevent the spread Of the plague
T., that territory