Morris tribune., 1903-08-01
Recent Occurrences of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
TON PLANTS LOCKOUT GOES ON
gE'osster of Interior Attempts Settle
uaent But without Success-Mucn
Suffering Exists.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

nlants and mechanical industries re-
eultin., from strike of eight WORK
men at one of the smaller factor1es'
has continued since the 7th OF july
with no sign of reconciliation. Inc
1rzn1ster of the interior endeavored 10
act as arbiter Dul met WIN no Gu
cOura cement. The cause OF the elght
strikers, who demanded a raise Oh
two orc per hour, was taken up Dy tne
iron trades unions throughout SWeden'
after the company had granted the re-
ouest in five cases. 1t would, there
fo e, appear that the great LABOR war
hinges on a matter of halt-cent raise
for three men. There has been great
unrest in this industry for sometime,
however. and other and less Trivial
questions have been involved, WHICH
either side is determined to solve 10
its own advantage. Owing to the pres
emf depression in the market the Time
for lockout is well chosen ana the
employers association is said TO De
DreDared to sacrifice 100000 krOnor
to cain it's point. The laborers, on the
other hand. can i'll afford cessation OF
work and many are actually suffering.
An appeal for aid, addressed to fellow
workmen in the United States, is not
likely to bring any material fesults
within the period the $4,000 workers
are capable of holding out At the
OutSet there seemed to be no serious
obstacle in the way of arbitration.
Mr. P. T. Berg, of Pittsburg, for
MANY wears connected with the Car
negie works. is now visiting Europe as
the technical representative of the
limited States Steel corporation. His
"trip included a visit to his native coun-
try-Sweden-and its capital. Whlle
in Stockholm. he was interviewed by
q representative of Dagens Nyheter
with regard to current rumors that the
steel trust has been trying to acquire
the inexhaustible iron mines OF north-
ern Sweden. Mr. Berg explained that
the CORPORATION now holds mining
properties sufficient to meet all de-
mands for the next fifty years The
steel industry of the United States
has been gradually attracted west
ward, and even though Swedish iron
were shipped here fromreductionlnth
eastern steel plants the comparatively
heavy ocean freights would add much
to the price of American made SWed-
ish steel. thus placing it at dlsadvan-
tage in the American market, despite
its superior quality. Mr.. Berg also
took the opportunity to dispell the idea
tEat John Pierpont Morgan, who
launched the steel trust, remains the
practical head of the corporation.
Anna HelIstrom, favorite singer at
the royal opera, now visiting the
United States, has been awarded the
Literis ct Artibus medal by King Os-
car for eminent literary and artistic
talent. Mrs Hellstrom was one OF
the soloists at the great song festivals
of the United Swedish Singers of
Ame lea, held the 21-24 Of July at
Minneapolis. Mimi, and will be heard
in Chicago and other cities during her
American visit
The court has been in mourning dur
two weeks owing to the tragic death
of the king and queen of Servia. This
being the established custom in the
event of the death of any prominent
member of royal house in Europe,
the only remarkable feature about the
ceremony was that the term of mourn
ing was not officially announced until
several weeks after the Belgrade
tragedy.
At a recent educational exposition
in Santiago de Chile, a Swedish ex-
hibt of school furniture, apparatus,
charts, ETC., was awarded four first
prizes. one second prize and honorable
mention. An American school furni-
ture company captured one first prize
for desks. The government of the
South American republic in negotiating
for the purchase of the entire Swedish
exhibit
Through ain service from Paris to
Stockholm and thence to the new rail-
way terminal and seaport of NarVik
in Norway, we'll beyond the polar
circle, is predicted by the Paris Figaro
as soon as the contemplated railway
ferries have been installed between
Gjedser and Warnemuende.
Almost the entire royal family will
reside in the Norwegian capital for
some two months next fall, arriving
in September and remaining at the
palace in Christiania over the 4th of
November, that being Union day for
the United Kingdom
An automatic stamp selling machine
has been installed in the central post
Office in Stockholm. Its size is that of
an ordinary letter box and the ap-
paratus is adapted for the sale of onlr
one denomination, ten ore, the ordinary
letter rate.
Count Bildt, the Swedish Norwegian
ambassador at the English court, was
one of the speakers at the first annual
meeting of the British academy which
was founded one year ago, in con-
nection with the coronation of King
Edward.
L.