The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-15
THE WORLD OF INDUSTRY.
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 For the first time in the history of the Cleveland and Indianapolis division of the Big Four railroad a negro has re- gently been employed as a locomotive fireman. During the past year all but 70 of 300 firemen hired have resigned, and it is probable that negroes may De quite generally employed in this capac- ity in the future.
 The American Flint Glass Manu- facturers' association has announced a reduction in prices to the trade from IS cents to IA cents a dozen on one-third pint bottles and from q cents to IS cents on half pints. As the employees are working on @ sliding scale the re- l duction in prices will mean a cut of about $1 a day in wages. About 1000 men are affected.
 The Removal society, organized in New York city, is finding employment and homes in different parts of the | country for Jews from the overcrowded Ghetto. Last year the society sent 5000 persons to forty-five states and only $ per cent. of them are now in large cities | and but 1 per cent. have returned to | New York.
 The Central Labor union of New l York city has begun movement to form a. purely labor political party. Some of the prominent labor men Of the city say that as soon as a local committee formulates plans a national labor convention will doubtless be call- ed-probably within few weeks--and steps taken to make the movement na- tional in scope.
 | A conference of building contractors was held at Chicago December 10 and Ii with a view to having all the con- tractors in the United States work in harmony. The object of the organiza- : ton will be the promotion and protec- tion of the interests of the contractors, the readjustment of wage conditions, and the furthering of organizations among employers.
 Whether consciously or not, the Fed erated Trades Council of Milwaukee has taken a step in the direction of practi- cal socialism by passing set of resolu- tions requesting the city government to buy the land and build thereon labor temple, to be the property of organized labor, so that the unions may meet in better ventilated and better lighted rooms.
 Between s12, 900 and s15.O00 in stock in the International Harvester company will be distributed free to some twenty employees of the Mccormick branch of that trust at Kansas City, Mo. The stock is free gift to those employees who have served the Mccormick branch for five years or more, to the extent of five per cent. of their total earnings during the time they have been in such service.
 Five hundred cotton cloth weavers struck at Burnley, Eng, recently, as a protest against what they called the "Americanization of the weaving indus try" The employers proposed reduc- tion in the weavers' wages in consider ation of relieving them Of certain du- l ties which would in future be attended to by extra hands, thus enabling the weavers to give their entire attention to their speciality. The strike is the first of the kind in the cotton districts of England. ... .....5
 From a recently published report it l appears that the total number of era- ployes on the French railways was as follows; Managers and clerks, S,076; traffic department, 11s227; locomotive and rolling stock, 74,2iS; read and buildings, 75,177-making a total of 268, FPS, of whom 26.754 were women. The salaries of the officials and work men do not run high and are regulated more by the time the man has been in the employ of the company than by the l kind of work he is called upon to per- form. except, of course, in case of skill ed artisans.