The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-05
Ngws OF TAE LAsoR WORLD.
Items Of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.

Sources.
About 10000 domestic servants and
walters Of Tifis, Caucasia, have
struck.
Chairman ingalls, has announced
that the Big Four will spend millions
for new equipment, terminals and
elimination of curves.
The copsummation of deal whereby
the Illinois Steel company secures
title to the riparian rights along the
Desplaines valley from Lake Joliet to
Morris is announced. The considera-
tion was $150,OO0. The company will
erect a power plant, at a cost of ST.
100000. near Morris.
BY action of the Illinois legislature
mine operators were given the priv
ilege to carry their own casualty in
surance on employees in the passage OF
senate bill No. 259. The bill met with
some opposition on the ground that it
might effect a trust and maintain
prices in an illegal manner.
Property of press association
which was to have been taken to the
Union depot by George E. Green, "a
years old, a nonunion driver of the
American Express company, was
found in a State street pawnshop by
detectives. Green was arrested and
charged with disposing Of the prop
erty.
Work on the million-dollar addition
to the plant of the Jones & Laughlin
Steel Company at Pittsburg, started
some months ago, has come to an
abrupt standstill because Mrs. Eliza
beth Lott, who owns house in the
heart of the stretch Of ground upon
which the new addition is being built,
refuses to sell.
Protesting against the Importation
Of negroes and the arming Of them to
act as drivers for the former employ
ers of union teamsters, the Chicago
Typographical union, local No. 16.
adopted resolutions. The organiza-
tion also protested against the action
of the Chicago bankers in contribute
strike defense fund and the appeal of
the business interests to Gov. Deneen
for troops.
Labor day was observed throughout
France May l, and at several places
riotous demonstrations occurred. In
Toulon anarchists marched bearing a
red flag and banner inscribed: RE
member the victims of capital at Chi
cago, Limoges and Martinique" An
ARRAY occurred in front of the naval
arsenal, in which several workmen
were injured. At Brest and st.
Euenne street cars were stopped.
The steamer Seguranca sailed from
Colon, Colombia, for New York, with
a large number of passengers. over
thirty late employees Of the canal COM
mission going home in consequence OF
with conditions on the 18TH
mus. The rainy season has set in,
the work Of bush cutters
back OF the town, which will remain
swampy till January unless filed up
before that time.
After a series of meetings, the Lum-
ber Carriers association and the Chi
cago Lumber Unloaders' union split
in the matter Of settling upon sched-
lle of wages for the season. After
4 protracted meeting between these
interests they adjourned sine die with
out reaching an understanding. The
men are still unloading boats at last
years card, and, while there is no
.alk Of a strike, there is very little
Of the two factions coming
together again very soon.
The new convict labor bill was pass
ID by the Illinois house by unanimous
rote, the labor unions having agreed
% its provisions. It will allow the
prisons to sell 40 per cent Of their
surplus in the open market, after or
lers from state institutions and
school districts have been filed. The
rouse also passed the "rest" bill. pro-
giding that no railroad tgainmen shall
work more than 16 hours consecutive
y except in cases Of emergency. The
oill is intended to prevent wrecks due
o overworked railroad employees.
An agreement signed between 5000
street paving laborers Of Chicago and
he principal paving contracting firms
binds the workmen not to strike for
my cause during the next two years
3y the terms of the agreement the
aborers will work nine hours a day
md Will receive an increase in wages
# fifty cents week for the cheaper
yrade Of laborers during the year be-
Zinrlng May /, 1906. During the year
which began May /. 1905, however
line hours and half at the old scale
II wages viii constitute q work day.