The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-22

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# Japanese labor ranks among the low.
est paid !. In the world RES.
Last report q boot and shoe workers
shows 900, AZ he 81 saniEato .is
OF aightS aldermen recon elected n !:
] streator, Ill.,, Six were trade unionists.
Makers OF umbrella mounts and cane
heads have formed q union In New. York
city. 8l,s3
One man running a horseshoe ma.
chine now does the work OF 500 black
smiths. 85sS \; III Nj
One man at Matchmaking machine
does the work Of !, 900 old-time nall
nal ers. X 5sj. XII n, 3.
|35i On August 9Th, at Chicago ILL.,. Inter
national Brotherhood Of Transfers WIN
meet \ In convention. Il. {. 4 "a n
e National strikes similar 10 those tina,
have been prevalent in Russia arc
threa tening in Egypt. S7S II 81 $f&
have made demand for ninimu Z,
wage OF 1875 per day. e .ii n.
In u February there were In existence
sos Central Labor Councils In as many
cities In the German Empire.
81 The work OF organizing the railway
3expresslnen OF the United states a,ul
Canada ia being quietly pressed
~ The Panama Canal Commission has
sent a special commission to Spain III
engage laborers to work upon the canal.
81 Cheap Dor advocates 3 in tho Trans.
wal, 8. A., are now again agltating for
Indian coolies for railway construction
work
New York unionists hopo to weld the
three building trades councils Into ono
compact organization with 100, 900 behind
1t. s35 Il sls R b.
St over 10000 children under 1s years.
of age are said to be working in the
factories, shops and mines OF this coun-
try. .,s e IS
s Tho brotherhood OF Railroad Fr4ght
and BaggagNnen on tho Boston ami
Maine system got an annual agreeme nj
with aslight increase. 5{ 81 .R
Boston. Mass. has been chosen as the
seat of the International Board OF APP
fpeals, Elections, etc:,Wof the Carriag,
and Wagon Workers Union,
The Mayor OF FT3 oston, Mass. has noti-
fled the Electrical Workers. Union thnt
thegmen employed In tho fire alarm d.
partment will he put on an eight-hour
basis.
BY binding themselves not to demand
a wage Increase for three years the en-,
PioySS " \ WV stlcct railway or * Lyons
France are permitted to share in thp
profits. III III !,
4 There are 7o5,3S2 workers for hire in
Chicago. Ill. ,S67 OF whom are women
or girls, These figures include profess
slonal service md domestic and personal
service.
Chicago. ILL.,, Federation OF Labor has
Just adopted o rule whereby no delegates
Will be entitled to a seat In that body
who does not wear at least four union
labor articles. "A e
In England mn advance OF Sd per ton
In piddlerIs' wages, making the rate sa.
has, been declared, with ,,aB2 10 per cent,
advance for milmen, to tinue for the
next two months,
Washington, .. c., courts between John [
Hayes and Simon Burns to define the le-
gal status of the KNIGHTS of Labor, will |
be resumed at an early date.
Y At Quebec, Canada, half q cent per hour
increased pny to all conductors and mo-
tormen, withgth execution OF. first year
men, has been granted by the Street Railr
way Company.
Toronto, Canada, has between l5,oUOI
and 10 600 union men and women, and is
daily adding more to tho ranks. It has
always been the centre of the union
In Canada.
Chicago, H., Typographical Union, l.
No. l6, lis preparing for a celebration OF \
the aight-hour strike victory, August
18th is the date suggested, because 1t is h
the first anniversary OF the strike.
"A Virginia Court has decided that mo
or contractor has any legal
Il ~ n fn vert Iaa for work iugmen IA llrinx