Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-01

Al, 900 employees have returned to work
I'm Cleveland the result of a general re-
sumption of commercial activity.
The United States grand jury at
New Orleans has indicted representa-
tives of practically every labor union
in the city for alleged violation OF the
Sherman antitrust law.
A measure embodying all the best
features of the Canadian law for the
prevention of strikes and lockouts mas
has been introduced in the Ohio legis-
lature.
The Wisconsin Central railroad in
tends to test the validity of the Elver
eight-hour law applying to telegraph
GENERATORS of railroads of Wisconsin
which went into effect January l.
Blast-furnacemen in the north OF
England have had to submit to a re-
duction in wages as the result of re-
cent meeting of the Cancellation board.
The output of the iron trade has con-
siderably decreased of late.
The annual cnvention of the Inter
national Printing Pressmen's Union
will be held in Mobile next June. The
question of the eight-hour day Will be
the most important matter before the
&C invention.
Affiiliation of the different metal
trades union bodies OF the United
States was discussed at recent CONFER
ence in Cincinnati. The proposed
merger will take in the blacksmitns,
boilermakers, moulders, patternmak
ers. and others.
II is estimated that the recent strike
of telegraphers cost their union near
" 5000 900. About 100000 was paid
out in strike benefits by the various
locals and 500 1893 was distributed for
the same purpose from the national
headquarters.
A bill recently introduced in the
General Assembly at Albany provides
that laborers who take up temporary
residence in the vicinity of their work
anywhere in the State of New YORK
must be supplied with sanitary quart
ers.
The printeres were the first craft OF
any inheritance to extend their or
ganization throughout the United
States The National Typographical
J Union was established in 1852. Ten
wears later it was changed to the In
ternational Typographical Union III
order to take in Canada.
The right of state legislature under
the constitution of the United States
to enact a law prohibiting the employ
ment of female laborers for more than
fen hours a day, in which the State oil
Oregon Is involved, was before the Su-
nreme Court of the United States re-
&C ntly.
After twenty years of effort the AS
ISOLATION of National Stogie Makers OF
America succeeded in arranging for
iCint conference with the executive
hoard of the American Federation oil
Labor and the meeting resulted in the
recognition of the stogie makers as
mart of the American Federation OF
Labor by that body and the Cigar
makers Union.
Museums of Safety Devices" and
general industrial hygiene are estab-
lished by the governments of Holland.
Germany, France. England and several
other countries of europe. These do
magnificent work in educating EN-
ployers and employed, as well as the
public generally.
Nearly $4,000 has been raised by
subscription among workingmen
for the proposed monument to the late
Augustus Pollack, of Wheeling, w.
Va. Mr.. Pollack was probably the
largest stogie manufactures in the
world, and made liberal requests to
the Stogie Makers National League.