Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-24
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

The La Crosse council has granted
the street-car company a franchise to
extend it's line.
The Crosby & Meyer cheese station
of KeWaunee, shipped $4,000 pounds
of American cheese to the south.
G. J. Lange and Herman LANCE,
who operate canning factory at
Eau Claire, probably will establish q
canning factory in Ashland.
The Northern Pacific railroad is
employing a large force of men on
new tracks paralleling the old tracks
to- the Interstate bridge at Superior.
The Italian labOrers employed in
the twine factory at Waupun went on
a strike for higher wages. Their
places were readily filled by men
from Milwaukee.
John Mitchell, former president of
the United Mine Workers, is re-
ported to be writing a novel dealing
with industrial conditions in the
United States.
Officials Of the Grand Trunk Pacific
have fixed upon September q as the
date for opening the passenger serv-
ice from Winnipeg to Wainwright,
Alberta, 666 miles.
On ten year contract the Kenosha
Gas and Electric company offers to
furnish lights to the city at the rate
of $50 lamp on a moonlight and $50
on an all night schedule
Proceedings may be commenced by
the city of Racine against the North
western road to compel the corpora
ton to make its viaducts at West
Sixth and Ninth streets wider.
Responding to a telegram from
their union headquarters, the 1900
men employed in the mills of the
Great Northern Paper company at
Me, went on a strike.
The onion crop in Racine county is
a bumper. Yields of between 800 and
400 bushels to the acre are common
and some growers report even big
ger crops. The price at present is
so cents a bushel.
The number of unemployed in Lon
don, England was strikingly illus
Tated when 5000 men surrounded
and attempted to make their way into
a hospital which had advertised for
a porter at $3.50 a week and meals.
1t is estimated that this seasons
pack of pickles will run to 5000 bar
rels at Menominie, Mich. The dry
weather interfered with the growing
Of the crop, but a larger acreage will
be put in next season.
The Wausau iron works has been
given the contract for the structural
steel work for the street railroad
foundations for which are now being
put in by the Concrete Block and Sup
ply company of that city.
August Riebe of Manitowoc, has
purchased the sheep farm operated
9y the Northern Grain company from
he Western Elevator company, its
Mr.. Riebe had been the
of the farm during the
Did regime.
American workingmen and work
ngwomen represented by the Ameri- !
,an Federation of Labor will cooper
ite with the coming worlds congress
IN tuberculosis to prevent the spread
If consumption in work shops, homes
md public buildings.
a. E. Bingham was appointed re-
,eiver of the H. B. Smith Pen COM
1any at GAINESVILLE. Judge Grimm
,verruled the demurrer TO the COM
paint in the action brought by Pa |
rolman John Brown to GUST George |
Appleby from the flee of chief of |
police.
Shawano county las ffty-two |
cheese factories which last year man |
fractured 3,240,936 pounds Of cheese
-alued at S341,95421. In addition
he county has eight creameries
ynose output of butter was 754,440 /
POUNDS worth S139.046
The Barlowe & Seelig Manufacturing
ompany of Ripon, has been organized
o take over the plant of the
;chaeffer foundry and to manufacture
line of washing machines. 1t is ex-
,ected to put $4,000 machines on the
market the first season.
Another new mill is TO be operated
n the S. NJ. & P. line. Nye, Luck &
hudson are preparing TO move their
sidsyold mill to either Policy or Gil