Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-07


nation that not only had some over
jealous calamity bowler run short Of
material and drawn on his magma
ton for what he lacked I'm facts. but
that Midvale would be compelled &c
increase its force OF thousands OF
worbmen in the course OF ?. month
| or so.
Plttsburg. Pa.-Notices at toe local
mills OF the Spang & Chalfant com
pany announced a reduction I'm wages
OF puddlers TO Ave dollars a ton. The
mill Will be temporarily closed. throw
ing 600 men out. The II. c. Prick
company plants at Connelsville laid
on all Of its shipping clerks. Many
OF the ovens have been banked The
plant OF The Interstate Steel company
at Breckenridge has closed Two hun
dred and fifty men are affected.
South Bethlehem, Pa-Omcials de
MED the rumor that the Bethlehem
Steel company was about To discharge
several thousand men. The recent
| completion OF the new Saucon plant
necessitates the discharge az several
hundred laborers, and in some depart
ments there has been Il reduction Of
forces for economical reasons. but the
employment bureau is stil opeN and
any good mechanic will be given work
Chicago railway sys
TENS I'm the west and middle west
many OF them operating from Chicago
have made large reductions I'm the
number OF employees in the mechani
cal, construction and maintenance of
way departments during the past few
days. Between $4,000 and 10000 have
been laid on. No great reduction in
the train service SO far has been or.
| dered.
Indianapols.-M Many OF the labor
union publications OF the country have
! editorials I'm regard TO John Mitchell
| president of the United Mine Work
ers OF America, in which they speak
| highly OF the ability OF MIR. Mitchell
and express the hope that he will soon
! De able TO resume his position as the
mead or the miners. The editorials
show the widespread popularity OF the
! man.
San Francisco.-According to infor
nation received from New Castle
| n. s. w, the effect OF the great strike
OF coal miners there is felt throughout
Australia. Miners, railroad men and
dock men are out in sympathy with
| .Ee strikers, and all vessels bound Cor
ports OF the world which had put into
New Castle to load coal are held up
I'm the harbor.
! London, Eng - An international
agreement forbidding night work In
| factories by women has been signed
| by England, France. Germany. Aus
tria, Italy, Denmark Spain. Belgium
| Portugal. Sweden and Switzerland. II
| Will be put in practice in December
1910.
Boston.-Twenty-hve thousand chill
dren between II and 1G years OF age
in the state OF Massachusetts arc not
| mt school, was the statement in the
! caption Of tho charts made from the
! report Of the commission for the I'm
| dustrial exhibit I'm Boston.
Omaha, Neb.-Six hundred thousand
nickels I'm a bunch were turned loose
In Omaha when the Omaha Street
/
worth OF the five cent pieces in meet
ing the monthly pay roll OF the con.
Germ
Norfolk. Va.-By n vote Of / 81 to 90
the American Federation OF Labor 70
fused 10 place itself on record as n
voring the government ownership Of
railways and mines The opponents
| took the grounds that government
| ownership Of mines and railways
would prevent all strikes. no matter
| how peaceably they might be cor
Quoted, and that with federal govern.
ment opposed to labor, IT might prove
"A death blow
Cleveland, O.-The American Ship
building company laid of 600 men
at the yards I'm Lorain and the plant
Will be closed. In the local yards a
number Of men were laid on. I'm the
yards at Bay city. Mich 400 men
were laid OFF and the yards will bo
closed indefinitely The money strin.
gency IS given as the cause OF the
curtallment
New York.-Goneral Superintendent,
Brooks, OF the Western Union role
graph company said that there had
been no change ln the standard Of Oh
orators wages paid by tho company
and that the report from Mobile. Ala.
to the effect that a reduction OF tee
per cent was to De made was wlthor
foundation
Ottawa Can The experiment Of rc
cruitng skilled labor in England for
Canadian factories has now been tried
for seven months and the committee
Of the Canadian Manufacturers a.so.
citation which s responsible for the
labor bureau in London. is aIugdauily
satisfied with the experiment. so laf as
IL has gone
Easton. pa The Freemansburg
plant OF The American Novelty com
pony was closed 10 will rcmala idle
until after the first Of next year The
company owns 30 plants throughout
the United states All viii DO ~
tected by tho suspension there