Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-04

burg and vicinity was made doubly
/ joyful by the announcement that by
! January q all of the thousands cf vnac.r
| az industry in the mills OF NcEcasDort,
. Gia.aport Duquesno, and allied plants
in the MCnongahela valley would be
| IN operation. More than 10000 mon
who have been idle for several we ks
| returned 10 work. Ii is also said that
other mills I'm the district viii also
resume i'm full shortly after the first
! Of the year, practically doubling the
/ number Of wOvhmcn employed within
30 miles OF Pittsburg during the past
! few weeks
Scranton, Pa-Following the lead
! OF i.o switchmcn, the freight and c.ai
| conductors, engineers and hrCmcn OF
! the Delaware, Lackawanna q Western
| Railway company are asking for an
! increase. The conductors ask for an
/ Advance of 60 cents a day. while the
/ ens.aacra and Gremen demand IN in
crcas OF 40 cents per day. At present
/ the conductors are receiving $500 q
| day. Engineers are now receiving $41O
and are asking $3.50. Flremen get
/ S2.Up and demand 50.
Clicago.-After the canvass of the
vote of the Order of Railway Conduct
ors and the brotherhood OF Railway
/ TtHrmen, IT was announced that no
| demand would be made for changes
In wage scales, and the present scales
VIII continue. The canvass was con.
Quoted by the executive committee
under the direction OF President A. V.
4
'aifeltson OF the conductors organl.
@auoA and President i. H. Morrissey
OF ih' rainmens brotherhood.
Paris France.-Here is strange
! departure in the struggle between cap
ital and labor in France: Retail trade
has practically elected to stand ON
the side of labor The Retailers fed.
Grafton, which numbers 325.OOO mem.
bers announces It's alliance with the
| National Federation Of Workmeu
which numbers $4,000 members The
motto OF the amalgamation is to be
Cancellation and arbitration.
Washingto to the re
turns made to the Belgian Labor de.
partment ID per cent. of the 1920
members of 1877 trade unions reporting
were unemployed toward the latter
part of the month as comparcd with
l.5 per cent in the previous month
and 10 per cent. i'm AUGUST. 1906
| These figures do not include particu.
| lars relating to miners, hoaworkers or
agricultural laborors.
Chicago.-Nouces We're posted I'm
several of the principal brokerage
Offices OF the city that a reduction in
the wages of telegraph operators has
been accepted by the men. Wages
were raised to S35 a week when the
stHke was declared. These operators
VIII receive $50 week, with no
change in the hours of labor under
the new agreement, to take effect
January l.
FItlSouIS.-hecause OF the numer
GUS instances IN which wealthy men
nave cast aside their wives, the work
Iusineh OF flttsbuTg Will try to hav,
me divorce laws made more stringent
IN oehaII oil several trades unions
l'OooIt II. heajh, miner, has an
houheed MS candidacy for state rep
.'''IlFe on lhe republican ticket
"" ,i.e PI'uorm Oh no divorced
Ui ''. '"' I''l'oadA running east OF
-'',I CI.y nave vote" against seeking q
iS'on Oh wage schedules at this
.''"'' ne 0''s'naI Idca OF the train
~ anu ,o''",'o,oIS was 10 DTIhs
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