Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-23

ing the rounds OF the financial die
trict. Inquiries developed the infor.
nation that not only had some over
Jealous calamity bowler run short OF
material and drawn on his imagina
ton for what he lacked In facts, but
that Midvale would be compelled tc
increase its force OF thousands OF
workmen In the course OF 4. month
or so.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Notices at the local
mills OF the Spang & Chalfant com.
pany announced a reduction In wages
OF puddlers to Ave dollars a ton. The
mill VIII be temporarily closed, throw
Ing 800 men out. The II. C.. Frick
company plants - Connellsville 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.-Oficials 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 OF several
hundred laborers. and in some depart
ments there has been a reduction OF
forces for economical reasons, but the
employment bureau is still open and
any good mechanic will be given work
Chicago.-Forty-Rine railway sys
TENS In the west and middle west
many OF them operating from Chicago
nave made large reductions In 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 of. No great reduction In
the train service 30 far has been or.
dered.
lndianapolis.-Ma of the labor
union publications OF the country have
editorials In regard to John Mitchell
president OF the United Mine Work
ers OF America. In which they speak
highly OF the ability OF Mr.. Mitchell
and express the hope that he will soon
be able to resume his position as the
head of the miners. The editorials
show the widespread popularity OF the
man.
san Francisco.-Accordlng to infor
nation received from New Castle
n. 3. W., the effect of the great strike
or coal miners there is felt throughout
Australia. Miners, railroad men and
dock men are out in sympathy with
lie strikers, and all vessels bound for
ports OF the world which had put into
New Castle to load coal are held up
in the harbor.
London, Eng. - An international
agreement forbidding night work in
factories by women has been signed
by England, France, Germany, Aus
trla, Italy, Denmark, Spain, Belgium,
Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland. II
VIII be put in practice In December
1910.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS thousand chill
dren between II and 16 years OF age
In the state of Massachusetts are not
at school. was the statement In the
caption OF the charts made from the
report OF the commission for the In.
dustrial exhibit in Boston.
Omaha, Neb.-Six hundred thousand
nickels in bunch were turned loose
In Omaha when the Omaha Street
Railway company disbursed $50 900
worth OF the fiye-cent pieces in meet
ing the monthly pay roll OF the con.
| Germ.
Norfolk, Va.-By a vote Of 154 to so
the American Federation of Labor re-
fused to place itself on record as IA
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 COZ
Quoted, and that with federal govern.
ment opposed to labor, 1t might prove
a death blow.
Cleveland, O.-The American Ship
building company laid off 900 men
at the yards in Loraln and the plant
will be closed. In the local yards a
number Of men were laid of. In the
yards at Bay City. Mich, 400 men
were laid of and the yards will be
closed indefinitely. The money strin.
gency is given as the cause OF the
curtailment.
New York.-GeneraI Superintendent
Brooks, Of the Western Union Tele-
graph company. said that there had
been no change in the standard OF Cd
orators wages paid by the company
and that the report from Mobile, Ala.
to the effect that a reduction OF ten
per cent. was TO be made was withor'
foundation
Ottawa Can.-The experiment OF re-
cruiting skilled labor in England for
Canadian factories has now been tried
for seven months. and the committee
OF the Canadian Manufacturers asso.
citation, which is responsible for the
labor bureau in London, is abundantIy
satisfied With tho experiment 90 far a.
II has gone.
Easton, Pa.-The Freemansburg
plant OF the American Novelty com.
pany was closed Il will remain Idle
until after the FIRST OF next year. The
company owns 80 plants throughout
the United States. All will be A.
tected by the suspension there.
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