Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-28

that the Midvale Steel company would
smut down It's extensive plant was 20
ing the rounds OF the financial dis
trict. Inquiries developed the infor
nation that not only had some over
Jealous calamity bowler run short o,
| material and drawn on his imagina
ton for what he lacked i'm facts, but
mat Midvale would be compelled e
increase its force OF thousands Of
workmcn in the course OF ?, month
or SO.
Ptttsburg. Pa.-NotiCes at the local
mills OF tho Spang & Chalfant com
pany announced reduction I'm wages
or puddlers TO flve dollars a ton. The
mn VIII be temporarily closed. throw
ing 600 men out. The II. c. Frick
company plants at Connellsville laid
on all of It's shipping clerks. MANY
! or the ovens have been banked The
| plant OF the Interstate S;oel company
at breckenridge has closed. Two hun
] dred and nifty men are affected.
South bethlehem, Pa-Omclals de
! MED the rumor that the bethlehem
steel company was about 10 Discharge
i Nh'NNalAh IlNu lHO lNHRnl
/ completion OF the new SauCon plant
necessitates the discharge of several
/ hundred labOrers, and in some dcpart
ments there has been reduction of
forces Tor economical reasons. hut the
! employment bureau Is stnl open and
any good mechanic viii be given work
Chicago. -Forty-nine railway sys
] TENS I'm tho
many of them operating from Chicago
! nave made large reductions i'm the
! number OF employees I'm the mechani
! cal. construction and maintenance of
! way departments during the past few
days Between $4,000 and $4,000 have
been laid of. No great reduction In
the train service so far has been or.
| derod
lndianapolis--Many OF the labor
! union publications OF the country hay,
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
mead OF the miners. The editorials
show the widespread popularity OF the
| man
san ancisco.-According to infor
! nation received from New Castle
n. 5. 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
/ de strikers, and all vessels bound Cor
! ports OF the word which had put into
! New Castle TO load coal are held ur
In the harbor.
London, Eng. An international
| agreement forbidding night WORK I'm
/ factories by women has been signed
| by England, France, Germany. Aus
tria, Italy Denmark, Spain. Belgium
! Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland. II
VIII be put in practice in December,
! 1910
Boston.-Twenty nvc thousand chill
dren between If and lG years of age
! In the state Of Massachusetts arc not
I at school, was the statement I'm the
/ caption OF the charts made from the
| report Of the commission for the I'm.
/ dusirial exhibit in Boston.
Omaha. Neb.-Slx hundred thousand
/ nickcls in II bunch were turned loose
in Omaha when the Omaha street
| Railway company disbursed $50 600
worth Of the hvccent pieces I'm meet
Ing the monthly pay roll OF the con
| Germ.
Norfolk, Va.-By vote Of I51 To- 90
the American Federation OF Labor re
fused to place Itself on record as ia
voring the government ownership OF
railways and mines The opponent,
/ took the grounds that government
ownership Of mines and railway
would prevent all strikes, no matter
how peaccably they might be cor
Quoted, and that with federal govern
mont opposed 10 labor, IT. might prove
q death blow
Cleveland, O.-The American Ship
building company laid of 900 men
no tho yards i'm Lorain and the plant
viii be closed. In the local yards
number OF men were laid on. I'm the
yards at Bay CITY, Mich. 400 mon
were laid on and the yards will be
closed indefinitely. The money strin
gcncy is given as the cause of the
'IIIallUllUI.
New York General Superintendent
Brooks OF The Western Union Tele
graph company. said Tint there had
been no change in the standard of op
orators wages paid by the company
and that the report from Mobile. Ala
to The erect that reduction OF ter
per cont was TO be made was wltho.
foundation
Ottawa, Can.-The experiment Of r.,
ruiting skilled labor in England for
Canadian factories has now been tried
Tor seven months. and the committee
of the Canadian Manufacturers asso
citation. which is responsible for The
labor bureau boo London is abugdanu5
satisfied aifh the experiment SO far A.
it has gone
Lastou, Pa-Tho FTonmanaburg
plant OF thc American NoycIty coin
p9uy was closed 10 ciu remain t.r
until after the nrat Of uo,t year Ih.
company owns ~ plants ,lroayhou
tbo United states All viii bo ~
forfaI hy fNo r.euar.fcr. tt.r.