The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-06-24

Proclaim a General Strike Unless
the Workmen Agree to the Masters
Terms for Labor Contracts to Last
Five Years-Men Object to the
Proposition and if the Lockout
Takes Place $4,000 Workers Will
Be Made Idle.
SWEDEN.
The uneasy peace that has existed
in the Swedish labor field since the
great strike of last year is on the
point of being exchanged for state
of open warfare. The employers as
ISOLATION has threatened to proclaim
a general lockout unless the workmen
agree to the masters terms for labor
contracts. 1t is to avoid the frequent
recurrence of strikes, which have be-
come chronic, that the employers as.
sociation has determined on demand.
ing the acceptance all over the coun.
try of one common form of agreement.
which shall hold good for five years.
The men will not bind themselves for
more than three years, and, although
they agree to a working week of fifty
seven and one-half hours, they will
not consent to this regulation being
extended to places where the custom
has hitherto been to work fifty-four
hours per week. The lockout would
effect at least $4,000 men.
Christina Nilsson Countess de Casa
Miranda) has arrived from France to
her summer place in Smaland. She
comes to her beloved Smaland every
summer and says that she is after all
always happiest when she is at her
old home there. While en- route to
Sweden this time she stopped for a
short time in Copenhagen and sud
denly met King Frederick and the
Princess Thyra, who were out enjoy
ing their afternoon drive The king
Immediately stopped his carriage,
raised his hat and began to address
the former diva. Christina Nilsson
felt f1attered to think that the king re.
membered her, as he has not seen her
for over thirty-three years, rather in
1876, when she scored her first great
success in the Danish capital.
Professor Otto Nordenskiold has
published his plans for the Greenland
expedition which he proposes to make
this summer. His first aim will be to
explore the Holtenborg district in
West Greenland. He will try to as.
certain the causes of the typical con-
hguration of the Arctic countries by
taking this locality as good exam
pie. The latter part of the summer
will be spent in South Greenland.
where he will try to ascertain. why
the temperature is so high as to per-
nit the growth of trees within a short
distance of the inland icefields, while
the extension of the ice is much
smaller farther north. The expedi-
ton will return about Sept. 8.
"Omnischer Lloyd" a German pa
per which is published in Constantine
ople, recently published an article in
which it's author suggested that Swe-
den bestow the Nobel peace prize on
Schevket Pasha, because through his
prompt capture of Constantinople re.
Gently he prevented the loss of thou
sands of lives. The aim of this gen.
eral was not, however, to save lives
and had there been any resistance his
soldiers of course had orders to shoot
to kill. The Swedish Nobel commit
tee is not likely to grant any peace
prize to the aforementioned pasha on
these very grounds.
Sweden gives large sums of money
every year to the foreign missions.
Last year a sum of 100000 crowns
was solicited and collected and sent
to foreign mission stations. The
Gothenburg diocese alone donated
something like $4,000 crowns to for
eign missions and the Lund diocese
was close second, giving something
over $4,000 crowns.
Herman Lagerkrantz, Sweden's min
lister to Washington, was made a doc
tor of laws at the commencement ex-
ercises of Northwestern university in
Evanston, ILL.,, a few days ago. The Dip
lomat was present at the exercises and
delivered short address.
Svanberg, the celebrated Swedish
runner, is now in America and has
been winning one race after another.
If he keeps up his present record he
will beat everything in sight and re.
turn to his native land as the cham.
niOn r1nnor Of tho world
Fredrik Bajer, one of last wears
Nobel prize winners, is at present paw
ing visit to Sweden and is at pres.
ent in Gothenburg. He is very much
interested in the Swedish school sys.
tenn and is making very close study
of it.
A water tower 1900 feet above the
sea will be erected in the near future
in Kiruna by the Elgstrom company
of OrQhrO Tho wafor fo1xo, ..,:1,