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Show T Eaboriious. 1: - - ?rMtr ' Pteps are being taken for the formation of a coachman's. union la Chicago, III '. The nrgantcation of a Federal La,bor union haa been effected r.t Kenton, O. Union teamsters at New Haven, Conn., .have presented a demand for a general ten-hour daj. ' Striking plumbers at Columbus, 8. C, threaten to organize a co-operative, plumbing plumb-ing establishment. . Kansas City (Mo.) City Council have voied an Increase, of $4 a month in the pay of the city firemen. The Homestead mills produce, with about 4W0 men, three times as much stect as the Krupp works produce with 15,000. The International Hod-Carriers and Bulldihg Laborers' Union of America has perfected its organisation at Washington, Within five years wages for- all classes of mechanical occupations have increased from 20 to 25 per cent in Hamilton, Canada. Can-ada. Wagvs of plasterers In Montreal, Canada, Cana-da, have been increased from 2S cents to 2 HI cents an hour for a day of nine hours instead of ten. , Common Council at Ithaca. N. Y., haa. adopted the resolution to increase the wages of the city street sweeping brigade from $1 to $1.25 a day. WMHMMM SS " |