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Show JiABOR QUESTION. The CMcg CrjientritrIU Kt lortKlo be Now Hnallj Setliet "OFMVCR'S FIRST STRIKE THIS YEAR. indication of 'the Strike Dpidtmic Extendloe; . Far as An- tralla. PREMIER CRISPI TALKS ABOUT RESIGNING. The Tariff Bill Dlscasstd bj Be- pnbllcans at Tfajhlnsion. lUUroAd Conferecee. By Telacrtch to tta Mwi.l THE LADOn SITUATIO.A. Reltlement of Ibe Cblmaro Otrpen-ln' Otrpen-ln' Nirlte,-A Nirlhe nt Drntrr. CntOno, Jlay 5. The great car-pcDtera' car-pcDtera' strike Is finally w-ttlcd, eo far as the new Ifosscs' Araociation is concerned. .Fully four thousand journeymen carrnttrs wjj go to work by Thurwiay, The arbitration Committee of the new Bouses' Association Asso-ciation and the strikers met this evening and settled the hut detail. The 'ourneymen uchlevcd almost a sweeping victory. They made con-cessions con-cessions on but two point?. The only disappointmen): was that the Btubbornness of the old Masters' Mas-ters' Association has left its members mem-bers wholly out of the final deal. The oflicial statement of the terms of settlement will not be issued until tomorrow, but It is reliably stated that the document provides for eight hours a day. Overtime will only bo allowed between certain stipulated hours at night. The minimum rate of wages is fixed at 35 cents an tour up to August 1st, and thereafter at 37 cents, overtime over-time to be rated at a time and a half and Sunday time as double time. In the matter of apprentices conversions con-versions were made by both side. The employers agree to employ only union men, even for foremen. THE l'HILAimLViriA CAUI'EXTKKS. rmutDELrJllA, May 5. It is stated that two or three thousand car -enters tt ho strut k May 1st have been granted their demand . ACCORDHNCJ TO THE PREDICTIONS of the ftockyard cooper", there is a probability of their cause being taken up by the English laborers and the strike becoming International. Interna-tional. At a meeting of the Brotherhood Broth-erhood of United labor today a committee was appointed to communicate com-municate with Jiiliu Burns, the English Labor leader, and request him to order the English longshoremen longshore-men not to handle any beef or other froducts shipped by the Chicago louses. The committee say that Bums has taken a great interest in the caue of the men at the yards. The men, in an open Utter, say that by the terms of their agrecment,&ignnl after the great strike of ISSti, tiiey are sutject to discharge without warning, while in case of quitting, they must give two weeks' notice oi forfeit ten days' pay, which the employers withhold. Sometimes, they say, they are only ghtn two or three days' work per neek, but are compelled to remain or lce their forfeit money, and arc compelled to work Sundays. If a man Is two minuteslatc In the morning lie is docked an hour's pay, but If his work Is finished before the cloe of the day he is nut paid for a full day. AT ET. LOUIS. St. Iouis, Mo., May 13. Four hundred employes of the Fairbanks Soap Company struck tonight for a restoration of wages, they having been cut fifteen tier cent last November. LOUISVILLE PLASTERERS STRIKE. Louisville, May 5. Striking carpenters were joined today by tho plasterers in their demands for advanced ad-vanced pay and shorter hours. STRIKE OF COAL MINERS. PlTTSBURfl, Mayo. Six hundred coal miners struck today at Bcltalrc and Cambridge. Ohio, agaipct the use of the screen. ABATING. , Paris. May 5. The labor agitation agita-tion at Jtoubaix and Tourcoing is abating. A conference between the masters and strikers was productive produc-tive of no result. COKE BURNERS' STRIKE. SCOTTDALE, Pa., May 5. A general strike, involving 14,000 coke workers in the Connellsville region, is threatened, unless the Frisk company com-pany resume operations at the Valley Works. STRIKE AT DENVER. Denver, May 5. Last Friday the members of the Machine Workers Work-ers and Turners' Union made a demand upon the mill men fur a reduction re-duction of hours from ten to nine, Willi 'ten hours' pay. This being refused, the men, numbering thirty-five, thirty-five, quit work this morning. They were joined by the bench men, numbering .250. Among the mills affected are the largest In the city. They will not close down, but will attempt to fill their present contracts by running with a short force of non-union men, who have been getting for some time post the wages now demanded by the union. This is the first strike in Denver this year. AUSTRALIA MAY HAVE A STRIKE. Brisbane, May 5. The members of the labor unions here Uneaten a strike to prevent the shipment of wools sheared by non-union men. They have cabled to England, asking ask-ing for the support of the British lalior unions. .niMllan Carpenfrra. Detroit, May 5. Forty-two bosses have signed the carpenters' agreement, and it Is thought a few days more will see the trouble settled in the strikers' favor. Two seta of Canadian carpenters were headed off today by the customs officlalsand returned to Canada. Crlapl Sayn lie It HI Rnlrn. Bonn, May 5. The Senate today in a debate on the Chanties bill rejected re-jected the clause providing for church expenses. Premier Crisp! thereupon declared that he would resign. In order t decide the question ques-tion or a dissolution of the Cabinet or Its reconstruction under Signor Saracco. Hlsannouncement caused great excitement. A llnce fcjndlratr. Philadelphia, May 5. The stockholders of the United Gas Im- firovement Company, which has terests In various cities of the country, held their annual meeting today, at which preliminary steps were taken toward the organization of the prospective American Gas Investment Company. This new enterprise Is to be) capitalized at S50.000.0X), of which one-half Is to be subscribed in this country and the other half will be offered to Ergllsh capitalists. I paaaaaaaaajaaanajaaanfjVjaanaaaaBaaaanaaaaaaa |