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Show .Mai III, i'lv,M.S (HI It ltl KTI.Y. IIotii in thl country nnd In l'uroi n Slaj Ily passed over qulolly, notwllh-standing notwllh-standing the antlclalril scums of riot and dlsorJcr which tomn jcoplo supposed sup-posed would ihsracterlze the ilaj.Wsth thenciptlouor a few red llags iav lured by thu thlcago jwllcr, and tome Immh e loslons which did littlo dam-ngt, dam-ngt, thu da both at home aud abroad wn not iroduitlvo of any acrlou event. The labor agitation at present set ms directed towsrdt tho nioptlon of nn eight-hour labor day, and the abolition of the "Iruik toru" system, In Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois nnd roreral etui rfitalu, law wero t n.nd rohlb-Itlng rohlb-Itlng uloin from holding uuy Interest financially lu stuns latroulieil by their worliiuen. I.abur min claim tint Huso lawa are outra.iously alolated by tulnn owner and other. Hut lu Illl-uolsutirriblotilUcklias Illl-uolsutirriblotilUcklias lion glvin to the uiuvimeut, lliuniitl-tiiis-lc la lassidbj Ihehglslitiuruof that Htali, husbieudiclared uucoutltutlonal by thu btalo Hupreme Court, on tin ground that it abrldgtd thu -ersonal rlghtaoflhe cltlion, thu conlliitlug Willi the fundamental law. Though the "truck toro yUm ha bieu regulated long slnco lu 1 ngland by I'arllanunt, jifcnsra still irop up which oimslon litigation. There Is ineluirogrusatireura lu hondon. A Abonr n ho II ml InucultngorcnliU fronia qss ci iinny wmt on strike lthhlfilhv..uurknjtu. Whin paid oU, tho lent ... eleduited from hi BtSBBSsHB fullwagu, Thec'enst brought up lulhellotiso oi ( mmoiit. At first the attorney, giniral gave It ni 111 opinion that the com I any In drdiirtlng rent a staled did not net coulriryto tin. provision of Hie truck law Un reconsideration, tho oltlclal ttatei subseqUMitly that unlrta a written Hreement ixlslsd belwien the cotujiany and thu em-ployo em-ployo as to the method to bu pursued, the truck net demanded the payment of wagcelu full, no mailer what debts the laborer might owe to til employer. Thl shows tbaltheqiesllon of "company "com-pany sloroa" Is ertVituall) settled by thu llrlllsh workman. In nuro thrre appear Is Is i peremptory demtnd for the tight-hour day. In thl country, lliaugh the Wht-hour day la talknl about n great deal, there seem a disposition among labor meu to unite In a demand for n nine-hour day, A trado convention reinsentlng 1W,im member held lu Chicago recently a I pled resolution favorln- nine h ura, nud step were I .taken to accomi llth thl ohjict unl-' versally among Uaiksr.miir, machinist, machin-ist, boiler mskirs, and In lact nil hranrhiacf tkllh-l nuchanlc. It must l,o admitted that the lalnr situation In he United Htst.s looks more hoef,i) Just at present than it doe In Hurope, yet It I truo that large bodle of Idle meu are reported In iltle, and tho arrival at .Saw York average loyXK) a week. lu Huro lo addition to the genual stagnation of trade, new labor saving machines aro talnc success fully-lit lu operation. In London a machine for unloading vessel has lieeu Introduced which will throw thousands ot doeknicu on the striets, and thu add lo the mass of the un-Implo.ed un-Implo.ed and discontented. Iu the continental clllcitlieunfortunata workmen work-men ara looking lo Louisa Mitchell nnd olhir notorious Communist and Anarchist a their sotlal redeemer. Thoy dispalr of relief by agitation surrounded at Ihey are ty ariuid military and police. |
