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Show J Eabornotw. j Farm laborers at Jackson, Mo., have, organized. or-ganized. Blacksmiths in Holland reoatv but 1 V cents an hour. The Federation of Musicians has aboV ished the color line. Koreans are being imported ts work on ' plantations In Hawaii. Pattern makers at Albany, N. Y have secured a nine-hour day. Street laborers at Chicago, n. wO receive re-ceive a nine-hour day in 1304. State hospital employees at Ogdensburg yN. Y., have formed a union. j Clgarmaker tn Puerto Rico are Joining ,' the international union In large numbers. ) Bricklayers and masons In Austria receive re-ceive tor a day of ten hours 75 cents to li. Miners at Atlm. B. C. are on strike bV cause of reduction of wages to 42. 50 a d.V Chicago (HI.) woodworkers have Joined I the Associated Building Trades' union. During 190! the BrotherhwvJ of Locomo- " 1 ttve Firemen paid out $136,000 in death benefits. The American Labor union to Increas-Ing Increas-Ing Its membership east of the Mississippi 1 river. Plumbers at Buffalo, N. T., have received re-ceived an Increase of 10 cents an hour, dating from June 1st. I Motormen at Berlin, Germany, receive S3 j cents and conductors about 72 cents for a I day of ten hours. The Independent American Mechanics' ! association is the name of a new society that has been formed at Petersburg. Ind. The purpose of the society ls to put an end t to all strikes and to prevent boycotts. j Kansas will need nearly 7000 more har- vest hands this year than have ever been . ) required since the establishment of the i State free employment bureau. Wages will range from Jl.50 to JaO a day, Includ- ing board. . , Contract machinists employed In Kan- : sas City. Mo., and Kansas City. Kan., are threatening to strike unlers their employ- ' era agree to a nine-hour working day. The men now work ten hours and receive an average of $2.75 a day. |