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Show I . EgirlKSS. -y-:jj. The housing of the working classea ap-pOvirsas ap-pOvirsas far as London, England, Is con-' con-' cer.ned. to be the housing of the prosperous prosper-ous working classes. That the "hand-to-mouVb" poor are not accommodated In the CourH's dwellings may b gathered from the ftvet that last year's rent roil from the -Council's dwelling amounted to 60.-eoe, 60.-eoe, ami that only 120 was lost. At the present moment 30.0X people live in the houses belonging to the rate-payvrs of London, hut none of these can be classed as the trt poor, for ail are in regular work or sa in such occupations that real poverty is unknown to them. Minneapolis, Minn., buflding laborers have made a emand for 25 cents- an hour. Srlcklavers hi Germany receive from 7 to 9 cents an hour and work ten hours a. day. Eleven flourishing labor unlaws have been formed in Wlifcna, Minn., in the past month. . ' ' ' Building laborers, at Cleveland. O., have asked for $2.40 a day, an Increase of 40 cents.,. English Ironworkers will hold a convention conven-tion at Middlesboro ugh, y England, toe first week in June. . . There Is a movement on foot among the manufacturers at Findlay, O., to employ mpeliut temperance men. " The 'American Federation of Musicians i will hold their annual convention at In-- In-- dlanapolis, Ind.. this month. ProlMenee, Rl I.', labor anions plan to ral 20,eo before January L 19fc. wtUh w hich to build a labor temple. - blacksmiths at Wheeling. Brldgeriort, Martins Ferry. Bellaire and Ben wood. W. Va, have formed a union. |