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Show f Eabor notes. Ironstone miners In the Cleveland (England) (Eng-land) district have agreed to a reduction of 212 per cent tor the ensuing three months. Photo engravers of Cincinnati, O.. who have been organized in two separate unions, have buried the hatchet and joined interests? Iron workers employed on State contracts con-tracts in Holland are paid 8 cents an hour, about one-fifth of the rate paid in this country. . Carpenters at Wheeling. W. Va.. after a six weeks' strike, have been granted their demand for an eight-hour day with no decrease in pay. The attention of organized labor has been directed to a new and far-reaching plan for-a central law bureau for the use of all trades unions.. The outlook In the fine spinning trade of Bolton, EnKland. is very encouraging, and several new mills, containing half a million mil-lion spindles, are now being erected. A movement is on foot among the car workers of Milwaukee. Wis., to organize them Into a union under the International Association of Car Workers. City carters at Toronto, Canada, have asked for increased pay and a shorter work day. They now receive 28 cents an hour and work ten and one-half hours dally. . Glove makers at San Francisco, Cal., have received a slight Increase in wages and a reduction of the working day from nine and one-half to nine hours. . |