Deseret Evening News | 1900-02-24 | Page 3 | Reforms in Puerto Rico

In Rico lUco New ew York Feb committee appointed b by the Central Federated un unIon UnIon Ion to urge reforms In Puerto RIco met mat lut night and appointed a subcommittee tl tee to prepare a circular to aU all trade and labor organizations In the United States them to urge urro their reo re congressmen to use their enee tnt tor lAir c In fn Puerto Rico Among Amon the reforms demanded are upi vernal suffrage uniform rate ot of wages for tor mechanics employed In publIc works and a public school system Santiago Iglesias and Eduardo Conde the labor delegates from Puerto RIco raid that public works work are helm being con can constructed In Ponc American irs Ics employed on the works work they said aId were paId ald S 5 a day hut but natives received only a dB day for the same work The nil delegates said that the native me wanted anted pa pay equal to that of at the Americans and they also wanted the tho Island to have territorial government