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Show WORLD OF LABOR. There are 28.17& physicians In Germany. Chltlicothe, O, haa women strcet-oar conductor There nro 1813 miles of snera in Greater New ork Indianapolis has reied the project to build a labor temple Th French Cluimber nf Deputies has Adopted the elghl-hour bill for in I nets Tho Cooks ond Walton' union of Salt L-ske Ctty wnnt higher wages and may tdrlke. 1h Brewers' and Dottlers union has falnfd an eight-hour day at Grand Hapids, Ikh. Chicago school teachers are, making a bluer right flfalnst thi proposed Z0 per Lent reduction in salaries Han Tranclsco's Muor, recenth elected on th Jjibor ticket. Is employing only unlo s In lly unices The cry nf "scab' Is a. sufficient caunc fnr an officer to rnukf an arrtst under the new police older In Boaion About 7GM0 michlnUts are now working under a nine-ho ir system, and JifO aro striking for a similar concession, Tho Canadian Patlllc railroad will build Immense Iotoinotle and eir works In 51 on t ren I and cmplo 70 men The Uo.ernment IMlntlnr? office, fast ap prouhtnfc completion will be tho largtst institution of Us kind in the world Tho coil miners at Hroart Covo, Cans nreton, hae struck i second tlmo wltmn twu mouths for lncieastd wasea. Tim m-tterUl of tho Hunlo exposition, which was recently sold to wrecking company lor .flS2,0"0( cost over $S0w000. Tho eight-hour bill for Go.ernmcnt work will not be token up b tho llouao Com-mlttec Com-mlttec on Ijfihor before March 1st It Is bitterly opposed b) Iron nnd steel lntcr- Ihe Montana IVderatlon of IVibor. as well as the btato nrKtinl vtlon of Wisconsin Wiscon-sin has decl'lpd to lnestlKute econotulc questions with .. lew to entering the political po-litical tletd The strike of fishermen which began at IVtiaMcolu, lla, .tcwrtt weeks ago and spread .o Mollnc. has Ijeen enlel at thn latter clu by the men returning to work ut the old wages New Hertford (Mans) weaers. who asked for an ndnnco In wnges hive been Informed by the mill-owners that wages prthl todoA compare ta orablj with tho wattes i aid ns an adanco In 18ft) A strike Is imminent. Tho Canadlin Pacific railway will not bo able to say the trackmen are not a re-spomtlhle, re-spomtlhle, solid orgiintsiitlon the next tlmo an agreement Is asked for 0er 9S per cent nf the malntenanco-ofway men nro now In the union An effort bi under wa among Fall Wor (Mnas manufacturers tn settle all future, wase dlsputea In the mills by ihe appointment appoint-ment of u special arbitration commlttcoi, composed or manufacturers and represents!, represen-ts!, es of tho labor unions. Tho contracts for the buildings nnd equipment of the new Mandird St el Car tompan nt 1'lltsburg hao been let, nn 1 tho ngareg ito cost of the big pliitt will lo Sl.lNiOtO Tho works will coer aliout fU aires of ground on a site et to bo selected During tho pant jenr tho membership of the International llrlrklaers union has been Increased by nearly 1JW members. erj sntlsfuctory agreements goMrnlng wnifes and hours of labor havo been mado In cities ull ocr America. Representative's of a number of independent inde-pendent shet steel concrrns In tho country coun-try I mt week held a meeting ut Pittsburg to form an assoditlon. The mutter was projected lt A I' Jlaumgarlen lce-pren( dent nt tho ilariund tihect und t-Heel i umpdny The new scilo of wnges for tho union brlrklaers of Clnrlunntl and Iclnltj has iM-en ngrenl on by nearlj nil tho employing employ-ing contractors nnd builders, and Ih now lu practical operation Iho scnlo calls for W ceuis an hour for nn cisht-hour day. Tho empIoees of the Grand Trunk rnll-wav rnll-wav ut Port Huron, Mich., Imo rnlsed TV, to extabllrh a o-opentlo sturi, where the y eun pure ha fo th-t supplies newlert at lower prices. An order for U) tons of ctal, on which thc sucd 91 75 a ton, lus been placed Tho ornamental nnd architectural Ironworkers Iron-workers may return to the Structural Iron-Workers union, from which they withdrew March K. 1W1, Instead of forming form-ing a national organisation for which plans nr being formed NeRotUttons mo now on for tho .ccoucltldtlon rmployeca of the Mtchlpnn Control railroad havo oted down a proposal for srlro penslonK, Iho fund to bo lnrKrly created from thtlr own wages A slmllir plan presented to tho employees of th Chicago Milwaukee & Ft Paul railroad by tho manatment recently was ulso uted down by tho men. Io st Saturday a petition was presented In tho Massachusetts Legislature for Iho appropriation of tniUi for tho New Ibd ford Textile nhoil on condition that tho sum of $7("0 bf raUcd In New itedfonl 'J ho I,iwcll Textile school has akd for a Htalo appropriation of $20"00 WW to bo contitbutrd by the city nf Lowell As the result of tho conference between tb comtnllteo renrrsnllng iho Hrothfr-luuls Hrothfr-luuls of t ocomollve llnglnecrs and Fire-mei Fire-mei and i'nsldent Iluli of the Consolidated Consoli-dated road the road has dicldid to grant tho renuiBt of tho men nnd hereafter there will go Into offc r nn e 'nttzatlnn nf the pi mhtitule of tin men ,id cnKlmei that will put cor dl Isl if iho Cm-solldHted Cm-solldHted nn tho Hiim foo Tho wake scale na It goes bit i . ffecl now. Is us follows fol-lows A da s woik Is to be constitute! by a run uf luo miles or less or twelve hours or less 1 iifclneers on passenger trn ns rt Jo rr.K 3 Vi und on frelKht trains II PI renv n are to icceho U for passenger nh anl UV top might erite tnstind if Jl 7i ami t. nhldium rormrl ihe t n ou the Ih st pulng ill J Isl ill llu. itt.r tho pa H t Ik nuil Ucd ui in the t iKlm.r tnd then will I. no prtfet. nto on anv of tin. dlvi ! nti |