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Show UU aaaaaaj LABOR NEWS OF ALL COUNTRIES Belgium has 200.000 miners. rill j There are more than 60.000 mem- J H bers of trade unions in Holland. H Coal miners in this country number I H almost three-quarters of a million I I Only three states have efficient 1 I protective occupational laws ill The yearly record of the indus- Jfl tries is 30,000 deaths and 500,000 se- Jifl rlously injured -isal It in probah!" that a child labor H law lor territories will be presented H to congress. 'lM Moose Jaw, Canada, metal workers i are demanding 55 cents an hour aud a H lo hour day. The three principal unions of Brit-ish Brit-ish railway men have been merged In-to In-to one federation. Attention is being civen to the ' jH work of organizing the Spanish speak- I I ing clar makers in Florida. rfiafl A total member.-bip exceeding 75.- i 000 is claimed now by the painters, Tsfl decorators :md paper hangers' union. TH On May 1 at New- York. N. V. L'nlt- jl'H ed cloth Hat & Cap makers of North stH America will convene. E Five states have passed laws Urn- I W Ring the working hours in many prl- j H vate employments (iil Demands by Roston ftMalne rail- ! H road station employes for 8 wage In- fljH t-i, have been granted. Hisfl |