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Show r n,l,trlil yotet. The number of men employed on Brltlih railways Is nearly 400 000. The Western Federation of Miners now has (0 unions and over 10,000 members. Many ot the laborers at the League Island navy )nrd at Philadelphia aro receiving hut II 04 per day. There are nearly 8,000 members of trades unions In I'corla, 111 , with 103 unions of the various trades. Over 1,000 tobacco workers struck recently on acratint ot one of the employers em-ployers hiring three non-union men The threatened strike Of miners In tbo gold mines nt Victoria, Col , has den averted by the managers agreeing agree-ing to compromise . Tho Journeymen Brewers' '..-tlon will levy an assessment of 1 rer member to crcato an A V of L defense fund Eeveral others ot the national unions Day taka similar action A recent compilation of statistics Ihov that out ot 98 chief national Industries In-dustries in a given year only 29 gave men employment for 300 days In tho yesr. The Pennsylvania Steel company has received an order for C.000 tons of iteel rails from tho Hist India Hall-way Hall-way company Tho order was secured In competition with Kngllsh manufacturers. manufac-turers. The United (Jarmrnt Workers are atlrrlng up organized labor and insist-Ing insist-Ing that union men befora purchasing clothing should seo that It bears tho union label. Dealers that do not handle han-dle union goods will bo looked after by the organizers, who Intend to pay Chicago a vlttt Tho Hast river bridge commission of New Yor!c city has decided that tho wage scale of the Qranlto Cutters' union, un-ion, per dsy, Is the prevailing rate Irtir that region, and mtittvunderjttha stato )abor law govern the ttons work being dona on tho bridge approaches by the contractors. The Pennsylvania law limiting the hours of factory labor for femalca to CO bouts a week and not more than 12 on any given day. and liking the minimum min-imum ngo ot child labor at 13 yrtri, has been upheld and declared constitutional consti-tutional by the Superior court. The act prohibiting corporations from discharging dis-charging employes for belonging to a tunton Was decided by the same court as unconstitutional as "class legislation legisla-tion " The United States consul at Cha-mltz, Cha-mltz, Germany, wrltet tho department here that workmen thero aro provide I with brick houses ot flvo rooms, and parlor supplied with porcelain stoves and hontlng pipes, and tho kitchen with waif boiler and stove; with yard for flowers In front and a garden plot behind, with shed for poultry or some domestic animal Theie houtet are to bo rented to thoworkmen for (3 CJ per month. |
