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IV THE rSDFSTHIAIi WORLD, tadnntrlal 'olm Gathered' Front All Part* of the Country. Des Moines Is to have a labor temple. Laundry workers national union is talked of. Painters issued thirteen charters last month. Railroad blacksmiths of Winnipeg 'have organized. The Minneapolis beer bottlers have formed a union. City of Mexico cotton operatorsstruck for higher wages. Agriculture is to be taught in Mis souri public schools. England has locomotives that were made in Richmond, Va. New York electrical workers demand $4 for eight hours work. Brewery workers have thirty-one lo cal unions and branches in Ohio. Rochester printers unionized the of fice of the Democrat and Chronicle. The London cigarmakers sent over 9243.50 to their New York brethren. The' whiskey trust has been reor ganized and ail distilleries are it it. State Federations of Labor have been formed in Alabama and South .Caro lina. The Plumbers of Fall River, Mass., are out on strike for an increase of wages. Oil and gas well workers of North Baltimore. Ohio. toast a union 100 strong. The Galveston cotton mills employing 500 operatives closed down on Thurs day last. The Piano Makers' union of Chicago has increased from a membership of 800 to 2,600. Hawaiian planters are importing Louisiana negroes to work upon their plantations. Carpenters' union No. 22 of San Fran cisco. Cal., has donated $500 to the striking millmen. Sewer diggers of Toledo organized under charter of the American Federa tion of Labor. The grievances of the engineers sind firemen on the Wisconsin Central have been adjusted. The waiter girls of Bavaria work from fourteen to sixteen hours a day never get a day off. At Sherman, Tex, a trades assem bly has been organized, the prospects of which are bright. Wood carvers rejected a proposition to- amalgamate with the Amalgamated Wood Workers' union. The carpet layers in Manhattan and Brooklyn, N. Y., were recently organ ized Into a large union. The Texas State Federation of Labor has applied for a charter from the Am erican Federation of Labor. The Journeymen Barbers' union of San, Francisco, Cal., is in a flourishing condition with 1,008 names on its rolls. Another firm In the New York cigar manufacturers' combine broke away and conceded the unions' demands. The Bookbinders International Union is making an effort to organize the wo men In that craft. A large rubber factory to combat the rubber trust has been opened at Mill town, N. J. The American Tin Plate company has granted an advance of wages of two per cent to its 8,000 employes. A 113,000,000 starch trust has been launched In New York, and the Cana dian stove manufacturers are combin ing. Nine hundred and eighty men were thrown out of work by the shut down of the American Rod and Nail Mills at Anderson, lrd. Schwartz & Co., cigar manufacturers in New York, have signed the agree ment, with the Cigarmakers' union and 500 employes have resumed work. According the report of the labor commissioner of New Hampshire, the shoe output of that state last year was valued at $22,900,000. At Berlin, Ont., there was not a union man in the city one year ago. Now there are several flourishing unions with somewhat over 500 members. The Sharp window glass factory at Peru, Ind., which closed down lately owing to a strike has resumed opera tions under co-operative management. Iron Moulders' union of San Fran cisco, Cal-, have adopted resolutions pledging its members to support the shorter day movement of the retail clerks. Both the United States and the vari ous state governments have laws to the effect that eight hours shall constitute a day's work for printers tn public ser vice. The census of membership of labor unions in Colorado has just been com pleted by Labor Commissioner John T. Smith and show the total strength of the unions, which number 260, to be 27,500. The lockout of the building trades in Chicago, 111., in now in its thirty-first week and the condition of the unions is said to. be better than it was four months ago, and the men are confi dent of winning out. The striking millmen of San Francis co. Cal., and vicinity are confident of victory. Some eighteen mills have al ready given in to the eight-hour day. Organized labor of that city is aiding the millmen financially and otherwise. A Minneapolis clothing house sent it: a communication to the central labor council promising to give a banner to the most popular organization of labor :n the city, such popularitv to be de cided by the central labor council. A union of Havana cigotrmakerj has been organized in New York. The members are Cubans and Spaniards who work exclusively on hand-made Havana cigars. They are pal the highest price received by cisrarmakers. Supervisors of the city and county San Francisco, Cal., have passed an ordinance reducing the hours of labor from ten to eight In the laundries of that city. The action was taken on the appeal of the trades unions and will benefit some 2,600 women and girls. After fcix years of agitation on the part of the trades unions of Cincinnati, free school books have been secured for the pupils the coming year in the pub lic schools in the intermediate grades. It is contemplated to extend the sys tem until it'embraces the schools of all grades. Under instructions from Mayor Jones of Toledo and the city council, City Engineer W. F. Brown Issued a man date, which went into effect August 16, that eight hours shall constitute a day's work in every department. Con tractors propose to contest in court the constitutionality of the act. A Detroit, Mich, man has perfected an invention whereby twfmen can do as much work as twenty-seven, with a cash saving of seventy-five per cent in the molding and manufacturing of brass castings. It is far in advance of old methods and promises to displace many men all over the world. TIME TRIED, Ever ami Always toad. A Smoke or Contentment. La Linda.. A Domestic Favorite.—Always Satisfactory. La Verdad... A Key West Cigar, made from the choicest grown Cuban To bacco. Insist on these Cigars and Peace will attend your smoking. RON-FERNANDEZ CIGAR CO., MAKKRS. Intelligent Jurymen. Queer things sometimes happen, but the reasons assigned by a couple of Jurymen in a counterfeit label case be fore a grand jury of South Bend, Ind., has them ail faded. The union had secured positive evidence that a certain dealer in that city was using a count erfeit of their label which they took before the grand Jury and applied for an indictment. They were greatly sur prised to learn that no indictment had been returned, and on investigation learned that some of the jurymen, while not disputing the evidence, said, as an excuse for not voting for an in dictment, that they did not believe in unions anyway, and that they had no right to protection of the law for their labels. And the band played on. There is logic and justice for you with a ven geance. The defendant was positively guilty and so conceded by the jurymen, but they would not find against him because they did not believe in unions or union labels. Pr»KreN«ive Sew Zealand. Workmen in New Zealand are well organized, and the laws regarding hours of labor, sanitation- etc., are very 3trict. No male under 16 or fe male under 18 is permitted to work in the factories. The men work 48 hours a week and the women 44, having four hours for a half holiday each week. The education of the children is com pulsory between 5 and 15 years of age. The school year lasts about nine months, and all children must attend school three days out of four. The attendance averages 20 per cent more than in the other countries. TO THE DEAF. A rich' lady, cured of her deafness and noises in the head by Dr. Nichol son's Artificial Ear Drums, gave $10,000 to his institute so that deaf people un able to procure the Ear Drums may have them free. Address No. 5978c The Nicholson Institute, 780, Eighth Avenue C. J. Tufte's Drug Store, 2025 West Superior street. A select stock of drugs, patent medicines, perfumes, and toilet articles. OLD AGE POSTPONED. VfRTTTMA i8 a French treatment for TilliUi&Jl both sexes that is positive ly guaranteed* to cure impotency result wm wvk «v & iiift CO ing from indiscretions or debility, gives mty and vigor to ola and middle vital aged, restoring the desires, ambitions fnd aspirations of youth and health, fitting for success and happiness in business professional, social and mar ried life. $2 a package or 3 for $5. Re ruse substitutes. 3ent anywhere pre paid on receipt of price, and guaran teed bv THE KIDD DRUG CO.. Elgin. 111. Retail and wholesale by S. F. Bpyce. Max Wlrth. druggists. Duluth. ana NvgTen Drug Store. West Du luth. Minn. Letters and arUeles ralatto* te the so« «Uu problem are ioliolt«a. vmmtimm EIGHT HOUR DAY IS DECOMIXG GEN ERAL IX EXGLAXD. The Miners of Durham Have Already By Their Efforts, Secured Lean Than An Eight Honr Day—In Some Instances the Government Has Passed Encouraging Legisla tion in Favor An Eight Hour Day. The eight hour day may fairly be de scribed as the present ideal of the An glo-Saxon worker. He has doubtless been inspired by the example of Aus tralia, where labor has succeeded in es tablishing as an incontestable indus trial rule that the laboring day shall consist of eight hours. What is the actual position today? While the nine hour day applies to many trades the miners are approach ing the eight hour rule. And here has arisen an interesting renewal of the old conflict between the laissez faire opinions both of our politicians and of our workmen and the new collectivist view, which is, on the whole, steadily gaining the upper hand with all these classes. The miners of purham and North umberland have already by their own efforts obtained less than an eight hour day for themselves. But the boy work ers who help them underground work ten hours a day, while the west and the Yorkshire miners have not yet suc ceeded in fixing for their trade the daily term of eight hours "from bank to bank." The Miners' Federation therefore, yearly promotes an eight hour bill in the house of commons and has nearly succeeded in earring it. To my mind it is inevitable that soon er or later an eight hour bill for miners and possibly some selected trades will be carried, for it is impossible any lon ger to maintain the fiction that parlia ment can have nothing to do with th regulation of adult labor. Mr. Glad stone's last government did, indeed, pass a brief and not very conclusive law to amend the hours of labo.* for railway servants. Under this act the board of trade can intervene between railway company and its servants when it is represented to them that the hours of labor are excessive or do not provide long enough periods of rest be tween duty or fail to allow sufficient Sunday rest. The board may then order the com pany to submit to them a schedule of time such as would in their opinion bring .the hours of work within reason able limits. If the company disobeys such an order, there is an appeal to tn» railway commissioners, and if their intervention fails the company is liable to a fine of $500 for every dav of its de fault. The language of this act is vague enough, and I cannot say that its ef fect has been great, but it is another 'thin end of the wedge," and reform in England, though it mhy proceed in curves, does not as a rule lose its di rection. The sphere of actual la wis not, how ever, the only direction in which the state is able to act for the protection of labor. There is the second great sphere of administration. The state may not only enforce its rules on pri vate employers, but may also set an example to them. In other words, th»: slate itself should be the model em ployer, the "antisweater" par excel ence. 11.1s view was dtrongly pressed ly T/ Dally Chronicle upon the govern ment of 1892, and not without result. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, then the minister of war, and taow the lead er of the opposition in the house of commons, determined to initiate the eight hour day in the great gpvernment arsenal of Woolwich. The experiment proved to be a com plete success, and, though it has not been followed up, the eight hour day for the whole English engineering trade is not, I think, a distant development. Probably, however, the immediate struggles of the future will arise over the question of overtime. The habitual working of evertime not only destroys the virtues of a regular working day. but it tends to depress the rate of nages. Trade unions, therefore, are more and more hardening their hearts against it and endeavoring to eliminate it from labor contracts which they are able to control.—li. W. Massingham in New York World. ELEGANT MOCKING BIRDS at S6.to 926 eaoh. R. H. KIIDDLECOFF, 412 Jefferson St. Phone 940. Dulutli. Minn. WE ARE LEADERS I\ Tlic following- are some of our choicest brands. ElMCtJRO. LA CXB.%, LEADERS, WHITE ASH, RED CROSS, lXIO\ MADE, UMIOX MADE, (HAXD), TURK UUEEW, I XI(I\ lMHlUKT. UlLl'lH. FREE CHI A. E.UIILEMS, CORONATION. SAVY PRIDE. 200 WEST MICHIGAN STREET. Number One: Wall Paper—Titii beautiful French Stripe*, sold everywhere ni SOe jier rolls for tltln day only, TWENTY CENTS PER ROLL. Murder and oeilinK to match. A room Picture Moulding, in wale finish lim ited quantity, at ONE AND ONE-HALF CENTS A FOOT. Number Twos Number Four: Wash Goods—Fleeced Wrapper Goods, over BO pleccM to choose from lOc vnlne iSntnrday FIVE CENTS A YARD. Number Slxs Cups and Sauccrs—English semi-Porcelain Dec orated Tea Caps and Saucers, worth 15c the pair Saturday, six to a customer at SEVEN CENTS PER PAIR. Number Severn Carving f^nivea—100 pairs Carving Knives and Forks, made by the American Cutlery Co., act mil value 75c. We boneht them at about one hnlf their value and give our patrons the ben S O a a to S a a a TWENTY-NINE CENTS A PAIR. Number light: ladies' Hose—Ladies Black Merino Stockings, seamless knit, full length, all perfect. good l»e value. Saturday ELEVEN AND ONE-HALF CENTS A PAIR. Number Nines Men's Health Underwear—Men's Jaeger Gray Healtli uderweur three thread, heavy three fold wool, fleece lined, straight value at 75c, Saturday FORTY-NINE CENTS. BARGAIN COtNTKIl .NO. 1. For Saturday. fficPER LB. Weought to sell and expect to sell two tons. This is the kind we are going to give you. Marslimallows worth 115c, Assorted Cream Wafers, worth 25c. Princess Chocolate Drops worth ItOc, Frcucli Mixed Creams, worth 25c, Candy Marlhes, worth 25c, Greater New York Caramels worth •'M»c, Cinnamon Halls, worth 25c, Buttercups, worth 25c, Fruit Figs, worth 25c, Lemon Marbles, worth 25c, Clove Marbles, worth 25c, Orange Slices, worth 35c, 15* pound. 8ic half pound. 5o quarter pound. SATURDAY ONLY. u-fi PARTON & WHITE STORE HEWS. Glass Blook Store. Saturday Start Opan Till 10 P. M. THi Big Glass Block Stara. ar a- These offerings are new for Saturday. Remember emphatically—the merchandise herein presented is all new and regular. The special prices are produced by our exceptional command of the various markets. Basement. Second Floor. Odd lot of Cornets, worth up to $1.00: your pick Saturday at SIXTEEN CENTS A PAIR. All new modelM. Number Three lllack Taffeuta SIlkN— inch Black Taffetas, a K'ood tirNt quiility. soft finish, full year wide. (Extra Special». SEVENTY-NINE CENTS A YARD Rainy-Day Suitiiig-rnN-inch wide, in navy blue, wine, lirown, Ki'ay. oxford, etc. A splendid weariiiK fabric, cheap at 75c Saturday. FOR TY-EIGHT CENTS A YARD. Main Floor. •Main Floor. f- i- Main Floor. Basement Basement. •Main Floor. •Main Floor. Number Tens Ladies' Waists. Tliey come ia blue akud cord*d Taft'eta, black and corded satins. beautifully tucked, corded, velvet trimmed and lace trimmed, all dif ferent styles, no two alike, worth up to iti2.oo each- Saturday— $6.49 A Saturday Bargain. Colgate & Co.'s Triple Extracts tu all ordors, 50c per ounce tl»e standard price, special ut TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. Number Elevens Pulley Belts—Real Seal, Calf and genuine Moroc co in all shades, worth 05c, 75t M*c. new and stylish novelties, special, FIFTY CENTS EACH. Number Twelves Stationery—A box of superfine kid finish Writ ing Paper, with "Dulutti, Minn." engraved on caeli sheet. 115c is our regular price, special at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. Number Thirteen Stamped Pillow Shams—Fine Cambric 1 wide hem, stamped in pretty designs to be em broidered, :»5e. our regular price, special TWEN TY-FIVE CENTS. 1 Np li Jj'c •. Number Foiirteens Gold Filed Spectucles—lO yrar guarantee with each pair, a nobby, rimless glass, sold by the specialists at special Saturday ONE DOL LAR AND A HALF. Number Fifteens Main Floor Linen Department—5 cases Cotton Crash, ble ached and brown, worth 5c Saturday TWO CENTS A YARD. Number Sixteen Blanket Department—50© palrs-all-wool Blan kets, In all colors—plain white scarlet, and all colors of fancy plnlds actually worth *5 Sat nrday THREE DOLLARS AND SEVENTY- FIVE CENTS A PAIR, Number Seventeens IIA BG A IN COUNTER NO. 2. A very special bargain In the monster Shoe Department—$2.40 Instead of 50—M5 pairs But ton Boots, 155 pairs Lace Boots—They are all a a a lasts, genuine hand sewed welts with best oak taned lasoles, the vamps aail uppers of Hue gla zed kid. straight kid tips, medium sixfs and widths, for TWO DOLLARS AND FORTY NINE CENTS. Main Floor, Main Floor 'Main Floor. Main Floor Main Floor •Main Floor Main Floor IIAARGAIN COUNTER NO. I. Without exception the liaest mid choicest selection of Nalasook Em broideries ever shown in the West. They are our own importation di rect from St. Gnll, Switzerland, and were bought by Mr. I'anton while there this summer. They are pat up ia sets, all matched with insertion to match. On Bargala Counter No. 4. TUCKED ALL OVER with Val. Lace Insertions $1.4IO per yard—A hund red pieces to select from. Tlicy ar rived too late for our summer trade, and rather than carry them over until next summer we offer them to yon at less than half their value, sell at— $1.00 Cost to Import fi.SO, 1.75, f2.6o and #2.50 per yard. City Business Di Firms Who ar© Fi Towards Organized Ljibor. BOARD OF TRADE and ENGLISH BRAKE LIVERY™. NICHOLS A THOMAS, PROPS. Telephone 440. 315 WEST FIRST STREET. GRAY BROS. Bakers and Confectioners. Ice Cream at Wholesale and Retail, Telephone 258. 13 EAST SUPERIOR STREET & CO. Undertakers and Embalmers, And all Funeral furnishings. 18 Second Ave. West. 'Phone 289. Dululh Candy Go. Manufacturing Confectioners, Ask for Alameda chocolated. 119 East Superior Street The Peoples' Blue Dray Line. 14 FIRST AVENUE WEST. For a nice cold drink go to THE KLONDIKE Murd Matheson, Prop. Dealer in Imported and Domestic Wines, Liquors and Cigars. 203 W. Superior St. DULUTH, MINN. UNIVERSAL LIFE and ACCIDENT CO. Palladlo Building. Duluth, Minn. Established 1895. Pays Indemnity for Accident, Sickness and Death at a cost of $1.00 per Month. F. P. FOSTER, Secretary. W. W. Seekins, 115 WEST SUPERIOR ST. Florist and Confectioner. Green House*, 021 E. 3rd St. 'Phones— 903 Store. 621 Green House- HENRY FOLZ, 331-333 West Superior Street. The Leading Grocery and Meat Market. WORKINCMEN! Now is the t!tne to purchase a small tract of land ranging from 12.50 to $5.00 per acre, and secure a home of your own handy to city and market. Steamship tickets to and from Europe by all first class lines. Agent Howard Transporta tion Company. A. W. Kuehnow, 430 WEST SUPERIOR STREET. II ... #(Smpajny W^duluth Hansen Smith, President. Real Estate and Fire Insurance. PLUMBING, HEATING, GAS FITTING. Set our Stiff Lighting Gas Burner BURNES & SILLS, 15 First Avenue W. Commercial Light and Power Co. Successors to Hartmao General Electric Co. Fnrnish Electric Cnrretns For Light and Power. Put a few bottles on ice. NOOSE BEER It contains tissue-build ing and tonic elements. It is absolutely pure. It has a perfect flavor and is made from well-aged stock. What more can you desire. Order a case sent home. Duhith Brewing Go, Dulutti, Minn.