Nine hour day agitation among Kansas City carpenters
News of the week reports six to eight hundred carpenters in Kansas City striking for a nine hour day without wage gains. Most contractors plan nine hours with pay adjusted accordingly.
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1889
Page
2
News of the week reports six to eight hundred carpenters in Kansas City striking for a nine hour day without wage gains. Most contractors plan nine hours with pay adjusted accordingly.
Eowanp Rankix a prominent Presbyterian leader died at his Newark home on the 22d aged forty. William Saltontall of Boston died recently in Italy aged fifty eight. During the Civil War rank and service were shown by James Blaine who now serves as a fireman on the Bar Harbor Bangor express after time in the road’s machine shops.
The Argen tine Rural society will inaugurate an international cattle show in Buenos Ayres on April 20 1599 under government patronage. The United States government has been invited to participate. Lord George Hamilton announced in the English Commons that fifty two warships are under construction this year with twenty in government yards and thirty two in private yards.
Paiu Leist was struck by cars at Carkin West Virginia while serving as a key witness in a case against a man charged with wrecking a train. The incident adds a grim twist to an ongoing trial as investigators pursue motives and other links to the accident.
A Chicago Journal summary argues that the Senate filibuster and obstructive rules threaten the House's organic right to set its own proceedings. Citing Blaine, the piece asserts dilatory motions cannot block rule changes and urges Republicans to uphold the precedent. It compares US practice to Parliament and notes the Fifty-first Congress can alter rules without binding successors.
Senator Philetus Sawyer of Wisconsin praises President Harrison as level headed and thorough. Republicans are urged to judge the administration beyond patronage, noting that appointment methods have grown in importance but many duties fall to the President and Cabinet.
A collage of opinion quotes from U.S. newspapers critiques politicians and policies. It touches on Ohio governor attire, Southern work ethic, Greenback plans, post mortems, American restlessness, South Carolina verdicts, Illinois Senate views, and Fred Douglass’s stance on Port au Prince, reflecting partisan tensions and regional attitudes.
The Des Moines Register criticizes Secretary Fairchild for overstating tariff receipts and understating internal revenue, showing the internal revenue swelling the surplus faster than the tariff. It accuses Democrats of defending internal taxes while opposing the tariff in their push to reduce the surplus.
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