Foreign Language Press Service

Since a condition of war still exists in Missouri, General Rosenkranz has issued the following order: "Everybody is forbidden, directly or indirectly to intimidate, or to hinder from the performance of his duty, any workman who is employed in a Saint Louis factory or shop where articles for u

Last Friday, the workers, who load and unload coal in Robert Law's Coal yards, struck... The striking workers were satisfied with their wages, but did not want to tolerate workers not belonging to the Union. Mr. Law has now engaged 150 workers who belong to no Union, who w

In answer to a request signed by Fred Schweitzer, John Hecker, John Perz, Fritz Olendorf, Albert Rapp, Gottfried Sendlinger, Martin Frankenberg, Georg Stenge, and Charles Arnold, approximately forty-two German stonecutters met at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon at 487 South Canal Street to disc

A mass meeting was held yesterday afternoon at the Bohemian Turner Hall, on West Taylor Street near Canal Street. The smallness of the hall made it difficult to accommodate the huge crowd. Mr. Jeffers was the chairman and Messrs. McAuliffe and Schlueter functioned as secretaries. The agenda w

The strike at Cooper's was ended after nine days. Hereafter, they are to receive 40 cents instead of 25 cents for making lard barrels. It would be well for all Bohemian coopers to join the union.

Among the remedies for all ailments of human society, which in the socialist apothecary's shop, occupy as prominent a place as Spir. Frumenti, Spir. Vin. Gall, or Spir. Junip. in the average American Drug Store, is the abolition of woman labor in the factories. This demand comes, as a matter

After July Fourth a day's work will be eight hours. That is the resolution of the "punks" who call themselves labor leaders. We wouldn't say anything about it, if these would-be dictators could at least prove that they actually worked for eight hours. To work eight hours out of twen

The American people are generally sympathetic toward strikes whenever higher wages are the goal, and even the employers bear no particular resentment when they must pay more. We are liberal here, much more so than the European proponents of free trade, and so we recognize the dictum that ever

To the members of the German Section of the Socialist Workmen's Union in Chicago! According to a decision of the local executive Committee, the general meeting of the head section, as we have already announced at various occasions in this paper, will be held on Sunday, July 17, at 8 P.M. at 5

The workingmen undoubtedly feel already the results of the immense immigration. We, of this newspaper are not against immigration, therefore would not engage in combating such, but the question, what will happen, as the result of an over supply of labor, which of course, is a great factor, in

Bohemian bakery shop employees, at a meeting held Saturday afternoon, in the Hall of "Tel. Jed. Sokol" (Gymnastic Union Sokol), for the purpose of deciding the best method to secure the betterment of working conditions, accepted the following resolutions unanimously: (1) Publicly by

The congress met yesterday morning at 10 o'clock for its third session, at which Mr. Jim O'Meara was presiding. The protocol of the two previous sessions, as road by Mr. Spies, was accepted by the assembly. Mr. Peterson submitted the following plank and requested that i should be substituted

The Union Council meeting was held yesterday noon at 193 Washington Street. It was its semi-monthly session with about 25 delegates present. President Rodgers acted as chairman. Delegate Cain could not see why Chicago's workingman should not have the same privilege of getting some p

The German section of the Tanner's Union has 1821 members already. Regular meetings are held every Saturday evening at 533 Milwaukee Avenue. The initiation fee is $1.00 until June 1st, after that date it will be raised to $5.00. We soon expect to initiate about 1000 more, to join ou

Again the "Knights of Labor" come into the limelight. Much speculation and discussion regarding this organization are going on among the people. Now definite information is at hand about this more or less mysterious group. The Knights of Labor was organized in Philadelphia in 1873.

The Knights of Labor restrict their membership to workers and small bosses only. According to their constitution, anyone who manufactures or sells liquor, lawyers, doctors and bankers are ineligible. The small bosses are permitted to number only one quarter of the total membership.

The Knights of Labor are today two hundred and fifty thousand strong. It would be fine if this group of workers would found their own political party. We need new parties--new blood.

Labor and political demonstrations are becoming quite a fad today. Some of the demonstrations held here lately have been instrumental in winning a great number of issues for labor. The Knights of Labor have been the leaders in most of the major demonstrations. They have come to the

The Group Soutside held its regular agitation meeting yesterday evening. Comrade Fischer lectured on the theme: "The Unions and the International Workingmen's Association." Speaker laid stress during his lecture upon the fact that the I.A.A. does not oppose the unions as such, but that it fig

Chicago has nearly 50,000 People from the unhappy Land of Poland. Where and how they live and what they do.- Some wrong impressions corrected. Faithful workers, sincere Patriots, and thrifty citizens - their reams of Political Independence. Leaving other foreigne