Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1904 — From Far and Near. [ARTICLE]

From Far and Near.

Fire wiped out a block of manufacturing buildings in Fresno, Cal. The losses aggregate $225,000. A new international union is to bo formed by the Carpet Workers' Union in large cities, to be composed of carpet layers, cutters, measuremen and sewers. In New York City in one recent week 2,100 persons made applications for places that only sixteen will fill. The salary to be paid to each is $1,500 per year, and each applicant must undergo • civil service