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Show LABOR NEWS OF . ALL COUNTRIES' ! The Plumbers' union at Savannah,, Ga after being on strike for an In- I crease In wages of 50 cents a day, Jfeas secured a settlement and .the mea - - - -n.-.ii have returned to work. The wages Prior to the strike were $3.50 a day and the new wage scale calls for $4. Cooks' Helpers' union at San Francisco. Fran-cisco. Cal., roporta an Increase of 400 members since January 1. 1912, the largest increaao In membership for a like period In thenlstory of tho or-JSlHliz&Uon, or-JSlHliz&Uon, amd by far tho greatest reported by any union In San Francisco. Fran-cisco. In 1SS7 there were S2fi labor unions, un-ions, with about 125,000 members, In tho state of New York; now there are 2,454 unions, with a total membership of 497,665. Of the 2,454 unions 709 aro In New York city, and have a membership mem-bership of 348,560. In a bulletin issued recently by tho New Jersey stale bureau of statistics It Is shown that the increase In tho cost of living In the state since 1S98 has been 34.30 per cent, while In the same period wages have advanced only 23.4 per cent. The Massachusetts state federation of labor has passed a resolution demanding de-manding that the legislature pass a bill calling for a Saturday half holiday holi-day without loss ot pay tho year round for all laborers and mechanics in tho employ of the commonwealth, In Fargo, N D In tho past few weeks thero have been organized the sheet metal workers, butchor workmen work-men and the Journeymen horse shoors. Efforts ar being made to thoroughly organise tho town, with prospects favorable fa-vorable for doing so. Praolcally all building and inaldo work at Edmonton, Ala., Is tied up by striking teamsters, who ask recognition recog-nition of their union and eight hours daily at 70 cents an hour for man and team. oo |