| Show world of or news from all parts of IV the world of beneral interest to the worker denver col intimation of the forming of a new labor union of na lional scope comprising the western federation of miners the united mine workers of america and the steel workers of the country was given ba b president charles H moyer of the federation of miners the formation of such a union was pre dented as an alternative of affiliation with the american federation of la bor in case that organization declines to delegate to the western federation the authority demanded the most important of these demands is that all men employed about mines be placed under the juristic juris dic tion of the western federation in a resolution the executive committee of the miners ion was ered to meet with the executive corn com of the american federation of labor and to complete the details nee essary to affiliation with the latter body president moyer and john C williams of grass valley cal where named fraternal delegates to the meeting of the american federation washington in the united king ring dom as a whole the average earnings for an ordinary week in summer were as pis follows bricklayers 8 60 masons 8 20 plasterers 8 70 the earnings varied considerably A table shows the percentage of the number of men working full time whose weekly earn ings fell within the following limits under 7 20 bricklayers 9 2 masons 68 6 8 and plasterers 5 55 5 7 20 and un der 8 30 bricklayers 14 8 masons 15 plasterers 17 6 8 30 and un der 9 50 bricklayers 39 6 masons 64 3 plasterers 38 3 9 50 and un der 10 70 bricklayers 28 masons plasterers pla sterrs 26 3 10 70 and above bricklayers 84 8 4 masons 21 plasterers laster ers 12 3 kansas city mo three women nurses who testified against the de fondant in the noted hyde murder case it Is declared have been boy by the local doctors union and have been forced to seek other fields in order to pursue their calling it remains to be seen whether the boy cott and blacklist will follow them the injustice of this action of the medical highbrows will probably have the effect of restraining nurses from testifying freely in court hereafter anyway organized labor Is relieved from bearing the brunt of criticism of the un american boycott for we now have evidence that it Is lecog nihed as one of the ethics of a learned profession new york the big strike of the cloak makers will be a fight to a fin ish this was decided the other day by y both the cloak suit and skirt ma kers union and the two associations sf df cloak manufacturers whose facto ries are tied up the manufacturers have united and the strike Is now likely to become national i its scope recognition of the union alone was not the only issue the strikers want better wages conditions and working hours about SO workers are at af fectea new york six thousand tailors juit work in addition to 15 who were on strike in response to a red letter call sent out by the executive ommittee of the brotherhood of tailors under whose auspices the was called Ace according to hen ry chairman of the district bouncil of the united garment work ers of america with which the bro of tailors Is affiliated 45 altogether together il will 1 be on strike InA ln greater bew ew york soon new york the national child la bior or committee Is continuing its work with aggressive determination this committee with headquarters hea heal quarters in this acty lt Is doing great work in assisting n protecting children by suitable legislation against premature or otherwise ther wise injurious employment it ilso aids in the enforcement of laws elating to child labor yearly the ower of this organization increases ind and much la Is expected of it in the fu ture lure new york at a meeting of the central federated union ft it was re ported by secretary ernest bohm that as a result of a conference between the manager of a big tea company and representatives of the grocery clerks union no objection would be interposed to the organization of the clerks in the stores throughout the country washington organization brings alcher wages higher wages bring greater spending power to the work rs greater spending power means a proportionate increase in business in every community and more prosper us times for all new york first year motormen of df the third avenue surface car tern tem now receive 24 cents an hour second year 25 three four and five fear rear men 26 and over five years 28 cents an hour the conductors tare fare adne cent less per hour up to five years bervice service then receive 26 cents an hour thereafter steubenville Steu benville 0 all machinists employed by the city receive 60 50 cents an hour as the result of an agreement with the present administration montreal canada longshoremen am 30 cents per hour night work 35 nt sunday work double rates berlin germany germany Is mi mt king great strides in education those who were denied opportunities in their youth are given the privilege of at tending night schools conducted at the expense of trade unions and held tor for two hours each night there are ove fifty of these schools in berlin A college Is located in the central labor temple twelve professors are en and the attendance Is limited to 70 these are sent by trade unions throughout the empire and their ex benses are paid by the unions three courses are taught each year they ar of six weeks duration each and the school continues in session six hours each day trade union leaders are tutored in political economy social science commercial law the ence enee of government and kindred subjects the berlin university does not permit its teachers to teach in this college london eng the american screw company of providence R I 1 erected a large screw factory at leeds eng about 18 years ago and introduced american hours and methods of labor but some years later the plant was sold to an english concern and the name changed to the british screw company it still has the american manager and american methods the pioneer in that line in england and several american workmen the only other plant in england with the amer lean ican hours of labor is at pudsey the english method Is to begin work at six a in and take a halt half hour at eight or 8 30 a in for breakfast in evolving a shutdown and loss of time in getting under way again ottawa out ont the strike of tors trainmen and yardmen which began on the grand trunk and cen aral vermont systems on july 18 was officially called off under the terms of the agreement signed by president hays for the railroads and all the union officials the men will receive dating back to may 1 of this year an advance of approximately 18 per cent and beginning january 1 1912 a rate of wages slightly below the eastern association schedule for which they struck but an advance in many in stances of over 30 per cent chicago true one of the essen bial purposes of organization ts Is colget to better wages for the service rendered but consistent with this sef also Is the purpose to render valuable service says motorman and tor this organization should serve and it does serve as an inspiration for an employed to render the very best service possible and to constant ly study how to make his service iceo more valuable to the employing corn com piny this it would seem Is a proposition tor for serious consideration of organized employed emp loyes milwaukee local no 30 journey i men barbers international union of america has unionized of the barber shops in milwaukee we have all the shops on the south side signed and w re now going to invade the north side and force all barbers to charge 25 cents tor for a haircut and 15 cents for a shave said one of the or gani we are also going to wage war on hotel barbers who shave people in rooms mew new york organizer inland iffland of the bakers says the strikers are still standing firmly on the demands made on may 1 we spend over a year on printing and always de mand union products yet in spite ol 01 that I 1 cannot find a single restaurant in the printing district where the union printers have demanded the union label on the bread seattle wash seattle central la bor council unanimously indorsed the equity cooperative comp company anys s prop position to start a large men mercantile cantile establishment in the city in which union men will be allowed to jakc stock purchase at 10 per cent off and share in the profits to the extent of IR per cent interest on the mone they invest minneapolis minn the american trade union need never haie lime fear of 0 the graduate froin from the industrial school says W E mcewen secretary of the minnesota federation of labor my experience has taught me to be lieve that it Is not the educated work men to be feared but the ignorant Ign orani one seattle wash orders have beer received by J A magill labor agent of contractor M J heney to send ur 1500 white laborers to the chopel fiver and northwestern railroad at al soon as ble laborers are paid 3 sa a day for eleven hours worl and extra tor for overtime NA washington ashington A satisfactory adjust met of the contro controversy Kersy between the virginia railway company and its en ginders has been reached the biffi cuttles have been under consideration by chapman chairman knapp of the interstate commerce commission and dr charles R nelll neill commissioner of la bor for several days wa washington wahington hington the label section ol 01 he the american federation of labor hai has notified all central bodies throughout ghou the country that it Is prepared to fur nish the names and addresses of a al manufacturers who use the unto 3 label |
