| Show F for or union U 10 ah workers important happenings in industrial dus circles in this nis A i t t LL count country and europe butte mont the law passed at the session ot of the legislature provid ng for an increase in the membership and nd efficiency of the na ional tonal guard at of montana was opposed by the labor organizations ot of the state and those organizations have inaugurated a movement to secure the abrogation of 0 the law through a popular vote at the next general election to be held to vember 5 1912 the law provides for or severe penalties if a labor tion discriminates against the adais blon sion of a man to membership in a union if he Is a member of a militia kompany and a man who Is a member t f a union is compelled under the law 0 take up arms against that union ii case of any strike trouble copenhagen denmark after many months of weary negotiations strikes and lockouts and threats of a general lockout peace seems at last to be restored though the v workmen have not come off very well the masters in all trades tried to force the workmen into agreements of long duration five years being the favorite time without any increase of wages or reduction of hours the bricklayers in the provincial towns and the cabinetmakers generally man aged to get three year agreements adopted and the masters in all trades had to concede some small increases of wages and in some trades a deduc hours london eng efforts which have been made to bring about a fusion of the associated society of locomotive Engi nemen and firemen with the amalgamated society of railway ser are likely to be successful in the near future should other organ lations decide to throw in their lot some fifty thousand rall waymen will be affected the society of locomotive Engi nemen and firemen has a membership of twenty thousand gen eral railway workers union seven housand thousand railway clerks association fourteen thousand and the signal men s mutual aid society three thou sand st louis louts six hundred fillmen members of the international brother lood hood of carpenters and joiners who have bave been on strike for two month nate trave iu a 4 sa I 1 isi ram aLtOry Y agreement with the employers having been reached ed word of the settlement was received by frank duffy internal lional secretary about one thousand five hundred of the two thousand men who were on strike in that city have returned to work and the remaining five hundred will probably be back to work within a few days according to mr duffy s information indianapolis an echo of the per ans mcginnis fight in the central la bor union Is to be heard in the na lional convention of the woman s in ter national union labor league which meets in this city june 20 one of the matters which will be brought up at this national convention and which may be thoroughly thrashed out Is the representation to which local leagues are entitled in state and city central labor bodies this Is the question on which the fight against E W magin nis president of the indianapolis cen aral body was hinged minneapolis minn the average cost to minnesota of getting a man or woman a job through the state em ern bureau Is 23 cents owing to the tact fact that the free employment bureau in indiana Is an adjunct 0 of the state statisticians office that clerks of the bureau perform other services and that office expenses are not sepa bately kept the exact cost in the aver age individual case Is not obtainable in indiana springfield spring field ill strikers at a shoe factory have organized they reiterated their former statements that they would not return to work until the nails and paint had been removed from the windows the officials of the plant have removed the nails so that the windows may be raised by the employed emp loyes it if they so desire but as yet the white paint has not been removed indianapolis john P white prest dent of the united mine workers has gone to new york to hold a confer ence with in ne owners regarding the dispute in the arkansas district john hayes vice vite president of the tion has gone to the irwin field in pennsylvania and joe glant busl bust ness manager of the mine workers journal also Is in pennsylvania pittsburg since january 1896 when the molders international fished the sick benefit fund system it has paid to bro hers in sickness 1 45 during the year 1910 it paid in death and disability benefit for out of work benefits 40 san francisco the sheet metal workers union warns men of the trade pot not to heed the reports cir throughout the east to the et ef feet there is a great demand at this I 1 time tor for men of every trade tradel tin ln call milwaukee one hundred and fifty painters electrical workers and sheet metal workers employed in the brew eries of 0 the city struck because the milwaukee brewers association would not grant the demands of the build ing trades council the demands were as follows painters to have their wages increased from 42 to 50 60 cents an hour and shellac paint era ers to have their wages increased from 47 to 60 50 cents an hour the electrical workers from 40 to 60 cents the sheet metal workers have asked to have their wages increased from 40 to 42 cents an hour it Is said that the brewers have offered the ma 40 cents an hour it if they will sign a two year contract altoona pa the threatened strike of pennsylvania railroad employed emp loyes here to force some action to be taken regarding the strike in the pittsburg district where the have been out since may 1 came to a head when about 1000 men representing all classes of mechanics tn in the service ol 01 the company left their employment after reports had been received from all departments of the shops a statement was issued from the general superintendent a office saying that employed emp loyes out of a total of 11 had bad left the service later it was an bounced that all of the men in the different shops who had worked till noon continued at work in the after noon san francisco the executive corn com cittee of the labor council at after ter hav ing had under investigation a charge that the machinists union local no 6 had refused to admit members of the san francisco union by imps ing a high initiation fee and a difficult examination recommended that the union be instructed to rescind its ac tion in raising the initiation fee from 20 to the musician delegates wanted the american federation of labor which can advise the ameri can federation of musicians to pass on the controversy and intimated that the union would not rescind it action as to initiation chattanooga tenn cirild labor legislation in tennessee was set bach ef eteen apara by a supreme court uca awil u in fu w un r li t e uc aiu u amr the amendatory act of 1901 making it unlawful to employ a child under fourteen years of age was dional null and void upon the ground that the amendment is broader than tharl its caption the effect of the decision la Is to reduce the age at which chil dren may be employed in fact fac torlev orle and mines from fourteen to twelve years vivienna austria the prolonged of the tailors has ended wi with th a vry fair measure of success the rites rites of wages which hitherto varied torn firm to firm have been settled q a uniform basis for the whole city ad have been raised considerably te system of shop delegates to aid old a spokesmen and representatives ol 01 e men has been recognized by th asters and overtime rates have beer going up to per cent I 1 Abra abraham harn miller gen eral ega nIzer of the neckwear work ers aion aion said that preparations ar beina made tor for a national strike ol 01 less begin about new cities ties a made wa track ern I 1 curing curin dernai dem media chang g forem fectea want t and 0 th indhar ind john M trade natio nation the lec 1 tures phy I 1 union ciden men I 1 toi tor sailor pacific to hi hc aa gran grant take boar board iliev ti tto cc M tc yak kin oin laj I 1 v esp espa ir fornia when in fact there Is not worl to all auel ou enough for the men there ther now f nen eli have given power to the great boston governor foss signed mover movements rients in the worlds world s history bill which provides drasta Richa ond va in the virginia peni pent penalties for the publication of cne firm Is said to have a or misleading reports concerning for the manufacture of shoes po rations lons or properties the bill and nd over 2 pairs are produced regarded as one of the severest bloT fearly for this firm the company pay yet inflicted on promoters of to the state for the labor of the aulak schemes convicts convicts CO cents a day |
