Show IN THE LABOR WORLD news of interest from all parts of the earth GROWTH OF MINE WORKERS now members of the order and work of eni enl estment Is going on some results of strikes in france indianapolis ind john P white international president of the united mine workers of america was recent ly in pittsburg at the offices of the I 1 litts pittsburg Itts burg district of the organization in conference with president van bitt ner and other local officers he left this city the headquarters of the or immediately after whence he went west on an extensive trip of inspection ot of the various district branches under his jurisdiction 11 he e w was as quite willing to talk on the condi condl tion of the organization however which he said is the best dinits his tory mr white said we have added members to the united mine workers in the past two years and it Is a much stronger organization than ever before and constantly grow ing there are now members and wo we believe that at no distant day the ili great majority of the miners of the country will be included in our membership paris drapce according to statis tics published by the ministry of labor there were during 1910 1 1502 strikes in france involving tri kers of hese were tor for higher wages of 01 the latter were successful failed and 29 ended in a compromise atle winning strikes raised the aver age dally daily pay from 1 to the strikes which failed involved the 32 strikers in a loss from idleness af f 29 per man putting all the re alts t 6 together and striking a an n average or the whole strikes successful and compromised it was round that the average loss logs per man or the 93 strikers days after resumption of work ork was over 6 it was only after the four hundred and bird hird day the losses and gains bal meed need and that the increased wages be considered as profits to the linking striking mass 13 chicago several thousand em aloyes of railroads with general ces in chicago have been laid off in pursuance pu of a policy to slash expense terns and cut down working forces among the lines to make the heaviest reductions Is the illinois central railroad men some of whom have been hetu in the service of the compary tor for years were notified january I 1 bast that their services will not be required roul alred at af ter january 15 when these those employed emp loyes inquired why their names are to be eliminated from from the pay roll they were told that the company had decided to cut down expenses as tar far as pos bible sible berlin germany the german in du protective union was organ zed by saxon business men in 1906 with a membership at present of 3 firms representing all branches at df industry a list of workmen and an annual pay roll ot of about 61 i fifty eight branch unions and employers societies representing near Y every branch ot of industry stand in lose connection with the union some of thein them through contract now cw york laws intended to tin im prove the circumstances of workers in the ther various industries ot of new york are sure to be presented to the corn com ing legislature as the result ot of recent disclosures before the state fac tory investigating commission ot of the employment of women and children at long hours and under improper condi eions pittsburg in most of the bitumen ous mines of the united states the eight hour working day prevails in 1911 out ot of a total ot of 49 employed emp loyes in the bituminous coal mines worked in mines that were operated eight hours a day 57 7 worked w in mines that were operated nine hours a day and worked in mines operated ten hours a day venice italy the city authorities have ha ve realized the necessity of provid ing cheap and proper lodgings for the working classes and therefore many of the old unsanitary houses have been replaced by large buildings con tabling small apartments of three to five rooms fitted with modern con ven fences minneapolis A bill under tion by minneapolis bakers union hav ing tor for its object the creation of more sanitary conditions in bakeshops and th complete abolishment of basement bakeshops will soon be ready for presentation sen tation to the minnesota state legis lati hatire re 1 1 ondon england latest report reports concerning the strike of the miners at bingham and ely are to the effect that the owners intend to play an endurance game in the hope that la bor or tan can be forced to submit to the employer s terms ternas san fran francisco ef california has an employers liability law but according to a decision handed down by the supreme court of the state it does not apply to the state in its capacity as employer topeka kanmore kan more than women are taking the correspondence courses of 24 lessons in housekeeping which the kansas agricultural col collegen colle legel gei has arranged for use in club meetings this winter sedalia mo the missouri pacific shops resumed work in all departments after a tw week close down four teen hundred men are on the pay roll new york compromise Com promice 1 increases li it wages affecting nearly all roads and a proposal to submit to a committee the question of two firemen on certain type of locomotives are proposed by the conference committee represent ing fifty eastern railroads in their reply to the brotherhood ot of lococo tive firemen and Engl Engi nemen A and maximum rate of pay tor for all firemen Is established and while it it materially increases wages wag s on some of the roads other roads now paying high rates are not affected in brier briet the proposal Is similar to the award of the arbitration board in the engineers wage controversy london england an almost corn com piete tie up ol 01 taxicab service in lon don was effected when the drivers car ried out the strike they voted it wa estimated that 8 taxicabs stoic idle in their garages the only taxie running being the few owned by andl vidual drivers all of the taxicab corn com banies from the largest to the smallest were affected although they de dared they had the names of many strikebreakers who would relieve the situation soon the trouble is largely due to the inability of the companies as they claim to make the taxicab business profitable st petersburg dissatisfied with the results of the recent duma elec eleo eions the governor of baku has bees trying to restore his credit at st pe kersburg burg by dissolving trade unions the petroleum workers union em bracing some 9 workmen has been dissolved by gubernatorial decree without any trial or inquiry and lead ers who resisted or even objected have been sent to siberia the printers and lithographers union at riga has also been dissolved without rhyme or rea son except that the printers strike prevented the publication of the news papers tor for a week little falls N Y the strike of tex tile workers here which has been in progress nearly six months was set tied and the strikers returned fo to work the workers go back to work under the wage schedule approved by th the american federation O 0 OS labor som u time ago the strike was called off oil by the federation at that time and the industrial workers of the world have been carrying it on since the new schedule increases wages from 10 to 15 per cent the strike has been very bitter at times and several serious riots occurred new york new york yorks s streets abound with poor and sickly workers who can not work on account of their condition and who many of them have been discharged from the public institutions as cured or conva consales con vales Ies cent realizing this a number of so are organizing a society which trill will have for its purpose the lish ment of a home to which such persons can apply tor for aid and a place to rest and thoroughly resuscitate it is to be called the international labor laber home trenton N 3 the public service corporation of new jersey has established a minimum wage scale for worn wom en and girls in its employ of 9 a week because an investigation con ducted by the welfare committee of the corporation disclosed the tact fact that on a weekly wage of less there could be no assurance that a girl or woman could live in freedom from the pit falls and temptations which beset young women who are thrown in con tact with the world toronto canada female help in ontario this season has been scarcer than ever according to reports received the question is a serious one under the canadian factory act women are allowed to work overtime only a limited number of hours and a permit must be granted from the on tarlo department of agrI agriculture cultura tor for this purpose N new e w york hours of work have been persistently fought for by the barbers international union saudy work has been eliminated and average of more than two hours a day cut from the other six days of the week or more than twenty hours a week for thirty thousand men accod without reduction in wages boston rB boston oston C L U has had the new eight hour law proposition placed upon the ballot for the coming city election and urges all union men to vote for it so as to 0 remove the difficulties occasioned by the recent opinion of atty gen swift regarding the eight hour law adopted by the cil cip zens of boston some years ago washington A report of the work of the bureau of commerce and labor shows that only thirty eight eions having a total edition of copies were printed for the labor bureau while publications having a total edition of 6 5 were printed for the manufacturers bureau boston in massachusetts there arc are women wage earners one ane quarter of the entire female feindle population of the of this numbe cumbe 91 we are married domed three of whom are mothers with tami lies averaging foo children new york r th the e american pedera federa tion of musicians AlUsic lans now has local unions twenty five of a alch are Is in canada the membership la is no eighty thousand philadelphia the philadelphia reading railway company has agreed to pay its engineers by mileage of by trip this Is the outcome of 0 long negotiations between the corn com pany and the brotherhood of locomotive engineers ottawa can the canadian federal labor department has in the last lev weeks settled street railway differ ances between companies and men in ta ottawa hull halifax quebec and port arthur winnipeg manitoba the strike 0 oi the grand trunk pacific machinists in progress a year has been settled |