Show workers in sugar factories in southern california will shortly bo organized into labor unions there aro carriage and wagon workers in tho united states and canada of them aro organized in accordance with tho resolutions adopted at th 0 recent st louis convention of tho international typographical union that organization ia now taking a referendum voto of the members to de whether or not the organization shall pledge to tho eight hour day the voto must be returned 0 o headquarters not later than october tho proposed agreement between the international association of machinists ts and the amalgamated so slety 0 engineers which was submitted to a referendum vote recently haa been adopted by a very largo majority patrick of indianapolis ind has demised a new scheme to bring capital and labor together he has domed the national peace industrial du association and through that body all troubles are to be settled by investigation conc illation and arbitration tra tion the claim is made by him that the proposition has been endorsed indorsed indor sed by many citizens alliances the president of the international union of steam engineers has been placed under salary for the first time in the history of the organization aad will receive 2500 a year for which he devotes his entire time to the work enquiries by the massachusetts bureau of statistics of labor show that 30 per cent of the replies received from manufacturers in answer to what causes the present high price of living blamed combination of capital or the trusts for tho rise in prices A union printer has been elected mayor of atlanta ga the window light workers of newark N J lave settled on a scale of wages for the coming winter at thirty eight per cent off Tren tons N J threatened strike of pottery operatives has been averted the men and the bosses have agreed to accept the uniform wage scale of the national brotherhood and the new plan will go into effect november 1 to remain effective for five years the extensive and prolonged strike of the workmen and others engaged in the narit interests in marseilles se illes france is practically closed by the signing of an agreement between the doc fc laborers and the corn panics employing them regulating the conditions of employment differences between the amalgamate ed window glass workers and the abo national window glass workers and the national glass manufacturers have been settled there will be a reduction of 10 per cent of abc wage scale of last jear the union bakers in new york city hao started a number of shops against the enforcement of the ten hour work day so far the strike has affected only three hundred bakers A complaint that the railroads are discriminating against labor organizations by refusing the special rates usually given delegates to largo conventions vent ions has been filed with the interstate commerce commission by frank morrison general secretary 0 the american federation of labor the management of the canadian pacific announces that the difficulty between it and the car men employed on the system which led up to negotiations tiati ons with the men in montreal has been satisfactorily settled the principal fight in tho coming convention of tho international union will be the question of merging with tho union there ara locals affiliated with tho international typographical union while tho average paying membership Is an of C uniform laws for the guidance 6 labor unions will be suggested to tho coming convention in san francisco cal 0 the american federation ot labor members of the brotherhood of carpenters and joiners at their convention appointed a committee to investigate the proposition to establish a homo in denver the international convention of bricklayers and masons will bo held in san francisco cal on january 8 1905 it la expected that at least representatives various sections of the united states and canada will be in attendance international union of steam engineers has resolved to create a de bense fund of placed pro rata into the treasuries jai the subordinate unions and available on orders from the parent body hi cases 0 strikes and lockouts the government of the different provinces and of the dominion of can ada will lo 10 asked by abo trades and babor congress of canada to have all government work done by day labor and by competent workmen all members of tho amalgamated association of mahoning Ma honing valley pa havo decided to strike against tho carnegie steel company THE FINEST HAVANA SMOKING QUALITY FOR sc 8 DABY BOUQUET CIGAR |