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Show LABOB NOTES. The Box Workers' Union of Boston has opened a co-operative factory. The Iron Molders' -Union of North American gained 4013 members last year. The- American Federation of Labor has sent word to the organisers everywhere to give special attention during this year to the organisation of typewriters, bookkeepers., book-keepers., office clerks, rock-drillers, . tool-sharpeners tool-sharpeners - and excavators. Thirty-six local unlona In the United States and Canada were represented In the recent convention held in New Tork of the International Brotherhood of Eollermakers and Iron Shipbuilders. Walter 8. Weeks of New Tork is president. presi-dent. F. J. McNuIty. president of the International Inter-national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Work-ers, and nine other members of the National Na-tional - Civic Federation, have sailed for England to study the system of publio utilities In vogue In the United Kingdom. Los Angeles shows the largest yearly Increase Tn labor union .membership of any citv in California, the increase being more than 23 per cent. The membership of skilled trade unions in that city increased in-creased from 3286 to 5314 during the last year. Labor organizations of Elmlra. N. T., are working in harmony with the Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce of that city to advance industrial growth. The City Federation of Labor has given the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce 3100. and the carpenters have added add-ed 350 to the fund. The suit brought by Garment Workers' union of New Tork City against a manufacturer manu-facturer for failing to comply with trade agreements has been decided In favor of the unions. Judgment was entered for 3500. with costs, which amounted to 352.25. With the exception of about ISO carpenters, carpen-ters, who are employed by independent bosses, all the union carpenters In Brooklyn Brook-lyn have returned to work. Their demand for $4 60 a dav for eight hours will be referred re-ferred to arbitration. The last seven open shop contractors in Sscramento. Cat. have unionised their hope, and Sacramento Is now a strictly union city J far as the building industry is concerned An eight-hour day has been gained by 400 furnacemen employed at the Tacoma (Wash.) smelter. They have been working work-ing twelve hours. Reducing the length of the dav means that employment will be given to 100 additional furnacemen. The furnacemen wiil receive for eight hours' work what they formerly received for twelve. The Postofflee Clerks' union of San i Francisco has presented a bill to Congress Con-gress providing for sn eight-hour day in that branch of the service. The Commercial court at Wldzewo, Poland Po-land has ordered the Coates thread factory- to pay the wages of 800 employees during the recent ten weeks' suspension of work |