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Show 1 naj?tir "Ui tie r!a tadlft .at ttt plce. ' . Tr Oty ))iniiu paakerf v ' tc iate4 illmicaU hornets, nkins in prisons, reformktone and sucb. laautu- ticos. - -- - - 'Reno. Ker.," eooksrwslterii and'reiUurtnt employees are on atrtke for a tea-tour day. Heretofore tfcer vorVtd twelve c4 tbtrten tioura a day. - - Boston, Uaes-.'Y. M. C. X U to jive a winter cour of U! to shoe rorfcers... Tp1 aim is to ! to th workmen a wider and1 more thorough knowledge of the industry.' " fortt&nd, 3nd.."na 'oiganlie k' branch of the 'Aiaartcan Federettoa of Labor. - j Acpen, olo., jntaera have fecured n ad-. yaD la ages. ,' Detroit, Mich., paintere, employed-by e local car company. haT struck pending the; reinstatement of their foreman. : pew York jClty chaufieura. are on strike1 for a Irictsaee la ae and ageiee turi anf eow herders have organised a' ualoa. -The scale ef pay is S40 per peth apd heard- SheeD herders have Secured eight-hou atiXt' gd two out of three Sundays off. - Hw paafie. treaUamen employed in the C.rnC plant have struck for inereased euMTna ava 4ee teen getting- 13 eaU an how and vorkla tweJve hours a day. i BeUefontalae,' Ohio, poetoQoe clerks and earriere are nakinf ap effort U seeure the elghtffhonr day. St. f aul, Ulnn.. uslonUts wllj soon ask for a lav to curb the operatles of (eke am; ploypsens aae&clea . ' . f Boston. Mass., Commercial Telegraphers report 60 pee cent iacrease la Members. - Kacogdoches, Texas, carpenters have struck fpr uniform scale of $3 per day. Boston, Mass., hrlcklayprS bare been tem-i poraiily enjoined from ordering a cocUin-Mated cocUin-Mated strUe. ' Snokan. Wash., teamsters bare secured, the eight-hoar 4y. JPeekakiU, K. Y., brtckUyerp are organ. PASlEEiS "btes tONISTS' HELP. Delegates yepreeentirg 4he Amerteaa Society So-ciety of Equity, an waniiation ef farmere extending over twenty-tour Sutee, will appear ap-pear at the coming eonvestloa ef the Ameri. can Federation ef-Xabur tor tke awowed -pur ' pose of establishing traternal illations be- It la proposed to brand all farm truck with the leciety of Equity laeel, nd the fQleng agree set te buy any products which o sot baar ueh label. Receiving' stations are. to be built in the various cities where union far-mere far-mere will place their produce on sale.. --- - In return for their protection which the enkwe premise" the fsreere the latter agree not to buy any but Uloo-maAe goods eqd f romise cot to take rha placef of yUa men g caee ef strikes. The (arm era are weU ergaoleed. analatain-if analatain-if ia efcee M CUv-t and appefr to be werklsg itpea a well-4e4ed jUa- Jbelr de-termiaaUoa de-termiaaUoa opeRly ffetlt itreot ajpilatlgB wlti' labor unions' &s made known pa the same day in twelve mtly scaUeed cttlea U ip Knlted fitatee. - .VyVfllfflw Tie "walking de'legate"' does not have Bali Ba-li ml ted power in the matter of cailio a strike. : The mea do ndt blindly fellow hU t dieutse. The- business agent can order a I strike only whoa the tueetjof has bee; voted upon by the members or the gnioa. He then simply sanpunces" the strike.' EomeQmee be to 'given power to order a strike by the mQ khemeelvea. ta an extraordlnUT eeae. but era under sush elreumetaeeee the aetloa fiust be Indorsed ty thufO directly eeneerned. t'i not hjs business to Ur up treuble" for peaceby IscDsed werkajes. ' Ke is con sldered the most successful agent who keeps hie aeS at work. Preqeeetly he winks at ope? vielattona of eUpulated agrbeaeaui 04 the part of the employer, l Order to nye-vet nye-vet a strike. . He U roa'Jy the ' Dsetofof til union, lie yU'.ts the sick. e Qsds work ' for the unemployed, he cares for toee U distress of say kled.X. r. ef V A Western newspaper which bee persls : tently fought labor unions has just been brought into disrepute with the postal authorities. Following the tan Francisco catastrophe this newspaper printed an Issue ealUsg epon the peoplp of the stricken cUy to disrupt the unions at this favorabje op portunity. Tbs edition, which was 25.000 in exeeee of the paper's circulation, was sent through tne mails as eeeond-claee matter to &aa Franciseo. An InveaUgation by union resn followed, resulting in toe postal author, itles presenting the paper with a bll for J3000 for postage.' The bill has just been Ie4d. cieveiaaa, vnio, xraans unionzsts are worx-(ng worx-(ng syitk the local poliee department to secure se-cure one day off in seven for patrolmen. fipringiUld. Hue-, tagytenm are organising. organ-ising. Muskogee, ld. Tar.elopbone grto are oq strike. Bartlmere, Md., 'trades unionists have secured se-cured the first arrest tor violation at the aew child labor lew. - - - Marshall town. I., striking carmen have returned re-turned to work. The salt lament was brought shout by the resignation , of the offending foreman. Chicago, riL, may eoo have a milliners" union. A movement baa keen begun ia that direction and la meeting with fair support among the trtmxeeee.- The plan contemplates the unton label ia wpmep'g hats. - u t ... . j . VEQB0 VNI0NS. In the Soutbfra ffutee there are sjateen carpenters' unions of colored men. The brotherhood claims Jurisdiction over Journey. ' men "carpenters "or joiners. ' stair builders, ship Jelners, millwrights, planing mill bench bands, eabiaetiBakers er men running woodwork wood-work leg machinery. But their elaims to this extensive Jurisdiction bas pot been n-' n-' disputed. The Amalgamated Society of far. pester a, an Bajrliah organisation, and the Amalgamated Woodworkers have both eon? tested it before conventions of the American Federation of Leber. - The enmity of the Brotherhood aad the Amalgamated Boeiety was ece f the main causes of the New York 1 building trades' strike in 190S. The American Ameri-can Federation baa not vet decided the Jurisdiction Juris-diction dlsputd. but both sides are now work-lag work-lag amicably under a comprocdise. The Amalgamated Woodworkers dispute the authority of the Brotherhood ever men running run-ning woodworking' machinery. ' I ' FOREIGN. (Official correspondence to The International Labor pfews Bureau. ) m Railway workers of the Cnlted Kingdom are about to begin a united movement of all grades for a reduction of working hours end an increase ef pay. In all probability England and Wales will ask for a general etgbt-bour day, instead of the existing standard stan-dard -of ton hours, while Scotland will a )', for a reduction from the twelve-hour day at preeent prevailing in many parte to a ten-hour ten-hour day far all' departments. Irelauj, where the plate-layers sometimee receive 1) shillings shill-ings a week.' will probably declare la favor of a raise to wages. 1' "J j 8CJZNCE FOB THE LASOBEB. By W. T. Ooffpe. To develop Intellectual ability, for example, : comprehends Brat hspwledss of what the fundamental principles are of that aide of our paled called Intellect. Science teaches ne that they are cnahy, but those that are most Inclusive are Intelligence, M emery, las agination sad Will. Then c need te grasp the truth that the Mental Faculttce aad Qualifies should be likened to mental Muscles, Mus-cles, lo be made te stow and expand in the came way aa the physical Muscles are made te ere by physical exercise, to that when we4 come to that recusation we caa act with aome certainty. Then proceed te develop TnUlllfence by cultivating, say. Obeervatloa. Leara to Obeerver to sse es well as to look, and to understand as well aa to hear, aad, further, to learn throujh Observation what to retain of what we ece aad understand, and what to' dlecard. Learn to load up with the good and helpful. Instead of with the useless and hurtful. Try it now thla com-Ing com-Ing week; "keep your eyes skinned." as. the saying Is sometimee, aad make It your business busi-ness this coming week' to Observe AS MUCH aa you can of everything. Put it down every evening, and you will be mightily Interested In ahe'hnmenee store of facta that yon will have. And then sort them out a Uulergive theaa a shaking up, and those facts that are plainly of no use end perhaps harmful, put them aside while KEEPING those that appeal ap-peal to you as helpful. 1 cay, try thla for 'one week, and then we will use up another ouallty and get even on tht. AJ JmbwiST'S FBPTEST. Bp the Rev. Charles Stelsle. Tou esfl determine (he distance of a star by multiplying the number of seconds that ft requires for a ray of Its light to travel to the earth. But yen can never tell precisely what a man will do under olroumstancee whleb have been familiar to the world since the begin? nine Of time. The element ef human nature wilf sot permit itself to be classified and cataUguea. You cannot deal with men aa the entomologist entomo-logist deele aritb his tullilens ef bugs. They refuse te be "g aped." And they prove It by annihilating the carefully made deductions deduc-tions of the sociologists. Sometimee these superior beiags are surprised te Bad that their "subjects" have forced their way Into the "holy of holles'Vihe very social grade to which they themselves belong. Their sociological rules cannot account for it. Tbsy regard with astonishment the worklngman who aeeme to poesese powers equal to their own. With Impunity have they been prodding prod-ding their kid-gloved fiugera late hie private affaire. . Without shame have they been 'slumming in the respectable tenement house district in which be makes hie home, subjecting his wife and children to the humiliation' hu-miliation' of the outcast in society. No. ye students of the working classes, ye caunet dear ltb ue as y deal wlih tne beings' aad Its object of a lower social oriel. But farotner' Is aa Oped sees tne to every heart,, even though each heart may have a beat an its own LTV? LABOB NOTES. (Compiledpy VTS. Correspondents of the International Labor News Bureau.) ' Buffalo ,K. V.. convention of the Carriage and Wagon workers' Uolon of North America voted not to establish s sick aad death' benefit bene-fit fund. L Conneaut, O., carpenters have secured a flat wage ef X cents per hour. At present the aen ark receiving- ? for a ntfe-pour day. aljelo. Cel., was this week treated to the spectacle of three carloede of strlks breakers deserting their employers. The men cjainj they were lured under false representations. Palnesvllle. O., Trades and Labor Council has' appealed to the County Commissioners to build the new $300,000 courthouse by day labor. . ' rindlev. Fostorta and Tiffin, O., nave formed i trl-city labor congress. SI Peso, Tex., laboring men bave esU-bilshed esU-bilshed a labor club. Writing tables, reading rooms and amusements bavt been supplied. 'Cleveland, p.,' Union bave secured fifteen arreete ef violators of the child labor law. Davenport. Ia., butchers are agitating for Sunday 'dosing.' Boston, Mass., may soon see a car workers' work-ers' strlke affectlng J000 men. Fargo, K. if prganlslog a union of laundry workers. i Portland, ' fire-, yongahoren have struck |