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Show fssgssxxssssssssss: !j Caber' notes. ( School teachers In the State of Washington Wash-ington are being organized under the auspices of the A. F. of L. Belgium, with a population of 6,000,000, I has 26,000 workshops, employing on the j average only three hands each. Packers employed In tobacco warehouses ware-houses at Wheeling, W. Va., have been granted an Increase of 10 per cent. Cement workers will meet in San Francisco on Monday, June 15th, for the purpose of organizing a national union. International Car Workers will try to formulate plans whereby it will be possible pos-sible to Introduce a standard scale of wages. Telephone operators and electricians at San Francisco may strike on account of unpleasant changes in rules and regulations, regu-lations, i International Ceramic, Mosaic and Encaustic Tile Layers and Helpers' union will convene , at Philadelphia on June 8th. St. Paul, Minn., striking coopers have formed a co-operative company, to be known as the St. Paul Co-Operatlve Coperage. ' The executive board of the American Labor Union will attempt to settle the grievance of the Retail Clerks' union at Pueblo, Colo. Twenty-one contractors of Waterloo. Ia., have signed an agreement not to recognize any of the building trade unions of that city. Al the flour milling companies in Milwaukee, Mil-waukee, Wia have agreed to their employees' em-ployees' demand for an Increase in wages of $1 a week. Tramway conductors at Leeds, England, threaten to strike against a ticket system introduced to prevent leakage in respect to fares. The Toronto (Can.) Federated Building Trades Council will call out all affiliated trades until the carpenters' and builders' strike is settled, - , |