| Show 6 ar e M Z M m t mv am am M a M 17 F 0 7 T 0 V for or union union workers I 1 important happenings in industrial circles in this t it country and europe POP chicago thirty six hundred switch men affiliated with the brotherhood of railroad trainmen and employed by thirteen railroads in ahat Is known as the chicago switching I district have been refused a demand for a 35 per cent increase over their present wage scale cale announcement to this effect was made following a series of con erencen which have been in progress for two weeks betia between een a committee of the trainmen h b organization and a number of managers representing the railroads involved it is not be lieveld ho however hoever ever that a strike will take place it has been proposed by the managers committee that arbitration under the terms of the erdman act be resorted to and a vote on this prop position will be taken by the sn within a few days melbourne australia one judge in this city after careful investigation gave a gold mining company the op tion of paying living wages or clos ing down the one law women froni from working in a d factory or business house between the hours of six in the evening and six in the morning the same law applies to boys under 18 where communities lack high schools the pupils are trans ported tree free on the government rail roads to the nearest high school in one case as far as 60 miles tele grams to any part of the countie cost 12 cents the government telegraph service was operated at a loss until the i resent low rates went into effect it is now profit earning wilkes barre Darre pa old men many of them grandfathers broke the strike I 1 of the small breaker bos at the waite oak breaker at archibald and compelled the we boys to leburn ta to work without getting the increased wages they demanded when the new child labor law effective january I 1 drane a number of boys out of the breaker old men were put on their places and were paid a day dav whereas the boys got only 72 cents they demanded an increase saying they worked as quickly as the men ind baft g refused they went on strike the company began filling their places with old men and the boys gave p and went back to vork at the cad aid rate ha hammond mond ind the strike at the delant of the standard steel car corn com pany s works was declared off and nearly 1000 men returned to work the demand for h gher wages was set tied on a promise of better pay when conditions improved and the company promised to eliminate all grafting bosses some of the latter were charged with making new tenants of the company a houes pay back rental minneapolis minn the switchmen of the northwest who have been on strike since november 30 returned to work nork virtually every one of the strikers is in his old place although the wage question is still unsettled all will be governed by figures agreed upon in the chicago compromise con ference st paul minn st paul carpenters recently celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of its organization the event was a memorable one in union history as the union decided at that time to purchase a building site upon which will be erected a building to be used as a permanent home tor for the union omaha neb A general strike was declared on the brandeis theater build ing now in course of erection men topping work the contractor for the sheet metal work insisted upon employing nonunion men union leaders objected and the strike re suited new york new york society worn wom en who some time ago took up active ly the cause of the shirtwaist stil keis have now organized a campaign for the establishment of trades unions in several lines of work mork thus tar far anor london eng satisfactory settle ments of points in d have been made by the metropolitan railways company with the whole of its em aloyes in the traffic and permanent I 1 way department i london eng contracts have been signed for the construction in this country by the fore rore river ing company of tm two 0 dreadnoughts for the argentine republic they m will ill cost 22 1 I bethlehem pa there was as a break in the ranks of the striking machinists at the steel works one hundred and fifty men ret arned to work nork while 1500 1 are still out I 1 chicago six hundred workmen were killed at their labors jn this city during the last year indianapolis ind the various sub suo I 1 ordinates nates of the international assoria tion of printing pressmen and assist ants have under consideration a apropo to contribute annually one day a lay 1 ay to a fund to be used for the con bt ruction and maintenance of a tubel establishment for the members of the craft I 1 hartford city ind after five eve n months duration the strike of the cutters and flatteners in the plant of ire ae Arre Aire rican window glass corn com ny h e ba ha been leen declared off 04 tv re I 1 ent hiep more than men ii to v voik oi k I 1 tats h london eng the inauguration of the new system of national labor ex changes created by the liberal gov as a preliminary step in deal ing with the unemployment problem took place throughout the country without formal ceremony winston spencer churchill president of the board of trade who is responsible for the bill providing for the exchange es will make a tour of those dished in III london one hundred ei ex changes will be started at once and more during the next six months their object is neither charit re lief but only to serve to bring men des ring work in touch with employ ers new haven conn that all brgan organ iced railroad employed emp loyes including the draftsmen in shops and the clerical foicey will join with the operating forces in demanding higher wages witha ethl i a year was vas the opinion given by C A wilson of peona peoria III assist ant grand master of the brotherhood of locomotive loco noriye firemen he said that the firemen on the new haven tern tem probably would ask for an ad vance in wages the engineers through their executive committee are to haie hale a conference with the lew new haven officers this week on the matter of new wages and time sched ules indianapolis ind ten cents per ton increase on all coal mined is de rf landed for the bituminous coal mm min ers in the report of the scale commit tee of the united mine workers of america submitted in its convention new wage contracts are to be made in the following distri districts etc indiana ohio illinois western pennsylvania central pennsylvania iowa kansas arkansas missouri indian territory texas west ivest virginia tennessee col orado washington wyoming mon tana and baltish columbia indianapolis it is probable that the already strong array of internal dional labor labo union runion headquarters headquarter sIn in this city will be increased by the addition of the national headquarters of the international hod carriers and build ing laborers union of america J B etchison of this city 6 delegate from the local ocal organization to the national national conven tion in elmira N Y last is confident indianapolis will be se lecter as the national headquarters san francisco FrancH co the recently formed association of chauffeurs will follow along the lines of a number of like associations in eastern cities in so far as in their power lies to cut out out oy joy riding and reckless driving both of which endanger life and prop erty it will also endeavor to have it 11 censes granted only to such as can prove competency after a close exam to handle an automobile chicago the annual report of the cigar makers international uncoil to december I 1 shows that the income inco me e from all sources was the dis bur during that time were sick benefits total disability and funeral benefits butof out of work benefits loans to mem bers hers 46 stockton cal the central labor council has entered upon a new scheme for the purpose of raising funds for the building of a new labor temple in that city it has leased a theater and will iun zuri a moving picture show there the to be used for the purpose named wash agton in 1840 the ten hour system for all navy yard employed emp loyes of the government was established by president van an buren duren colorado springs col the library of the union printers home in this city Is the largest and best ov owned ned by any labor organization in the united states san francisco the upholsterers union Is making efforts to have all up bolstering establishments in this city under union cond eions sydne N S W five leaders of the new south wales coal strike ar rested aix ix weeks ago have been corn com bitted tor for trial new I 1 lork ork international president AT E licht head of he reta I 1 clerks is s adai ed by the local in sacramento cal that the conditions in that tha city are better tor the clerks than in a al most any other city in the united states the hours are horter wages more I 1 beral and the large stores do not require the clerks to work satur day nights scranton pa between 1500 and 2 en on the Laela lackawanna ivanna railto railroad id system haie received an un solicited increase in wages the in crease ranges aiom five to ten cents an hour I 1 indianapolis nd if anapolle ana polls ind A special conven tion of the international dl hod carriers and building laborers union of ai erica is to be held in this city be ginning may 9 in accordance with a decision reached at the tampa con bention of the building trades depart ment at the elmira convention of the hod carriers and building laborers it had been decided that the next con bention of the organization should be held in syracuse N Y but at the of the building trades depart nent ment it was decided that there should a special convention and that it ifould be held in indianapolis t ai a |
