Show r a a in 1 te matters of especial interest to and concerning those who do the work of the world chicago rock island was selected as the place of holding the 1910 con bention of the illinois federation of labor at the meeting in belleville springfield III was chosen tor for the in ter state meeting in 1911 proposed by president wright at which indiana iowa missouri and other neighboring states will be represented edwin R wright was re elected reelected president for his fourth term he received votes as against 89 for john J brittain of chicago frank buchanan of chicago and J C martin of joliet withdrew from the race james F of cpr was re elected reelected secretary without opposition the other officers chosen are first vice president peter fitzgerald alton second vice president joseph morton chicago third vice president daniel german gorman peona peoria pittsburg pa rail nail contracts placed during september aggregated tons malting the heaviest month for two years As already noted the pennsylvania railroad has ordered a little over tons for 1910 ds de iner this is not the largest rai ral contract eer eier placed by the pennsyl vania railroad as tons were ordered for 1906 requirements and tons for 1907 but in atte ordering tons a portion of the order was suspended and only 55 allotted subsequently the order was increased and in 1909 the purchases were about tons interest now centers in the new york central con tracts which will aggregate upward of tons fail fall river mass although the ark wright club has recommended that the cotton goods manufacturers curtail heavily the fall river manufacturers will not sign any binding agreement the agents here say that it if other mills should curta I 1 first and show that they really intended to make a determined L I 1 fort tort to force the price of cotton down the mills here might after april 1 shut down for a longer or shorter period this really means nothing ex capt that the manufacturers in fall river do not riot care to come out openly and state their feelings and perhaps be accused of preventing a theoretical ly wise measure of relief lebanon pa after several years idleness the coleman furnaces operated by the lackawanna iron and steel company at cornwall was by mrs freeman wife of assemblyman wil liam ham C freeman of cornwall the resumption of work at bird coleman Is regarded as an indication of an early return of prosperity which has been absent at corn wall and vicinity since the bird cole man plants ceased operations it is understood that the other two idle furnaces will be re lighted shortly sandusky 0 the car repair shops of the lake shore electric in fremont have been abandoned and the shops are now located in this city A por tion of the b g car barns has been fit ted out and the machinery moved here the change will necessitate the removal of many families to sandusky Sandus by and will give employment to many men already here the railroad corn com pany rany expect eventually to manufacture their own cars here instead of having them built by car companies raleigh N C several of the b g gest rest textile mills in north carolina closed in obedience to the general cur bailment tail ment plan adopted recently at the meeting of the board of governors of the american cotton manufacturers association thousands of operatives opera are thrown out of work but the man agers of the mills in order to hold their help have made provision for them some of them being placed on halt half pay during the period of huspen flon boston I 1 believe every man work ing at a trade should belong to the 1 imbor bor organization of his craft is the express on made by eugene elgene N foss to thomas L wilson international vice president of the machinists union and agent frank jennings of the boston machinists lodge the machinists are conducting a campaign to absolutely unionize mr foss employed emp loyes new york it Is understood that four cargoes or about 20 tons of english iron tor for domestic pipe works I ave been secured by atlantic coast manufacturers the importation of english iron is due to the fact that the cast iron pipe makers have not been able to obtain from domestic fur naces an ample supply of forage and low grade to fo andry iron salem mass beverly salem elec workers union no has made full peace with the A F of L brotherhood and has rejoined the salem and beverly central bodies eisleben germany A strike has been declared here by 10 copper and lignite miners because the mine owners dismissed 45 men who had joined the socialist organization it is likely that 20 miners will be in evolved troops have been guarding the mines for several days new haven mass J wall of this ity was elected the new president of the eastern association succeeding W T browne of terre haute ind J L rowe of bridgeport was the only oth lr r new england man elected to the g general board of officers he Is a mem W er of the executive committee boston one of the most important labor conventions of the year was held in boston a short time ago that of the eastern association of general chair men of the joint boards of arbitration and adjustment of the conductors and trainmen on the 74 railroad lines and systems east of the mississippi river north of the chesapeake and ohio lines and including eastern canada the convention decided that the time was now opportune for a general de mand for a substantial increase in wages and equalization of working hours on all roads now some have 10 11 and 12 hour day schedules A straight general 10 hour schedule is wanted the western association se cured such a workday several years ago the eastern association consid ered following that action at its con bention last year but it was passed up as the time was not considered the proper one owing to business and trat fie fic conditions washington industrial education will be again considered by the A F of 0 L convention at toronto next month the special committee to re port and which Is now in session here includes lac ludes james duncan of qu ncy first vice president of the A F of L john golden of pall fall river head of the united textile workers un on charles M of somerville a member of the massachusetts corn com mission and stewart R reid of lynn a national organizer of the machinists union prof james monaghan of new york speaking on the subject at the boston city club recently ly stated that our present education system seemed to have gone astray it would be bet ter to educate the masses in voca dional lines it would be better to educate the masses for their life work than care only for the so called upper classes who can take care of them selves I 1 chicago denials of an emphatic kind that 10 had been paid by certion interests to have an anti local option resolution passed by the belleville convention of the illinois state federation of labor have been made by those most directly interested sec see retard edward N of the chi cago federation of labor who was a member of the resolutions committee of the state federation said there was no truth in the report E A whitney of peona peoria who represent the gipps brewery of peona peoria said the same boston A H gill and J N clynes both labor members of the british parliament who are the fraternal dele gates of the british unions to the A F of L convention at toronto next month arrived in boston on the cun arder saxonia the boston C L U officials met arid greeted them mr air gill Is the head of the cotton spin ner s union of great britain and he will make a tour of the new england ng an textile cities after the convention mr clynes Is the head of the Gas workers and general laborers union of great britain boston boston bricklayers union no 3 has sent notification to each ol 01 the 56 bricklayers and stone masons unions of the state that gov draper has given the contract tor for rebuilding his boston residence recently dam aged by fire to a nonunion firm which li his liis is been especially antagonistic to the bricklayers union the letter calls upon every member to work and vote against gov draper and to get every friend to do likewise brockton mass the difficulty be between the douglas company and the boot and shoe workers union has been partially adjusted and the indications are that complete pleasant relations will again exist the firm has al ready given notice of the close of its new factories in several everal other places and the bringing of the work done at them back to brockton chicago martin B skinny madden convicted of graft in connect tion with the calling and settling of strikes resigned from the position as president of his rapidly dissolving As socia ted build ng tr arides ades as the result of a stride called on anew a new build ing of the cosmopolitan electric corn com pany at twenty second street and the river pittsburg pa the norfolk western has ordered 32 tons of steel rails for delivery next sear about 12 tons will be rolled by the maryland steel company balti more the company Is now running about 90 per cent of its capacity buff buffalo alo N Y A strike of grain elevator men is imminent at buffalo rhe fhe men gae the elevator owners two days to meet their demands tor for a 20 per cent increase in wages pittsburg pa the iron trade review reports as the leading transact tion of the week the purchase of 50 tons of bessemer pig iron by the cambria steel company from inter ests in the central west for delivery during the first half of the year tha the price being 18 50 at the furnaces boston the new boston furniture trades council will seek better condl condi lons tons for the members of the cabinetmakers and mill men alen hardwood finishers and wood ers unions which comeri e it the demand is expected about the middle of next month |