Show UK C 4 V LAIM V new york the voluntary wage in creases announced by several rail roads will not alter the plans of the trainmen and cond victors who have made demands for a larger increase according to the grand masters of the brotherhood of railway trainmen and the the order of railroad con doctors A statement by grand mas ter lee given out here says the men will for the most part take the proffered increase as part of the ad vance asked for but our original pro ram will not be altered we will finish with the new york central and the same course will be pursued with the pennsylvania as with the other roads when we are through with some of the other roads we will ask for conferences with the pennsylvania people over the rest of the advance demanded wahington wa hington T J dolan general secretary treasurer of the internal lional brotherhood of Steam shovel ind Dred gemen asked and practically ob bained the support of president tatt taft for or a bill that will be introduced in congress providing for or an eight ho ir day on government dredge and tug work mr dolan says that about 8 members of Ws organization are em aloyed under contractors doing river and harbor work for the government and in d that they insist upon eight hours aa as a day days a work the president Is an honorary member of the shovel and dred gemen s organization cincinnati coincident with the an no that the telegraphers of f the he 1 baltimore ohio southwestern railway have been awarded increased pay by a finding filed with the inter state commerce commission in washington it became known that inability to agree upon the deta detailed ailed readjustment demanded by the recent erdman act arbitration of the dis between the telegraphers and the big four railway again brought that matter to a crisis new york it has been announced that 5 iron workers amplo employed by the iron league erectors association in new york who received an increase of 30 cents a day in the early part of january bringing the wages up to 4 SO 80 a day would get another raise in wages and that from july I 1 all the workers in the employ of the assoria tion would receive 5 00 a day this Is s the h chest wages ever received by structural iron workers in that city washington W R scott assist fant general manager of 0 the southern pacific ic has been named by the rail roads west of chicago and timothy bhea shea vice president of the brother hood of firemen and Engi nemen has been named by the firemen as mem bers of the board of arbitration which la Is to adjust the differences which threatened to precipitate a general strike a few weeks ago columbus 0 trouble Is threat ened in the eastorn eastern ohio coal district on account of what coal operators say Is the arbitrary stand of the miners in repard rep ard to signing up the scale tor for that 41 district strict D H sullivan pres ident ment of the ohio district demanded that the cleveland operators sign up for their interests in pennsylvania as well used fused as eastern ohio this was re new york it has been announced that the directors of the american sugar refining company have passed a EL resolution providing for an increase in wages of from five to ten per cent to the employees in all the refineries of the company the advance it Is stated will affect all classes of em eal no time has been announced for the advance to become effective albany N Y it Is reported here that the delaware hudson wage schedule controversy has reached the stage involving an offer of a six per cent advance by the company to the conductors and trainmen it is said the employees hope for a concession to that given the employees of the baltimore ohio as a result of the arbitration there danville ill president NI walker valker of the illinois miners gave out an inter view here in which he stated that there was absolutely no friction be tween him and president lewis of the united mine workers he said there was some difference between them at the indianapolis conference but from now on they would work together new york it was announced after a meeting of the directors of the american sugar refining company that the directors had adopted a res for an increase in wages of five to ten per cent tor for employees in the refineries of the company the advance it was stated would affect all classes of employees emple Vv washington ashington A recent report from the general offices of the Ameri american federation of labor shows that on an avie average rage the office sends out daily Y 1100 letters circulars and packages louisville ky amalgamated meat cutters and butcher workmen of north america will hold their annual in this city may 9 new york the national charma seu ceu society Is the name given to i union recently formed by the drug washington the number of na lonal and international unions of la boring people has grown in 19 years rom 20 to 35 denver col organized labor has ignited in a demand tor for the P public bublic of the water supply for I 1 hat that city I 1 new york th the anticipation of pos sible further spread of the strike of pilots and masters of railroad harbor shipping was realized when the har bor boatmen s union decided to call out all its men employed on the bar bor railroad tugs except those of the new york central and erie lines these roads granted the men s de mands the union includes firemen deck hands and all employees aboard the boats axce t masters mates and engineers the harbor Boat boatmen mens s union wants increased wages and shorter houn pittsburg after a strike ot of two years duration by the tile layers anc helpers union of this district an am isable adjustment of the issues has just been reached and the men have returned to work the settlement provides for 4 80 a day of eight hours under a five year contract and car tares fares are to be paid by employers I 1 where work Is located above halt half a mile from the shops the pay of ap prentices starts at 3 25 tor for the first six months and runs up to 4 40 the helpers get 2 50 philadelphia declaring that it has in its employ more than 5 of the 7 men needed tor for the operation of its cars at this season of the year the philadelphia rapid transit corn com pany announced that in so far as it is concerned the strike of its former employees Is at an end the company adds that for the vacancies still ex asting in the operating force the kers it if they apply for work will be given preference over other aepli cants doston Boston The new wage schedule and arking working agreement of wood wire a and d metal lathers union no 72 will go into effect in boston and vicin ity on may I 1 an increase of 25 cents a thousand laths for putting up Is be ing asked which will mean an in crease from 2 60 50 to 2 75 a thousand men working by the day will ask 4 40 for eight hours work which Is 1 an in crease of 0 five cents an hour and dou don ble time for overtime tonopah nev A strike of all men employed on the operating system of the tonopah goldfield railroad has been declared all the conductors brakemen firemen and engineers walked out A recent order reducing wages and a refusal of the company to arbitrate brought about the walk alk out the toad road Is the only meant meang of of access to the goldfield district from the north louisville ky the stern mery of the american tobacco company at thirty first and walnut was attacked by a mob of striking stemmers mers and sympathizers charles jenkins engi engl neer of the plant was ras by fly ing stones and badly hurt but nobody was fatally injured A number of shots were fired and several windows were broken rochester N Y Isie early men have been brought into the city to take the places of striking brewery workers secretary john sullivan of the international brewery workers union says a fund of Is avail able for the fight here and efforts will be made to spread the strike to all cities where rochester beer Is shipped springfield ill national Aatlo nal president lewis of the united mine workers of america refused to issue a corn com mission to frank farrington of astrea tor the newly elected member tor for nois of the national execute exec uthe e board but instead has charged canington Fan ington with disloyalty and favoring the op orators in making the joint agreements chicago follow following ing an experiment of working its men only six instead of seven days a week meek the chicago northwestern railroad will not haul any dead freight on sundays here after and will allow nearly 12 op aerating employees a day of rest on the sabbath the new plan as it has haq been tried Is declared to be a sue cess washington from 1897 to the close of last year the american feder atlon of labor had issued 6 char as follows international de apartments part ments 4 state 38 central trade unions 3 at this time it costs 02 a year to conduct the office of the american federation of labor washington the porto rico unions which are affiliated with the american federation of labor are ma nia king an appeal to unions in the united states for funds to aid the bakers in malague who are on strike boston international union of blacksmiths will send organizers to this city to organize thoroughly the craft in the vicinity bakersfield bakerfield Baker field cal A union of the wood wire and meta metal lathers is be ing formed cincinnati machinists employed by the baltimore ohio southwest ern rall railroad road who have been reported as being ready to strike will remain at work the cause of the strike or der has not yet been revealed but of ficiala of the road believe the walkout was planned as an offshoot of a simi strut lir lar movement by machinists of the baltimore ohio railroad sacramento cal some time ago the painters made a demand on the boss teis for a wage of 5 a da this was refused and 4 50 offered A vote resulted in the acceptance of the offer by a majority of sixty alt rf e |