Show world of labor news from AH all parts of the world of general interest to the worker minneapolis minn after making a cumber number of gifts to the members of the local entertainment committee the in ter national typographical union ad journea previously however the con passed a law giving joint own enship in the allied printing trades label to the brotherhood of ers the international pressmen and assistants the and the photo engravers unions tentative plans were nere made tor for the organization of a new association to which all rights to the label will be assigned it if the other organizations will agree to accept the plans A closer affiliation between the allied printing trades will be presented to the other unions at a conference to be held later the prop position for equal representation on the V joint conference board was voted don doin the contention also decided that a proposal for foe a flat rate of one dollar per month for dues which was recommended by the laws committee ba be put to a referendum vote A refer eidum vote will also be taken on a graded mortuary fund as follows to members of one year or less in good standing 50 two years three years five over five years ashington the bituminous coal miners of the middle west live under better conditions than do the men en in the same industry in penn sylvania and the improvement is at tributes tri buted to the influence of organized B labor according to the national gration commission the conclusions of the commission are based upon 19 specific cases in ohio indiana and illinois the observations of the agents of the commission lead to the conclusion that about half of the miners own their homes owing to the facilities of trolley cars many of them live in adjacent towns and ride to their work company stores are not I 1 common the eight elgh hour thour system pre i vails valls and the union has been ceasur ably successful in preventing new ar i rivals from driving out the old miners the average wage is 2 49 a day which Is 42 cents more than in penn sylvania A marked increase in wages r has been made in recent years a boston the massachusetts feder I 1 atlon of workingmen has condemned governor draper for his again veto 4 ing the eight elgh hour thour bill and every ef fort will be made to bring about his defeat for re election reelection president gompers of the american federation of labor has already directed all the unions of each state to oppose the return of all congressmen who voted against labors measures it Is be llevad that james W wall of wor cester E gerry brown of brockton and fred J kneeland of boston the special subcommittee on political ac ri will recommend that the labor unions begin political action In depend ent of any political party by nomina i ting trade unionists for every elective f office in every district p vienna austria austrian women will enjoy a greatly enlarged scope of occupations henceforth owing to a ft decree of the minister of public works opening state trade and technical i schools to them among the indus tries which are now open to women in that country are artistic leat leather her work 4 and bookbinding photography watch 1 making engraving ornamental wood working as well as some branches of ii the chemical and electrical trades hitherto women have not had admit tance to these schools under pres ent conditions out of every one thou sand wage earners in austria are worner womer chicago the wages of women workers are governed by supply and demand and the supply is constantly P recruited from girls who live at home I 1 1 and who are contented it if they ban earn money enough to dress well until they are married there are enough f girls living at home ready to work U tor for less than they could live on in f dependently to make the outlook for girls who must wholly support them selves terribly difficult examiner washington that the eight hour provision in the naval appropriation bill applies only to work done upon lf the vessel itself at the place where I 1 it is built and not to the ture of machinery or other material elsewhere which Is to enter into the i construction of the vessel Is the de tie cislon of united states attorney gen i cral era wickersham north yakima wash journeymen plumbers who haie been on strike for over two months for a raise in wages to six dollars per day aie opening a general plumbing business of their own four of the local master plumb era ers have so far refused the N age demands washington coal mine fatalities in the united states in 1909 were few er than in 1908 notwithstanding an increase of approximately ten per cent in the quantity of coal mined the total number of deaths from coal mine accidents in 1909 was 2 against 2450 2 in the preceding year jn in the number of nonfatal accidents the record tor for 1909 does not compare S 0 favorably with previous years the number of men injured last year was 7 an increase of more than 1200 over 1908 and 1908 showed an in crease in nonfatal accidents of more than 1400 over 1907 indianapolis the name of the in ter national brotherhood of teamsters the international of which are in this city will be consid drably lengthened beginning withof with oc tober 1 on that date the official title of the organization will become the international brotherhood of team chauffeurs stablemen and help era erg this will be done in accordance with the action of the recent conven tion of the organization the change in name was made necessary or at least considered desirable because of the number of men now members of the organization who are not team the entrance of chauffeurs into the international within the last year is especially noticeable another change effected at the convention was in regard to the time for holding the conventions it was decided that the time should be changed from the first monday in august to the first monday in october one of the ad vantages gained from this change Is the cooler weather in october the decision derision to bold hold the next international convention in III this city will mean a saving of about 1000 1 to the alon san francisco mayor mccarthy s claims for a wonderful working class prosperity in san francisco are borne out by the table of building trades wages prepared by william T spen eer secretary of the building trades department of the american federa tion of labor here are axe some of his comparative wage scales in different cities tor for 1909 and the present year does not materially alter the corn com karlsons parl sons bricklayers in chicago re calved per hour 62 cents in new tork york 70 cents in san francisco sa cents plumbers in the sam same e cities respectively got 65 62 and 5 cents carpenters in the same or der got 56 and 62 cents la borers and hod carriers in chicago 35 cents in new york 35 cents and in ban san francisco from 37 to 50 cents per hour washington compared with the wages paid american workmen the ecale scale in kruppe krupps Is very low but corn com pared with other german industries the wages are high the average wage Is 1 35 a day however the cost of living Is low the bread for the entire community Is made in one bakeshop it Is sold to each person at a certain fixed price and at the end of the year a rebate is given to the purchaser according to the amount bought the krupps manage anage in the bakery but thy are perfectly satis batts fied fled to make their profits on iron and steel and they give their employed emp loyes the benefit of getting the best of bread at absolute cost it may be said in passing that employed emp loyes are not corn com belled to patronize the bakeshop dresden saxony there are or in saxony composed ol 01 stenographers with a membership ol 01 upwards of 22 representatives representative s of these societies to the number of 2 assembled here recently to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the organ bation of the stenographers union in describing the gathering a german writer says it was a great body of cultured intelligent people more worn en than men a glance at whom would have caused the sternest woman hater to relent and to recognize woman u worth washington the brotherhood of railway car men alen has obtained a char ter from the american federation ol 01 labor negotiations looking to the amalgamation of this union with the international association of car work ers have tailed failed the international aso elation clation comprises practically the same craft as the brotherhood and Is al at ready affiliated with the federation both unions now are allied with the federation with the understanding that an amalgamation will be made at a later date berlin germany sir ernest cas sel bel eng ish financier has arranged to establish a foundation of 1000 1 the income from which is to be tseu for the benefit of poor germans see seel ing employment in england and poo british subjects seeking work mork in ger many the new foundation will be in memory of the late king adward sir ernest cassel has retained h s inter est in his native land germany albany N Y the strike of mall matz cenance of way employed emp loyes of the dela ware az hudson company which has been in progress since july 2 was set tied at a conference all the striker will be taken back except those who have been implicated in disturbances salem 0 A general strike of union employed emp loyes of the shoe factories was declared and more than 1000 1 workers quit their benches berlin germany flensburg Is now added to the list of idle shipyards the workers there having struck after the announcement of a lockout there are 24 steamships in the process 0 construction there besides many smaller craft in the yards which have been shut down are many ves sels awaiting repairs many will be sent to yards in england and else where the hamburg american I 1 line ine has decided to hire nonunion men to take the place of those on strike the steamship anchoria has been pur chased for the purpose of applying quarters for the men |