Show woe 0 AD w 0 manchester england the lockout tt bf their employed emp loyes by the federation ol 01 cotton spinners aas has gone into effect about eighty per cent of the mills owned by members of 0 the federation shut down and some employed emp loyes were locked out all efforts at a set of the trouble were abandoned when a representative of the board of trade found it impossible to get the employers and men to reach an agreement the lockout originated over a small strike in the fern mills at old ham over working conditions there only some seventy five live men were in evolved but the unions all through the district supported the strikers and refused to arbitrate the trouble the employers thereupon gave notice that unless the strike was submitted to arbitration a general lockout would be inaugurated it Is thought that many thousands in addition to those at once thrown out of work will be ultimately affected by the strike As the result of a further attempt at conciliation on the part of councillor howell the unionist candidate for parliament in north manchester an agreement of some sort may be expected in a few days melbourne australia australia claims the oldest trade unionist boffl cial in the world he Is mr james wardley the president of the mel bourne bakers union and he Is in his ninety fifth year in spite of his great age he Is hale and hearty and regu barly takes the chair at the meetings of the union not only that but he works every night at his trade he is a native of exeter devonshire eng land and he confesses that he Is a beer drinker but that he explains is an acquired australian taste in his native land he imbibed nothing but devour devonshire shire cider which he considers the finest drink in the world he emigrated to australia in 1852 new york As an effect of the lock out and strike of bricklayers other trades were thrown into idleness in eluding carpenters tin and sheet iron workers house smiths sheet metal workers plasterers plumbers electra clans steam fitters and cement ma sons delegates appointed to incesti gate working conditions in different parts of the city reported that derric deric kmen employed by the mason builders association were forced to quit and that hundreds of buildings on each side of which there were large numbers of building mechanics at work will be deserted lynn mass the employed emp loyes of the boston northern street railway voted to accept the offer of the corn com pany granting them 1 cents an hour increase in pay foar weeks ago the union asked tor for an increase of five cents an hour the increase effects the old colony railway also another trouble was the price tor for work on the snow plows the company offered to raise the rate from 30 cents to 35 cents an hour and then the offer was accepted london england the national fed aeration of women workers of great britain has included marriage dowry in its constitution the stipulation on this subject reads as follows in the event of marriage of a member if she has been a full member tor for two years ind eind has not received out of employ ment or sick benefits during the period of her bembe ship the central coun ell shall refund 10 per cent of the amount of her contributions provided she Is leaving her trade and ting her membership berlin germany the negotiations which have been going on with the object of preventing a lockout of the metal workers up to the present have tailed both masters and workmen at meetings in hamburg declared their determination not to withdraw from their respective positions nearly men are affected in berlin llone lone while it Is estimated that at east throughout germany will be turned out on october 8 boston boston bricklayers and stonemasons union members volun harily quit work on several jobs in this city grievance were the cause on each nearly all the jobs struck however were being done by contract ors who are members of the new york mason builders association which has inaugurated a lockout against union bricklayers in that city two of the largest local firms settled at once both in this city and new york boston A state council of journey men nien barbers unions is to be formed to advocate the passage of a barbers license law in this state sixteen states now have su h a law the pub lie health would be safeguarded by such a system the barbers claim bo ton andrew C hughes of new ton has been elected reelected re international president ot of the coopers union ed ward H bearney of this city was elected international vice president of the national association of steam en ginders michael J young ot of the bos ton union was elected reelected re international vice president of the united house smiths and bridge and structural iron workers union washington A F of L has given notice of the formation of a clothing trades department on lines similar to those of the building railroad union I 1 abel and metal trades departments cleveland 0 president W G lee of the brotherhood of railroad train men made public a list of questions which has been mailed to all lodges of his organization the brotherhood of locomotive engineers and the or der of railway conductors to be submitted to all candidates tor for congress and state legislatures asking their stand on legislation aff affecting e ting the three organizations counting our membership of and their friends we control a million votes said mr lee these votes will be cast as the candidates answer the questions on which candidates candidate have been asked to exp e es s an opinion in elude an act providing for campen bation to workers when injured in the service of a railroad an employers liability law without a contributory negligence clause except in cases ol 01 misconduct compulsory arbitration which railway workers oppose an anti injunction bill A bill regulating the number of experienced workmen in a crew and providing tor for amendments to the 16 hour continuous ice fee law st louis perfecting arrange arrangement menta to fight the damage suit filed by charles W post of battle creek mich a stockholder of the bucks stove range company samuel gom goin pers president of 0 f the american ameri can fed aeration of labor and attorneys P F L of toledo 0 and J H ralston of washington D C depre benting the american federation ol 01 labor held a conference with fred enck erick W lehmann john F lee and F W lehmann jr F W gardner general manager of the bucks corn com pany and harry thomas acting prest dent were also present the company having been named as codefendant in the suit while decrying the post suit as flimsy brought without real foundation and to gain notoriety it was decided that answer be made at an early date in the federal court at st louis while the defendants are wishing so they say to ignore post posto i suit as much as possible they are corn com polled to make a defense to prevent judgment by default boston A satisfactory adjustment of the wage and working rules ot of the five thousand conductors cond actors and motor men employed by the boston north ern and old colony street railway systems was agreed on the new scale which will be in force four years gives every carman an increase of 1 cents an hour for a nine hour workday men working in the shops will receive a five per cent increase the two companies operate lines throughout eastern massachusetts boston charles dold of chicago international president of the piano organ and musical instrument makers union P J flannery of st louis in ter national president of the A F of I 1 L freight handlers union and internal dional president maire malre of the carriage and wagon workers union are in bos ton conducting organizing campaigns boston boilermakers lodges of the state are to ask that a law be to license all boilermakers who d do repair work on boilers at present the boller boilermakers makers claim much repair work Is done by tinkers laborers and others not familiar with boilers to the en dan dangen germent nent of the ih ches es of the public and the safety of property boston A number of the officials of railroad brotherhoods employed by the B at railroad have sent to the railroad commissioners a protest against a charter being given the proposed boston eastern railroad it would have a tendency to reduce wages the labor officials who sign the protest state boston the boller boilermakers makers and helpers unions of the state have be gun an agitation to have boller boilermakers makers who do repair work licensed at pres ent the larger amount of repairs on boiler is done by others than bolle makers to the disregard of t the h e safety of lives and property the boilermakers claim boston reports received by the boston carpenters unions from the in convention shows that the membership Is now in good standing and also that the brother hood has paid more than a million of 0 dollars in benefits since its or ganza tion augusta me A campaign to secure a wage increase for all the blacksmiths and helpers of new ang land Is now being conducted by inter national organizer W J doughtery rochester N Y cornelius J dris coll of boston metal polishers buff ers and union is in this c t conducting an organizing campaign to fo the international union cairo III the employed emp loyes of th tbt chicago mill lumber company struck for or an increase in pay lh ili mill is shut down pending an answel from headquarters at chicago th wages of the men were cut about tac years ago with a promise that they the would be restored when times got bet ter and the men decided to wait no nc longer for the increase and demanded it now four hundred are affected manchester eng and the federa tion of master cotton spinners de dared a lockout of operatives and closed the doors of the mills owned by its members i |