Show f 0 TU ba bridgeport 0 one thousand cots were placed inside the tin mills stock ade by guards in the employ of the american sheet and tinplate corn com pany vany where a strike has been in force tor for weeks past and intermittent riot ing for the past ten days it Is pre dieted that it Is the purpose of 0 the heads of the tin mills company instead of 0 dismantling the plant to operate the mills with imported nonunion labor monaca pa the strike of for eign laborers who walked out at the colonial steel mill at colona owing to the refusal of 0 the company to grant an increase of 16 15 cents a day to about eighty of their number was settled the strikers agreed to go back at the old wages the mill Is in full opera don hartford conn under a new law which has just gone into effect in connecticut t t written reports must be made to the factory inspector of every accident in a factory or mercantile establishment by which the detthof dea an employed or his serious injury Is caused the inspector or any of hs his deputies Is authorized to make an in vesti gation but the records of the investigation are to be confidential nd neither the inspector nor any of his assistants Is to be a competent witness concerning the facts ascer tamed by the investigation failure to report an accident is punishable by a maximum fine ot of 20 denver col cal from returns received to inquiries addressed to each of the labor organizations in colorado there have been compiled for eions that reported figures relating to membership wage each day hours worked each year the membership of the organizations reporting num bers hers approximately 15 the hours worked each day are reported as eight by 33 unions as nine by 15 unions as 12 by five unions and 13 by one union as seven by three unions and as five by three unions boston to assist its affiliated unions in their organizing campaigns boston metal trades council will have a joint mass meeting of all the union and nonunion men of boston and vl vi cikity A X number of the international officers will be p besent and speak the machinists blacksmiths boiler makers metal and brass polishers and workers and the core makers and foundry men mens s unions have all begun campaigns all ali have asked for international organizers to assist in the work chicago A call tor for an international convention of the unemployed which will be attended by re presenta tives from all parts of this country and europe bas been assied the convention will be held in chicago january 24 next and it is the anten tion of the leaders ot of the movement to annite president taft and the gov erners of the various states to attend and discus with them the question as to what should be done to provide work for the great army of anem played cincinnati railway telegraphers employed by the baltimore ohio southwestern railroad in demanding a new wage scale and a change in work ing conditions are meeting with the same opposition from the company as are the big four telegraphers in their like demands it is understood the baltimore ohio men ask tor for a 15 per cent increase in wages C C bent dent general manager ot of the balti more mo re ohio southwestern declares the demands are unreasonable chicago the total membership of the united brewery drewery workers union at the present time Is 45 corn com posed ot of local unions and branches during afie ane last year nine local union charters and 12 branch charters were granted during the same time 4 new members were taken into the organization london england from the begin liing ning of the movement in 1874 what Is now known as the women s trade union league has been the joost im agency in the development of unionism among women in great brit ain this organization at present has nearly members london eng notices were posted at the weaving mills in the bolton wigan and leigh di districts announcing that short time working schedules iules would go into effect owing to the pro hibi tive price of cotton many thou sands of operatives will be affected by the curtailment boston all but three local shops have now signed the new wag escale for the sheet metal workers union the present wage rate Is 3 60 a day under the new scale the rate will be 3 75 a day on and after january 1 and four dollars on and after junr I 1 next washington the knights of labo recently recommended that a bill be submitted to congress authorizing the president to appoint a court of albitr tion to settle strike and corporation matters london eng the master tailors organization Is considering the adelsa gallity of forming a strong trade union in order to protect their interests un der the trades boards bill rome italy A most serious strike of gas workers in italy took place re bently the gas pen s federation gave he signal and the men struck at mi tan madona and genoa pittsburg pa war was declared upon the united states steel corpora tion by the leaders of organized labor throughout the united states and canada at the he close of a momentous two days conference the decision to battle iong and hard against the stand taken by the steel corporation in its policy of open shop was reached by the labor conferees only after hours ot of debate and a deal of trouble the grievances of orgaN organized zed labor against the steel corporation as set forth in IL the resolution have been forwarded to president tatt taft and the united states senate and house of representatives the governors of the states la 10 which the united stat states es steel dorp corporation owns plants or has interests also will receive copies of the resolution the resolution deals principally with the low wages pad the men in the employ of the steel corporation the hours of at work and the general condition of op pres slon under which the corporation is alleged to hold its employed emp loyes boston the board on wages for 1910 at the charlestown Charles town navy yard reported recently wage increases are given the boilermakers copper smiths die sinkers both house and s slip alp ilp joiners ordnance men painters ship fitters and and polishers A new rating of tool dresser was established v ath a rate for first class of 3 ag a day no reductions were made the men whose r wages were not increased will be given the opportunity it if they desire td protest to the navy department through the commandant up to december 31 bradford pa official announce ment was made here that the CO 60 hand blown glass plants of the country will in a few das dans apply for articles of in corporation under the laws of this state tor for a company to be known aa as the imperial window glass company of the united states the new concern will be capitalized at 10 one of the articles of incorporation will provide for an immediate increase of five to ten per cent in the wages of the hand blown glass makers of the united states this order will affect about 5 men detroit mich in regard to a report emanating from lansing mich that the michigan central railroad tad lad in creased the wages of its trainmen and telegraph operators general S W brown of central said the conductors and brakemen were given an increase of approximately 15 per cent several weeks ago the negotiations with the men extended till nearly the last of october but the increase was made effective october 1 new york miss anne morgan daughter of J P morgan is an aepli cant tor for membership in the woman a s trade union league and when her name has been approved she will become a regular member paying one dollar a year which Is the tee fee this is the league to which the striking shirtwaist makers belong and the ap for or membership means that A R iss morgan 1 Is interested in the at tempt the girls are making for or their own betterment st paul minn after 15 days of negotiating beti between een the switchmen a anion of north america and the joint committee of railroad managers rep resenting 13 railroads of the north west a strike stride inN involving 2300 switch men became effective the men are employed by the various railroads running west and north of st paul from lake superior to the pacific coast paris france an anglo french treaty is being concluded which provides tor for equal treatment in respect to compensation for injuries to citi zens of one country working in the other it does not apply to employed emp loyes who have worked only si six man months in one or persons engaged in transport service whose business headquarters are in the other country boston A special meeting of bos dos ton on Core makers union has been called to con lder whether it will admit to membership the women employed in the core making shops of greater cos dos ton or contest with tho the proprietors over the propriety of their employ ment in this arduous laboring work charleston S C the commercial telegraphers organization Is actively engaged in organization work the southeastern states being the vie principal field of activity new unions have been formed in this city columbia S C and augusta ga cincinnati thimas fisher sixth vice president of the te in terna loi a aa brotherhood of painters Paper paperhangers rangers and decorators was found d biad i ad in his room at a private boarding house j death was due to natural causes boston the M maine alne central rail road has adopted new scales and working rules for its fre men operators and station agents many betterments are granted espe dally for additional bompensa com compensation pensa tion for extra duties chicago steps are being taken by interested members 0 of some of the railway organizations to obtain a thor ough organization of all lines of work men in the railway yard service chicago brotherhood of lococo five Engl Engi nemen and firemen paid 62 in death and disability benefits d irane october |