Show a r LAB I 1 0 pa ell WOR LD q washington boards empowered to fix minimum rates of wages were first established shed in australia L in 1896 the state of victoria enacted a statute providing for special wage boards composed of an equal number of cm em players and employed emp loyes and a chair man appointed by the government each represents a different industry and fixes schedules of pay which are the lowest that any employer in the trade is permitted to give slow workers may however be hired at lower rates while not entirely abol ashing the law has diminished sweating has maintained wages above the amounts paid in the un regulated trades promoted tion among the workers brought em players II and employed emp loyes closer together and elevated the plane of compete tion the great majority of the peo pie of victoria including most of the employers in the regulated trades seem to be satisfied between 1907 and 1909 new south wales queens land and south australia adopted the wage board system new york the officers of big dig six have just received a re resignation ignation from membership which for uniqueness stands at the top of its class here it is I 1 hereby hand in my rests nation as a member of typographical union no 6 have concluded that I 1 cannot consistently go on with unionism in the light I 1 have as a christian see 11 II corinthians 6 it 1 be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers for what fellowship hath righteous righteousness nes with unrighteous ness and what nhat communion hath light with darkness 7 to which the pres ident replied with a quotation from joshua 25 13 and I 1 have given you a land tor for which ye did not labor and cities which ye built not and ye dwell in them of the vineyards and olive yards which ye planted not do ye eat erie pa judge P A benson granted aa an injunction restraining the officers of erie lodge no broth ergood of railway trainmen from carrying out a decree of expulsion pronounced by the international pre i ident of the order against william G F jerman a member of the local lodge the case Is of much imbor tance to members of the tion jerman stood with A A rowe of wichita kan when he was ex belled from the harrisburg conven tion recently jerman s lodge was asked to expel him and refused abe athe international president expelled jer man and directed the local lodge to carry out the order the injunction restrains the lodge from doing so boston greater boston carpenters district council has decided to erect a memorial monument on the grave of the late arthur M watson of brook drook line who was for years the secretary of the council as a tribute of th 6 members for his work and worth the monument will be dedicated labor day president william H walsh of the brookline union secretary daniel H deegon of boston union 33 jos eph P kelley of the wharf and bridge carpenters union and E L bosle of roxbury union 67 were elected as the committee to make the plans berlin germany professor ballod bailed demonstrates by means of statistics that the private fortunes of german subjects have increased by 12 within a decade and the sta of fire insurance companies reveal a similar increase of real property the prosperity of the country Is by no means limited to the wealthy or upper classes inasmuch as workmen s wages throughout ger many have increased on an average of 48 per cent during the last 22 years boston the new boston milk wag on drivers union has adopted a new wage scale and working hours agree ment it will be submitted to the team drivers union district council and then to the international execl tive board tor for approval before being submitted to the employers the bos ton men work the longest hours and receive the smallest wages of the milk men of any large city of the country the international union unions s sta show paris parts france three thousand rest aurant aarant waiters have struck at mar jeilles they demand the right to wear mustaches and want eighteen francs a month and a day oft off each week proprietors odthe restaurants also formed a trade union and offered nine francs a month and no day oft off the recent increase in the price of drinks has caused a diminution in the amount of tips and this brought on the trouble washington A federation of tran port workers has recently been formed in bulgaria there are now affiliated the unions of rall waymen post tele graph telephone and tramway ser set dockers teamsters motor daiv ers and all other laborers employed tn in any branch of the traffic and trans port trade of the country springfield III the illinois su preme court has sustained the validity of section 18 of the mining act bequir ing mine examiners to note unsafe and dangerous conditions by placing conspicuous markers warning of dan ter ger new york announcement wag was made that R hoe co manufacture ers of printing presses have definitely decided to move their factory fron this city where it has been sine the business was started more than years ago the fourth generation of the family Is now engaged in it and it Is operated as a corporation labor troubles are frankly admitted to furnish the motive tor for removal the machinists began to demand high er pay and fewer hours two years ago As the result of several con ces cessions ions their hours of work were re deuced from ten to nine and their wages were increased from 25 to 30 per cent on april 30 last the men presented a demand for an eight elgh hour thour day with notice that unless it were granted that afternoon none of the 1000 1 men in the machine shops wo ild return to work the following monday mor iRing it was not granted and the strike still continues trident mont the cement mak ers of this city have just executed a two year agreement with the three forks portland cement company whereby an increase of wages has been secured and also the practical elimination of the japanese employed at the plant the agreement also provides the rental to be paid for the dwelling houses owned by the corn com pan yand occupied by the workmen washington every working day in the year the coal miners of the united states are preparing for public con 1 tons of coal rang ing in quality from the peats of fior flor ida and the of new mexico to the anthracite of pennsylvania and the semi bituminous coals of west virginia indianapolis frank duffy general secretary of the united brotherhood of 0 carpenters and joiners in accordance with action taken by the general ex board of the organization has sent to the various local unions of the brotherhood circular letters asking each member to give 25 cents toward the J J mcnamara defense fund it Is optional with the members how ever AS to 0 o whether they contribute the circulars will reach about two hundred thousand members in good standing the money received will be sent direct to frank morrison Morr lson secre tary of the american federation ol 01 labor who Is in charge of the de bense fund new yorka the journeymen bak ers unions in new york new jersey and connecticut tire are fighting the con arol of the bread business in new york city by any one corporation or combination delegates from 56 66 locals of the bakers union are or gant gantling zing the tri state anti bread trust conference which purposes to fight an alleged att attempt to control the trade and drive hundreds ot of small independent bakers out of bus bui ness riess the department of justice also has its eye on the proposed bread trust according to max freund representing the international tion of the bakers unions schenectady N Y the laborers and hod carriers strike which ha haq tied up operations heie hete for a month Is ended and work was resumed at the old scale of wages the union has become split by internal dissen sion and a new union composed of those members who ended the strike is beng beai g organized Members membership bip in the new union will be limited to those who are citizens of the un united cited states or have declared their anten eions to become naturalized only citizens are eligible to hold office in the new union indianapolis W J burns returned from europe and ap of the criminal court to an feared in judge markey s branch awer to four grand jury indictments on charges of john J me ale namara the labor leader and taking him to los angeles where he is held on charges of being implicated in sev eral dynamite explosions mr burns waived arraignment on a plea of not guilty and gave bond by a surety corn com pany of 2500 2 on each indictment the trial will be in september or october san francisco in san francisco aid ald marcel wlllie organizer for the bakery and confectionery workers union we have what la Is known as the union labor party the major or IQ i a member of the carpenters union the district attorney Is a member ol 01 the typographical union twelve out ou of twenty assemblymen carry cards in their respective unions these city officials are not friends of organized labor they are members of tha the unions columbus 0 O the state of ohio has five tree free public employment of flees one each being located at cin cinnoti cleveland columbus dayton and toledo under the supervision ot of the bureau of labor statistics A report for the last quarter gives in detail the number of people assisted in procuring employment and the total reaches 8 boston the herald says the th usually displayed on the part of american union leaders has much to do with our freedom from serious conflicts which some times threaten to shake all europe I 1 |