Show UNI ewa ON LA 9 1 Z wo 0 washington the president of the american federation of labor sam uel gompers and secretary frank morrison have recently announced the following legislative program tor for the federation tor for this year the tion of all forms of etude except as punishment tor for crime free schools tree free text books and corn com education unrelenting protest against the issuance of and abuse of injunction process in labor disputes a work ork day of not more than eight hours in the 24 hour day a strict rec ignition tion of not over eight hours per day on all federal state or municipal work and at not less than the pre per diem them wage rate of the class of employment in the vicinity where the work ork is performed release from employment one day in even the abolition of the contract system ol 01 public work the municipal owner ship of public utilities the abolition of the sweatshop system sanitary in spec lon tion of workshops mine and home liability of employers for in jury to body or loss of 0 life the na of telegraph and telephone the passage of anti child labor laws in states where they do not exist and rigid defense of them where they have been enacted into law woman suffrage co equal with man suitable and plentiful playgrounds tor for children in all cities the initiative and referendum and the imperative mandate and right of recall contin aed agitate on for the public bath tern tem in all cities qualifications in per mits to build in all cities and towns that there should be bathrooms and bathroom attachments in all houses or compartments used for habitation we baior a system of finance whereby money shall be issued exclusively by he government with such regulations and restrictions as will protect it from manipulation by the banking in berets tor for their om own n private gain we favor a system of united states gov postal savings bank indianapolis demands of union car penters for increased wages recently indorsed by the general executive boards of the united brotherhood brothel hood of carpenters and joiners of america have been granted by employers I 1 in more t than an cities of the country according to the reports which are con scantly coming in to the national head quarters here where the board has been in session for the last three weeks week each of the cases waa acted on separately and in many instances not a large number of men are in evolved the season has been note worthy in the scarcity of trouble be tween the carpenters and their em players although there have been several big strikes the number of strikes has been comparatively small new york there are now more than half a million lewbers meir bers of labor unions in bew york state according to the returns of the state department of labor the total on oil september 30 1910 was and the iA increase crease since th tha t time N ill III exceed 30 bringing the total to date up to about union membership in the past decade has nearly doubled and the proper tion of organized ebor to total lation now is more than five and one fourth per cent the returns from all labor organizations in the state num bering about 2 show that the male members earn an average wage vt rf 3 30 per day minneapolis plans for the forma tion of junior typographical unions were launched at a meeting of the minneapolis Minn epos union recently under the provisions the junior tion will be in all respects a live union will be recognized by the I 1 T U and its meaders will have practically the same protection as is afforded journey men union painters pi inters S milar unions are being formed in other cities by lo 10 cals and the movement move Bent is expected to bove of vast benefit to the apprentices generally chicago A mass mats meeting of the chicago Drother brotherhood hood of painters deco gators and paperhangers was held to agitate the enactment of legislation li if censing journeymen and contracting pail painters aers the proposed pio plo posed law provide provides tor for a commission of three men to con duct the examination of applicant applicants who desire to engage in the bu business of painting and decorating the corn com mission is to be composed of a ghyst cian clan a decorating painted and a jour neyman painter washington april 30 was set aside this year as tuberculosis day and was observed in churches in the co in a manner similar to that of tuberculosis sunday in 1910 when over 40 sermons were preached on the prevention of consumption portland ore A portland bull buil ling llna contractor announced a nine hour worl worling ing day with an additional hour hours s pay instead of an eight hour day the carpenters on the uie work were asked to vote on the proposal nearly 60 of the 5 voted to work nine hours and receive the extra hours pay the others quit bedford dedford ind an unsuccessful at tempt to assassinate W A guthrie president of the national stone cut union was made here fo ir shots were fired at a cab in which guthrie was riding to a hotel and one barely missed him chicago information from union sources is that the chances are strong that chicago will soon see a big lock out in the building trades one which will affect thousands of or kingmen and from union sources also it Is said that the fault will be that of the unions it if such occurs the trouble which nas been leading to a temper ary suspension of work nork has been due to much bickering among the various unions engaged in the build ng trades as to purely local jurisdictional ques eions efforts to settle these have not been successful and the employers although not to blame have been made to suffer it is said A general lock out of the unions in order to furnish the men with an incentive to get to gether and settle their internal af fairs Is said to be contemplated by the emi employers emil boyers loyers indianapolis the charter from the american federation of labor which was vas applied for a few weeks ago by a number of railway post postal al clerks seeking to form a local of the rail vay mail clerks protective as have been granted by the A F of L the organization of the new union has been a matter of much discussion among local railway clerks and strong sentiment both for and and against aff with the A F of L I 1 as been developed in the local field the names of the men who hae hane joined the new union have not been made public as the movement is known to stand in disfavor with the post department it is said how ever that the union has as its mem barship about 75 of the or rail way postal clerks who work out of indianapolis grand rapids mich the th e biggest strike now on yi is the one among among the furniture wor workers hers in the factories here these being members of the carpenters and joiners union about 5 men have quit work the strike bears the indorsement endorsement Indor of the executive board given a few weeks ago it will be financed by the g general organization and it is said the general organ expects to help the men put up a fight to a finish the st louis strike which affects 4 men will soon con c be settled according to unofficial lu information formation sent to the general board this strike was ordered by the st louis district board without consult ing the general board the st louis men hae hane been financing their own ovin trade grade movement ravenna 0 throwing down their picks and shovels here italians stopped work on the double tracking of the alrie railroad eastward aiom ra bennt the men furnished by an em agency in buffalo received 1 40 a day with free lodging in box cars and demanded 1 50 and station ary habitations when a switch crew attempted to move their box cars to another po nt down the road at their sapper hour the italians ran out with eating knives the railroad men ran for their lives the work men then demanded 1 50 a day and a permanent location the contractors discharged all of them but the men are still in the cars and the company has made no further attempt to move them boston doston louis D Br Dr andels the eminent lawber law er addressed the bos dos ton C L U the other day on his scientific management economy plan and answered questions of the dele cele gates he ile declared that he was as op posed to the bonus system that his plan was not one to increase the bur dens of the workers and he stated that labor neer neier efured any general benefits except by thorough tion and demands and that never before was thorough organization of all wage workers so necessary as at pros pres ent to secure a larger proportion of the value of their product norfolk la a the second sunday in may m was as designated by the commit tee on education of the american fed aeration of labor at the convention of 1907 as labor labors s memorial day a day upon which the men and v women omen of la a bor in every section of the country might meet and by expropriate cere monies pay the tribute of honor and respect to thoe those who have served their fellows in the humane work of the labor movement but have gone to the great beyond hohol e mass holyoke tailors won mon a stiche according to the old scale te journeymen bu helmen and coat makers work ten hours a day for 14 a week the new cale calls for a wage of a week the old scale for pant makers was per pair the new scale calls for 2 per pair the old scale for coats was 6 50 and the new scale asked is 6 5 london eng in batley the taylor textile mill has had an apparently apparent lv successful system of profit sharing with employed emp loyes tor for some years ears the company has apportioned ta its work vork ers as their share of the profits ap proximately in shares and paid cash dividends thereon of about new york lork miss aliss mary van cleel secretary of the women s committee of the russell sage foundas on has proved that every fourth woman in new iriri city is a wage eainer of this number only 47 per cent earn more than six dollas n u week vi I 1 |