Show IN THE LABOR WORLD items of interest to union ivien men and their brothers MARKS OF STE STEADY ADY PROGRESS dr ft of workers Is steadily upward record of recent events most en courage ng to those who labor to add to wealth of the world indianapolis commenting on the mining disaster near littleton ala in which convicts were killed the united mine aline workers journal editorially denounces the alabama system ot of letting out convicts under contract for work in the mines and also vig porously opposes competition beav een free and convict labor at any time in part it says what Is the avat real sig ance of the alabama horrors it is this that the wretched Kr etched convicts were forced to work at a place that free men would shun convicts have not only been forced to work in dan ger but they have been electrocuted and hanged man alan serving time Is dt dl bested of freedom he ile cannot dictate AY what hat he will have i e has no but to take his medicine indeed employing convicts in our industries at fourteen dollars per month is hard bard ly a step in the direction of the labor problem especially when wa wo consider the fact that there are fully one hundred tho thousand uland male convicts in our penal institutions most of whom work and produce a t large variety oll 0 commodities that come in direct corn com petition tion with the product of free labor what does this mean to the american the question Is preg nant with truth it means this in all of its significance that our gov eminent Is scabbing yes scabbing the tree free workingman out of his job for evely convict employed in producing commodity tor for sale we will find if we but bestir ourselves ours ourse elies hes an idle man yuan or woman in the throes of pov erty thil k of it hundred thousand convicts forhing like galley slaves tor for soup only Is it any wonder that we have hard W if the convicts in alabama are employed to dig coal at fourteen dollars per month Is it any wonder that coal miners are idle abolish the convict labor in this land and give the american workingman a chance to exist it if not to live cease scabbing upon us with convicts chicago with the opening of favl gatlon gation 10 lake seamen who went out on strike two years ago renew their fight against the I 1 ake carriers association open shop policy this or der was g g ven by victor A olander secretary of of the lake seamen s union A strike of seamen on the atlantic ocean has been called that will affect sailors of seven different coun tries the united states included the deep water sailors object to the we tare fare plan established by the shipping federation limited with head at london by this plan every seaman has a record book in which the captain or officer of his ship gives give the sailors record it Is impossible to get employment without a book and seamen sav it amounts to a boy cott and for this reason they intend to strike members of the lake sea men s un on declare that the welfare plan has been adopted on the lakes lales also and that it works harm to organ iced labor spokane wash four stories high built of concrete re enforced and stone and covering a site feet will bo the labor temple to be erected this year by the trades unions of spokane at a cost of 60 the features of the structure will be a gymnasium reading and lounging rooms a plunge feet eleven halls with seating capacity ranging from to 1200 1 a large larg auditorium twelve office suites and storerooms afie lighting heat ng water and ventilating systems will be the most modern in practical use the money is being raised by sell ing in g stock to members of the local or david C coates commis stoner of public works acquired the first 10 share for 63 at an auction boston all the locals of the metal polishers buffers and brass and silver workers international will vote on the question of holding an in ter national convention this year it if one Is held it will be in boston in ter national president timothy W daly was in this city last week on a jurisdiction case he ile states that the sentiment throughout the country Is in favor of a convention this year none having been held tor for four years linsing lansing mich the recently enact ed 54 hour law tor for women in michigan totally exempts from its pr all engaged in preserving goods in fruit and vegetable canning establishments boston boston coal teamsters and band handlers lers union 68 has decided upon j I 1 s 1411 1911 requests and appointed a corn com maitee mutee to present them to the employ ers no information regarding the de sired changes was made public st paul minn notices were re from st louis warning carpen to sta away from that city la bor troubles and scarcity of work w with ith half the members of the st louis union out of work are among the rea sons for the warning the circular was read in the twin city unions at meetings held last week wa washington wahington hington A decision by the ex committee of the american federation of labor giving to A ff granite utters the right to acet et curbs nd denying that right to the pavers ind o 0 was rendered recent T alerv Etu Is s many un on un men in indianapolis were watching tor for reports concerning the demonstration in labor circles in log los angelea angeles which was scheduled for or today according to the story which has reached indian apolis it was bald said that the union men were expected to turn out in a big parade and a mass meeting as a dem on of their sympathy with the various unions on strike in that city los angeles it Is predicted by union men will see the hardest industrial war within a short time that has been seen in any american city the troubles there are of long standing and some of the smaller strikes have been in progress for eight or ten months the fight between the union men on the one hand aul the merchants and manufacturers assoria tion on the other Is well known al though not officially confirmed at the carpenters headquarters it Is gossip among some of the members of the exec uthe board now in n session in this city that may 1 about 1500 union carpenters will go on strike in los loci angeles the union carpenters re belve 3 50 a day and a demand for 4 a day has been refused by their em players indianapolis elaborate plans for entertaining members of the executive council of the international brother hood of bookbinders were made by members of local no 53 of this city A banquet at the canoe club which was attended by from to book binders was one of the features dif ferent members of the council and also local speakers responded to toasts the executive council COIL con fists ot of robert Gloc clocking king president ot of the bookbinders john r brosnam Bros Dros nau vice prec president ident lewis starke secretary treasurer and avys tb following coun ell cil members miss mary I 1 E murr rh hi new york miss annie neary ca da tl ti more W C booth san francisco b L C buffalo T V mullen al bany M N Y 0 O F chicago I 1 F fogarty newyork new york harry metz ger philadelphia and joseph mcalan us boston doston the arrangements jor or en pertaining the council were in charge of harry kalb president and the members of the executive board of the indianapolis local boston doston boston plum plumbers berd union began the work of organizing a steam fitters and helpers local of its inter national the united association ot of plumbers gas and steam stearn fitters unions in this city previously the field has been left unmolested to th the national association of steam and hot water fitters union which has tour four boston locals both internationals belong to thea the A foal F of L thea the r kofl of L build ing trades department last novem her suspended the steam fitters for aa an alleged violation of a jurisdiction decision the steam fitters claim the building trades department has no authority in the premises that being the province of the A F of L which as yet has not heard of the dispute boston the members of boston sign writers union quit work mork at five large local shops to maintain the con editions under which they have worked for three years twelve firms have signed the union unions s new agreement which does not ask tor for any wage or hours change from that in effect three years prior to april I 1 some of the firms firm have declared tor for the open shop and it Is said insistence by the bosses that the men leave the union caused the strike at the five places atlanta ga among matters to be discussed at the approaching conven tion of the american federation of musicians here will be regulation of 0 the importation of foreign orchestral organizations which may come under contract to the united states and some positive action in the matter of regular army and navy bands coming into competition with members of the thet union in localities in which such bands may be stationed boston A new england district council of sheet metal workers U unions nion 9 was organized at a meeting of delegates of all the unions charles A of providence is president wil liam benson denson of natick vice president and james T moriarty Mor larty of boston sec see detary treasurer Al michael ichael 0 Sulli sullivan vart of pittsburg international president installed the new organization i washington the american pedera tion of labor will be represented in the world s congress of labor to be held this year in budapest hungary an effort Is to be made at that session to establish a worldwide orld wide organ of all the labor bodies with system of international interchange able working cards sacramento cal sacramento has ha announced through its central labor bodies that it is going into politics the central tebor labor bodies of spring field III and chicago also give notice that they are to organize a party in each city pittsburg pa the total production of coal in pennsylvania during 1910 vs v s tons produced by employed emp loyes in the bituminous region and in the auth anthracite region a total of employed emp loyes boston boston C L U i nion label section has begun a campaign to in form all clabor men of prison made goods and the places where they are sold new I 1 ork the conference between J A franklin president of the boiler makers union and the officials of the new ew york central lines which has been in progress tor for the last week tailed failed the strike has been in ress on the new york central since february 22 boston P H quinn of new york international organizer of the ther sheet metal workers union is in boston act ing with the committee of copper smiths union that organization desires the eight hour workday without reduction from the present wages on may 1 I A |