Show 11 loi for of union I 1 U T alion workers a a 11 important happenings in in industrial circles in this country and europe indianapolis in the series of ar tides being published in the mine workers journal in which john mitchell Is defending himself against the attacks made on him at the co lumbus convention resulting in the resolution for his withdrawal from the national chic federation mitch ell points to the large number of prominent labor leaders who are con necked with the civic federation and says no proposition can receive the indorsement endorsement Indor of the federation unless it is acceptable to the labor men therein in part the article says it Is true that a number of large employ ers and financiers are members of the national civic federation but it is also true even though the delegates to the columbus convention were not fully advised of the tact fact that one third thir dof of the executive committee of the civic federation consists of men holding the highest offices in many of the most successful of the national and international organizations of la bor it is further true and equally important to know that no proposal tion can receive the indorsement endorsement Indor of the national civic federation that is not acceptable to and approved by the labor men who are officially con necked with the civic federation scranton pa gaps in the ranks of the lulled aline mine workers in the an th field will it Is announced be filled by a vigorous membership cam laign during the next twelve months the present agreement with the op orators expires next april and the union officials all will follow their usual course of bringing the organization up to the largest membership possible before negotiations tor for a new agree ment are begun to this end nation al president john P white has ap pointed a d corps of organizers to can vass district no I 1 and bring delin fuents back into the told fold this his tory of the union shows that its mem barship fluctuates according to the frequency of ruptures with the opera tors tore the first sign of trouble usually starting a scramble tor for admissions berlin germany old age pensions accident and sickness pensions and other provisions for wage earners grow apace in germany in 1909 out of a population of about 64 nearly 10 men and nearly 3 women were insured against sickness nearly 15 men and 9 women against accident disability insurance embraced about 15 persons employers paid about 98 in premiums em aloyes about 81 and state con were more than 12 san francisco J johnston boatswain A christenson A johan sen P bergstrom L humes and J johansen members of the sailors union of the pacific have been re warded by the american Ila hawaiian wallan steamship company with one month s extra wages in recognition of the high state of discipline maintained and observed on the occasion of the loss of the port tall shaft on the steamer nevadan at sea last october milwaukee wis the milwaukee federated trade council after a lengthy discussion on the best meth to find work for the unemployed adopted a resolution calling on the manufacturers and storekeepers to lay oft off girls and minors and put in their places men married men and the heads of families so families may be taken care of committees were appointed to carry out the purposes of the resolution new york six parades of work men to the number of several thou sand each a strike of more than machinists and a walkout walk out of few hundred east side bakers and sh rt makers were the chief events of may day here the machinists are ing for an eight hour day some shops ire re working the eight elgh hour thour schedule and the machinists employed in these plants remain at work cleveland 0 rupert Ku balaski quit his job recently balaski Ku Xu has been a tailor at jacob steinfeld s store tor for twenty seven years he ile has never had a vacation and on an aver age wage of a year he has reared a large family bought a 3 home and given his wife a trip to europe he says his wife is the financial genius who has accomplished the miracle pittsburg pa about fifteen bun hun dred pennsylvania railroad struck between this city and altoona the gri grievance vance of the is that the company has been di discharging charging and laying off men who have been with the company many years the men are said to have been laid off because chev belong to the union paris france the federation of trade unions conne ted with the build ing industry in france has dec ded the bodies which form it shall no longer take part in any building operations connected with prisons edinburgh scotland has a super annu atlon act which provides pensions for its chool teachers the maximum benefit Is to be half the average an nual salary for the last five years washington the union label can easily be made the tte emancipator of child slavery the union label is never placed on the product of infant toll I 1 indianapolis the board of arbitha tion established less than a year ago by employers and employees in the cloak and suit trade has just issued its report showing the results of the new method of settling labor disputes the representatives ot of the trade be aleve the plan now in operation will place the cloak and suit trade on a firmer basis than any other industry in the country and they expect other industries to adopt a similar plan the board of sanitary control established under the agreement has inspected shops and re inspected of 0 them the grievance committee sim ilaray established has adjusted no less than of the cases of dispute brought before it in bah case the opinion of the committee was or nearly so showing the ab sence of an antagonistic spirit between members representing the unions and those representing the em players london england the 1910 report of the central bureau for the employ ment of women is of some interest on account of the growing importance and influence of the organization the ion fund w aich was instituted last year has proved successful and aid ed many ft omen in furthering their education while the committee has also helped women who needed capt tal tai to start or to extend business the employment department has on its 1910 roll call the names of 1949 em players and 1397 1 well equipped work ers the majority of whom obtained positions directly through the bureau or through introductions 0 or r eions made by the organization in fenior workers were also provided tor for a aa lar far as was as possible indianapolis joseph bu business sines agent of the brewery work ers in this city has received word ol 01 the settlement of the brewery work ers trouble at los angeles this in formation is being discussed with in terest by trade unionists in indian apolis in view of the los angeles situation and the long fight there the union brewery workers who had been out since may 10 1910 in the agreed agreement nt this week obtained what they had demanded a closed shop and an increase of 2 a week for each man all nonunion employed emp loyes have been let out at the three los angeles breweries the increases granted now give bottlers 19 a week brew ers 24 a week and drivers 27 a week wilkes barre pa A part of the breaker boys employed at the no 7 colliery of the susquehanna coal company at nanticoke went on ol strike because they assert that the dust in the breaker Is so thick that it is un healthy and unbearable the officials explain that a suction fan used to blow the dust out of the brea breaker I 1 tier had broken down and had not been beef in use for several days the boys declare that they will not return to work un til a new tan fan Is installed or the dam aged fan is repaired cleveland O 0 A new death benefit for the members of the cleveland lodge of the amalgamated association of street and electric railway em was created recently the new benefit Is entirely apart from the insurance given by the national order the local lodge pays the amount of the benefit under the new system the nearest relative of the member who dies Is paid minneapolis twin city members of the various locals of the switchmen s union of north america are preparing to entertain the delegates and visitors to the fifth biennial convention of the union which will open in the old state capitol building on monday in morning orning may 16 15 the convention of t the he ladies ladles auxiliary will open on the same day and in the same building jersey city N J the work done by women in iron foundries Is limited to five and six pound molds and at present there are axe only 40 women doing this kind of work in new jersey this clearly indicates the tendency to cheapen the cost of production in manufacturing by women s labor with out respect to her fitness for the work madrid spain A huge may day pa rade of workmen republicans and so c al ats and many schoolchildren was made through the streets the pa sang revolutionary airs in consequence of the existing strike ol 01 masons extraordinary military pre cautions to preserve public order were taken and no trouble occurred philadelphia may day in philadel phia found only one strike that of plumbers who quit work because they had been refused an increase in wages winnipeg manitoba A conference between the canadian pacific railway and its mechanics to als discuss wage schedules and working conditions was broken off recently the conferees being unable to agree a members of the inter national printing pressmen and As si stants union have commenced to advocate san francisco cal for the 1915 convention of the union san francisco french laundry workers here organized recently the work of organizing Is being carried on under the supervision of the stean laundry workers union |