Show I 1 N word of labor a 0 news ew from all parts of th the e world d of f general interest to t the h ewo worker 01 rk r indianapolis isamael amrei gompers bompers om pers president of f the american ot of labor has written to edgar A perkins Dres president ident of the state heder aaion of labor and to harry kalb secretary ot of the C L U that will be in this country and will a tour fit nf union labor centers april 14 to may 19 gompers has ar ranged the itinerary of and as indianapolis is the seat of the cen aral offices of several of the big trade unions gompers has arranged tor for to arrive here her on tuesday april 30 and remain here until mid night of thursday may 2 this ar ran gement gives him three nights in indianapolis during which a general address to trade unionists could be made legien Is expected to pend some time also at the international headquarters of the unions here the series of addresses will make in this country says gompers in his letters will deal with the work ot of trade unions the struggles of the la bor movement its history and its tu in ture as he sees it fall river mass notice of a lo 10 pel cent advance in wages was post ed in the kerr thread mills of the american thread company rhe fhe new england cotton yarn company Is ar ranging an advanced scale of wages tor for its mills in this city taunton and new bedford the stevens turing company making quilts and the barnaby manufacturing company makan making ginghams are adjusting their schedules to provide similar wage ad vances the bourne mills in rhode island and other plain goods mills outside the Manufacture is assoria afon have bave ordered a 10 per cent ad vance indianapolis the bookbinders in ter national union granted three new charters one of these is to a newly organized local at cambridge mass with a membership of another charter goes to pittsburg whre the new local has members the third goes to grand rapids mien mich where the union has 50 new members according to the international il boffl bials here it is probable that several additional charters will be issued by the executive board before the gen eral convention of the union at de june a washington congressman buchan an of illinois one of the labor group and a member of the house labor committee has introduced a bill rals rats arg the average rate of wages at the washington navy yard naval gun fac tae tory and the national proving grounds at indian head to 4 per eight hour hou r day the bill applies to journeymen mechanics the scale proposed runs from 46 cents per hour to 55 cents not interfering with the present regula tion as to leaves of absence or holl lays indianapolis michael halapy has resigned his position as editor of the line workers journal his ills successor has not yet been named and the old unconfirmed rumors that former pres hent john mitchell will fill the position have been revived the fact that mitchell recently accepted the place as labor editor on a fraternal paper at anderson ind apparently lends color to the story ottawa canada organizers are busy the railroad the canadian railroads they are or gan izing them under one head so that hey they may be able to take in the men in small towns or places where there Is only one man who Is other otherwise wiRe neg lecter the system s stein will be much like that of the order of railroad telegram pliers indianapolis john W meller metter of chicago general secretary of the amalgamated woodworkers internal lional union was in the city assist ing in transferring the records of the membership to the records of the united brotherhood of carpenters and joiners the two unions were recently consolidated washington samuel gompers says that in the cigar making industry the average life of the union men has been lengthened sixteen years since the eight hour bour day was established tuberculosis as a cause 0 of death has been reduced from 60 50 to 19 per cent san francisco the bricklayers union Is planning a campaign in behalf of the proposition to have the brick layers masons and plasterers inter national union of america affiliate with the american federation of la bor san francisco B iciness agent price of the barbers union reports that the campaign against the 10 cents a shave barber shops has result ed in four shops having been union iced during the last 10 days pittsburg the brotherhood of locomotive firemen and Engl Engi nemen Is in fine condition having a member ship of 80 and more than 2 in its various funds the or has paid out nearly 15 in benefits to its members and find last year the gain vain in membership was about 6 washington frank morrison Morr lson sec see detary of the american federation of labor reports that the average mem for october november december 1911 and janvary 1912 Is more than the average mem barship of last year kansas city the strike on the harriman lines which has been on tor for five months Is costing the union ap proximately 50 a week in strike benefits there are said to be about 22 machinists boilermakers black smiths carmen and sheet metal work ers striking each craft pays its own strike benefit there are 18 union boilermakers boller makers of which 35 are ing the boilermakers boller makers have been as hessed 20 each to be paid in bene fits boilermakers Boller makers with families who have not obtained work with other railroads are paid 7 a week by the union and single men are paid 0 a a week many of the men are working with other roads and do not receive the strike benefit buffalo duffalo N Y the 3 year old strike of the seamen s union involving 15 men on the great lakes ha haq come to an end as the result of a referendum on which a large major ity of the men voted to return to work the strike was marked by much violence and bloodshed union seamen may now ship on the vessels of the lake carriers association which are open shop boats with out fear of losing their union cards the lake carriers have not fixed the 1412 1912 wage scale for samen samell the ore fre rate has been cut five cents and ore will ill be carried trofi lake su for 45 cents the freight cut may inay result in a wage reduction tian martins ferry perry 0 As the result ot of a strike of he men at the mine of the freeport Free coal company at freeport tree port 0 the workings have been perma closed pumps pulled up and the mine is full of the sev enty five men employed struck on the company s refusal to reinstate one of 0 their number the mine has been operating as non union but all men weid wed members of the union working by a secret agreement under the scale arrangements were being made when the strike wag was called to operate the mine in the pittsburg 0 2 vein employing about additional men webster mass more afore than 5 out operatives in webster and vicinity have received notices of a five per cent advance the latest announce ment is by the keegan woolen mills conn which aich will pay the higher schedule beginning april 1 to employed emp loyes similar notices had been given by the three slater cot ton cambric and linen mills stevens linen mills and chase mills of the american woolen co philadelphia two cases in involving v the use of bogus cigar makers labels have been disposed of by the criminal court of allegheny county penn in one case the defendant pleaded guilty paying the cost of prosecution anu and turning over bogus labels in the other case the verdict rendered by the jury was not guilty the bogus ibele carry no serial numbers nor union stamp dates washington representative jones of washington has introduced a bill in the house of representatives pro viding that all clerks shall have one full day s rest during the week eek with noth pay and none shall be required to work vork more than 48 hours in a single week unless paid the reg ular overtime rate 0 of 30 cents per hour dallas texas in texas the churches and the trade unions are getting together in the plans agreed on between the pastors association and the central labor council of dal las each of 0 these bodies will have an active representative in the official work and del be rations of the order san francisco the brotherhood of teamsters has prepared a new wage scale for its members who have ceased driving horses and are now operating motor trucks the scale provides for a nine and a half hours work day with wages at from 3 to 4 a day accord ing to the character of truck baltimore md ald canneries will be erected at we station carville ash land and armstrong md mot and work on the buildings has been begin the to tal expenses of the four canneries for the season will be about they will employ about workers from baltimore new 1 orb ork mayor gaynor favors the establishment of free public retail markets in various parts of the city for the Pe of farmers of long island and new jersey who wish to drive the r produce to new york and sell direct to the consumer new yr rk the women s trades union league announced that it had appointed a committee to consider the advisability of a statewide state wide campaign in favor at of a 54 hour working week for women nomen indianapolis carl of ger many president of the federation kede ration ot of labor of germany and see detary of the international Secre secretary tart at of the trade unions of the world will be in this city three days begin ning aprie aa and will deliver one or more speeches in this city passaic N J seven hundred em aloyes at the forstmann huffman worsted mills at cliffton N J near here and employed emp loyes at the new jersey spinning comp company anys s plant at garfield N J went out on a strike demanding higher pay and shorter |