Show world of news from all parts of the world of general interest to the worker washington there are in the un t ed states about 18 families the privately owned wealth of the na tion Is estimated at 15 two families have half a billion each four families have each eight families are rated at 96 28 at 48 95 at 24 at 12 at 6 1925 at 3 and 4 at 1500 in those nine groups are 7 faint lies with a total wealth w of 26 now for the summing up 7 families own 24 per cent of the nation nations s wealth 37 families own 54 64 per cent 3 02 families own 87 per cent it 15 families depre benting five sixths of the population of the united states own 13 per cent which is a trifle more than one eighth of the nations wealth and yet there are eminent authorities who call such a condition of affairs prosperity and are tearful fearful lest it be disturbed boston it is declared that al the boston dep water and trans atlantic steamship longshoremen with the ex caption of a small handful of the very oldest men are now enrolled in unions under the banner of the b g A F of L international longshoremen s asso elation daniel 0 connell associates of charlestown Charles town and longshoremen s provident union joined the tion as bodies several severa weeks ago and a few days ago east boston union 05 was instituted with more than active longshoremen formerly mem bers of island and eureka As sem blies K of L as members albany N Y the strike of the motormen conductors and of the albany southern railroad an elec trie line between albany and hudson was settled at the su of P J downey mediator for the state de part payment ment of labor the company and arid employed emp loyes agreed to submit to john williams state commissioner of labor the interpretation of the m word ord bisci pline inder a working agreement with reference to a car barn employed who was transferred from day to night duty and to have a board of arb tra tion pass on the grievances of six oth er employed emp loyes ind anapolle ana polls the brewery work ers union has Is sueda call to its locals to elect delegates delegate to the national convent on at denver on september q 1 delegates may be elected at any time between the present and september 1 the bottlers union of this city has chosen joseph b is ness agent and member of the international board as its delegate the drivers will name a delegate june 16 the brewers and the eng and fire men here also are entitled to dele gates boston boston U A Steam litters union has a ened un on wage w age and conditions agreements with a large providence sprinkler company which Is doing several jobs in this city and with nith two small firms it reports that the places of its men who are on strike for un on wages and conditions against again t a large general fire extinguish er and sprinkler company have been taken by members of 0 another union ottawa canada there were nine teen strikes reported to the canadian department of labor in april betas being five more than in april 1911 about fifty firms and 6 employed emp loyes were in boived the loss of time be ng esti mated as working days only eleven disputes were unsettled at the end of the month indianapolis the international As So clation of bridge and structural iron V arker has granted charters to two new locals one of these Is at edmonton En monton province of alberta can ada it has between 75 and mem bers hers says international secretary hockin the other new local was or among the pile drin ers at los angeles and has a membership of 68 adelaide N S W any person in new south wales taking part in a meeting of two or more persons to in aid or control a strike or lock out where the strike or lockout will deprive the public of a necessary corn com kodity Is liable to imprisonment for twel twelve e months new york the referendum vote on the proposal to hold a convention of the league of pattern makers this year resulted in its defeat but the same question will be submitted to the subordinate unions next year new york new york motormen new receive for the first year 3 a day of 10 hours after the first year they will receive 3 50 a day and after the fifth year they will be paid 3 75 a day san francisco the san francisco I 1 abor labor council will ask the american federation of labor to urge congress to take steps to build a national high way at a cost of to the end that the unemployed may be fur dished work washington the paid up member ship statement of the american fed red of labor for april 1912 shows an increase of over that of april 1911 Jack jacksonville sonvile lle fla delegates from carpenters unions from every part of florida conven convened pd here recently and organize I 1 a state carpenters council boston the use of the term scab at the present time Is like setting a match to gunpowder said chief jus tice bolster in the municipal court in the case of timothy louden thirty years old of 1508 washington street charged with disturbing the peace under ordinary cl ci cum stances I 1 would be inclined to consider a plea involving a defendant defendants s personal inter est but at this time I 1 believe the in terest of the public should be consid ered first he lie sentenced benten kenten ced louden to two months in the house of correction for calling out scab on a street car last night he was a conductor on an elevated division up to a year do ago when he resigned he appealed the sentence and was held in bond london england there ther e has been a big leap of membership of the amal society of railway rall servants of figland ireland scotland and wales the number has g gone one up tip ac cording to we fort fortieth leth annual report of the A S R S from 75 to in england and wales the in crease Is 38 in scotland 1 1964 and in ireland 01 forty eight new branches have been formed making the grand total the society s in come was 9 being an increase of the historic national railway strike the first in the history of this country evidently caused a rush of new members boston the brickie Bric kia ers union sue cess fully increased the minimum wage rate to 65 cents an hour an ad vance of 5 cents an hour with no trouble at any point whar wharf and bridge carpenters union increase ed the in wage rates for its men from 3 28 to 3 50 a day artif cial stone cement and asphalt work ers union enforced its standard in nl nt mum rates with the local fir firms in which were not paying them and the te hyde park carpenters union got the bos ton wage rates and conditions from al most every employer london england an effort ts is being made to organize london s large army of electra elec electrical tri cal workers of all grades this is being done by the electrical trades union which has during the list last tto yea years rs made tremendous progress numerically 1 dally and intellectually As a resi rest it V of the increased membership wages have risen considerably in many parts of the united kingdom but london although it has trebled its strength needs the whole solid mass of electro clans to aid in the betterment of con dillons toe I 1 oa angeles cal in an effort to force recognition of the union card in los angeles 1600 1500 members of t the t e building trades unions struck secre tary mooney of the building trades council expects the strike to tie up up the budding bu tIding industry in the city the strike has only one object he said and that Is s to enforce the recognition of the union card in th S city only those employers who hire union men will be free from danger of a strike osaka japan jaran about 3 men en in seline printing in hae ha e gone on strike on ac count of the refusal of their demand for an increase in ili wages the rate which had been agreed on between the employers and operatives was 65 cents for ten pieces the men now demand an increase of 15 cents As the work of printing ten pieces takes a day and a half the increase demanded is 10 cents a day new lork wages of street and electric railway employed emp loyes have been increased since january 1 1912 on the various organized systems in a mm nim ber her of towns in all affecting 2 members of the amalgamated assoria tion the rate of increase ranges from 8 to 20 per cen the aggregate annual increase ig Is approximately washington thirty years ago the production of steel in the united states was less than a million tons a I 1 ear now it is 25 tons thea the exports of steel were valued at a million dollars now they approximate 60 london england A minimum rate of 6 beats cents an hour has been fixed tor for women employed emp loyes in the tailoring trade in great britain apprentices or learners are to receive wages 0 of from 7 70 cents to 3 12 a week of 60 hours cleveland ohio plumbers an bounce that their strike for a mini mint mum wage of 5 per day an increase of 50 cents and saturday half holiday Is virtually won all but a few small bosses having signed london england A minimum wage for vocalists inci iding chorus girls of 12 for six evening perform ances and 1 tor for each matinee is the demand made by the amalgamated musicians union belfast ireland the percentage of 0 unemployed in this city is said to be the lowest in the united kingdom during th the latter part of the year the wages of no less than 10 employed emp loyes of the shipyards were increased pittsburgh the stogie makers union has rejected the terms of amal ga gasn mation atlon offered by the international cigar makers union |