Show world orld of 1 labor a 1 an news from all parts ts of t the he world 0 ad rk of general interest t t to 0 t the he worker wo e r san francisco A minimum wage bill which will permit no man over twenty years old to work as a clerk mechanic railroad man bookkeeper or factory hand for more than ten hours a EL day nor more than six days a week tor for less than 2 60 50 a day has been prepared by direction ot of the california state federation of labor and will be placed on the ballot in the coming t ember vember el election it Is also proposed that women are not to be employed a greater period of time for a minimum wage of 1 65 a day children under sixteen years are not to be permitted to labor tor for less than 15 cents an hour tor for more thane than six hours a day and then only in harvest time farm work Is placed in another class with 1 65 minimum a day with board not to be charged in excess of four dol lars a week indianapolis the more important features of the law concerning acci dent insurance in germany are described in an article by H Feli felblinger linger of munich bavaria in the current Is faue bue of the official journal of the in ter national association of bridge and structural iron workers it Is ex in the article that the scope of the law extends to agriculture min ing manufacturing industries corn com merce and transportation and that the classes of persons insured are wage earners and operating officials ae the latter however only in so far as their annual salaries do not exceed 1190 paterson N J the barbera barber a of this city are opposed to the tip and have started a campaign which alms to do away with tips in every shop in pat eion all the union barbers have dolled the movement which alms to substitute for the tip a wage scale that shall place the wielders of razors and scissors above the necessity of accepting gratuities washington of tp different mccu allons pat lons in japan the mason gets the highest wages 1 05 per diem while the ille coolie or unskilled laborer comes at the bottom of the list with 17 cents day figures were obtained ty by averaging the wages earned by va rious worl and do not represent the he actual extremes yokohama japan the strike of th thea 0 ships stokers proved a very short livered affair in less than a week the he agitation was started a strike de dared and the trouble ended by the employers giving way to the men a de mands which involved an increase of 1 50 a month baltimore md the he referendum vote recently taken by the member ship of the Cigar makers inte international union on the holding of a convention resulted favorably the convention will 1 be held in this city beginning the third tuesday in september toronto canada A majority of the hotel keepers have signed the new schedule placed before them by the bartenders union the new scale calls tor for a wage of 15 a week and meals tor for a sixty hour week and 18 a week without meals regina saskatchewan an the men employed by the electric railway corn com pany have organized a local union the street car system in that city Is owned by the municipality regina saskatchewan the city council has passed a fair wage clause which compels contractors to pay the rates agreed oa on by the builders ex cb change ange and the unions new orleans la the state fed aeration of labor of louisiana will be reorganized and affiliated with the american federation of labor topeka kan the kansas bank guaranty law has been in effect three years now and not a penny has yet been paid out of the fund atlantic city N J in july the na lional brotherhood of operative pot will hold its annual convention in this city sarnia ontario the brotherhood of railway carmen recently issued a charter for a local union san francisco the shoe shoo cutters union has amalgamated with the boot and shoe workers union dumfries scotland next year 0 scottish trade union congress will be held in this city francisco san francisco union house smiths will demand an eight hour day on an and after august 26 columbus ohio contract labor ceased at the ohio penitentiary last week chicago the international brush makers union Is organizing a new local washington egypt a cotton fields cover 1603 1 acres chicago the freight handlers strike has been settled and 1800 strikers returned to work according to announcement made following a as meeting of the aide aldermanic drmanic com committee m attee appointed tor for arbitration about 4 freight handlers were involved in the strike and according to the terms of ol the agreement all the rest resi we are to be put back to work as soon aa as possible following the taking back ol 01 1800 men there Is one proviso to the agreement no workman who was in any way connected with acts of vio lence will be returned to work none of the original demands of the ers Is granted in the settlement they had demanded either one cent an hour increase in wages or a 65 hour week instead of a 60 hour week new york the strike of the funeral and hearse drivers has been avert ed at a conference between corn com of the funeral and hearse drivers union and the funeral coach owners association a settlement was reached by which the wages will be increased all around there were some concessions on the part of the union as to working conditions but the main demand an increase in wages was conceded LO angeles cal the initiative pe alton now being circulated under the auspices of the eight hour league which embraces an eight elgh hour thour day minimum wage and other features in one bill has failed to meet with the approval of the executive officers 0 of the california state federation of la bor who are advising trade unionists to refrain from signing the petition san francisco francis 0 riggers and stevedores union Is considering the prop position of amalgamating with the local union of the longshore and lum bermen and clerks and affiliating with the international longshoremen a as so clation the matter may be submitted to a referendum vote at the regu lar election to be held in july indianapolis james W doggherty Doi gherty secretary treasurer and harry G kalb statistician of the Intern atlon al brotherhood of bookbinders have returned to this city from detroit where they were re elected reelected at the recent convention of the international headquarters of which are in this cita t I 1 t oatman ariz the men who belong to the western federation of min era ers and who are employed in this city have entered a protest against the non union goods sold cold by the mine owners at very high prices and have decided to start a operative cooperative general store pittsburg at a mass meeting ol 01 the district council of holders molders the molders decided to withdraw their de de band for a minimum wage of 4 per day and ask instead that a 25 cent a day increase Is 1 e granted with a mini mum of 3 75 per day london england during the month of march the total number of 0 workmen engaged in all disputes waa was 1400 1 and the aggregate duration in lost working days was 24 BOO as compared cof pared with in the previous month I 1 indianapolis the international i brotherhood of blacksmiths and help ers has recently begun the organizing of ladles ladies auxt barles and Is 19 meeting with ith splendid success tucson anz ariz what Is known as the uniform child labor law has been ased by both houses of the arizona state legislature and been signed by the governor cleveland ohio instead of wear ing labor day suits this year car penters no 11 voted that each mem her purchase a share ol 01 labor lyceum stock ottawa canada the government proposes to restrict the working hours of the street railway men to six days of ten hours each woodstock canada Hod carrie re and building laborers organized organize d rece recent nit ly and obtained a 2 cents an hour in crease cleveland 0 bakers carried the referendum proposal to levy an assess ment to boost union labeled products new york the international ladles garment workers union will ask an eight hour day rome italy the women constitute 12 88 per cent of all the organized workers of italy boston independent hebrew paint ers union demands 20 tor for a 44 hour week eek san francisco ship cleaners and sealers ask 2 50 tor for an eight elgh hour thour day vancouver B C longshoremen of this city are organizing richmond va a there are 30 unionists in virginia |