Show FI 7 E for O 0 r union LG workers important mp ortan happen I happenings in industrial du s t a ci circles r ces in tats C country 0 un try and E europe washington by the action of the senate in passing the borah bill a comprehensive investigation of the relations of capital and labor vi ill be un der taken by the federal government the investigation Is the direct out come of the mcnamara Mcl samara dynamite out rages at los angeles cal and the revolutionary strike at lawrence mass it was sought by employers associations labor unions and rabbi wise of new york miss jane addams of chicago dr edward T devine of the columbia university and alien allen burns of pittsburgh and other social settlement workers the result it is hoped will aid in solving the bremen dous problems confronting the state and nation and to facilitate the adap tion ot of policies which will prevent strikes and lockouts or enable their prompt settlement and place capital and labor in more satisfactory touch with each other the investigation Is to be conducted by a commission of nine persons to be appointed by preal dent tatt taft and with the advice and consent of the senate it if the appoint ments be of high class men and worn en the investigation will produce pro results if they should not be then it nv will ill be a failure cheyenne wyo the coal mine owners and national representatives of the united aline workers of amer lea have reached an agreement on aug 3 after a genday ten day conference here in which the interest of 10 miners in the wyoming coal field was involved and a strike averted the new agreement ft ill run until sept 1 I 1914 it provides tor for a substantial wage increase and a very material improvement in the working condl eions of the coal mines of that field the united mine aline workers tion Is in good shape and the mem steadily increasing buffalo N Y william J conners made an unsuccessful NI attempt to set tie tle the strike of 1500 lake freight handlers who w ent out for an increase in wages and betterment of working conditions mr conners was ready t to 0 concede every point demanded except I 1 the advance in wages from 33 to 35 cents an hour his contracts with the railroads and the lake lines making that impossible he declared the meeting ended in a noisy demon stra alon on during which mr conners left the hall cincinnati the lowest wages paid to plasterers Is in this city the rate here being 3 06 for a nine hour day ifor and at reading pa the rate Is 3 2 20 for an eight hour day the highest rates are in california and the inter mountain states where the minimum wage nage Is seven dollars per day with the eight hour day and a week of 44 hours with saturday halt half holiday the ear round the number of mem bers hers in good standing at last report fi the operative plasterers internal lional association was 15 holyoke mass the paper makers organizations have obtained an eight hour day and what Is known in the trade as the three hour system in seventeen mills in and around this city none of the men now enjoying the eight hour day have received any reduction in wages some received in an increase the rates run from 3 75 9 day to machine tenders and beater engineers to a day to fourth lands adams mas there seems little prospect of an immediate settlement of the weavers strike which has closed the tour four mills of the berkshire cotton manufacturing company here ind made about 2 operatives idle the strike was called on august 5 after the company had refused to dis charge tour four operatives who did not belong to the weavers union ottawa canada during july 3 british immigrants were ere distributed among the farmers of ontario this is e about double the number for last bear ear it Is estimated that 25 brit ish immigrants have been distributed in the province ol 01 ontario tor for the last year des moines iowa the iowa corn com mission appointed at demand of or labor to investigate prison contract labor in that state has filed a report in which all objections against the system made by organ iced labor are fully sustained and the system is unqualifiedly condemned san francisco there are some 25 wage earning women employed in about 4 establishments in san francisco cleveland ohio several se eral hundred women are doing the work of men and alongside the men in cleveland foundries pittsburg pa by an almost anant vote of the entire membership on referendum declared in favor of postponing the opening of the interns convention of the molders union to be held in milwaukee from the early part of september to the because the annual state fair for wisconsin will open early in septem ber new york telegraphers of the west jersey and seashore railroad and nd the trenton division of the penn galvania gyl syl vania vanta have joined the other heleg raphers east of pittsburg ana erie who are demanding better conditions AM aa V melbourne australia the increase in the number of strikes all through australia has set all the justice ma king machines in motion to devise ways ol 01 suppressing the labor movement the first country to propose legislation which would practically suppress strikes Is queensland A new measure providing that labor or must take a secret ballot of 0 their entire membership on any etril e proposition and must give the employers two weeks notice previous to the stoppage of work ork has been in produced trod by the government of 01 queensland should it be passed it will give the employers a chance to e strikebreakers during the two weeks notice given by the employed emp loyes and win ill make it impossible for the workers to win strikes there Is 3 great opposition to the measure chicago kalman friedman a leading member of the united broth ergood of tailors eald said that the work of organizing the clothing workers in this city in preparation for concerted action was aas now fairly started and that by november 12 workers T would be completely organized ef forts will be made to avert a general strike mr friedman said but in case the demands are refused a jen gen eral strike will ensue in all branches of the clothing industry the demands of the workers will be tor for a nine hour day the union wage scale and tion of the sweating system about 6 pants vest buttonhole knee pants and children a jacket makers are now organized providence R I 1 mr mcmahon of the providence folders association reports that in every important bleachery print house and dye house a minimum wage of 15 per week of 56 hours is being paid to union men previous to organization the highest wages paid wasa a day tor for a 60 hour week mr mcdonnell preside president nf of the philadelphia local reports that the wages of union dyers have ad danced from 10 to 40 per cent that 35 shops in that city are now paying a minimum of 25 cents per hour pre to organization the minimum wage paid to dyers in philadelphia was 12 for a week of 60 hours 4 41 t augusia methe first meeting meeting of the farmers union as a corporation organized by farmers from all over maine for the more systematic grading and marketing of farm products par ticul arly potatoes and apples was held recently at bangor it vms voted to adopt a sealed package of select stock apples and potatoes to be sold under the trademark trade mark of the union and peck half bushel and bushel car tons plans are practically complete for handling the fall crop of the grow ers in the union london england under the mini mint mum wage act recently become effect tive in england the wages of coal mine workers in sou h b wales have been fixed by the commission created by the act and the award Is only slightly lower than the wages demand ed in the schedule submitted last january by the miners federation of great britain for these colli collieries erles new york england Is very busy said frank A president of a nw york bank they have never been so busy before in her history she has had her troubles with labor wages politics lloyd Lloy george dGeorge bui but their business Is better than it ever was before they are active in all branches Fri england gland Is building more ships than all the rest of the world los angeles cal I 1 consider it neither illegal nor unethical to buy in formation from a detective says clarence darrow my experience of 0 15 or 20 years had taught me the detective detectives in every labor organization in the coun try often the president or secretary and tl stat at they know more about the business of the unions than the union know new york for the month of may the journeymen tailors paid to its members 8 50 as strike benefits 1746 1 as sick ben benefits befits and 1155 as death benefits the balance in the general fund of the organization was 74 60 liverpool england A renewal ot of labor troubles here Is threatened ow ing to the refusal of the dock board to bring the wages of firemen and crane men up to the local standard four hundred men struck at the new glad stone docks shenandoah pa anthracite miners of this vicinity accorded john P white of the united mine aline workers of america a welcome vociferous in its cordiality when he came into that region on tour a few days ago boston the cases of the pit men meri who struck with the carmen at the fields corner division barns june 7 was decided last week and was to the I 1 effect that they too must be restored to their old places they were im mediately the work or organizing the old men who remained on their cars during the strike has been completed the union officers state as on some divisions but one or two of them are still outside the union the shop mechanical and pit men are also being organized and of these men have joined that branch of the union ai I 1 |