| Show PLEADS FOR WOMEN gompers gers urges government t to 0 decree eight hour day PUTS UP STRONG ARGUMENT weaker sex he declares needs protection against greed of em ern players few idle workers in great britain various in creases of wages washington in ln the interest of bet ter physical womanhood fitting tor for maternity samuel gompers president of the american federation of labor advocated before the bouse house committee on labor a bill fixing an eight hour day law for women sir gompers said that he had never advocated such a general law for workingmen because he did rot believe men should be cod died and he maintained that they were ere able to take care of themselves but he regarded women workers as proper subjects tor for protection by the government because woman was the perpetuation of the race there was sadness in gompers statement that this might be his last appearance be tore lore a committee of congress london eng statistics of anem PlOY melt among labor unionists in great britain show that for the month ot of december the number of anem aloyed amounted to only 23 2 3 per cent 0 of the total membership the average percentage of unemployed during 1912 was 3 2 per cent the coal strike in march raised the percentage to 11 3 per cent the next month however the percentage had fallen to 3 6 per cent and by may the percentage of unemployment had dropped back to the figures prevailing before the coal strike it was in november that union labor was best employed the per centols of idleness in that month was only 18 1 8 per cent which was only a little more than halt half of the percentage of idleness tor for the year as a whole indianapolis the brotherhood of railway trainmen shows 16 4 claims paid for every thousand persons in the order of railway tors 12 claims the engineers 8 claims the firemen 7 claims and the switch men 1512 15 claims two thirds of the accidents result in permanent disablement the brotherhood of hallway railway trainmen pays out approximately 2 a year in th thi united states and canada to satisfy death and total dis ability claims washington william spencer sec see detary treasurer of the building trades department of the american federa tion of labor reports that there are now 20 international organizations at fil mated abed with the department these have an aggregate membership of at the time of the preceding report the aggregate membership was but a gain of at the close of the year there was a balance of 5 in the treasury indianapolis almost wa was spent for strike relief work by the united mine workers of america dur ing the year ended december 1 1912 according to the report of the international auditing committee ee most of this went into west virginia the total expenses incurred during the year amounted to 1108 49 of which 35 was tor for salaries the bal ance on hand on december 1 was 05 montreal increases of 0 O per cent in the cages ages of conductors trainmen and engineers alth improvements in working conditions are to be demand ed from all the railroads in eastern pastern canada delegates from the various unions were tere in montreal tor for a confer ence regarding the proposed new schedules which will be submitted to the railroad managements at a gerfer al conference in a few days london eng A resolution calling tor ter an eight hour day for tor all classes of toiling men and women nomen was as adopt ed by the trades union congress at which more than 2 british workmen and women were represent ed meantime the trades union b 11 which empowers unions to employ their funds for ter political purposes passed its third reading in the house dt df commons pittsburgh itts burgh the pittsburgh bar bers union Is to institute an active campaign for a law similar to that in at the IndiAna indianapolis polls conference of the international organization the law favored by the barbers 1 is that all connected with the trade be compelled to pass an tor for a license and only those holding the licenses be permitted to work chicago factory inspectors will demand improvements at the chicago packing plants that will cost 1000 1 if the improvements are not made the packers will be prosecuted for endangering the lives of employed emp loyes hartford conn one of the import ant measures to be introduced in the connecticut legislature will provide that there shall be two engineers for every fast express train san araw francisco isco one result of the nork work of the california state labor bu reau during the last year has been the elimination in a large measure of child labor in that state and the lay ing of a firm foundation for the en cement or of the child labor laws philadelphia with a view of doing way away with the sweatshop side of their trade the paper box manufacturers of philadelphia will bold hold a conference boon soon with the managers of the con burners league bay city mich the president of the trades and labor assembly waff wag elected to the state legislature a W u scranton pa about 6 emp employee loyes of the lackawanna coal company struck at eight of its collI collieries erles they refused to work with nonunion men engineers being included in this list the miners insist that they should belong to their organization also more than employed emp loyes of the delaware and hudson company at its white oak colliery in archbald went on strike charging that the management had refused to discuss a number of grievances with them the most pr prominent 0 eminent being that in relation to equal distribution of cars the strike does not have the sanction of he miners officials but it Is a part of the plan to compel engineers and other nonunion men to join the united mine workers of america chicago E J buffington president of the illinois steel company made the following statement effective february Feb 1 there will be an increase in wages of the employees of all the subsidiary companies of the united states steel corporation plants in this district ln including employees of the illinois steel company the amer lean ican bridge company the american steel and wire company elgin jollet joliet and eastern railroad company the universal portland cement company and the american sheet and tin plate company the wages of day laborers will be increased from 17 cents per hour to 1912 19 cents per hour amount ing to 25 cents a day many other wage rates not including tonnage rates also will be advanced london eng the six weeks strike 0 of f the operatives es of the hollowware hollow ware industry of the english midlands has ended in a victory tor for the employed emp loyes the men obtained a 10 per cent ad vance all round on their piece rates while the woman secured a minimum rate of 2 50 10 shillings per week of fifty tour four hours previously the latter had been working in a particularly bad and injurious atmosphere for something like twelve hours a day for or less than 2 per week chicago with regard to our pres ent state law as to the employment of children in coal mines of the thir tyone ty one states which mine more or less coal twenty seven have fixed an age limit below which the employ ment of children Is prohibited four others california georgia new alex ico and alaska have fixed no age limit so far as employment in mines is concerned cleveland ohio painters have vot ed unanimously in favor of demand ing the saturday half holiday and fifty cents an hour tor for the coming season ease the painters claim that they are more subjected to occupational diseases and lose more time because of weather conditions and at the same time receive less pay than any other class of workers in the building trades chicago with the difficulties of 0 the local garment workers practically settled union leaders of chicago are preparing to render financial aid to their fellow workers in new york who have been on strike for three months money is being collected at every meeting and each member of the union has been assessed asses sed 5 it la Is expected that will be raised memphis tenn among the mat pressed for legislative considers cons con sidera tion by the tennessee state federa tion of labor are a bill prohibiting the employment of females under eight een years old in department stores a work workman mans s compensation bill pattern ed from that in operation in the state of washington and the working ol 01 convicts on public roads trenton N J practically nearly all 1 of the 1000 1 in celain manufacturing plants of this city quit work because the jurers declined dp elined a request that tuey they meet with committees of 0 recently or unions to discuss demands of the employees for a 20 per cent in crease in wages and recognition of their unions london england coal miners in the federated area of england and wales lave been given a further in crease in wages of 5 per cent effee aeve in aa january this Is in addition to the 5 per cent increase granted last october and it brings the wages of all the ther men in and around the mines up to 60 per cent above the standard rate of 1888 1111 gharon pa practically every independent steel mill and furnace in the Ma Ala boning honing and shenango She valleys met the wage increase granted to ed workmen by the united states steel corporation nearly 20 men are affected presno fresno cal because the hod car biers union went on strike to enforce dein demands ands for an increase in wages without firt first consulting the fresno county building trades council the union is threatened with expulsion kewanee two thousand em of the kewanee works of the national tube company were notified of a wage advance ranging from 5 to 15 per cent unskilled workers get an increase of 25 cents a day los angeles cal los angeles ty po graphical union has appointed a committee to begin a campaign to bring the 1915 convention of the in ter national typographical union to that city des moines iowa lowa A referendum vote taken on the question qu estfon of electing officers of the iowa state federation by referendum vote was defeated the socialist delegates in the iowa state federation for a number of years have advocated the election of the officials of the state body by referendum san francisco the labor movement of this state will be represented at the hearing before the united states supreme court february 23 in regard to the question of the validity of the w oman s eight hour law anac ed at the last regular session of state legislature aa L fei feJa |
