Show W 0 aa id of la wb bor neus from all parts of ol the world of general interest to the worker 3 washington the big po erful tui unions of today are not the result ot of accident the mere turn of fortune arsa says s a writer in a labor ibor paper father are they the result of patient pains taking intelligent management Is always some good reason why bwy on union is able to weather reather the storm en countered on the journey while others collapse and die fhe band of 0 unlit men who are willing to make mate material riat 0 fees constantly in the interest ot q the union will vill have a strong union ka and by sacrifices is not meant strike ing indiscriminately or making a to lot t of noise but rather the willingness to bear up under heavy aage assessments asses ments in ini I order that strikes when necessary may be properly supported and arese buted to a successful conclusion the union which is alias compelled to ask tor for financil ce when brou trou brou trou ble comes in the very nature ot of things cannot be as butiong and successful as the union which finds it possible to finance its own fights there is food for thought in this argument noise la Is cheap but it doesn doean it t produce the results indianapolis ind bonds totaling have been bought for the in ter national lonal typographical union by the executive council of the interns dional and orders have been placed by the council for 75 par value bonds to be delivered as soon as they can be secured the purchase of these bonds Is in the nature of an investment tor for surplus funds of the international the bonds purchased pir p ir chased include hawaiian government p improvement bonds chicago N west est park commissioners bonds new ork city corporate stock bonds state of massachusetts gold three per cent registered bonds city of buffalo parks registered bonds and city of milwaukee library park and school bonds the bonds ordered are city of ottawa bonds city of calgary bonds and san rr Iv incisco geary street railway bonds new york A remarkable de defense bense was offered during the trial of a contract labor suit that terminated in the federal district court with vath a ver diet in favor of the government the object of the suit was mas the recovery it f penalties from the firm of J man delberg co cc manufacturers of ra abt t e enlarged ith with having brought two workmen aver dver from manchester england the defendants declared the superiority of 0 the english operator in their lar tar line forced them thern to import the two cementers in spite of this argument judge learned hand ordered the jury to bring in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and a 2000 2 penalty against the raincoat concern was the result locust gap pa the local united mino mine corkers union proposed to the philadelphia reading coal and iron company that the local colliery shall work on the day of the funerals of a deceased imp employee loye and that each col cilery employed except the breaker boys boy s shall give 20 cents for the fam ily of the deceased the sane sarie prop position was made recently by other locals in the region the company Is reluctant to do the collecting but the officials of the local union point out that this is not simply a union mat te ter r as all employed emp loyes of the col lery iery union or not even the bosses will be expected to pay the assessment indianapolis ind word was re in this city at the headquarters of the international brotherhood of bookbinders of increases in the mini mint mum wage scales for paper rulers of chicago and paper rulers and alark bookbinders of new york city the paper rulers of chicago have signed an agreement increasing their mini mint mum scale to 22 50 a week an in crease of 1 50 a week this affects about men the paper rulers and binders of new york city have signed an agreement increasing their minimum scale to 21 a week a an increase of 3 and affecting about men rochester N Y the american federation of labor convention settled the question of jurisdiction between the united association of plumbers and international association of Stearn fitters by a vote of to 31 the convention refused to seat the in ter national association delegates and indorsed the action of the executive bouncil in refusing to accept per capita tax from that organization because it had tailed failed to amalgamate with the united As washington 11 wages ages in japan have arisen on the average over 50 per cent in the last ten years during hit hat time the average price of corn com modifies modi ties has increased about 33 per cent washington the second move of the american federation of labor to reorganize the stock yards unions broken up at the time ot of the great butchers out chers strike in 1904 will be made this winter boston coopers union 58 ces a general compliance with its re quest that time and a halt half be paid tor for all overtime and double time given for all work on sundays and holidays boston fall river textile council has asked the cotton manufacturers association ct of that city tor for a confer ence regarding better wages and con for the ODera operatives tives rochester N Y no organization of mei free pres dent tent gompers delar bd in I 1 is opening report at the american federal on of labor convention in thio thi city represents a greater power tor for the advancement ot humanity along right lines the forms of labor war have bee i constantly refined he add ed free workmen do not employ it e methods ot slaves mr gompers report was given close attention and was mas frequently interrupted by ap this was vas particularly marked when he declared against compulsory arbitration la lav s and tor for the recall of judges in the states and the reappoint ment of federal judges evera four v vers ev rs we ive hae had enough bokern ment merit by ded men dead issues dead principles and ironclad restrictions hp said amid cheers we must havoc restored to the people the unrestricted power of changing their statutory or organic gus laws whenever he never they find the occasion and necessity warrant it washington N ash agton thirty thousand locomotive engineers on 62 52 railroads east of chicago and north of norfolk and cincinnati gain a partial victory in their de denand nand for more wages under the award announced by the board ol 01 arbitration the award grants certain increased compensation and improved and uniform rules of service requested by the engineers but holds that a gen eral increase of wages on all roads Is not mar warranted ranted upon the basis of the evi evidence dencer presented the board found that on some roads and tor for certain classes of service the compensation was too small and therefore intro deuced into the award the principle of a minimum wage tor fot the entire dis hrict the award which dates back to may 1 last and will stand for or one year ear settles the most important labor dispute submitted to arbitration since the anthracite coal strike in 1902 houston tex pertinent topics of li liorest erest to the wage earner and the re 1 merchant were discussed october 1 L a at lt a joint meeting of the houston labor cainell co ancil and the retail mer chants association the meeting was called for the purpose of cemer ting a better friendship between the two or it was believed by the rs of each that a better under tit tl fling ing would be mutually and for that reason george mendell attorney for the merchants was list ed as principal speaker while out lining the purposes of the tion he suggested that all labor unions require their members to meet their obi lations with the merchants he said that if this Is done a union card would be a credit and would be accepted s such by the merchants new york the members of the cloak pressers branch of the cloak makers union the largest local union in any trade in the clothing industry met and decided in favor of making a demand tor for an increase in wages of four dollars a week subject to the ap of the joint executive board of the Cloak makers union which has a membership of 75 in this city and the various local committees of the international ladies garment work ers union the pressers voted to de mand an increase from 21 to 25 a minimum and the under press ers decided in favor of a demand for an increase from 18 to 22 a week there are 10 members in the pressess pres seis branch of the union charleston W va f rhe he end of tip tit great coal strike in the kanawha coal fields of west virginia came in a signed wage vage agreement between the union fineis and the officials of the national bituminous coal and coke company the agreement practical alli recognizes the union provides for a increase of about 21 per cent in wages reduces tonnage permits the miners to organize provides tor for a R nine hour work day and gives the men now on preference if thea the should desire to return to work youngstown 0 at the bi wage settlement hed held here between representatives of the amalgamated association of iron steel and tin workers and the Re republic iron and steel company th rate tor for pud adling was advanced to 6 19 a ton on a 1 30 card rate I 1 I 1 N Is the highest rate paid for since november 1907 about 15 skilled workmen are benefited by the advance madrid span red by the re cent railway strike the s hool masters of spain are organizing rhems themselves elves into a union tl TI air purpose is to make an energetic demand for better salaries the average salary of mas in the elementary schools is now only four dollars a week and they get that only hen then there are clen funds on hand to meet the obi gallon gation ottawa canada the trade and libor labor contress of canada has grown to proportions where it has become the great militant force in canada for the crotee protection ion of the interests of organ laed and unorganized workmen paris france france has probably the most comprehensive cooperative societies of any country in the world there are operative cooperative stores and or of every kind for the aid of the toilers its members toronto canada the nev ne v indas trial banner printed n the interest of workers has made its appearance here u J |