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Show LABOR NEWS OF I ALL COUNTRIES I H Chicago Cooks Organiz(3 All Coal Mine Workers to Amalgamate H Unions Officials of Great Northern Arrested Under Anti- H Blacklisting Laws of Minnesota. H H Organization among the cooks of Chicago is showing exceptional returns. re-turns. The various cooks' associations which heretofore have boon purely social so-cial and benevolent organizations, arc awakening to the fact that the interests inter-ests of those employed In the same occupation are identical, and are now looking toward the International union un-ion for relief. loint local committees of the mlu crs and surface workers are being brought into existence in every col-lleiy col-lleiy in England, Scotland and Wales, and already both classes of workers have combined in deputations to cod! owners where the grievance only concerns con-cerns one class of workers. The ultimate ul-timate goal will be the amalgamation of all workmen employed In and aiound the mines. There is great unrest In the Lancashire, Lan-cashire, Eng, cotton mills duo to the fact that trade has been booming and wages have remained almost stationary, station-ary, with the cost of lhlng steadily advancing A number of advances have beon rocelved, but in numerous places emplocrs are insisting on a greater amount of labor for the snmo money and as a consequence the restlessness rest-lessness of the opcrntlve Is increasing. increas-ing. Since their negotiations for admission admis-sion to the Brotherhood of Painteis., Papcrhangers and Decorators were broken off without any results, the Al toratlon Painteis and Papcrhangers' union has made arrangements to or ganize an international union of1 all altcintion workers of their trade There are now a number of Independent Independ-ent locals existing all ocr the country, coun-try, and it is planned to make an effort ef-fort to enroll them as a part of the pioposcd International organization. The Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Car-men has oiganized local unions at al-piost al-piost every point of the Great Northern North-ern railioad The company, upon learning that these unions had bec.i organized, issued a circular lotto ' B stating to tho members of the Car- M men's union that they must elthc1 Hb lease their organization or be dis H charged. An effort was made to se IB cure a conference with the official', H but the representative of the carme i H was refused admittance to the confci B once, although the stnto commission HE er of labor and tho president of ttvi J VHu state federation of Minnesota wen Hfl given an audience These latter of. K flcials, however, were informed tha: H the company would only deal with th i lBS carmen and trackmen 'as individuals. 9HJ Owing to the stand of tho compan Hf complaints have been filed and war- H rants issued for some of tho official i Bl of the Gieat Northern. These offi- B cials have been arrested under th i & anti-b'.acklistlng laws and a trial o' R tho case will shortly bo had. In th i ' Bk meantime a number of the men hav i R, been discharged. j H5r B |