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Show LABOR NEWS Of ALL COUNTRIES Buehelraon and alteration hands In San Francisco, Cal., have signified their Intention of becoming members of tho Journeymon Tailors' Union, which will then have a membership of cloae to 1.000, making it the largest lar-gest organization of Its kind in the country. The American Northwest faces a serious scarcity of laborers Thousands Thous-ands of men are needed to harvest bumper crops, work on railroads and help also In the development of Canada, Can-ada, but labor cannot be ohtalned atr top wages and the unusual nllureraent of free fare. Montreal, Can., garment workers who have been out on strike for some week3 have returned to work Tho men have boon granted a 40-hour 40-hour week, with corresponding increase in-crease In pay. Tho other demands of the men have not been granted. A special effort Is being made to obtain an increase of wages for crossing cross-ing flagmen employed by the Canadian Cana-dian railways. Those men receive $1-30 a day In wagos, out of which they must pay from SIS to ?20 a month Insurance. Tho strike of freight handlers continues con-tinues to tlo up package freight boats in the Duluth, Minn., harbor. Tho Northern Pacific has offered 32 1-2 cents for labor on the docks, but with few takorB. Tho strikers ask 35 centa an hour. During July 3,414 British immigrants immi-grants wero distributed among the farmers of OnUrlo- This Ik about double the number for la6t ear. It la estimated that 25,000 British Im- i' jg j-jg, "IVr. -iIJpfQ migrants have been distributed In the province of Ontario for tho past year, Tho union clgannakers of Hamilton. Hamil-ton. Ont., have secured an advance of 50 cents a thousand on hand work. This Increase will benefit over 600 persons employed In Hamilton, London Lon-don and Montreal. This advance was secured without any discontinuation of work. |