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Show LABOR NEWS OF ALL COUNTRIES Provost Kyfe, Port Glasgow, Scotland, Scot-land, has collected 'about 400 pounds for tho establishment of a scholarship for apprentices in the shipbuilding and engineerinc trades. Resolutions urging the city council coun-cil to compel firo drills in nil places In tho city where minors, girls and womon are employed, wero adopted bv the Chicago, III., Women's Trade Union League. By the provisions of a new ordinance ordi-nance In Minneapolis, no girl under the ago of 1G years may take part in any public theatrical unless she has tho consent of twelve women representing repre-senting as many organizations. Inspired by the recent greaL railway strike the school masters of Spal.i are organizing themsehoB Into a union. Their purposo is to make an energetic ener-getic demand for better wages As a result of the active organization organ-ization campaign carried on by tho New York United Hebrew Trades, ten trades which have horotofore been unorganized havo been organized by agitators of tho central body. The Revolutionary Gonoral Labor Federation met in Paris to discuss the crippling of machinery by which armies arm-ies are mobilized, and has decided to call a 24 -hours' general strike as a feaL William Green, member of the LInltcd Mine Workers, of Coshocton, O . and A. Potting, a member of tho Typographical union of Ravecnna, "Ohio, have been elected state senators. sena-tors. An average Increase of about two cents per hour has been awarded conductors and motormen of tbo Hull, Canada. Electric Railwny companv by tho board of arbitration appointed by tbe Canadian labor department During the winter months nearly evorv local union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor will discuss the question of electing their officers by vinillatle and referendum svsloras " Thirty thousand Virginians have protested pro-tested against the continuation of the piesent convict contract system. It has been the polloy of tho stato to leaao convicts to private contractors for manufacturing purposes. Tho barbers' union of Chicago has unanimously indorsed tho plan of the officers to shave and cut tho hair of imnnteB of Institutions tbat are not able to pay for having such work done, as was done a few days ago at the home for boys. The 52 general chairmen representing repre-senting the engineers of ns many railroads east of Chicago have formed form-ed a permanent organization to be known as tho "Eastern General Chairmen Chair-men Association, Brotherhood of Locomotive Lo-comotive Engineers." Tho burden or rooting tho expenses expen-ses of employers' liability iatS upon the employers In all but five countries, coun-tries, namely, Austrin. Germany, Greece, Hungary and New South Wales, where employees usually contribute con-tribute about 10 per cent of the cost The fur workers and lace workers are the most sweatod trades in Bel glum The fur workers at Zelc, for H instance, work CO hours a week for H $1.25. while the lace workers at Bnid- H ges receive 12 cents for a workiing Hl day of 12 hours. More than 1G.OO0 of the 18,000 mine H employees ot tho Minnesota iron ran- M ges will be employed during the win- t M tor Underground mines will bo work-' ,1 cd and ore will be placed in stock M piles for lako shipment in tho spring. At Basel. Switzerland, tho Interna- M tlonal Socialist congress called to dis- M cuss means of preventing war and cs- M pcclally to oppose the spread of tho H Balkan trouble, decided on an anti- war strike of all trades throughout ) M the world to continue the full 24 hours M of December 16. |