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Show LABOR NEWS OP " ALL COUNTRIES To enforce a demand for an all-round all-round wage increase, the street car employes of Naples, Italy, went on strike recently. In Switzerland a woman has been appointed to the ohief inspectorship of factories, a coveted position hitherto held only by men The seventeenth annual convention of tho International Seamen's union Is to convene shortly in Seattle, Wash Philadelphia is getting along so well with her women conductors that thoy may be introduced into other cities of the countrj. The moement for compulsory uniform uni-form reports of industrial accidents and diseases made distinct progress during the past year Of 18.C06 men who got shelter at the municipal lodging houses in New York City In the laBt year, one-third were skilled laborers." The American Federation of Musicians Mu-sicians has at present a cash balance of 5S9.000 In its treasury and 588 locals on its roster, all in good standing. stand-ing. No less than 300 la-oor bills were Introduced this year in congress alone, while the slate legislatures ground out their full share of- the annual grist The Bakers' union of San Francisco, I? considering the advisability of enlarging en-larging its union bakeshop or constructing con-structing an entirely new plant at a cost of $15,000. Since tho Brotherhooj of Carpenters Carpen-ters of Cleveland decided on May 15 to refuse to work with non-union men 111 their own trade their membership has increased 50 per cent There are no fewer Ihah 17,000 Russian convicts, including a considerable consid-erable number of political crimlnnls," , employed on the constructive work of the Amur Railroad. The Illinois Manufacturers' association asso-ciation has decided to form a cas-unltv cas-unltv insurance companv to write accident ac-cident insurance under the new work- , men's compensation law ' |