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Show LABOR NEWS OF ALL COUNTRIES Tho strike of the San Francisco, . Cal., bakers for the inuodnction ol the union label has resulted in a great victory. Over two hundred and fifty members participated in the strike, which inolves 144 bakeries. Of those bakeries all but sixteen have signed tho new agreement, which cbntains a compulsory label clause. Thus the union label upon bakery goods has finally been introduced into in-to San Francisco. Thero wero 113,250 foundrv and machine shop establishments in tho United States, employing C15.485 per-flons, per-flons, hen tho thirteenth census was taken, according to BtatiBtlcs given out recently by tho Census bureau. Of the total employed 9.851 were proprietors pro-prietors and firm members, 21,754 wero salaried officers, auperluten-1 dents and managers, 42,242 were male aud 10,627 female clerks; tho aver-ago aver-ago numhor of wage earners, was 531.011. The value of products was $1,228,175,118. Tho organization of migratory workers, which bcga.n a year ago at the instanco of the American Federation Federa-tion of Labor and tha California stato federation of labor, is a difficult diffi-cult problem, but the efforts expended expend-ed have began to 'Bhow tangible results re-sults Thero are locals of migratory workera in San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond, Stockton, San Jose. Fresno. Fres-no. Baker8field, Los Anseles and Riverside. Riv-erside. Tho membership of tho San Francisco local reaches 2,000, whilo that of Onkland is 1,000 There has been a large increase in the membership, of the Amalgamated Amalga-mated Society of 'Railway . Servants HMfltf iwimii i , In England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Tho fortieth annual report shows an Increase from 75,153 to 11C.G1G during the year The society's Income was 3561,000, being nearly ?100,000 in excess of the last fiscal year The historic national railway strike is the evident ca-.ao of the tremendous growth in tho organization. organiza-tion. oo |