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Show 1 fM i i& Ql33Ip qf the Toilers ulr7NK AIJevtew oh the latest 1 "g (Wl t-Al NEWS FfOM WOTtCSH-? &S1MJJ miul and -mime. jfilevon States now have minimum n-agc laws for -women Meat outters at Porin. Ill,, have won a Sunday closing agreement. Altoona (Pa ) barbera have organized a trado union. rany of the anion miners In Arizona aro Mexicans. Fort Worth (Texas) Walter' Union reports re-ports a 100 per cent. Increase ln membership. mem-bership. There are several more than 300.000 school teachers ln this country. Clgarmakcrs at Hamilton. Can , have demanded Increased pay. There are 3.250.0O) trado unionists In tho United Statci. New Tork clty'B nowwt labor paper Is tho New York Trades Union. Germany now has 1.200,000 men making munitions. Military servlfo of certnm sorts Is compulsory for women In Hungary. St. Loulfl has a pollceu-oman who ro- Idaho prohibits the maintenance of private employment agencies operated for profit. School teachers are organised In considerable con-siderable numbers In Cleveland nnd ln Scranton, Pa. Ono thousand respirator for the London Lon-don (England) Fire Brigade have been purchased by the County Council. Leeds (England Watch Committee has refused a woman's application for a licence to drive a taxlcnb. Thero aro at present 26 members of the Victoria (Can.) Postofflce staff Borv-lng Borv-lng the colors From June 12-36 at Chicago, III , Brotherhood Broth-erhood of Railroad Signalmen of America Amer-ica -will convene California's commission appointed to report on the subject of social Insurance will make Its roport ln the near future. It Is claimed that on aocount of underselling un-derselling their produce, tho Doukhobors are a monaoo to agriculturists around rselson, B. C Organized labor favors legislation making It unlawful for children of tender age and frail physique to be employed em-ployed In dangerous pursuits. The Nottingham fKnc.1 )- t-mo ia enjoying a remarkable Bpell of prosperity prosper-ity and manufacturers cannot keep pace vrlth the orders. Educating young men and women for agricultural pursuits at tho Manitoba (Canada) Agricultural College costs tho province JU50 each. Georgia permits the employment In "gainful occupations" of 45 per cent, of all its children between the ages of 10 and 13. The local Cereal Union of tho United Farmers of Canada, meeting recently at Calgary, decided to purchase fence wire and baled hay in a co-operative way. Ucenscs havo boon granted by the Kent (England) Education Commltteo to hundreds of boys of 12 and upward to enable them to tvork on farms for not mora than AS hniiT-c - waoIt A deputation of nurses recently -waited upon the Alberta (Cannda) Government Govern-ment and asked for a bill Incorporating the nursing profession on the same status as the medical men. Women and girls have displaced men in the ticket offices of theaters and railway rail-way stations ln England They work In the munitions plants, collect fares on the buses and even drive them. The executive committee of the Mlch- San 8tate Federation of Labor has de-ded de-ded to submit to the referendum 11 amendments to the workmen's compensation compen-sation law. In Illinois a commission on unemployment unemploy-ment consisting of three representatives of labor, three of employers and three of tho public, will report at this Legislative Legis-lative session. Classification of Injuries to women employed In Pennsylvania industries ln 1515 shows that 16 were fatal, m serious and 2S0 considered as minor,' or not resulting re-sulting ln disability for a period longer than 30 days. The Canadian Northern Hallways win accept tho decision of tho Government's Conciliation Board that higher wages must bo paid tho company's engineers and firemen. Detroit Federation of Labor has appointed ap-pointed a commltteo to Initiate a referendum refer-endum for tho enactment of an amendment amend-ment to the State Constitution which will debar Judges from uslnir injunctions ln labor disputes. One of the most Important lines of work conducted by tho Canadian Department De-partment of Agrlcnlturo Is the organisation organisa-tion of boys and gills' clubs In British Columbia. Potato and corn gi owing competitions, and pig and poultry raising rais-ing aro Included. Tho family quarrel that has been ln existence among tho Canadian bookbinders book-binders has been settled. Tho national and International aio now under one head nnd nil will work for the advancement advance-ment of tho trade and Ito members. Tho light lasted eight years The average number of Steel Trust employees In 1915 totalr-d 191,126, agouvit 179.253 In 1914. and total salaries arid wages amounted to 3176.fO0.Srrl, against fl62.379.007. The average dallv salary or wage per employee was 52.92, "an Increase of 4 cents. The National Teachers' Union of England, Eng-land, organized for 44 years, has a representative rep-resentative In Parliament, has legal protection pro-tection and has raised salaries. It has had only one strlko. having been able to adjust all disputes by arbitration and conciliation. Because of tho hoavy demand for labor la-bor In England and tho higher cort of living, ivageB nave increased slnco tho outbreak of the war, and nearly all classes of workers are receiving more money. About 6.EOD.000 have received raises and tho Increase ln wagos has been roughly $0,000,000 a week. Frisco Ofllco Employees' Association chartered directly by the Amorloan Federation Fed-eration of Labor and affiliated with the San Francisco Labor Council, has started an active campaign of organization organiza-tion among gonoral ofllco employees, stenographers, typists and bookkeepoio. Tho decreasing number of Idle workmen work-men In Franco Is evldonco of tho revival of nearly every Parisian Industry The most Important of all, tho textile and clothing trade. In which thoro were II,-333 II,-333 unemployed March 1 has now only 23.963 persons out of work, of whom 23,-&S9 23,-&S9 are women. The minols act providing for ponslons for the blind took offect tho first of tho year Under this law it Is obligatory for counties to provide for their blind by appropriating money for their support sup-port All males over 21 years and fo-malcs fo-malcs over 18 yoors are to be awarded $J50 a year. A contrnot has been signed by tho Master Sheet Metal Workors' Association Associa-tion and tho Shoot and Metal Workers' Union at Wheeling, W. Va. The latter has made tho following gains: During 1916 wages aro Incrcasca from S3.G0 to 14 a day, during 1817 tho rate will bo t.2d; eight hours for five days and a Saturday half holiday. In about 50.000 establishments Inspected In-spected In Franco recently 1.700.000 workmen work-men wore employed In time or peace. Tho figures fell to one-third of that number, then Increased progressively to 1.3CO.000 In January of this year, which is 77 per cent, of the normal Taking Into account tho 2-1 per cent, mobilized, there actually are employed now In French Industries l per cent, more of workmen than bofore tho war. The NatJonnl Federation of Postofflce Clerks, affiliated to the Amorlcan Federation Fed-eration of Labor, opposes tho rccom-mondatlons rccom-mondatlons of First Assistant Postmaster Postmas-ter General Roper, who has asked Congress Con-gress to lower tho pay of nubstltute clerks and letter-carriers and amend tho eight-hour law governing the hours of the employees to extend tho day's toll over 12 hour3. A remarkably successful campaign of organization among wage-earners Is now ln progress in Los Angeles, where 15 general organizers, representing national na-tional and International unions, arc assisting as-sisting tho general organizer of the California Cal-ifornia State Federation of Labor and all tho local unions of that city in unionizing L03 Angeles. Tho Legislative demands of the Arkansas Ar-kansas State Federation of Labor Include In-clude 3S proposals. Protection to workers work-ers in industry Is urged, as Is a workmen's work-men's compensation law, boiler Inspection, Inspec-tion, old-age pensions, perfection of the initiative and referendum law by restricting re-stricting tho "omergency clause," a State printing plant, recall of all oloctlve officers, woman's suffrage and a more secret ballot ln political elections. Krupps employed 12,000 hands At Essen Es-sen bofore tho War. This figure now reaches 115.0CO, but Esson Is only tho principal factory. At other works the number of workers has rlBen from G0OO to 15.000. from 14.0CO to S0.000, from 6000 to CO.OOO from 9000 to 27,000, while tho Boch-um Boch-um and Gelsenkirchen Works now employ em-ploy 25,000 hands Instead of 10.000 in time of peace. There also exists In Germany two other enterprises oxduslvoly do-voted do-voted to tho making of artillery namely, name-ly, Thyssens. which employ 0.000 mon. and the Ehradt Works, which employ 100,000 Instead of 30.C00 and 44,000 formerly. |