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Show ' UNION LABOR NEWS L I UNTANGLING O. B. U. MESS. INDIANAPOLIS Officers or the rnited Mine Workers of America are untangling a moss that members of this union in district No. 18, Canada, tot into when they joined the on big union aggregation of new world mnk- WW The minors suspended work, hut they oke up when red-hot speeches proved a poor substitute for strike benefits Then they notified the cm eminent that they would return lo work undrr the old agreement The government declined unless the Inter national union of th United Mine Workers guaranteed that the contract would be observed. The United Mine Workers officials refused to guarantee guaran-tee anything in connection with a dual organization and they are now endeavoring endeav-oring with the assistance of loa! irade union miners, to end the phosl dancing in that district. 00 I DEFY INJUNCTION JUDGES. W LOS ANGELES, Aroused at the fu- silade of injunctions that are binu hurled at striking trade unionists in the city, the central labor council unanimously adopted the following resolution by a rising vot "Resolved, that the central lnbor council henceforth shall not expend one cent in any injunction proceeding proceed-ing that may be broucht acainst labor, but on the contrary, will proceed along the lines advocated by the American Federation of Labor, and we recommend that all affiliated unions pursue the same course." These trade unionists declare That Ihey are entitled to the same protection protec-tion guaranteed every other ci'izen who Is charged with crime. This guarantee guar-antee is ignored when workers a.e on strike . They are ordered by a pudge not to do a thing that Is perfectly legal le-gal if no strike exists, and then if a strikebreake ror gunman tells the court a unionist has violated his order I the unionist is assumed to be jruilty and is ordered to show why he should not be fined or jailed. If, however, the strikebreaker or gunman is charged by the police with committing an offense against the law of the land he is assumed to be Innocent Inno-cent and every opportunity is afforded him lo prove his innocenc. i -uu "want increase, not bonus WASHINGTON When the inforr- a-lion a-lion w.'k conveyt d to the c in nt " n of the National Federation of Postal Employes In session in this city that the Louse had passed a bill granting the postal workers a bonus of $150 Instead of acting favorably on the petition the presented demanding an increase of $500 a year, indignation was freelj expressed. A delegation va appointed and instructed to go to the cpital and protest against the action ac-tion of house and insist on a hearing before the post office committee. The convention had previously favored fa-vored a flat 50 per cent increase in salaries for postal employes with time and a half for overtime, a 14-hOUX week and SO days leae. As a result Of the action of the house threats Were freely made by the delegates lhat a large number of the postal employes em-ployes would resign and seek other employment. President Gompers spoke before the convention and warned the delegates that certain interest were working In concert to crush organized labor in J this country He informed the dc gates that a strike should only be indulged in-dulged in as the last resort, and to I proceed with the greatest caution when that was under consideration. I Cilbert E. Hyatt was elected president presi-dent and Thomas F. Flaherty was reelected re-elected secretary-treasurer. Seven vice-president were also selected. BUILDING TRADES IDLE SEATTLE A strike involving ip-proximately ip-proximately 6,000 carpenters, piasters, lathers and workers failed to reach an agreement with the builders' association associa-tion Demands made by the workers were: Carpenters $10.00 a day, in! advance from $7.60; plasterers hjd been locked out a week previous as result of a demand for Increased wages from $9.00 to $10.00 a day; tba lathers asked for 10.00 and the laborers la-borers asked for $1 00 additional, m. k ing their wages $7.00 per da Several of the largest of the build-Ing build-Ing operators agreed to pay the sc-ile and their work continued without In- 'erruptlon. Between SO and fid of the members of the builders' association refused to meet th demands of the workers The other building trades will, in all probability, be also involved! if the strike becomes a protracted one. The strikers charged Ihe building material ma-terial for such firms as have agreed to pay the increased wages. oo- OPPOSE WELFARE WOR . EAST ST LOUIS, 111 The Union News, owned by the Butchers' unions i of thi.. city and vicinity, has stirred the welfare manage of Swift k Co., i meat packers, who answers criticisms by that paper in a letter addressed to the editor The welfare manager believes in company "unions," which provide, he says, for a frank discussion of questions, ques-tions, and if an agreement cannot be reached the employes are free agents, the same as obl'oro. To this, the L'nion News repH "Swift t Co. say that if an agreement agree-ment for better wages and conditions I can not bo reached the employes I would still have the right as ;'ree 1 agents. Dut. workers, you realize that t oexercise that free right you must have a 100 per cent union organization, organiza-tion, the same as your employers have to win your point . The employ a of the Aluminum Ore company tritd tin-Swift tin-Swift plan in 1916, and ail of those ,who had backbone enough to stand up for the workers' rights were dis-charged dis-charged and a s.rike ensued in 1917, The International Harvester company put in operation a company plan union and the result was a strike of about 15,000 workers. That was the result of their company plan during July 1919 "The Crane company did practically ihe -ame thing, hiring a company welfare wel-fare prospector and during July, 1919, 1 about 7000 Crane employes struck ' oo MINIMUM WAGE FIXED REG IN A, Saskatchewan. - The minimum wage for girls and women beglnlng work in Saskatchewan retail stores has been fixed at $9.6u a we. k After three months the are to receive ?10.50. During the third three-month period they will get 111 50 and in the last three months of their first year. I $13 50 Thereafter the employes are to receive a minimum wage of $15 a weeb The hours of work are to be 48. There were the decisions announced an-nounced by the Saskatchewan minimum min-imum wage board following sittings at Moose Jaw, Prince Albert Saskatoon, land Regina. oo CHOSEN LABOR DELEGATE Montevideo. Bolivia. Juan Antonio (Buero, minister of foreign affairs, has been chosen Uruguayan representative io the international labor conference to be held in Washington this autumn TAILORS WALK OUT SEATTLE Journeymen tailors are on the strike in Spokane, Portland, utd San Francisco for practically the sauie demands as the tailors hae presented present-ed to employers Should the demands not be met by Soptember 15, when tbe j old agreenient expires. I hi-y will a'o cease work. The demands are. Minimum Mini-mum wage of $44.00 a week for j journeymen; ?33 00 for apprentices; equal pay for women. 44 hour? a week; double time for overtime. BREMERTON. Wash. Journeymen tailors won a new wage scale of ?3 per week oo CONCEDED AN INCREASE BALTIMORE Beginning epiemb.i 1 ;ill employe? of the newspaper com pOfiing rooms were given a oluntar: j increase of wages by the publishers. Th day men po from ?2' to $35 nn( tbe night men go from S30 to $38 pel week. The overtime has also been advanced from 75 cents day to $1, and 1 the night overtime goes from 80 centl m to $1 per hour. oo I NEW TEACHERS' UNION I Paducah, Ky. The latest union it this cit will be known as the Mc j Crackon County Federation of tear-h era and will work under a charter from the American Federation of Teacers, which is affiliated with the A. F. ol L. It is expected that Marshall countj 1 will also fall in line with tbo move j ment to organize the teachers in .hil j section of the state. oo . Tli'- average man believes in future j punishment for his neighbor oo It is better to bo corythinp to somebody some-body than something to e'vervbody. |