Show 4 i S im ast ih i MM hlll i ti 11 H i 1 1 n gossip for foil toilers boilers and others as arkansas arka s will have a statewide labor day celebration to continue a week A work mens compensation law w was passed by the recent maine legislature logis legis Is t u re 0 indiana state stale Federa federation tic 1 ot 01 labor bor aill ill hold its coment I 1 ii it at cary 0 0 all AH building tra trades desat at emporia ICa have the eight hour day arkansas federation ot of labor issues a paper having a circulation of Is extensive eions were made anad e for labor day by denver col unions florida now L has barbers and plumbers examination laws pa public alic school janitors at springfield III have formed a union A new labor temple temple for unions at little rock ark is assured 6 ajr lowell mass labor unions have organized ai a labor forward movement massachusetts work mens compensation law has been improved by amendments Is Is joplin mo alo trades assembly has established a weekly labor paper PO policemen at east liverpool ohio have been granted a nine hour day 4 scranton pa unions are raising funds to build a labor temple texas has a new fifty tour four hour law for working wor kinc women union men are at the head of five I 1 municipal departments in el paso tex military invest investigation gat ion has been det der rl 1 i 11 tie t e nova scotia steel s there are 66 56 languages lang nages spoken by workers in fix the iron mills ot of gary ind on september 9 at boston mass spinners international union convened national brotherhood of operative potters has a membership exceeding sacramento oal barbers union is opposing sunday labor A junior trades union has been formed conned at grand rapids mich ot of children 10 to 17 years old greek laborers laborer in the rock island la nd r shops hops at cedar rapids iowa have organized A local of pressmen and press assistants si has been formed in muskegon mich metal working unions at philadelphia demand a general wage increase everett mass city council has increased wages of city laborer from to per day wages of telephone operators at madison wis are very low ranging from rom 13 to at a month Is about mechanics have been sent to british munitions plants from victoria and vancouver B D C chicago lias has an aa electric pie malting making machine six girls turn out pies aa a day on it british railwaymen rail waymen who have been paid it a week have been replaced by girls at printers in georgia are urging the georgia legislature to pass a law creating the office of 0 state printer the new iowa state free employment bureau connected with the bureau of statistics is ia now in full running order many british postoffice post office employees are to be released for the war and women employed in their places the labor council of sydney C B has indorsed endorsed Indor sed the nova scotia compensation act 0 the law providing for the prevailing wage rate on municipal work in st louis mo alo has been declared invalid va taid louis 4 Is tile the canadian Cons conservation commission is studying the fungus that destroys pit props in cape breton Is carnarvon wales harbor trust decided to allow a war bonus for two shillings a week each to the pilots at Lland dwyn burnaby Dur can unemployed ask the council to advance railway tares fares t to 0 ta the ie harvest fields and promise to repay the loans 6 6 6 butchers in tacoma wash have organized and affiliated to the amalgamated mated meat cutters and butcher workmen of 0 america TI the i e social service council of 0 vancouver er B C Is on record to keep the white women bome workers from oriental restaurants 0 1 canadian letter carriers are enjoying a saturday halt half holiday as ae a result of orders by tile the dominion Pos toillee department tottenham eug bug town council has engaged a number of clerks to replace the men who have join joined ed the colors despite difficulties created by the war the compulsory education act is being administered very successfully in dublin ireland no fewer than boys who have received their training in reformatory schools in groat great britian briglan have served during the war in the naval or military forces the east london federation of the suffrage ties iles composed of working women has gone on record as being strongly opposed to the national registration bill circuit judge judg kills has refused to restrain the brotherhood of carpenters from taeng the charter from a local of carpenters in new orleans la Is A strike of all skilled english Jn glish workmen employed at the government docks shipyards and munitions fact factories cries is threatened unless wages are increased georgia unionists are arc urging the passage of 0 a law creating the office ot of factory inspector to enforce statutes and health of working people I 1 the hay harvest in mid wales is in full swing and tile the serious shortage of labor has been obviated by the arrangements range ments for re releasing leaRing soldiers for the work A committee of 0 the new york state constitutional convention fa v rs an amendment to the organic act prohibiting the manufacture of goods in new york city tenements the first factory tor for the manufacture of british violins has been installed at hampstead where arrangements are arc being made to employ disabled soldiers and sailors Is more than children of 0 school age in porto rico have been left without school accommodation and about teachers have been dropped because school appropriations have been reduced the thirty third annual convention of the minnesota federation of labor held in winona declared for a state insurance administered by the state and indorsed endorsed indor sed a movement looking to the repeal of the garnishment law Is union printers printer in sydney new south wales australia are protes protesting tj a decision by justice heyde Is of the court of industrial arbitration which will make impossible any system intended to teach apprentices the complete printers trade railroad brotherhoods brothe wherever organized ire are beginning to realize that all the orders must work together in their struggle with the railroads in efforts to gain shorter hours higher wages and better working conditions in the east end of london there is a ai man of over 60 years of age who until recently was a pauper receiving outdoor relief he now has work in a factory and Is earning as much as 75 in one week tile the scottish trade union congress urged the parliamentary committee to consider the labor problems which would arise at the end of tile the war and advocated the adoption of the right to work and the eight hour day as the most practical method of meeting the situation which would arise 0 itherland itz in germany switzerland W erland and german austria the so called herber gen or herbergen hersbergen Her bergen zur helmat home shelters are organized into a general system of 0 homes or hotels tor for workingmen and especially for those who are traveling in search of work in all of the larger cities and towns Is th the e massachusetts courts hold lead poi poisoning aning to be within the state act providing for compensation tor for I 1 personal injuries rising out of and in the course of employ employment men w whilo 10 me michigan courts under the provisions of a state law similarly Is expressed hold that a case of lead poisoning not entitled to compensation kansis kansas statistics show that in the he ca lining canning and preserving industries in that state per cent of the em ulyces receive less than 10 per week 1548 per cent receive less leos than 6 per week end and of those who receive less than 10 per week 62 per cent are men and 38 per cent are women and children their working time averages but little less than ten hours a day Za the greatest labor oDay day celebration one day in the year set apart tor for the be held at the panama pacific international exposition on monday september 22 when the workers of the entire state of california will gather at the worlds fair to honor the one day in the year serap art tor for the men and women who toll toil with their hands |