Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-05-22
AMONG THE LABORERS.
Events TranspirinE in the Domain
of Labor.

The highest court in Scotland has decid-
ed that 1t is illegal for unions to blacklist
scabs. A numDer or printers were fined
$50 each for uIacknstlng those who
scabbed and the same fine can be en-
1orced against all the members Of the
union. By this decision trades unionism
of Scotland has received a blow from
winch 1t may not recover for many years.
sui the lUoiIsn ocolcn Workingmen will
not send men from their own ranks to
parliament to make laws. They must
nave lawyers, bankers and other smart
people to do it for them.
Ihere is bad feeling between union labor
and the Business Mems Anti-Department
Store League The latter organization.
which is begging for the workingmen s
support is accused of allowing it's mem-
bers to sell cheap scab goods, to patronize
non-unlon printing offices, and in other
ways making itself obnoxious to organ
lied labor.
Ohcial.-British trade dispute settled
IN March resulted in 50 being successful
1or the workers. So unsuccessful, and Is
compromised. Nearly 10000 workers Sc
cured increases averaging l6 cents a week.
being mostly miners, and 250O sustained
decreases. A slight decrease in pauperism
and emigration is noted.
1t turns out that the meeting which was
recently held in Chicago to protest against
the antl-pooling decision of the supreme
court, and which wound up by declaring
LOT government ownership of the monopo-
hes, was captured by Director William
Burns and the A. r. u BOYS. whose logic
and reasoning could not be met bv the on
position.
Granite cutters have just adopted a
new constitution and transacted other
business that usually falls to a conyen-
tlon through the initiative and referen-
aum system at cost of only nine hum
dred dollars. 1t costs many of the ma
tlonalists twenty to thirty times that sum
TO mold conventions.
John Kane, Of the United Mine Work
efs, says there are $50, 900 miners in this
country, or about 10000 more than
there are jobs for. The condition of the
miners today is a glaring example of the
working or the present cut-throat COM
petltlVe system which their votes uphold
The railway employees of the east are
being hit pretty hard. On quite a num-
Der OF roads five and 10 per cent reduc-
ions nave been made, and there is no
sign of strike. The men know better
guns stand in the way
joint conference of the government
and mine owners of the TransvaaI. at
Johannesburg, decided upon a 80 per
cent cut OF wages of miners. If the men
strike probably monkeys may be i'm
ported to take their places.
Plttsbur3 street railway monopoly has
established court of it's own in which
employees are supposed to secure justice
he latter say it is not a success
Glassworkers have been refused the
restoration of their old scale but the
window glass trust has advanced prices
. per cent just the same
1t is probable that union labor will
receive the preference in the construc-
ton OF new waterWorks plant at Gin
cinnati. !
The building trades strike in Chicago
seems to be spreading, and several seri-
Gus disturbances have occurred
1t is reported that the Bricklayers'
union of Los Angeles, Cal, has joined
the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance.
The bakers in national convention as
sembled, declared for eight hour day.
brotherhood of Cooperative Common
wealth gained three more unions
Carpenters isued 16 new charters dur
ing the past two months
memphis carpenters have about won
eight hours at 80 cents per hour.
Brewers of Detroit have been conceded
the nine-hour day