Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-10

i'm THE WORLD OF LHBOR.
hereafter be cast into the product MADE
by union moulders.

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hereafter be cast into the product made
by union moulders.
The Chicago carpenters are thor
oHghly organized, and now have seven
teen local unions Of the brotherhood
and five branches of the Amalgamated
Society of Carpenters and Joiners.
Thomas Neal, secretary-trea OF
the Carpenters Council. says that
there are 800 carpenters in the chi
caSo organization.
The trade union label is the cpitome
Of trade union philosophy. To under
stand the role 1t plays we must looN TO
the meaning of the whole labor move
ment. Laborcrs have organized for pro-
lection and education. They consider
the Interests of the laboring classes as
Identical. as opposed to those OF the
employing class: they believe that anne
Iteration can come only by orEnniza-
ton and action. This faith is intense
and constant. Naturally, then, they
antagoni2e unorSaniZed labor and those
employers who are unfriendly. They
appeal to the public for sympathy and
assistance. AS Il means to strength
en- them In this threcfold attitude the
union label was inventcd.-Father Ker
by.
General President Martin Fox, Iron
Mouiders Union, reports that since the
previous general meeting of the union,
in 1895, out OF Il total OF 392 grievances,
306 were settled without Il strike. OF
the ST strikes sanctioned by the gen.
cral Office, the union was successful in
~. lost - and settled TWO by compro-
mise. OF these ~ were for advance in
wages, 40 OF which were successful,
while nine were lost. Twcnty-nine
were against II reduction of wages; is
were successful and IL were lost. The
disbursement for strike purposes dur
ing the four years amounted TO $751;
IOS.i9, or an average monthly eXpendi-
ture Of S3,6Go.59.
Five thousand men were benefited by
the recent reduction in working hours
from ten TO nine a day in the Mil
waukec brewerics. There was no cor
responding reduction in wages.
Thirteen labor representatives were
elected to Parliament at the recent
English elections. When it is remem-
bered that in England none but O.
householder has Il vote, and that mem
berS OF Parliament serve without COM
pensatlon, it will be readily understood
that the English trades unionists are
fully alive to the Importance of having
hand in the framing OF laws affecting
their own interests.
The 1000 cigarmakers who have been
out on strike at Tampa. Fla, have re-
turned 10 work, their demands having
been conceded by the manufacturers
Several hundred of them left for Cuba
at the beginning of the trouble.
The recent convention OF the Anal
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Workers authorized the publication oil
| n weekly paper by the association, sub.
| ject to the approval of the members OF
the various local lodges. They have
voted almost unanimously in favor OF
the project.
The gross daily value OF manufac-
tured goods in the Pittsburg district
alone, 1t is claimed, at present exceed
sG.0O00Oo; Two hundred and seventy
thousand men are employed within n
radius OF ten miles of the city hall,
principally in the iron, Steel glass and
coal industries.
Mining prices have been advanced s
per cent. in the Fairmount field of West
Virginia. Day laborers also secei, al
, proportionate advance.
| 1t is reported that the officials of the
| Pennsylvania Railroad Company have
| decided to pension the men that grow
| old in their service and that $500, 900
Will be set aside yearly for that pur.
pose.
| At meeting of the glass manufac-
| turers and the Executive Committee of
the Bottle Blowers Association. at At
iantic City, recently. the wage scale
| was agreed upon, an Increase of about
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| President Spencer, OF the Southern
Railway, has decided TO restore the 10
per cent. cut OF employees. which has re-
| manned In force since 1896, when the
dull season prevailed. Announcement
| TO that effect will be made about Sep
| TENDER 10th, 1t is stated
The Cigarmakers' International
Union were the orginators and princi-
! PAL promoters of the union label idea.
| Norfolk Lodge No. H. International
| Association OF Machnists. will meet
next Thursday evening at o'clock in
| Bricklayers' Hall.
Portsmouth Lodge No. al. Interna-
| tionel Association of Machinlsis, will
meet next Friday evening in Elks' Hall,
| Portsmouth. Va.
The Local Retail Clerks Association
VIII hold their regular monthly meet
ing tomorrow night:
Norfolk Local Union, No. GO. Brother,
mood OF Painters and Decorate's, will
hold their regular monthly meeting next
| Wednesday evening.
like occasion. The First Virginia Reg!.
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