Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-07-08
LABOR WORLD.
Notes and Gossip of the Week
From All Parts of the
Country.

The trades unions of East ST. Louis,
ILL.,, are raising funds for the purpose of
building labor temple.
The International Typographical Union
now includes in its membership all the
Mergenthaler machine-tenders.
The BARRIERS Union held another large
ly attended meeting Thursday evening
and initiated several new members.
Edwin c. Madden, recently appointed
to the position of Third Assistant Post
master-General, is a member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
The city of Lowell, Mass, has voted
the sum of 5000 toward the Labor Day
celebration, and all parts of the city gov
ernment will participate in the celebra-
ton.
The Baltimore Park Board, at the re-
quest of the trades unions of that city,
last week made an appropriation of
81, 800 for music in the parks during the
summer months.
The Board of Public Works at Grand
Rapids, Mich, has decided that hereafter
all brick work contracted for by the city
shall be done by union labor at an adj
vance charge to the city sufficient to give
reliable work.
Owing to the scarcity of all kinds of
labor in the Western Pennsylvania dis
trict the Carnegie Steel Company was
recently compelled to secure over 100
machinists in Philadelphia to work on
the additions and improvements under
way at the Homestead Steel Works.
The Journeymen Stone Cutters Asso-
citation of New York City is over ~ years
old. AT its meeting place at Brevoort
Hall is banner which was carried in
parades in 1882. 1t was the first trades
union in this country to make fight for
the eight-hour work day in 1869, which
it won after a strike of over four months,
and has maintained it ever since.
A meeting of the Labor Day Committee
was held Thursday night to complete
some arrangements for Central Labor
OhlOh CANhlolOu W IGIH NJTONG. n
great many tickets have been sold and
every indication is that it will be one of
the most successful affairs of the kind
ever given by this body. There will be
music, dancing, games and other amuse-
ments.
For crest Sir Thomas Upton, whose
Shamrock will contest the Americas
Cup, has adopted two "hotny hands of
labor" one grasping tea plant flower
and the other a coffee blossom. The
shield bears a shamrock, in memory of
his native land and a thistle, in COM
memoration of the fact that he started in
trade in Scotland. His motto is: Labor
Conquers All Things"
That Labor recognizes its friends is
evidenced by the passage of the following
resolutions at the meeting of Louisville
Typographical Union last Sunday, recon-
mending to all union men the goods of
the Weissinger Tobacco Works. Mr..
Weissinger has steadfastly refused to Join
the trust and employs only union labor,
and therefore deserves the patronage of
all laboring men and union men. The
resolutions are as follows:
Whereas, Mr.. Harry Weissinger is
running an antitrust and strictly union
tobacco works; and whereas, such a
course should receive the commentator
of every true union man; therefore, be it
Resolved, That Typographical Union
No. 10 heartily indorses the action of Mr..
Weissinger and recommends that all its
members and union men everywhere
purchase such articles of Mr.. Weissin-
gers manufacture as they may require.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu-
tons be furnished Mr.. Weissjnger and
also be published in all papers favorable
to the Cause of trade unionism."