The Irish standard., 1899-05-27

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General Secretary Henry White was be-
fore the national industrial commission In
Warrington on Saturday. Mr.. White said
to the reporter Of his trip. in part:
i told the commission that New York's
were the best factory laws in the United
States. told them further. that the best
class Of custom-made clothing is made un-
der the worst sweating conditions. A suit
OF clothes to cost the wearer SIS will be
sent to one Of these sweating shops from
the handsome store in Fifth avenue and q
man, wife and child will work on 1t for q
will get $12 for 1t.
THE best stores In. Fifth avenue send
their goods to these sweating shops. Many
OF them have small shops in the rear Of
their stores, where they say their work 10
done, but really very small part Of 1t ID
done there. Some Of these tailors did their
work In their own shops, but gradually the
cheaper prices attracted them to sweat
shops .'!p,
The finest made custom clothing in New
York 70 more apt to be made in the sweat
shops than the cheaper grades"
The strike Of the 500 machinist. en-
p!oyed IN the Holly Pump company's works
Ct Lockport. N. Y, has been settled hap
PLY By the discharge Of the obnoxious
foreman. The men were out three weeks.
The picture most striking among those
depicting industrial events was the one
portraytng Bishop Quigley. Of the Buffalo
oloeese' entering scene Of bitter wage
bitratton, whose principles are being more
and more applied to the better settiement
Of industrial difficulties.
We all remember the part which Car
dinal Manning took In the London Dock-
ers' strike. . battle not very dissimiiar to
tnat now at Bunalo among the coal show
elers and longshoremen.
Bishop Potter has done much to intro.
duce and teach the methods of mediation
ana Cancellation in labor disputes. Who're
are more bishops and priests and pastors
VINO nave done good work in this field Of
christian endeavor, and the development
may be welcomed as q growth Of good In
fuences in life.
The bishop Of Hereford has been for
some time advocating through the London
papers the creation of a court Of arbitra-
tlon between employers and employees
whose decision shall be mandatory.
During the past year the Cigarmakers'
International union has paid out for sick,
$780,, 200. --- -
The convention of the miners Of the
central Pennsylvania fields, held last week
at Ciearheld, decided to call strike at all
mines In that district which did not agree
TO pay the advance demanded by June 1.
In the first week Of the present month
over 1000 new members were added to the
Tobacco Workers National union, One
union tobacco firm in Brooklyn used 2,OOO,-
ooo blue labels in the month of April.
The semi-annual report of the auditor of
inc National stonecutters' association,
whose headquarters are at Washington, d.
u, shows the organization has a snug sum
in its treasury. '-|
The labor unions of Kansas City have
determined upon labor temple in which
the labor organizations can meet for edu-
cation and recreation. It is intended to
lay out at least $4,000 on the building.
The International Association of Flint
Glass Workers will meet at Lafayette, Ind,
July 10.
Textile workers of Taftville, Conn.,, have
issued an appeal for financial assistance.
restoration of the wages prevailing prior
to Jan. 1, 1898.
TO the average business or professional
man the union label may not possess much
significance. But it means a great deal
to the working man. And 1t means, too,
a great deal to the employer. Practically
1t Is, in great degree, protection to
MIN against strikes and labor troubles in
MS own line OF industry. Writing in the
American Federationist, John N. Bogert,
organizer Of the federation for the state Of
New York, has the following condensation
Of the benefits of the union label:
ITO sum up, the entire community
should unite in promoting the union label:
Because 1t supersedes the strike, the
lockout and the destructive boycott; it is
the outward manifestation of harmony be.
tween employer and workman, binding
both parties to maintain their friendly re-
lations and the continued approval and
patronage of discriminating public.
Because it condemns child labor and
humanizes factory life.
Because it minimizes convict competi-
tion with free and honest labor
Because it wipes out the tenement and
sweat shop systems of production.
Because it has ferreted out, exposed
and cleansed the unwholesome cellar
bakery.
,. Because it shostens the work day and
gives the toiler time to read and think
and cultivate the social sides of life.
Because 1t guarantees living wage
and rational conditions of employment.
Because it will some day free the white
slaves in our northern mills-such as
those who toll day and night and Sundays,
too, in the Glens Falls Paper Works, two
phalanxes working every hour in the
twenty-four, one force putting in eleven
hours by day, the other thirteen hours at
night, with no time of for meals, snatch
ing their lunch between times while tend
Ing the machine-all for shilling an hour
and without extra pay for nights or Sun
days.
because 1t stands for quality and hon.
est workmanship.
Because it is not weapon for indus
trial war, but an olive branch held out to
bind the brotherhood Of man."
Reports from New York state that a
socialist alliance of cigarmakers is about
to issue union label to compete with the
long established and recognized blue label
Of Cigarmakers' International Union.
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A two weeks revival by the Central La
in the formation of eight new unions.
The Architectural Ironworkers in Chi
cago are still on strike, and, while some
Of the firms are willing to concede their
demands, others are not. There is strong
inclination on the part Of a number Of the
members of this organization to afiiliAte
i yvifh tho atrNct,,ra1 iron xuorlr r,nrlp