Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-03-30

have organized at Amsterdam, N. Y.
and painters there Will work nine
hours after March L. they will also
.ola state convention there nexs
month. Sheet metal workers have Or
ganized at Auburn, N. Y, federal
labor union is in course of formation,
and typographers have organized. At
Catskil, N. Y. knitting mill employees
got 10 per cent wage increase. Textile
workers have organized at Lockport,
N. Y. In Troy, N. Y, mason-tenders,
bartenders, and laundry workers have
organized. Carpenters have organized
at a Watertown, N. Y, as have beer
wagon drivers; engine makers got l0
per cent increase; stores close four
evenings every week. AT Alexander
Bay, N. Y, carpenters have organized.
Varnishers and finishers have union
at Guelph, n. Y. At Ottawa, Ont,
electrical workers formed union. one
tin plate mill in Avonmore, Pa, has
granted the eight-hour day. At Scran-
ton, Pa. electl !. al workers, stage en-
ployes, carriage and wagon makers,
street car employees, car builders, press
men and press feeders, clerks, black
smiths and railway switchmen have
organized: carpenters union has
been formed at Pittston, a typo
graphical and federal labor union at
Carbonate, while miners have Or
ganized into the u. NJ w. of A. all
over the anthracite region. Garment
workers and carpenters have organ
lied at Birmingham, Ala, and at
Montgomery, Ala, horseshoers nave a
union. In Tampa, Fla, woodworkers
and two other crafts have formed
unions. In Augusta, Ca, as result
of organization, wages have advanced,
textile workers getting 10 per cent
and carpenters and bricklayers 20,
while bill has been introduced IN the
legislature prohibiting children IL
years and under from working in cot
ton factories. At Columbus, Ca, two
new textile unions exist. At central
City, KY, a union has been put on It's
feet, while in Louisville press feeders
have received wage increases, ana
BARRIERS higher wages, shorter hours,
and other concessions. In Langly, y.
c.. cotton mills have raised wages
from ~ to 10 per cent; two textiie
unions have been organized at Gran
itesville. At South Pittsburg, Tenn,
iron holders helpers and apprentices
have organized. At Alton, ILL.,, paint
ers are in line. At Canton, ILL.,, brick
LAYERS get nine hours at $3.50, carpen-
tiers nine hours at S2.25, and none but
union men are employed in the Town.
A central body has been organized FOR
Scranton and Mt. Olive, ILL.,, and IN
Edwardsville there are unions OF
butchers, BARRIERS, cigar-makers, brlck-
layers and plasterers, while in East ST.
Louis teamsters are organized, ana
the building trades will on April l
demand increased wages ranging from
10 to % per cent. At Moline, Ill.,
punch and shear men organized, ana
at Murphysboro printers and team
STEERS. At Quincy, H., there are new
unions of freight house employees and
blacksmiths. At South Bend, lnd.,
carriage-makers, painters and strlpers
are organized. In Cleveland, ONO,
cloakmakers are organized; machin-
lists will demand nine hours March l.
In Cincinnati, Ohio, le9ther workers
on horse goods have a union, anu
wood carvers will get nine hours. Al
Findlay, O.. oil we'll drillers get 81 Il
day. dressers SO and 1925. At New
ark, O., machinists of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad have won their
strike and got fifteen per cent raise. "A
like raise has been made by the ma
chine works at Portsmouth,O. AL
Wheeling. w. Va, bakers, upholster-
ers. carpet layers and furniture work
ers have organized, and stores close
at i D. m. weekdays and all day sun
DAYS. In Madison, Wis, horseshoers
have organized. At Racine, Wis, IL
new locals were Grated during the last
quarter. At Sheboygan, Wis, ma
chinists have come into the fold. In
Oskaloosa, Ia, all trades appear ready
to organize, if they have not already
done so. At Minneapolis, Mimi,
marble and tile layers and shoe work
ers have organized. Canmakers of
Omaha, Neb., have to man Joined the
union. Mineral miners at Oronogo,
Mo-, have organized three unions, and
at st. Joseph teamsters and iron
molders are organized. At Dallas,
Tex, a local fraternaf organization Of
horse collar makers has Joined the
Leatherworkers' brotherhood; paint
ers and decorators have been union
lied. At Galveston cooks and walters
reduced hours from ~ to 10 per day,
while clerks have closed stores at $3.50
D. m. At Anaconda, Mont, retail clerks
have organized, and at Bonner, same
state, organized labor expects to elect
a full ticket next fall, from state Of
ficers to county dog catcher" At VAL
lejo, CAL, clerks have organized. From
Revelstoke, B. c., is reported the for
nation of the Western Trackmen's
union, with headquarters at Winni-