The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-11-21
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Harry White, Secretary of the United
Garment Workers. has brought suit
Tor $4,000 against two members of
the union at Rochester, N. Y, for
charging him with having sold out a
strike at Rochester.
Philadelphia United Labor League,
one Of the largest central labor bodies
In the country, has decided to set apart
one hour at each meeting for a discus
sion of the principles of all political
parties. and prominent speakers have
been invited to make addresses.
In the case of the International
Broommakers' Union against Charles
A. Spade for the illegal use of the label
OF that organization, the defendant was
allowed to plead guilty, and the court
assessed a fine Of 500 and costs of the
case against him. The trial occurred
before the Court Of Criminal Correction
at St Louis, Mo.
A new machine to load and unload
grain, coal. iron ore. etc, from vessels
is being tried In New York harbor. 1t
will necessitate the throwing Of pres
ent machines In the scrap heap. The
new revolutIonizer does tenfold more
work than the old appliances, and only
about the same number of men are re-
CURED to work II.
The Garment Workers label is now
being used by 125 firms employing. 1t is
estimated, about 1900 persons. During
last year about 14la million labels
were used, as against 71a millions for
the year previous. The union has found
1t necessary, In order to prevent the
transfer Of labels from everalls and
shirts to clothing, to designate the la
bells with the words ''overalls,"
Shirts" or clothing" in the margin
on the right.
A clothing manufacturer expressed
the fear that the policy of the Garment
Workers Union would drive the bust
ness out of New York. Well, what of
1t? says the Garment Workers Jour
nal. The U. G. w. of A. is not confined
to New York City, and there are better
and cleaner places than the East Side
tenements in which to make clothing.
1t is the same stereotyped argument
about removing somewhere else IL liv-
ing wages are insisted upon. The ma
tional unions mission is to get after
that somewhere else"
By this time people have come to hold
great deal of respect for Horace Gree
ley. He was the first president of the
New York Typographical Union, and
the following Is from an address he
made when proprietor of the States
leading paper: Il stand here, friends,
to urge that a new leaf may be turned
over-that the laboring class. instead OF
idly and blindly waiting for better cir
eumstances and better times, should
begin at once to consider and discuss
the means of controlling circumstances
and commanding time, by study, calcu-
lation and foresight"
Local No. 316 of the Cigarmakers'
Union at McSherrytown. Pa, in two
months lost more than a dozen Of Its
female members, brought about by the
men marrying them. 1t seems that
their utilization with the union and at
tending the meetings were the means
of bringing them In contact with desir-
able husbands. In speaking Of the
matter, President Perkins, while re-
GREETING the loss of membership from a
financial standpoint only. says that the
girls that join the union to better their
condition are most likely to make bet
ter wives. and men recognize this fact
and are anxious to procure such girls
as life partners.