Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-25
WORLD OF INDUSTRY.

GEO.
Hcngkong (China) professional rat
catchers have formed a union and have
! struck for higher pay
Wages of the employees on the Wei
land Canal nave been increased by the
Canadian Government
Switzerland has 5000 different fac
tories and the whole country Is bee
hive of house industry.
Paris (France) walters have revolted
against the tip system and have made
a union demand for regular wages.
1t is estimated that 90 per cent. of the
employees of the cigar trust are females
and the great majority are minors.
The average, wage for months past OF
many Lopdon dock yard employees has
not exceeded 4 or shilIings week.
Within the past FIVE years the labor
organizations of New York State have
increased N membership rs per cent.
Negotiations for an increase of 10 per
cent for all hog butchers at the Chicago
stock yards are progressing favorably.
Agitation for better pay for common
school teachers still goes on in Iowa.
but as yet the pay is no better than il
was.
The Central Labor Union of Canton,
o., has inausurated fight against con-
vict goods. The merchants are with
them.
Shipping clerks in Chicago depart
ment stores have been granted the ad-
vance demanded, minimum scale of
I'll a week.
BY 50 votes to ) the Northumberland
England) miners delegates have re-
fused to adopt a scheme to reduce the
coal output.
In the past five years the Amalgama-
ted Street hallway Employees Associa-
ton has grown from 5000 to 10000 in
membership.
Stone cutters employed in the quar-
ries at Winnsboro, S. c., have asked for
AN advance of % cents day. They
now receive So.
A child labor law is in force in Iowa
which fOrbids the employment of a
child under II years of age in any man. |
ufacturing plant.
Brickiayors are being offered from 70 |
20 s. cents an hour in New York City. |
The Order of Railroad Telegraphers |
initiated 1900 new members during the |
last five months.
japanese nave been employed as |
section hands by the Burlington road |
on its lines in Nebraska owing to a |
scarcity of white labor. They will be |
paid 1926 day.
Members Of the Omaha (Neb) fire |
department, who formed a labor union 1
Il few weeks ago, have been regularly /
recognized by the Central Labor Union |
and delegates elected.
According 10 statistics published by L
the New Jersey Bureau of Labor. union
carpenters in that state average $253
day for 80 hours a week and nom II
union painters 1913 a day and IS hours.
The Massachusetts State branch of II
the journeyman bakers and confec- II
TONERS Of America has voted TO ask for
a 10-hour day and a uniform scale of II
wages, both to go into effect on May /,
1908
III leading retail stores of Detroit. 4
Mich. have signed an agreement with
the Retail Clerks Association to close
their stores ut o'clock every night
including Saturdays, from January /,
1868
The Amalgamated Association of
Street Railway Employees purpose to
make an effort to secure the passage II
Of a hill al the coming session of the
New York Legislature providing for
vestibules on street cars. II
The Rock Island Company has voun-
tarily granted an increase in wages to
all helpers in the recently purchased
Choctaw shops at Shawnee, o. T. The
increase is from Is to so cents on the
day and affects 800 men.
According to an official report there
were. between January l, 1901. and
March 21,. 1902. 1874 strikes in Italy.
involving $4,000 men. Two-thirds of
these strikes. organized by Socialists,
resulted favorably to the men.
Colorcd BARRIERS of indianapolis.
will form union. The white
BARRIERS have been endeavoring to get
the colored men unionZed without
success. SO it was decided to form a
separate union for colored men.
Metal Polishers. Buffers, Platers'.
Brass holders and Brass Workers
International Union of America will
Connecticut the movement will take
on the character of State movement.
On the first Of next January the UNI
ion plumbers and gasfitters in Queens
county. New York, will demand wage
scale of "a a day and a Saturday half
holiday. Eight hours are to constitute
a days work and "A hours weeks
work.
The New Orleans UaD Central |
Trades and Labor Council will shortly |
organize the union men of the city into
a political body, to be known as the
Civic League. The league will hold its
own convention and nominate its own |
Delegates from the Denver (Col) |
labor unions will be represented at the |
coming charter convention in that city |
and will declare fro several matters Of |
benefit to the labOring people, includ- |
ing an eight-hour law and mo con-
tract" systems.
Failure on the part of the recent con- |
yention of the American Federal ton of |
L2bor at Now Orleans to heal the |
breach with the American Labor Union |