The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-17
Industrial Votes.

gained seventy-five years ago II bas
d membership IN America of n $50
officials of the New York C,a-,,a,4
WORKERS union allege that girls under ia-
pa age are employed in the charitable
INSTITUTIONS of New York making gar
ments for the outside market Win
1850 UNI ar competition with work done
Out I7 py Wage-es rEers. The trades
union organizations Will ask the rnay-oT
ana board of aldermen TO Withdraw the
Per capita stipend given to these insti-
tlt ohs from the city taxes until the al
irSti abuses are ended.
The United Traction and Electric cono-
pany, of Providence r. L. has recently
lIaugurated pension plan for It's en-
ployes that gives far greater advantages
thStn the one inauguIated by the Metro
politan Traction company Of New YORK.
The Metropolitan system makes no Dro-
visions for pensions for ernpln3-as tybGse
service has bean less than rwa1tv-fi,.a
years, while the Providence system gives
pension OF p per cent for rvrert,-
ye9IS service, ana per cent per
year tor a service Of less than twenty
years.
Mandamus proceedings are To be in
sututed against Gov. Yates. Of Illinois.
and the trustees and wardens of state
pGnitentiaries at Joliet and Chester and
OF the refOrmatory al Pontiac to pre-
vent the further contracting of convict
labor and to induce the governor and
subordinate officials 10 obey the state
organic law in regard to convict labor.
! Ihese proceedings will be brought by
the State Manufacturers Association az
Illinois and representatives Of the Illi-
nois Federation of Labor.
During the past month new Carpen-
tiers, and Joiners unions have been OF
ganized in Marblehead Mass. Philadel-
pfla, Pa; CniontCwn, Pa. Sherman
! Heights, Tenn: Boise City Idaho.
Princeton. n. J.; Arlington Mass; Wei
! land. Ont; Reno. Nevada: Grand Sd
| line. Tex; Benton, Ill; Springfield, MO.
l. Williamstown. Mass; Schenectady, y.
| Il n E. rr1lf
Atlanta. Ga; Windsor Ont. Cam
Anna. H.; Ashtabula. Ohio, Vtcksburg.
Miss: MonassOn, Pa: Arctic R L.: Blue
held, W. Va. and Rochester, Mimi.
The first suit to be brought in the
United States courts against labor
union with the purpose Of holding it re-
! sponsible for damages has been fled i'm
the Cincinnati district court. The plain
till was expelled from the MeatcuJters
union and was discharged from his posi-
| tion by his employer, who had been no.
! titled that if he was retained the other
| union Workmen would quit. He claims
| that his being blackhsted prevents him
from geLun8 work at other places. He
/ aftrmS that tbs union is virtually "a cor
| poration and places his claim for dam
| ages at $4,000
| The positive stand taken by Fan River
| manufacturers on the wage question wa4
not anticipated generally. The commit
! Hlly generally expected manufd 1tuTers
| 70 put the advance into effect March l7
instead Of April Z. but the execute
| committee of the association was nYL
| able to get an agreement oh i'd amo.g
| the Slgners Of the wage scale Ii now
| appears that a few manufacturers ha,
| determined to try 10 run their mills
| whatever happens. They say they hay,.
| received assurances from their operatives
| that if the weavers' complaints i'm their
! own mills are settled when the new
| wage goes into effect a per cent ad-
vance will be acceptable under present
conditions
! Great railroad gains have been made
IN the United States during the Uast
year. The most recent compiIation
SHOWS that on 80 roads the gross earn
lhgs aggregated 81 .522. 809. 165 am in
crease Of Sl3S 973,G2l or 1906 per cont
operating expenses were S93 gi6 $50 I'M
Increase of $74.17a,e9I, or SOC per cart
Net earnings were $52S g6Z. fS5. an increaSl.
OF 800, 500 $50, or 1896 per cent. Fhe re-
! s9Its cover an aggregate of 1855. 49, miles
OF ROAD. The whole system Of the T-nifaJ
states state may be said to embrace roughly
I2,C1O miles. If returns We're an i'm r0y-
GIIus All the roads i'm the cpuptr, faa
1IIln li'I3 in the gross for the wear
the net $1,000 00C 0i'u ~