Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-21

Suits to that effect are now pending,
and will be pushed with vim and Wig
or.
The Electrical Workers of Daven.
port have returned to work, scale of
$275 having been obtained. None of
the non-union men employed during
the conflict are retained by the man.
agement. The recognition of the
union, however, was not secured.
The machinists of Ottumwa secured
horizontal increase of ten per cent
July u.
Fifteen bridge builders went on a
strike at Waterloo recently. Cause
unknown.
Corydon Local Federal No. 9,937 Sc
cured ten per cent increase for
twelve brickmakers, who afterwards
declined to join the union.
Local unica No. 1915, composed of
stone quarrymen. at Stone City, is
having trouble with the employers at
that place. The union is a new one,
and the companies precipitated the
contest by discharging the men who
were instrumental in the organization
work, after which strike was de.
clared for their reinstatement. Both
the Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
which body was first appealed to for
assistance, and the Iowa State Fedora
ton of Labor have had representatives
on the ground, without effecting set
Element. The main crime the men
have committed is to have joined a la
Dor union, and even though they offer
ed to sacrifice all other points of con-
tention, the companies are still stub
born and the strike is continued.
In General.
The total number of unions voting
on the advisability of placing an or
ganizer in the field was eighty-four,
siXty-two voting for and twenty-five
/, against. The local unions are re-
i spending quite literally with the ten
cents assessment, which was voted at
the same time.
| ]. P. Mention of Boone has been Sc
lected by the executive board for the
position of organizer. 1t is thought
he will commence operations about
September 1. Numerous requests for
his services have been filed with the
Federation.
During the week commencing Au-
gust 8 the president visited Corydon,
Centerville and Ottumwa and made
six addresses on trades union topics
before as many locals and central or
CARNATIONS.
The unions of Davenport are form
ing central body.
Union label shirts made by union
female wage 1torkers is one of the
possibilities. It is understood that
the firm of Hardsocg Mfg. Co, of OF
ners' working clothes exclusively, con
a fair market can be secured for such
goods. Encourage home industry
Grafters seem to have invaded Iowa
In both Boone and Des Moines the
merchants have been victimized by
causing to be inserted and paying fol
advertisements in fake publications
published without the authority OF
local union. Both the unions and mer
chants are the sufferers in such In
stances, and it is to the interest OF
both to be on the alert against such
practices. The trades unions in al
instances provide their representa-
tives with proper credentials. In case
of doubt, advertise in the labor papers
The carpenters union of Sioux City
has initiated 105 members during the
past two months.
AS a result Of an effort being made
to organize the delivery drivers Of
Boone, the merchants have formulated
scheme whereby they will deliver
goods on the cooperative plan, claim
ing it to be more economical to divide
the city into districts, the drivers tt
deliver for all IN the districts mapped
out for them.
The Iowa miners are responding
cheerfully and literally to the supper
of the striking anthracite miners o
; Pennsylvania 1t is estimated that tn
: Iowa miners alone are contributing II
excess of $4,000 per week. But lie
the good work not be confined to tn
miners alone Iowa trades unionist
can do great honor to themselves b.
donating literally and promptly. TIL
struggle should be made national is
sue. These men, now out for seventeen
consecutive weeks, and whose yearl
earnings did not average $3.50, hav
had the audacity to ask for ten pc
cent increase in order to enable then
to purchase necessities Of life, which i
many instances have increased so pc
3 cent. Their request has been refuse
and their offer to arbitrate has bee
5 spurned. They are determined to wi
3 and to do so they must have funds.
8 To secure promptness and accurac
in the publication of matters pertain
c ing to the welfare of the trades unto
movement in Iowa tits necessary the
c | secretaries of local unions fill out an
forward to Secretary Treasurer j. f
5 Strict of Sioux City, the blanks full
nished for that purpose. The return
c SO far have not been all that could
c expected, nor has the venture been
complete failure. Favorable comment