The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-08-23
LABOR And UNIONS
REVIEW OF OCCURANCES IN THE
WORLD OF LABOR,
The struggle of the Working Class
Told In an Interesting Manner
and Condesed for Quick Perusal
by Busy and PrOgressive Readers
and Thinkers-Somethi i'm the
World of Industry of Interest.


World of Industry of Interest.
Trade unionism continues to expand.
Some Of the reports of national unions
to the A. F. of l.. show the following
gains: Boilermakers formed % new
unions in June; boot and shoemakers
increased their membership 100 during
the month; the special order clothing
workers took in 300 members in the
month; cOremakers formed four new
| unions; musicians gained nine, or 200
members, and now number $4,000;
painters secured 4,194 new members in
the month: firemen secured ten new
unions or 1,400 members. and now count
10000. Tailors issued II charters, and
fathers five, and increased 100 men,
bers. Nearly all national unions re-
porting also mention having: gained
higher wages, shorter hours and better
conditions. Organized labor is doing
things, and it's enemies can go on
| knocking" all they please.
We have the linotype and monotype
| and graphotype, and now comes the
electrotypograph. 1t is new typeset-
ting machine, and has been placed on
exhibition in New York city. From
a perforated paper ribbon, produced
| on an ordinary typewriter, the electro
| typograph automatically casts and sets
| single type. The ribbon is capable OF
| transmission by telegraph. 1t is said
! that the advantages of the new ma
chine are it's ability to correct indivld-
ual letters without recasting whole
! lines; capacity to produce the ribbon
on an ordinary typewriter; proofs be-
fore casting; setting and justifying of
| lines by touching a key. The ma
chine is similar to the monotype and
graphotype.
There was affiliated with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor on July LIST SO
| National and International, 26 State
and 4O4 City Central. Unions. During
June the A. F. of L. issued 8 charters
! to City Central Unions, 80 Federal
Labor, Sc Local Trades, State charter
and National charters, making for
June total of 100 charters issued.
| A dispatch from San Francisco dated
July "a, quotes Col. Geo. Macfarlane,
one of the large sugar trust magnates
as saying that sugar is being refined
| at less than 81 per ton. The raw sugar
is produced at less than one per cent a
pound, so you can see that somebody is
| being robbed, and it is not the trust,
| either.
| A discovery which, it is expected will
revolutionize the rubber industry of
| America, will be put into practical
! operation in Austin, Texas immedi-
ately. Cotton seed oil, combined with
Beaumont oil, is the basis of the rub
! Der substitute. A trust with capital
of $4,000, 900 has been formed.
| A new labor organization, the Indus
| trial Labor Union of America, has been
| organized at Virden, Illinois. The or
ganization is secret society, non-par-
tisan in politics, apd has for its object
the controlling Of legislation in favor of
the wage earners.
The miners of Missouri, Arkansas
and Indian Territory are going to
make a. stand next month for recog-
milton of the union. They claim that
the operators are deliberately victim
izing union men, and favoring nom
unionists.
A young inventor of Arkansas named
Grimes is reported to have perfected a
perpetual motion machine, which is on
exhibition in Kansas City. A company
is being formed to exploit the inven-
ton.
The merchants Association" COM
posed of manufacturers, financiers and
other business people of New York,
| cannot approve of the miners strike,
and has commanded the men to go
back to the mines.
Standard Oil company will build and
repair its own ships hereafter. 1t has
secured controlling interest in
Roach's shipyard, at Chester, Pa, and
has reorganized with a capital of ST.
$1,000.
| Seven separate trades in Portland
Ore, won demands in July for in
crease of wages and shorter hours
That's a straw indicating how the wind
blows out west.
Theatrical stage employees have
served notice on their unions to with
draw from the A. L. U. or lose their
charters and there may be doings in
that craft soon.
The Sawsmith's National union is the
name of a new organization formed at
recent gathering of the sawsmiths OF
the country in Indianapolis.
Commercial telegraphers are reported
to have organized in AZ cities. The A
F. of L. has refused them national
charter for the time being.
The city council of Vancouver, B. c..
has ordered the union label on all the
printing, and policemen and firemen's
clothes. =
Three important victories were won
by the textile workers of Philadelphia
They have been on strike for four
months.
1t is reported from Denver that the
American Labor Union increased its
membership by 1000 last month.
A man in the West Penn mining dis
trict of West Virginia has been in
junctioned against having a bras.
band.
The forty-five hour week is now al
most general for workers in the shops
and factories of New Zealand.
Bonanza farm in Texas, advertises:
"Single men only wanted" Married
men too expensive. /,
National union of retail clerks issued
40 charters last month. Almost a
record breaker.
Columbus German printers secured
an increase amounting to $50 week
A Pittsburg steel worker has dis
covered a. new process for producing
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