The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-20
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Grafton OF Labor TO call out all union men
employed In the big shipyard.
The Rhode Island mule splnners have
postponed their proposed strke for four
months The j. q T. Coates Thread com
pany Of Pawtucket granted its 1I5 spin
Hers the 10 per cent raise, but other help
do not benent Other yarn mills refused
the increase ut present
The State board of mediation and arbi-
tration at St Joseph, Mo, after hearing
evidence for two days on the big carpen-
tiers strike decided that the men should
receive 80 cents an hour. They demanded
37l2 cents Both sides are well satisfied
with the result.
All lines are laid for gigantic tie-up of
the building boom In Cincinnati IL an agree
mcut Is not arrived at by May !. Over 49,
COO building lahorcrs are to demand shorter
hours and more pay Architectural and
electrical workers have already issued their
ultimatum.
On or before May ! the representatives.
Of the Housesmths and Brdgesmths'
union will demand an advance Of wages
from their present scale TO that Of 40 cents
an hour Unless their demands are
granted, II Is said, they are determined to
stop work throughout the entire country.
Another strike is threatened at the Ham
mond Packing company Chicago which
only last week had strike Of meat cutters
10 deal with. This time the trouble grows
out OF the employment Of nonunion car
pCnterS in the work Of building the com
pany's SLoCoOOO plant at the Chicago stock
yards.
I.oaders on lumber boats on the Great
Lakes are to ask for 80 cents an hour. The
present rate is 50 cents an hour, and the
rate has ruled ut the head OF the lakes with
The exception Of two seasons ago when Il
was 10 cents an hour. Last year the rate
went down to 30 cents an hour, without the
union giving any trouble,
The persistence with which the striking
tug hromen at Duluth, MINI, are holding
out for an increase in their wages TO $50
per month Is giving much concern 20 marine
interest nf ha a n
ret that unless IL shall he settled soon,
other organizations particularly the lumber
showers. will strike in sympathy.
Seven hundred girls employed In the
Brooklyn factories OF tho American Can
company have Joined the men strikers. Sec
retary Fitzpatrick of the union states that
Ine urn Involved mas III factories through
out the country. II the demand for the
abolition Of the time slips was not granted,
ne SAID; the strike would be extended to
Ice dclivcrers Of Chicago ere restless and
| threatening strike over grievances enter
tanned against their employers 1t Is II spe-
cal complaint that they have been denied
n conference by the managers of the com.
panies to open negotiations for "A con ference
HL Whlch working agreement for the Ice
cusSed.
The government Of Germany appears as
the purchaser of patent rights. covering all
Europe, except Great Britain and France,
OF an automatic switchboard manufactured
a iplnnlpnp
system OF 10000 instruments. Many opera-
tors viii be forced to seek other employ
ulcht' as one person can keep an entire sys-
TEN In order
The planning mill men Of plttsburx have
Withdrawn their demands for tho estnb-
lishment Of an eight hour day The men
hnu asked for an advance Of wages from
~ 10 500 and a cut in hours from to $.
Inc Lumber Dealers association granted
an advance in wages Of % cents per day,
Wnlch PUT the planning mill men on the
same basis with the outside carpenters
me National executive board of the
United Mine Workers Of America indorsed
inc strike now In progress In the Michigan
nela ana Instructed the National officers
10 t5ke me necessary steps TO bring about
ahother conference between the miners and
operators. The strike has been on since
aprll 1 and affects about 5000 men I'm the
ssSginaw 81. Charles and West Bay dis
The bill introduced into the last legls.
lature OF Alabama TO regulate the labor
OF children only reached the stage OF publlr
hearlngs- which were largely attended. But
ne agitation In favor OF such legislation
Is gaining organized strength, and IL Is
inevitable that factory legislation for the
pIotecton or children should ultimately be
adopted in the South as n has hcen Iaise
where in the manufacturing world
The report OF the commissioner OF labor
on strikes shows that In twenty wears
mere have been a44 In Michigan. OF
when 2I3 were ordered by organizations
g others We're not. There were l1TI
establishments Affected nv these strikes,
~ 40 concerns the strikers succeeded. m
l4l they succeeded partly. and IN 5ss
TAILED. The report estimates the total loss
10 employers at S1,626OOO and 10 ON.
ployes at S3T2S. $40
Max Morris of Denver has advocated
2 bounty on marriages, 70 be paid first by
lanor unions and later by the state o,
hallon lie y campaigning for the retail
Clerks IN chicago. His proposition has
b1ern received With great enthusiasm Hc
uelnands; also, an equal wage for men and
yemen IN al stores He said: cit ha,
nesn shown that where equal wages srs
sAia aea Aaa nozsa the RSabsE q mar