The Washington times., 1902-12-08
ECHOES FROM THE
INDUSTRIAL WORLD
Review Of the Weeks Work of Every Nation Where
Manufacturers and Artisans Hold Sway.

FRANCISCO CaIt faptr BOX Makers
Union has not yet taken place. as il
was thought wise to make one more
attempt to adjust the trouble by ar
bltration
Secretary Moody has made an I'm
pcrtant ruling by which employees in the
Government navy yards are allowed TO
present TO the board OF wages direct
any questions affecting the rate OF
wages.
According to statistics compiled by
the New Jersey Bureau Of Labor union
bricklayeTs I'm that State average $3.50
a day and 81 IL hours a week while
non-uniOn men receive an average OF
S2.17 day and work 57.4 hours.
a circular has been issued by the
Amalgamated Society OF Painters stat
ing that Il has planned a national as
sociatiOn Of aRalgamated painters dec
orators. and paperhangers of America
with headquarters in New York city.
The l.500 employees Of the Brunswick
Balke-COllender Company at Chicago.
are now thoroughly organized and have
been granted a general advance Of 10
per cent In wages dating from Novem-
Der II, union rec ignition and a :en-hour
dav.
Guelph COntario) Typographical Union
AAtta oNA "a lA olA lEl NLAllEnL VIII ali eAll-
plOyeTs for q period OF Two years. which
provides for an increase OF u per cent
in wages for the first year, and IS per
cent the second year. 50 hours to con
stitute a weeks work
After a long and hard fight by oppos-
ing factions in the convention OF the
National Founders Association, In ses-
sion at Detroit, Mich, II was decided
that the question Of the nine-hou day
Tor employees was not a national issue
and must be decided locally.
Labor unions OF Milwaukee favor a
more stringent child labor law, a com
pulsory education bill. an Increase Of
I factory inspectors, and convict labor
law similar to that In New York They
Will use every effort 20 have these laws
passed during the coming session OF the
State legislature
Miners wages in silver mines In the
United States range from $3.50 TO 50 Ia
gold per day OF eisr. hours. while in
Mexico miners wages are IS cents In sill
yer per day Of eleven hours. which at
the present rate OF exchange (&140 pre-
mium) makes the Mexican labor cost
2lH cents In gold per day.
More than one-tenth Of all the men
IN the French railway service get less
than 81 a month; a little more than
one-third receive from 81 to $22. and
more than half get less than SIS per
month. The men work from seven 10
twelve hours per day. and on the aver
age about twenty-eight and one-half
days per month.
Statesmen IN the employ Of indepen-
dent tobacco companies have formed a
union with headquarters at Chicago. III.
and chartered BY the A. F. Of L The
object Of the union is to perfect and
maintain mutual and concerted action
by the statesmen OF the independent fac
otries against the trust products.
The labor movement In Canada has
made phenomenal strides during the
! rast three or four years. Previous 10
I 1900 there we're few unions in the Do
minion. and II Is doubtful II the total
, membership would foot up IS 900 at that
time. Today Canada can boast .1'r
unions. ara the membership will aggra-
gate 100000
All employees OF the Chicago. III. eIe-
waited railroads 20 the number OF 2.E0C
will form a union. Union recognition
the right to organize higher wages. and
adjustment Of special privileges. ." con
stitute the platform upon which the men
are TO organize. They have applied 20
the Amalgamated Association OF Street
Railway Employees for a charter
saE Francisco Master Bakers' Asso-
Z AA.AaINlA tiHN HNhFa lNl = NnILI Fl NtLft WINH
the executive committee Of the labor
council. 20 consider the new wage sched-
fule OF the Bakery Drivers and Sales
mems Union. The drivers ask for a min
imum wage Of S16 a week for thOea
working ten hours or less a day and SIS
a week for those working twelve hours.
In the past twenty years %. .793 strikes
have occurred, excluding strikes that
lasted only a day. Or those 1926 were
~
loss 20 labOrers IN these strikes was
t257 Ss9 as; the employers loss was
S122. .721 Id. In number of strikes, New
York StCs~ leads with $3.50. more than
twice as many rs any other state
The plan originated by tho local on
GERS OF the Cincinnati. Ohio woodwork
ers' organization Of strenEthPninE their
ranks by annoZ'ng the unions that are
on raFcd IN allied branches Of their in
dustry IS being carried ont with sue
cess. The Picture Makers Union has an-
proved the arrangement. and they will
hencoforth be under the Jurisdiction of
the woodworkers
Probably the most remarkable sym
pathetic strike on record IS that Of the
cr1rloves IN The MONTGOMERY mines 0t
Washington Ind. who went out I'm svrl-
pathy for tho mules employed IN draw
ing cars. The men returned to work af-
I0T the operators Dtl entered INTO
written agreement. demanded by the ON
ploycs that the mules be properly fed
and wotered.
over n year ago seventy mOl1ers en-
plovcd AZ the Parsons Iron Foundry AZ
PridgepOrt. Conn. went on strike be-
cause the company would not grant a
piece work schedule on all kinds Of
work They are still out and the com
pany Is running its foundry with non
F1ntou men. The vicinity Of the foundry
ls stIll plcketed. and every week the
strikers have succeeded. thov say. IN IN
Iucing some Of the new employees 20
quit
The American plan OF paying good
wages and encouraging employees 20 In
rreasc the daily output. which was in
troduced by the manager Of the Amerl-
c7n Electrical Works az Manchester
FnrIand has been formally protested
against by the Employers Federation OF
that district Tho latter claim that the
labor ue~let rs being douoralized and
their works drained of their best men by
tho American officials. who pay their Is-
borcrs u cents an hour, against cents
paid by tho British employers. and get
double tho amount or work accom- plished. /
In view Of tho recent serious labor
troubles In italy n bill has been pre-
pared by the government and viii be
introduced m the next session OF parlia- |
mort providing for n board OF arbitration |
end conciliation 10 settle all strikes and 4