Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-19
The World Of Labor.

Chicago street railway men are being
organized.
Brooklyn laborers demand So a day
from May !.
Toronto (Canada) painters may
strike for their demands
Waukegan. ILL.,, trades are to have an
eight hour day.
Buffalo building trades have a bright
outlook this year.
Buffalo brewery workers have signed
a two-year agreement
Muncie, Ind, with $4,000 population,
has thirty-seven labor unions.
Scranton, Pa, street car men won
their strike after six months boycott.
The Team Owners Union, of Mime
apolis. struck for their demands of an
eight-hour day. at $3.50 and so cents an
hour for overtime work.
The cooks and walters of Salt Lake
City have secured one days rest in
seven through the aid of the arbitra-
ton committee of the State Fedora
ton.
The compulsory industrial arbitra-
ton court of New South Wales, which
was recently established in Sydney, is
now open.
Boot and shoe workers report that
the sale of non union goods in Illinois
has decreased IS per cent in the last
six months by reason of the label cam
paign.
The Clerks National Union reports
531 local unions. twelve of which were
added during the past month. Unions
We're formed in California, Ohio, Nova
Scotia, and Illinois.
st. Louis union painters to the num-
Der of about 400 are still striking for an
increase of wages from 371a cents an
hour to As cents. The strike has been
on for about three weeks.
The New York Amalgamated Paint
ers and Decorators, on and after Au-
gust 1. will demand "a a day for plain
painting and $3.50 for decorative work,
including gliding, as minimum wages
for an eight-hour day.
The Supreme Court of California, de-
clares unconstitutional an act passed
by the State legislature Of 1889 regu-
lating the sanitary condition of work.
shops, asserting that it is arbitrary and
special legislation.
A boycott on the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Company. is a possibility as re-
suit of the firms refusal to treat with
it's employees who are on strike at the
factory at South Bend. Ind.
The Lacemakers' Union, of Noting
| ham, England, has adopted a scheme
of old-age pensions, under which 100
members, sixty-five years Of age and
| upward, have been granted weekly al
lowances. The funds for the purpose
are provided by quarterly levy of Is.
per member.
The Standard Steel Car Company
purchased 800 acres of land at Butler,
! Pa, for it's new plant. The works. it is
expected, will be in operation within
six months. Fifty acres at least will be
covered by buildings and the cost Of
the plant will be $1.5OO.OO0. 1t will
give employment to $500. men. ". .,.,
The Japanese government has de-
cided to establish at the industrial ex-
| pertinent station a model factory, or
| technical school. for training workers
| in window glass manufacture. All the
window glass now used in Japan is i'm
| ported. The Importation of window
| glass in 1899 was valued at $635,5O0.
Henceforth there will be no mixing
of black and white musicians in union
i orchestras, the Chicago Federation of
Musicians having barred colored play
ers from it's ranks. Two organizations
are to be maintained, the colored men
agreeing to enforce the rules Of the
federation and maintain the scale of
prices.
Galesburg, ILL.,, is threatened with the
first strike in the building trades in
years A month ago the trades unions
submitted to the contractors demand
for an eight-hour day, and an increase
in wages The contractors have or
ganized, and given out that the demand
is unreasonable. because of the price of
material and they cannot grant it.
Pittsburg's Master Carpenters AS
ISOLATION discussed the demand of the
carpenters for minimum wage OF
$3.50 for an eight day. The as
/ ISOLATION decided to abide by it's COM
promise offer Of $3.25. If the men do
not accept this offer the Master Car
penters will pay $3.50. but they will
sign no agreement to pay that rate for
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