Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-13
HAVE PROGRESSED
Trade Unionists in owa Prospered
During December.
RAISES in WAGES ARE SECURED
Strikes Settled AmicabIy and New
Unions Organized-John P. Reese
Resigns Place on Executive Board
of State Federation of Labor.

The report for December of the Iowa
State Federation, as compiled by J. J..
Jacobson of Des Moines, is an inter-
esting budget of labor news and will
prove entertaining reading for trades
unionists. One of it's important fea-
lures is that in which the advantages
secured by the organization in the
month are enumerated as follows:
On December Ia the Transfers
union Of Creston secured an increase
of from Is to rs per cent. Obtained
by means of conference.
The Horseshoers union of Des
Moines celebrated New Years by re-
ducing the working hours from 10 to 8
without reduction in pay. Work sus-
pended during conference with en-
ployers
Switchmen at Marshalltown after a
strike lasting about week, secured an
increase of from to cents per hour.
The strike at the gypsum mines at
TT. Dodge has been declared off. Ne
gotiations for permanent agreement
will be entered into later.
The strike against the Iowa Tele-
phone Co., in Des Moines has been
won. All original demands We're grant,
ed
Bookbinders at Dubuque are report
ed to have secured an increase of
from So to 81 per week.
New Organizations.
Mine foremen at Mystic.
Clerks union and Trades assembly
at Iowa City.
| Womans Union Label league and
| Coremallers' union at Burlington.
Street car men and Trades assemb-
ly at Davenport.
Timers at Oelwein.
Trades Assembly at Fort Dodge.
Shoemakers at Council Bluffs.
Painters at Mason City.
Charters Issued.
Newton Carpenters and Joiners No.
1116.
Mason City Typographical No. 406.
4 Olewein Trades and Labor Assem-
bly,.
Davenport Trades and Labor Assem-
bly,.
The Free Employment Feature.
i Notwithstanding at Davenport,
wages So, eight hours, apply at Rock
| lSlanQ Arsenal.
Reese Resigns From Board.
i John p Reese base resigned as a
member of the Federation's Executive
4 Board, and John P. White, secretary
of District No. 10 United Mine Work.
ers, has been selected as his success.
, or.
Urick Gets Gold Watch.
~, -,
!; the Iowa trades union movement, is
the recipient of handsome gold watch
: as token of his faithful services as
chairman Of the advisory board which
, conducted the negotiations with the
, Iowa Telephone Co.
Breckon Socialist Nominee.
Charles L. Breckon, delegate from
Muscatine to the 1899 and 1900 con
ventions. has been nominated for may
or of Chicago on the Socialist ticket
Mr.. Breckon was formerly manager
of the Muscatine Journal and in 1906
was nominated for mayor of that city
on the republican ticket.
Larson Travels For Union House.
A. M. Larson, to whom in large
i measure is due the healthy growth
, of the movement in Waterloo and Gel
: vein, has accepted position to trave
for a union tobacco house. He will bt
, certain to carry progressive unionisn
! as a side line.
keasey Assistant Treasurer.
After several fruitless attempts tt
; secure a man for the position, the
!. Polk county treasurer decided to leave
the appointment of assistant treasurer
in the hands of some of the De.
Moines labor leaders. In less than nj
time H. U. Keasey was slated for the
job.
Campbell Editor of Labor Paper.
Commencing jan /, 1908, the Tri
: City Labor Voice, of Clinton, will BIZ
edited by Geo. E. Campbell, historian
: of the Iowa State Federation of Labor
One Hundred and Three Unions Paid
Since issuing the second call for the
ten per cent assessment, which is uset
exclusively to maintain an organizes
in the field, $112.65 has been received
Up to the present time 103 unions hav.
paid the assessment being little more
than one-half from which the assess
ment is yet due. Greater demands viii
be made on the organizer during thu
spring months, and your union ough
: not to be numbered among the delin
quents. The next bulletin will con