The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
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BUTTE LABOR MEN ENJO1NED.
After having closed its Offices at Butte,
Mont, for seven days, because or strike
Of It's messengers there. the Western In
ion Telegraph Company again opened up
business at that place May'2 under the
protection of an injun ctlon issued TO re-
strain labor unions and others from IN
,terfering with Its employees.
CALIFORNIA LABOR SHORTAGE.
Owing to the shortage Of labor in Cali
fornia due the Chinese exclusion act,
fruit growers OF that state are coming
as far East as New England in search OF
aid in gathering their fruit crops
wALKoUT% CLOSES STEEL MILLS.
The two big steel mills at East Chlca
60. Ind, employing over 1000 men. were
closed indefinitely May End because Of
walkout arising from the employment of
Armenians brought there by the com
borers Of the trust plant walked out, and
the employees Of tho other mills struck In
sympathy.
CARPENTERS FAIL TO AGREE
The Brotherhood Of Carpenters sent out
orders at New York Monday for O re-
sumption Of the strikes against the Anal
gamated Carpenters Society because the
latter had decided finally not to accept
the Gompers plans of absorption into the
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out In that city, and strikes were expected
In other cities as we'll.
CHICAGO IAUNDRIES TIED UP.
Beginning with Monday the steam laun-
dries Of Chicago and vicinity were idle,
due to the strike ordered by the Laun-
drymen's Protective Association. The
only washing done was by Cinnamon and
at home.
NATIONAL ENGINEERS CLUBHOUSE.
Plans for the erection OF a national
clubhouse for constructive engineers at
New York have just been brought to
successful issue by the promise of 81 0OO.-
600 from Andrew Carnegie. The build
Ing Is to occupy grounds between seth
and doth Streets, facing Bryant Park and
1t Is expected that all Of the national So
cieties of civil, mechanical and electrical
engineers will make their headquarters
| there.
SCHENECTADY UNIONS DEMAND.
President Mulholland, of the Interna-
tional Association of Allied Metal Me-
ohanics of America has gone to Schenec-
| tndy, N. Y, to re-enforce the demand OF
the local union that the General Electric
Company shall either compel Fred Gil
more, a screw maker In its employ, to
Join the local union or discharge him.
The company has declined to dlscrim-
| mate against either union or non-union
! help,
COAL coNCILIATORs NAMED.
The heads Of the coal-carrying roads
and the Independent operators met Tues
| day and selected three men as their rep
| resentatives on the board Of Cancellation
as recommended by the Strike Commits
| sion. The miners had already chosen
their three. Matters In dispute will be
| taken up at once.
| NEW TRADE UNION IDEA.
The attention of the country In gen.
eral and of organized labor In particular
has been directed to q now and far-reach-
Ing plan for 81. central law bureau for
the use of all trades unions, Henry
| George, Jr.. writing In last Sundays
Thlladephia North American. advocated
4 this plan In an effort to determine 1.-THE
limit Of true unionism," He took issue
| with President Shaffer Of the Amaga-
mated Iron Workers In his scheme to
J weld the trades unions Into g general de-
| fensive alliance. Instead or this George
agrees with Darow and Lloyd IN tho for
nation Of central law department to
represent the interests of all unions In
| the fight against injunctions and damage
suits.
| ARBITRATION AT NlDyV YORK.
Tho strike of the excayators engaged on
New York's subway system, which was
begun May LIST for higher wages and
shorter hours, ended Iuesoay Wnen me
contractors met the Central Federation
Union leaders and agreed to submit the
dispute to arbitration. pending which the
men We're to return to work,
/ RUILDING TRADES LOCKOUT.
! In anticipation OF trouble from the pros
posed unionizing Of the men employed In
! brick and lumber yards at New York
city. especially the truchmen and labor
ers, tho owners OF those yards decided.
Wednesday, to establish lockout, BE.
sides this they proposed to boycott e, al
builders who. employed union labor. This
lockout affects directly 1900 men. and
Indirectly 100000 workers IN the building
trades of Greater New York, y
LABOR DISPUTES STOP FUNERALS,
1 The residents OF New Haven have been
troubled by the interruption Of number
of funerals owing 70 the refusal OF union
hackmen TO Join in professions headed
by non-unlon undertakers Many mourn
ers were forced to walk to, to the s ,ssas
ent routes from those taken by the
hearses. The hack drivers are on strike