The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-30

Clark III an ADDRESS a LAc INV riHtt@
of Chicago.
The school teachers OF the state Of
Washington are the latest 10 be organ.
ized by the A. +. of /. Il Is expected
that ii VIII he but a few months when
a sufficient number of school teachers
are organized in various parts Of the
country 10 warrant the formation Of
a national organization.
A plan sor insurance against strikes
is being considered by q company Of
insurance interests. The plan sug-
gested is TO have the premiums based
on the amount of business done and
the payments, IN case Of strike. 70 be
equal to the profits for a correspond
ing period Of the previous year
AT the recent meeting OF the Typo
graphical Union OF Illinois. 0flcers for
the year we're elected as follows:
President. B. S. Chambers. Of Chica-
go. vice president, j III Brampall. Of
Alton. secretary and treasurer. J. A.
Onyon. OF Peoria. Springfield was
chosen for the next place Of meeting
ia June. 1904
Chauncey M. Depew, in an inter
view last week. said Strikes are
signboards OF prosperity. nothing
more and nothing less. You never
hear Of strikes in hard times. A
strike is an effort to adjust the proper
share OF labor One good result Of
4. -t-sg-, a. 4k,4 l. F-~,r- A.th rfIo1 ~
the controversy to organize"
The New York building trades en-
pioyes association has proposed an
elaborate plan for join. arbitration in
each trade and other regulations for
dealing with the unions and bringing
about stable conditions in the build
ing industry The unions are recog-
nized but the business agent is not
to be an arbitrator In any case.
The strike Of the car repairers and
carpenters Of the Elgin, Joliet and
Eastern shops IN Joliet was settled
through the mediation Of a commit
tee Of sVitchmen A compromise was
effected. By which an advance Of /
cent an hour is given to the men. II
the roads running into Chicago grant
a nine-hour day that rule viii be es-
tablished at the shops there.
AS far from each other as the poles
are employer and employe in New
York S labor. The employers say they
viii not permit work to be resumed
until the uuions have signed their ar
bitration plan, while the union men
say they viii not consider arbitration
until work is resumed under the con
ditions which prevailed before the
strikes and lockouts were declared.
This leaves no middle ground.
2 The Chicago board Of arbitration
adjusted the wage differences between
the railway express companies Of the
city and their wagon employees. The
decree gives the men an advance
varying from to Is per cent. and
requires the companies to sign the
first agreement they have ever made
with a labor organization. The new
scale affects about 1000 men. and
adds approximately 100000 to the
yearly pay rolls Of the companies
W. A. Walker OF Boston, president
Of the American foundrymen' asso-
citation. IN bis annual address at the
convention Of those employers at Mil
waukee, declared: We shah come
to an understanding in the future that
a manufacturer should be willing to
pay the highest wages that the state
Of his industry will permit; his work
men are his partners; why should
their welfare not concern him evcA
more than that Of his customers"
The strike Of the Dubuque Union
motermen was cettled through the
good Offices Of the municipal affairs
committee Of the Dubuque club. The
company agrees not to discriminate
against union men. TO recognize the
unions grievance committee. to allow
appeals to directors from the general
managers decisions. to reinstate all
strikers and to give clearance cards
to Devereaux, Nooran and Hennessy,
whose discharge caused the strike
The wage scale Of the Amalgamated
Association Of Iron and Steel Workers
Tor the ensuing year was signed hy
the officials Of the Carnegie Steel
company for the American Steel Hoop
plants. All Of the companies con
trolled by the United States Steel
Corporation have now signed wage
scales for the year beginning July I
with the Amaigam1ted Association.
and there will be no stoppage at any
OF the plants because of wage dis
pates
Daniel J. Keefe. president OF the
Longshoremen and Transport Work
ers International Union, is expected
in Chicago soon to bring about Set.
Element Of The strike Of the iron ore
handlers at the plant Of the Illinois
Steel Company at South Chicago. The
strikers say the International organi-
zaton with its $50 900 members on the
lakes is behiud them, and thar unless
the company reeedes the strike viii
spread 20 an ore carrying boats thar
may be consigned TO South Chicago,
A letter from New Zealand gives
some facts about the working Of The
compulsory arbitration act that are of
Sleep interest to an students of pres
ent day Industrial problems. Pater-
nalistic legislation has not hanished
labor troubles from the colony but,