The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-30
NEWS OF The LABOR WORLD
Items Of interest for the Busy Work.
ineman and His Friends

Items Of interest for the Busy Work
ineman and His Friends
The commercial telegraphers union
has organized le new locals since
May d
Cigarmakers in Porto Rico are join.
ing the international union in large
numbers.
The New England conference Of
delegates from the carpenters unions
was held at Manchester. n. II.
Boxmakers and sawyers union is
10 MAKE a national campangn for or
ganization throughout the country.
The supreme court OF Indiana has
declared the compulsory weekly pay
day law Of that state 70 be unconsti-
tutional
international hod carriers and
building lahorers' union Of America
has Endorsed arbitration as a means
Of settling labor disputes.
An agreement has been reached be
tween the American tin plate com
pany and its 900 employees, in which
the wage scale asked by the men is
granted
Nine hundred carpenters. employed
at the packing houses at the Chicago
union stockyards. went on a strike
June 25 because they were refused
an increase in wages
The recently organized brotherhood
Of railway expressmen and messen-
gers has been given the official in-
dorsement of toe conductors and
trainmen's brotherhoods.
The national union OF potters and
the national association Of manufac-
turers are to confer on changes Of
hours and wages as suggested by the
mems national convention
+ A bill has been introduced into the
Virginia legislature making it a mis-
demeanor to persuade any servant
who has contracted in writing, or
orally. to serve his employer, to leave
such employer.
Arbitrators appointed By the ma
tional boot and shoe operatives of
England and employers have decided
upon a minimum wage scale. to last
Tor two years The men have made
a distinct gain oy the award
One good result OF the Philadel-
phia textile strike has been that the
general violation OF the law regarding
the employment Of children under
thirteen years Of age has been
brought forcibly to the public aren-
ton. and Is to be stopped.
The hrickmakers strike at Cleve-
land Ohio. which has been on for
nine weeks. has oeen settled, the men
returning to work at the terms Of
fered by the employers. The strikers
say nonsupport by craftsmen In other
lines is the cause Of their failure
While the walking delegate is often
abused without 5000 reason. every
honest union man throughout the
country win hope that II the charges
OF corruption made by the New York
contractors are true. the guilty Off
eials win be punished TO the fun ex-
tent Of the law
The preliminary verbal agreement
between the ChicaeO hotel owners and
their employees cover an points at
issue Ia the recent strike. except
wages and hours Of work Under the
contract signed everything for which
the strike was called is given up un-
eQuivocaliy by the union
At Richmond. Va. June "a. six men
we're wounded two of them seriously.
by street railway company guards.
Who fired leads Of buckshot into a
crowd Of strike sympathizers at Main
and Lombardy streets. Just outside
the cts limits The company claims
thar The guards were FIRST fired On.
1T Is a striking fact that the aver
afe gain made by labor organizations
has been Indefinitely greater OF late