Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-04
NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD.
Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.

items OF interest Gathered from Mdny
Sources.
The Fall river operatives will sub
NIT to a cut in their wages without
a strike.
The Steel Corporation has reduced
the wages of nonunion sheet workers
20 per cent.
Frank w. Arnold, grand secretary
treasurer of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen, has resigned to take
effect January /.
The Chicago street car strike in
wolves over 5000 employees, with a
daily payroll of $6,196; 800 miles OF
track, 1874 cars and 100000 fares are
affected.
The Pennsylvania Iron Works at
Lancaster, announces that wages OF
puddlers will be reduced from $3.50 to
81 ton and those of other workmen
proportionately.
The Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
way has placed all employers in the
shops at Reading on an eight-hour
schedule, an average reduction OF al
most two hours day.
The pudding ratae of SC, which has
been in force for two months, was re-
duced to $5.75 for November and De-
cember. The men are well pleased,
as they expected a 50-cent reduction.
Railroad telegraphers initiated H.
465 new members since January l., of
whom 1851 were admitted in Septem-
Der. The order secured thirty-three
new or revised schedules last month.
Instructions have been received by
the Wabash railways shop officials to
reduce the working force 10 per cent.
Between sixty-fve and eighty men
were dismissed from the local SER
vice.
Announcement that the Birming-
ham (Ala.) rolling mills, giving en-
ployment to more than 900 men, will
shut down for an indefinite period is
made. Lack of orders is given as
the reason.
The long-standing differences be-
tween the Boston theatrical managers
and their stage employees have been
settled. The result was forced by
the travelling unionist stage mechan-
ics refusing to do their work In GER
tain Boston playhouses.
The American Federation of Labor
began its career twenty-three years
ago in Pittsburg. Although it is to-
day the strongest organization of its
kind in the world, it is only within
the last four or five years that its
power has been so great.
Between 700 and 800 Cincinnati
butchers struck for an increase Of
10 per cent and double pay for Sun
days and holidays. All of the twenty
three local packing firms that refused
to recognize the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butchers Union are af-
fected.
z iEighty-five plans for the prevention
Of strikes, for the most acceptable of
!, which the American Humane Educa-
!, tional Society of Boston offered a
prize of 5000, have been received. A
committee has the papers in charge
and will make it's award shortly and
publish the prize-winning plan.
Elevator Constructors Union Of
America, one of the newest inter-
national unions to receive a charter
from the American Federation of La
Dor, has begun the publication of
monthly magazine for the members
of that craft. Henry Snow of Chicago,
the general secretary. is the editor.
National officers of the United Tex
tile Workers Union announce that
the work of organizing the textile
workers in the southern mills is at an
end, so far as the union is concerned.
The attempt to organize the southern
workers in that industry, which has
ended in failure, has cost thousands
of dollars.
The various officers Of the coal COM
panies in Wilkesbarre and vicinity
have received notification from Com
missioner Neil that he had computed
a 6 per cent advance over the April
basis as the increase to be paid the
miners on their wages after October.
This is the same rate as paid during
September.
The international Union Of Brick
layers and Stonemasons will establish
headquarters in Chicago, being the
second international body to vote to
remove to Chicago within the last
month. The first was the Brother
hood of Blacksmiths.
The membership of the Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners of America
are advocating the purchase of
ground for building for the organi-
cation, to be located in Indianapolis.
The organization has about 10000
members, and the generally accepted