The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-18
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$500, and there was an increase in
both the fatal and non-fatal casualties.
In the dangerous traders 1t is stated
that in general there is continued i'm
provement. Moist processes, lessening
the risk Of dust, are gaining ground:
less dangerous materials are being
brought into use, and exhaust ventila-
ton, now used in many processes not
specified as dangerous, is becoming
more efficiently applied every year.
Declare Against Protection.
At a meeting of the Parliamentary
Committee of the Trade Union Con-
quarter of the organized workers of
the country, the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
That this Committee, after carefully
considering the recent utterances of
the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M. P.
Colonial Secretary), on the question
of tariff is of the opinion that the pro-
posals made are mischievous in their
inception and violation of the prin-
ciples Of Free Trade; and that the
prospect held out to the workers of the
country of receiving higher wages as
the result of adopting such proposals
will prove delusion, and, If put into
operation, will be destructive of the
highest interests Of the nation.
We therefore urge upon the industrial
classes to do all in their power to pre-
vent these proposals becoming law.
Scotch Labor Notes.
The masons of Grief, after being on
strike afor ten day IS, !. have returned to
work their own terms to-
months get 50 cents per hour, al "a 8
vance of a halfpenny. = { s. s..z.
he engineers in the employment Of
the Caledon Shipbuilding and Engi-
neering Company, Dundee, have return
ed to work on the understanding that
the grievances of which they complain
will be considered at a conference.
On account of the alleged infringe
ment Of their working agreement, the
bakers at the Woodlands Bakery,
Hamilton, have gone on strike. Indig-
nation has been caused by the impor-
tation Of non-unionists to do the work.
Recently the delegates of the Scatch
miners and coalmasters, representing
10000 men, conferred privately in Glas-
gov on the demand Of the masters to
reduce wages s per cent, which would
reduce the daily wage to minimum
of $1.S7. The meeting ultimately adj
journed and will reassemble at an
early date, under the presidency of q
neutral chairman.
Irish Labor Notes.
The federated trades Of Waterford,
as well as the corporation of that city,
have decided to present an address 10
the King on the occasion of his ap-
preaching visit in which they point out
the industrial needs of the locality and
the possibilities of reviving trade and
developing the navigation of the SUR,
and bespeak His Majesty's influence in
having these desirable objects effected.
The only place in Ireland where bot
tie and parcel wax is manufactured is
the city of Cork. The industry is con-
fined to single firm, which was es-
tablished on Pope's Quay as far back
as 1892
The General Federation OF Trade
Unions will meet in Dublin this month,
! when it is expected that the presence Of
such labor leaders of Irish origin as
James Sexton, of the National Union
| of Dock Laborers, and Pete Curran and
Will Thorne, Of the Gas Workers
Union, will have the effect OF strength
| ening the ranks Of the organized work.
ers of the city, and helping to improvs
| the existing positions of the female
workers.
WILLIAM, wEpp