Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-10
Labor Notes.

Labor Notes.
An international union Of -four and
cereal mill employees has been formed
Order of Railway Conductors OF
America will meet at Portland, Ore.
in 1905.
An increase has been granted in
the salaries of 1876 clerks in the Chi.
cago postoffice.
Germany has fifty-seven national
trade unions, with total membership
of nearly 100000.
The membership of the carriage and
wagon workers international union
now numbers 178,000.
One hundred and three years ago,
England passed laws prohibiting the
formation of labor unions.
The first organization of farm hands
and renters has been formed in Kan
sas, Abilene being the place.
The business mems Cancellation
committee at Bridgeport has failed
to settle the trolleymens strike.
The organization of an international
union made up of unskilled laborers,
was perfected in Washington recently.
Buffalo has been selected by the Or
der of Railway Telegraphers for the
next biennial convention to be held
In May, 1905.
Trade unionists have raised enough
money in Niagara Falls, N. Y, to
erect labor temple and the work will
soon commence.
The farmers are rapidly organizing
into unions. Throughout the West
there are hundred Of these organiza-
tons of recent formation.
The recent convention of the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen has de-
cided to increase it's protection fund
from 100000 to 100000.
The shopmen's strike of the Union
Pacific at Omaha is ended. The men
get an average increase of 10 per cent
in pay and nine hours day.
Arrangements are being perfected
to hold a convention in Pittsburg
soon to form an international associa-
ton of organizations of contractors.
The number of wage-earners EN-.
ployed in the manufacturing industry
of Chicago in 1900 was 202,621 and
the average wage was $499 per year.
OF the $3.50 whit, children in the
cotton mill districts Of South Carolina,
two-fifths never entered school and
only one-fourth are in daily attend
ance
About 10000 musicians of the coun-
try, or IS per cent, were represented
at the federation of musicians nation
al convention held recently at Indian.
apolis.
On account of so many of the best
class of workmen leaving for the
United States, the Norwegian govern
ment intends to take steps to check
emigration.
Eight hundred shoeworkers return
to the Field factories in Brockton, az
ter ten weeks strike They gained
what they struck fora new price list
and arbitration.
The Wabash railroad trouble has
been settled by the company granting
increases Of pay of from IL to 10 per
cent to its conductors, brakemen, bag
gagemen and yardmen.
The Western Federation of Miners
is contemplating the organization OF
the Chinese and Japanese employed
in the mines and smelters of the
Northwest and British Columbia.
Seamen employed on the Michigan
Central car ferries at Detroit struck
to enforce their demands for a wage
increase of 500 a month. The strik-
ers were replaced by non-union men.
within the next year the United
Mine Workers of America will have
a membership of over 100000" This
statement was made by Thomas l..
Lewis, national vice-president of that
The Providence carpenters strike,
involving LOO men, has been declar-
ed off. The men gain the eight-hour
day, and a minimum wag of 35 cents
an hour, with double time Sundays
and holidays.
In consequence OF the refusal OF
the proprietors of the large bakeries
in Baltimore to grant the demands
made recently by the journeymen
bakers union general strike was
begun. The bakers declare they will
not yield.
The 400 girls in the finishing rooms
in all the coarse paper mills at Holy
oke have struck because of dissatis-
faction with the schedule presented
by the American Writing Paper COM
pany. There are about 1000 empl res
in all me mills.
The A. F. of L. has at the present
time 1850 commissioned organizers
In the field. There were 2,542 organ
lzations affiliated with the federation
ON May /. and 107 of that number arc |