Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-25
NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD.
Items of Interest Gathered from many
Sources.


Items of Interest Gathered from many
Sources.
Nearly two-thirds of the 2,OoO min.
ers of the northern COLORADO coal
fields have resumed work.
A 20 per cent reduction In wages
has gone into effect at the wheeling
wv. Va.) Corrugating works.
A reduction from to- 10 per cent
in wages has been ordered IN all tne
wire mills of the United States oIeei
Company, affecting 1000 men. j.,
The lockout in the Quebec boot ana
shoe factories at Montreal, quebec
involving 5000 men, was settied' inc
operatiyes agreeing to the terms OF
the manufacturers.
Three hundred and fifty men have
struck at the Sunday Lake and brotn-
erton mines at Wakefield. Mich,
against reduced wages, and the opera
tors have closed the mines for the
winter
The only nonunion factory in the
country for the manufacture OF saws
located in Philadelphia, has posted a
notice that the wages Of the 100 en-
ployes of the plant would be cut 30
per cent Jan. /.
The Centralia colleries and the
Sioux and Mount Carmel (Pa.) collier
les closed down, causing 2,5OO men
and boys to be thrown out of employ
ment. The colleries are owned by the
Lehigh Coal Company.
The Chicago Shipbuilding Company
has renewed it's wage agreements with
ten different unions. There were no
changes made, the company agreeing
that the present wages and conditions
shall remain in force until June l.,
1904.
Six hundred men were laid off for
an indefinite period by the Browne &
Sharp company, manufacturers OF ma
chinery, of Providence, r. !. The
hours of the machinists remaining in
the shops were reduced from 60 to
80 per cent.
The fourth annual convention of the
California State Federation of La
Dor, which meets at Fresno Jan. Sd,
promises to be the largest and most
important gathering Of representa-
tives of organized wageworkers in the
history of California.
The wages of $4,000 cotton textile
operatives have been reduced. This
brings the total number in New Eng
land who have had their pay cut
down this fall to about $4,000. The
cut down in the majority OF factories
averages 10 per cent.
The Western Federation of Miners
has taken up the gage of battle thrown
down by the various Citizens ALI
ances throughout the West and has
issued a lengthy circular urging. men
to stand together and combat the ALI
ances. The circular severely scores
the alliances.
Prominent members of the Brother
hood of Painters, Decorators and Pa
per Hangers of America are advocat-
ing an increase in the per capita tax
paid by the local unions to the inter-
national body. 1t is now Is cents per
month and it is proposed to increase
this to 25 cents.
The State Federation of Labor of
Colorado has taken the initiative in
the formation of new national body,
and has sent out call to all the state
foderations in the United States for
national convention to be held in Den
yer, 1904. The primary purposes OF
the convention will be to organize the
workingmen and unions affiliated with
the state bodies into a system similar
to the United States government sys-
TEN. The state federation will be SUI
preme in its particular state, but will
work under national laws formulated
by a body of representatives chosen
by the state organization.
Two thousand organized meatwork
ers of Indianapolis voted down a
proposition to inaugurate strike to
secure the adoption of new wage
schedule.
The Railroad Trainmen's Journal
says: with this issue of the Journal
the brotherhood numbers $4,000 men,
bers, which is the highest point in the
membership ever attained. Our finan-
cial condition is equally prosperous
and we will meet the close of the year
in splendid condition.
President Frank Buchanan of the
Bridge and Structural Ironworkers' In
ternational Union laughed at the re-
ports from New York that the Bridge
=, awe union thara had dfehaudad, He