The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-01
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! GLEANINGS IN
WORLD OF LABOR

1Ininn who was obliged to resig the t}
presidency some time ago on aftccount III
III health has consented to remain, WFtlG11
the organization in an advisory ca pa Sly. "
provided the members so desire, t! I'is D.
suggestion was made to him by the sE *.
ecutiye Board after It found that5he was vas .ss
determined to resign from the /. acelVe y Il
mana gement&of the union. re 3fNou ~ &35
not consent unless the matter was ss!uln1 n
mitted to a referendum vote Of the fTnetti''
bership and approved by It, The Isl s'tSiFFiiisg
endum vote is now being taken o 9il 4 the
matter. . 81 +. , I, u. ~ irnn Il!
n,o a19ef ~ Who e ea!m they hey We're
to Canada, under false pref enses, - "
appealed lo The Ganad,n, sre sp they Wsre
hired I'm in IF England by an agent orathe
Canadian Foundry Co,npa ny, Of To 3I ~;
and brought N tbs 81 SNh hout having any
P RnoSied Hl sefAt tie aetual eondltlans
When they learned they were re, N hst
to take the places OF men on ma ny.sos
I 6em are lol ef e pennIless Premier.
of Ontario, lis inyestga ting their, eaH;s.
co TRs Mafg in pe n,efk the
FOR oro Strike and lock out benefits Here
i i'n tiona locals affiliated with Athei
council Under the chanE nns ms nISEs
nfla ted with tho local councils thSt,as g
rem: Of the National Building TRACES lthY
Council The resolattio9e, ,r .nS1t,ng and
Joiners Of America to affiliate was c ef'S 4
Cured In The recon mendation t M.
all the sheetlng work pc given ,,.r 10 I'm
ea TPe Mas she arbitration law was
amended to require the board to az a.tenips'
I'f,ke e. 20 e,eh local boa4qds
Of t,t's arbtration Heretofore the law Pc.
mtted the attempt to make such e 5; setIISs
ment The Wisconsin law pronln.'ihn a S Sto
ttutfonal by the state court The s Sc ,rn
Of the Illinois free em App fron frnsing
men 1r,e 10 an n establishment where q strlAe,
was on was declarnIl by s.Ie Su 1 ems,
Court e y ee the Whole act
Il cssin ture Of illinois, being In session.
simniedintey re-enucted the lazy. gn !l tlng
the setlsn asscrlp1 &c ,den iiSS' with tn thht:
~ illinois and Its Legislature at once Ie X,
pealed the clause OF seGtio n,s th n ! h l5
been condemned by the limos ,,Se c1 1u Lao.
Of Of illinois, which passed m nsGsiI H !ew
g EorS aSo esnsastSSs its eha
inws and enacted ono to cover street E
trades. such as newsboys and neWs sslen.
i does pny not h1Mever made ldo It Unlawful
eemnIov children under fourteen years old
In factories, workshops or mines wltho4{q
the consent OF the eovnf Se l overruled bys
the county attorney Maryland changed
the age Of employment for children iro nIa /.
twelve to f9ur tee csenaR Indnstry IN
Which most OF the child labor abuses
occur. Moreover. the law applies only =, 20 !,
nov s1r Of children under sixteen Is pro-
LIQUORS liquors by the same statute. Ohio pros pro,
hiblts children under fo% ares tr9m tmes
and permits them to work Mt other em-tt
pigment only during school yaen AZ m, >
Acknowledgements henn' tse ago Of employee
m msn} "a ast attend night Us schools Rhode
island reduced the legal mnxn9m n h ch Is
for the employment rd OF s, wD to nityesht
a. w Week. Louisiana extended its sixty
hour week for womea and Minors al ,rsau nhaee
eighesn to hoo of,e eoSSe New York usc
prohlhIted the employment OF women ~
metal polishing trades; constitutional
amendment. which was adopted by the
neople at tho polls. making, eight hours
maxmm aaSs york II 81 pun aw
fH,nius been been knocked out by Its Supreme
Court nnvis although an Identical Law IN Utah Y
was upheld By both STATE ,a ah fIo Eeme, Ws
Hardy case, a constitutional amendment
Was submitted and carried empowering 2
~, eight hour day I'm any branch Of In q
by may consider Injurious or dangerous
to health. life or limb.
Factory inspection laws were strength
ened and Improved. either by change lnn
the laws or Increase IN the number a,1 n a;m
nois, New York, New Jersey, Kentucky.
Ohio, Massachusetts and Maryland. The
factory inspection law of California was
declared Unconstitutional by the Court of
wera made subject to factory Inspection
in MARYLAND, Mlaing laws z I were ere
lures which are Intended as saiesnards !
yestigate explosions was appointed.
Maryiland also revised and in some Ways
improved Its mining laws ;., !, SOUTH, Caro- Z
compi MES too proylds yes,;hIle lies for ths
then excepted charest on county from a the
provision OF the act New = orr mslans
the boroughs of Manhattan and Brook