Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-18
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An electrical typesetting machine is
the latest.
Typewriters with Arabic letters are
now being used in Egypt.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Freight
and Baggagemen of America has been
chartered.
Detroit lighting commission laborers
had their pay increased from SLIGO to
| $1.75 per day.
The German Catholic societies of the
| State of New York have declared in ia
yor of the union label.
At the beginning of the year there
were 10000 women members of labor
unions in New York State
! The Boxmakers' and Sawyers' Nation
| al Union has decided to have a national
headquarters and Offices in Chicago.
| The Amalgamated Sheet Metal Work
ers' International Alliance has decided to
establish a national defense fund Of at
least 100000.
The Indiana Legislature has made it a
misde,neanor for railroad to permit
men in the operating departments to
work more than sixteen hours continu-
ously.
At meeting of the Pittsburg Master
| Builders Association q committee was
appointed to secure subscriptions for
stock Of 8 company organized TO build IN
exchange to cost about 100000.
Miss Mabel Mcdonald. a waitress and
the candidate Of organized labor in Du-
luth for queen of the carnival, was elect
ed by a majority of 500 votes. Mayor
Hugo presented her with the freedom of
the city and $500 piano.
A colored man was elected as interna-
tional vice-president at the convention Of
the longshoremen at Bay City. The long
shoremen's national, with more than
10000 members, is the third largest
trade union in this country.
Nottingham England municipal devel-
opment of water, gas, electricity, street
railways, markets, baths and cemeteries
has showed an average annual net profit
of SIS, 900 for the last four years. The
money is applied to the reduction Of
taxes.
Chief Arthur was at the time Of his
death the only labor leader Of score
who were prominent twenty-five years
ago who had held the position for q quar-
ter Of a cenury. The organization Of
which Chief Arthur had been the head
since 1873 has contracts with % per
cent Of the railroad companies, which in
clude nearly all the great trunk lines.
The organization has paid out in the ag-
gregate The sum Of S11. 900 TO injured
members and hei:s Of deceased members,
besides 4isbursing. out Of hard earnings,
S3-J. 900 to $40 900 among the widows or
phans and needy Of the order AZ every
convention. 1t is probable that steps
win be taken TO erect q suitable memo
rial TO the dead leader In Cleveland,
which may be in the form Of monu-
inert.
In France workingmen have The full
right to form associations having in view
the betterment Of their condition. This
right includes that Of forming tempo
rary coalitions for the purpose Of en-
forcing their demands-in other words.
of engaging In strikes. While a workman
cannot be punished In mat country for
the mere act Of engaging in a strike,
there are heavy punishments for abuses
Of the privilege.
Minnie v Cox, eolored postmistress nj
Indianola, Miss. win be removed from
the government payroll April !, 1904,
because the once IS still closed. and
there viii be no salary for her, the pay
being based Or receipts