The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-10-23
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Organized Labor Said 10 b. Facinp
CriaiR slAEssMasSss

The panic OF 183, lie the forecast ITS
leaders Is correct. And the burdel 0f
the struggle to maintain the present sss
htghEstandard OF pay is sexpected%tosfal
on the unskilled men, whoseawa4ge are
held to haYesbeen advancedsfarSout #of
PROPORTION to the value Sof their
Ices. 5gs gssA gSs
Indications of.Sretrenchmentsare seen
on33everyshand.l The railroads through
thescountry have started to lay5on ST
expenses, N factories are employing
reduced forces. AL big employing cOn-
Germs are refusing to grant any further
increases In pay.
The labor leaders generally admit
alarm. those who were In Chicago at
the convention gofTIhe5 National Civic
federation being free in their express
sions.
Big Pay for the unskilled. S
The tendency toward retrenchment
lis attributed to the abnormal increases
that have been eXacted by the unskilled 4
Workmen. While expert mechanics
such assthe machinists and the brass
workers., have been able to advance
their pay only 10 per cent, their help
pay than four years ago The same
condition prevails in othe rtrades.
1t has been estimated that before the ~
close of the year the big employtnggcon-
Germs Of the country will have dis
charged nearly 1000, 900 men, most Of
laborers and general utility work
ers. OF this number the railroads are
expected to drop from employment 20o,-8s'
900 men, the mine operators 10000, the
machine shops and iron. steel and tin
plans 250,000, and the building trades
more than 10000.
In8the case of the railroads repair
n construction work will be brought
% My ~, - 49, %-Ht~ A~4N - - rNMs kSf y r, nEGa
Sticable to bring 1t.
Caught in Organization Wave.
In the wave of organization that Isl
now subsiding labor leaders formed In
togurions all the toilers$Who wereSWill-s
ing to john In almost all of the In
dustries the skilled men demanded that
he nskilledSbe given a new and uni
form wage scale.
In the stock yards Of the country9th
slaborers who were being paid from
as1.25 to $1.50 a day until swept into the
labor movement. Then am amin
crease to Sits, made possible by a.
determined standson the part Of the
skilled workers.
For three weeks t~heSskilled Inen,8the
ners, have tried to get more pay for
themselves. They have found, owr
ever, that the increase granted&Sthe$Ia-@S
borers-Which meant $l,5G0, 900 agar
to the packers-brought the employers
to q realization that q halt InllstSbe#
called.
Railroads Reach Limit.
With the railroads conditions are
similar. The engineers and firemenSof
the roads running east from Chicago
are clamor1ng for better$pay,,# but&tha
unskilled men of the business already
have taxed thep a rollsof the company
to the limit. S8Ss #SAaasNssss
railroads in different sections Of the
country is shown bytheSSfal1oWing Ia
bile. 5assss &sgsasa@ Fs 8s9 saNss5
100. Engineers. Firesnen.
Middle Atlantic states. a. 1876 S2.lt9
New England states...-.. s,bo ay sSS
Southwestern states ..... 4.O9 2s4Ss
Pacific states $50. :.... !. Abb ~
The eastern workers look with en-
vious eyes at the western scale, q
when they informally approached tlless
railroad officials they were$told8thatsthesS
track men, the repair men, the section
raised all The way fronaS15 to so
cent. In pay, and that the pay rolls a
the eastern companies hare been fitted
from 500, 00 $3.50 in I9O1@to $676,02b,5sAAa#s
In 1903.
Building Industry Crippled. @Ss
~ Inssthe building trades the number off
idle men is increasing every week. he
contractors finding itsallmost impossib sAs3
Ito a b business underline wage scales
adopted last spring. Both skilledSandMs
unskilled men We're conceded etteESs
wages then but&the adyances#grantsdsS
the laborers are causing h greategtes
concern to- the contractors.
che hodcarriers are nOM getting 36111x8s
cents an hour, orsSS cents MORGAN hour
is paid an expert nlachiIlist and
40 centsSa day lnoresthanst that paid@as4
cigarlnaker. The building laborersSaIrses
getting 80 cents an hour, Or 5scentsSs
more than clerk or shipping rooM1lss
eraplpyes in the Wholesale houses.
The plumbers helpers are paid $2.50NG
"a day, the5junior steamfitteTs !. ,225,sYgthsss
electrical helpers $2ss25. and g ma:
schinists, helpers $l.T5.
#sA few weeks ago InternationalsPr Priest
dent James O'Connells of the m~achinstsss
union sent out anotice8to all affiliatedggi
locals warning them not to raakesanysS
further wage demands He asserted
that the National OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
alton already was contemplating aScuttrss
This notice was sent out In s~pitesof#the@S
fact that the union, so far assits skialed@s
men are concerned, has been ableS@too#
secure but little more pasv hansinSduli
times.
Warning From Chicago leader.
An officer Of the Chicago Federation
of Labor yesterday added warning
hat4OrgantZe LABOR SnOulQ nOISaSk TOE
better wages In the face OF falling
market. TO prove that unskilled labor
has been granted an abnormal wage.
i~ncrease8he gave out the following table
Of the increases already granted%soIne8
OF the sunskilled workers#of Chicago
PerSsyear.
Stockyard employees 49,. s., COCO
SHodcarriers =. s. 2U29s,,OG0
sTeansters ...... $780,. ~. 3. i,1G0,OO0s
Hotel employees ...............s.s. 1SD,GO0SS
Miscellaneous $500. !. 30o,g01s
THE employers are beginning to res
TRENCH hessaid, and we have feared
such action for some time. Wha y to-
beSdones lido not know:f1 The skilleds
men viii always BE- IN demand. but!
capital a ditpense with h esunskiledS
to- a. certain extent. Itsseems asstf$#Weag
have paid too much attention I'd the
laborers and helpers n must bearsthesst
Consequences. If many men are latdsofffs
ONE unions will probably go5Sto5pfecesS
and the success#of the entire ave
ment Will be threatened. ''s8@S
Quick Steer SHINING.
Denver. Col..E Oct. BLY, dr~essinga