The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-05-23
LABOR NEWS AND comments:
PERSONAL, ORGANIZATION AND LEGISLATIVE, T.

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Canadian manufacturers are becom.
Ing thoroughly Parryized. They are
forming a powerful association anG
Some Of their spokesman even got sc
fas as to declare: 1--WE don't want tt
arbitrate. Arbitration results in COM
promise" There is bin in Parliament
to leealize the labels Of the trade unions
and the capitalists have trained thei,
guns on 1t in earnest. The indications
are that the bill will be killed, as also
bill to prohibit importation Of foreign
contract labor, government leaders have
assured the manufacturers that they
will respect their wishes. No; there
ts class struggle--merely a little
harmless amusement for the people.
The employers combine in New Eng
land are making good their threats tt
enforce the acceptance of a reference
card on the part Of the building trades
I'm nearly every city in Connecticut
Strikes and lookouts are in progress be-
tween the unions and the Interstate
Builders Association, and hundreds OF
carpenters, plumbers, sheet metal work
ers, and other laborers are idle. The
bosses declare they Twill accept no
more dictation from walking dele
1gates."
Out in Portland, Ore, the big COLI
tractors and material men are work.
Ing together to prevent the progress of
union labor. The carpenters recently
demanded $3.50 for eight hours, which
was refused by the Contractors Asso-
citation. Contractors not in the Asso-
citation granted the scale, but are re-
fused material by the mill combine,
which is to a certain extent dominated
by the Master Builders Association.
The result is a complete tie-up.
British boot and shoe workers are
greatly disturbed because Of the intro.
duction Of new machinery that is de-
clnnatsng their numbers. Seven new
pulling over" machines placed in Lei
cester factory automatically take all
the stretch out of the upper of a boot,
bring the whole into the perfect shape
OF the 'last" and automatically fix
uppers to the insoles. One machine
takes the place Of twelve men.
Great Britain has one of the longest
strikes on record. The $500 men and
boys employed in Lord Penrhyns slate
quarries in Wales went out two and a
half years ago, and the settlement of
the strike is now a question in British
party politics. The labor press is COM
menting weekly on the Injustice Of al
lowing lords and aristocrats to own the
land to exploit and rob the workers.
! lnjunctions have been thrown at the
Omaha strike and they have retaliated
by notifying all members to resign
from the militia. But that won't do
much good because there is now ma
tional law, thanks to Congressman Dick
of Ohio, President Roosevelt and other
politicians, that makes a npilitiaman of
every worker.
President Hall, Of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railway dis
charged, 90. private detectives. They
did'nt~detect much and told all sorts 81
yarns to appear busy to hold their jobs.
The corporation will save $50. 600 a year
and needs the money to help pay the
men who recently secured a. raise. -.
T., The affiliation of the United Brother
hood Of Railway employees with the
American Labor Union, which has been
pending for several months is officially
announced. The new brotherhood is
said to have $4,000 members, includes
all classes Of workers, and is said to be
growing rapidly in the west
At the recent meeting Of the A. F.. of
l.. executive council in Toronto, it is
said that sixty-five national unions had
representatives present to lay matters
before the council which affected their
trades, many of which were on the
of i1ri
trades.
The elevated railroad companies of
New York City have made concessions
to the $500 employees who were demand
ing an increase in wages, and all danger
of a strike is said to be past. All
classes of employees are benefited by
an increase running from to Is cents
a day.
Nearly 1000 members Of the Western
Federation of Miners are on strike or
locked out. The California Mine Own
ers' Association has announced that it
will crush the union and has contribu-
ted $4,000 and pledged 100000 ad-
ditioEal to carry on the fight.
In Ouray, Col, where employers are
making an effort to wipe out unionisn,
the Socialist party has taxed a. hand
in the fight and is raising money to car
~ on the struggle for unionism..
Lafayette, Ind, builders have decided
to strike because the contractors have
broken an agreement not to work union
men and non-union workmen together,
Who: violates contracts?
A great railroad strike is in progress
j in Australia. 1t is so effective that old
fashioned stage coaches are being
pressed into service.
Canadian trade unionists are greatly
agitated by the Introduction of a bill
in Parliament, which, if it passes, will
force them to sever their connections
with unions in the United States, The