Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-11-06

missionary work among labor In gen
eral and to place an additional ia,
upon the members to raise defense
fund with which to meet employers In
fight for supremacy.
The long standing contention be-
tween the structural iron workers and
fathers over the Jurisdiction on light
metal work has been happily adjust
ed by an arrangement for interchange
of cards on metal ceilings, fire-proof'
ing and other light interior metal con-
struction.
Structural building trades alliance
of America is now a fact. The inter
national unions connected are the
bricklayers, structural steel workers,
plumbers, gas and steamfitters, car
penters, plasterers, painters, building
laborers, hosting engineers and cleo
trical workers.
The Ohio plant of the Carnegie
Steel company, which employe $500
hands, shut down all its departments.
1t is understood the railroads are can
ceiling orders for rails owing to the
high price. The mill had been turning
out rails at the rate of 1000 tons day
until about two weeks ago.
Strained relations exist between the
Canadian Pacific management and
their engineers and firemen and Q
strike may result A committee has
been at Montreal for some time en-
deavoring to secure concessions from
| the company, but so far the negotia'
| lions have resulted in naught.
A representative of labor unions
from Oregon went to Chicago recently
| to purchase machinery to start CO
operative laundry. A protest was
made to the dealers by the laundry
mems association against selling the
machinery to the union men, and they
had to go elsewhere for their equip
ment.
Two thousand sheep butchers EN-
ployed by the big packers of the coun
try have been granted an advance in
, wages of 25 cents day each. The
concession was secured by commit
| tee representing the sheep butchers
in all slaughtering centers, and will
be ratified by the unions before going
into effect
The strike of the 300 freight hand
lers at Kansas City, which has been
on since June, has been officially de
clared off by President Dobson of the
local union, who says: 1T is useless
| to prolong a hopeless struggle We are
beaten, but not defeated" Men were
imported to fill most of the places oil
| the strikers.
No industrial organization requires
less capital than trades union. A
| few dollars apiece and little common
sense ere all that the workDs need
The trouble is that most of the unor
| ganized trades can raise the money
much easier than the sense, and tue
| latter cannot be bought; 1t must be
DISQUALIFICATION Journal.
Members of the Bricklayers' Inter
national union will have another op
portunity to vote on the proposition tc
| affiliate with the American Federation
of Labor. President George P. Cub
bins states that the proposition was
lost by only thirty-two votes, and that
in order to avoid contest the mem
bers will be asked to vote again.
Glenn Brothers, contractors, have
filed suit at indianapolis against the
International Plasterers' union, claim
| ing $4,000 damages for injury from a
| boycott by the union because they re-
fused to pay fine" of 5000 imposed
by the union. 1t is also charged that
the plaintiffs lost number OF con-
tracts because the union threatened
to boycott architects, material men
and contractors bidding on other parts
of the work.
The Western Federation Of Miners
and United Workers Of America will
form an alliance for the purpose OF
fighting organized capital. The plans
will be perfected when President John
Mitchell of the mine workers and
Charles Meyer, president of the West
ern federation, will get together. This
gigantic combine will take in nearly
million miners in the United States.
The action by the unior men is taken
as result of the meeting of the Mine
owners association at Colorado
Springs recently.
Secretary H. W. Steinbiss of the
National Building Trades council, in a
circular states that that organization
has no connection whatever with the
new National Federation OF Building
Trades" organized in Indianapolis.
He states that the supreme power OF
the new organization is vested in the
executive board and the rank and file
must obey orders. He then adds:
1--WE do not believe that American
building tradesmen will approve any
form of trades union government In
which the power is absolutely vested
in the executive"
In the American Federationist,
President GompeA speaking of the
American Anti-boycStt association and
its efforts, makes this significant COM
ment: do the worst elements in
capitalism want class struggle in the
United States? Is it their purpose to
convince labor that they control the