Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-07
many LABOR Unions
The Greatest Present Activity
is In Organizing Men In
Scattered Industries
BRINGS UP THE WAGE QUESTION
The soner Employees in Various Lines
of Industry Are Organized, the
Sooner Will They Be in Position to
Demand Wages Equal to the Alleged
Increased Cost of Living.
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Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines. Feb. 1.-THE reports
from the labor organizations of the
state indicate that 4 great deal more
work is being done IN the way of or
ganizatlon of labor unions than evki
refore. I. p. Mention. state organizer
III the employment IF the State Fedora
ton of Labor, organized eleven new
unions IN the month of January, be-
sides work in securing Sfiiliation in la
Dor assemblies. The greatest activity
just now is in the ln.tter of organizing
men in scattered industries like the
railroad and commercial telegraphers
the railroad clerks, the express em-
pioyes. the freight handlers and ever
the trackmen. A great many inquiries
come to the labor organizers with refer
ence to organization of the tracknsn or
the railroads. They are scattered ia,
and wide and are hard to approach. III
other lines, as that Of the freight hand
lers and clerks in railroad Offices, the
work is going forward by the mer
Themselves. The organization of the
express agents and employees is re-
garded by the labor leaders as hope
fIl sign. They say that the express
employees all over the state and on prac-
tlcally all the systems are organizing in
good shape and will be prepared very
soon to make formidable demand fol
reasonable pay for their services. The
matter of wages is becoming tender
che in many lines of industry, and la
horers are complaining that the presen,
wages have not kept oace with the cost
OF living. The coal miners Will un-
questionably make some strong de-
nands on the operators for better
wages this year and bacg up their de-
nands with q showing of reasons for
their action. BY the time of the next
meeting of the State Federation III Iowa
the reports will show the greatest
..ss sogress in the history of tradss union
fisnl IN tne STAGE.
Judge Robinson has in his possession
some evidence of the work that is being
done at the deaf school in Council
Biuffs. This is SAMPLES of the writing
and composition of pupils. Work done
by deaf children who have been In the
school only four to si& months shows
that great progress is possible under the
system of teaching followed there. For
instance in the matter of writing out
the names of common things the deaf
pupils show capabilities quite as great
as those of normal faculties. In the
second year work. Nnere the pupils are
-, "A vii ir,e
some of the work would compare fa-
vorably with work Of children of the
same age in the public schools. Ths
burning of the school building last
spring seems not to have interfered to
any great degree with the work of the
state deaf school.
1t has been determined practically
that the little Eva Steen. of Knoxville.
a blind child supposed to be deaf, is not
deaf at all. but her inability to speak
is due to mental defects of a nature not
known. She is In e.lct a defective i'll
mentality and proper subject for the
institution at Glenwood. where she will
al least be sure of good care and sons
education. The mother of the child has
had a deep prejudice against the insti-
tuition at Glenwood. having heard that
some ten years ago pupils We're mis-
used there. and she has hesitated about
giving her consent 10 have the cnliu
sent there But ali talk of having the
child sent to the blind school at Vlnton
has been abandoned.
The printing of the state fair pre-
MUM list will be done outside of Des
Moines. There is , very strong cQm-.
hination of Job printers in Des Moines
to regulate prices and the bids from
this city were entirely out of sight.
The next senator from the Jefferson
Van Buren, senatorial district will come
from Van Buren county. Jefferson has
been a little unfortunate in it's selection
of senators. Van Bnren has two or
three candidates. bu. Allen is likely to
be the nominee.
The name of Governor Cummfns will
appear on the official ballots in Polk
county at the republican county prl-
mary on March s, and in this way MS
candidacy for a second term will b.
formally an0OulCGl W tuS Se.itS' IN =
will not be any opposition to Cummins
OF to Herriott for denomination.
A new collection company has been
formed in Des Moinys and is operating
by making investigation of court rec
ords in various counties and digging UP
old claims which have been allowed Tor
witness fees or other purposes ana
finding the owners thereof The COM
ps,ny met with 81 hard proposition over
in Warren county, where the board
found out What was being done an 4
cancelled the allowance of all bills back
of a certain time. Now the company
threatens to sue the county on some OF
the bills placed in It's hands for collec-
ton or assigned to IL. 1t is reported
here that this or similar companies are
operating all over tie state.
The claims committee at Washington
has reported in favor of the allowance
OF the claims of the stats of Iowa on
account of the equipment for the war
with Spain without amendment. There
is little doubt that iowa will get back
every cent advanced.