Kansas agitator., 1904-10-21

the hoop mills of the corporation the
union plants are in minority. All
the union steel workers could quit and
the corporation would still be able
to control its output.
Upon the application of the Eureka
Foundry Company, Judge Hosea of
the Superior court granted tempo
Molders' Union Of North America and
its local agents from interfering in
any way with the conduct of business
at the Cincinnati foundries, especially
prohibiting the practice of picketing
the vicinity of the plants. The strike
at these places has been productive
of several clashes between strikers
and nonunion employees.
The formal amalgamation of the in
ternational association of machinists
and the international association Of
allied metal mechanics will take place
next Saturday. There will be no
change in the name of the machinists'
organization, which is to absorb the
other, and all members of the metal
mechanics will be transferred into
the other free of cost. All charters
issued from this time will be issued
by the international association of
machinists.
The following officers were elected
at the international convention Of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
held at Toronto: President, Frank
Buchanan, Chicago; first vice-presi-
dent, j. I. Butler, Buffalo, second
vice-president, e. A. Clancy, San Fran
cisco; secretary-treasurer, ]. ]. Nc
Namara. Cleveland; executive board,
]. Butler, New York city; James c.
Oakley, Pittsburg; Thomas McGoyern,
Albany, N. Y; ]. H. Barry, st. Louis.
Mo. The election of Frank Buchanan
as president was practically unani-
nous.
The grand officers of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen were re-
elected for two years at the session
of the ninth biennial convention as
follows: Grand master, John ]. Han
nahan; first vice grand master,
Charles A. Wilson of Phillipsburg, N
j.; second vice grand master, Timothy
Shea of Peoria; third vice grand mas
ter, Charles w. Maier of Parsons,
Kan; fourth vice grand master, Eu-
gene A. Ball of Stratford, Ont; grand
secretary and treasurer, William s.
Carter Of Peoria; editor Of official or
gan, John F. McNamee of Indianap-
oils.
The appeal of the cotton planters
to southern congressman to ask gov
ernment aid in securing plenty Of
labor has been acted upon. The De-
partment of Labor at Washington has
informed the Mississippi congressman
that within six months over $4,000
italian immigrants will land in Ameri-
ca. An assurance is given that 100000
of these will land at southern ports
end that 10000 will have come by
Oct. l, the busiest part of the season.
This is an experiment of the depart
ment to ascertain comparatively the
extent of endurance under famine con-
ditiOns of the negro and Italian, anu
will be made special subject of a
bulletin to be issued by the depart
ment
The International Bookbinder, the
organ of the International Brother
hood of Bookbinders, referring to the
selection of Jan. l. 1906, as the date
rpon which the International Typo
graphical Union has set to enforce the
eight-hour day in the book and job
printing Offices, says: "Our local
unions should also make preparation
to demand the shorter day on or be-
fore the date set by the printers. We
do not want to see bookbinders work
ing nine hours in any shop where the
printers are working eight, and care
should be taken on signing agree
ments and contracts to have the
eight-hour clause inserted. The en-
ployers are realizing that the shorter
day is coming and we firmly believe it
will be granted in the larger cities
without any friction whatever"
Hugo Miller, second vice president
of the International Typographical
union, representing the German
American branch, has just issued the
annual report of that
branch for the fiscal year closing
June &c. 1t shows that with men,
bership of 994 the total income dur.
ing the past year was $24,154.15 and
the total expenses $1S,606.03. leaving
a surplus of $5,54S12 for the last
year, which brings the total amount
in the treasury of the Topographic
up to $23,519.31. or s23.64 per capita.
The following benefits were paid dur
ing the year: Out of work. S5.7S5;
sick, $2,9456S; funeral. $2,255; strike
and boycott, $313.75; travelling,
s1S1.S5.
A writer on trade union subjects
has been doing some figuring which
he used in the following interesting
manner: A conservative estimate of
the number of organized wage-earners
and the amount they earn-and of
necessity spend, shows in a truly
startling manner the tremendous pow
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