Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-11-18

work which they are doing. The com.
pany is producing from 800 to 400 kegs
of steel and iron cut nails and about
$500 agricultural shapes daily.
Seamen' S international convention
will meet at San Francisco Dec. 5.
The seamen's delegates to the A. F.
of L. are going to demand that the
international longshoremen's union
cease chartering unions of tug boat
men, marine engineers, firemen, cooks,
etc., which come under the jurisdic.
ton Of the seamen. The fight now on
for several years is to be brought to
a crisis and positive decision.
A. F. of l.. executive council will
meet in Chicago Nov 9, and immeii-
ately after it's session there starts for
San Francisco, where the annual con-
vention of the A. F. of L. will begin its
session Nov. IA. The executive board,
with portion of the national office
force, will have a special car and be
in session practically all the way to
San Francisco. The train to which the
car is to be attached is special one
from Chicago, and already 200 east.
ern delegates have engaged passage
on it.
The dispute between the union
perial Tobacco Trust continues. and
the union men are still out. The
men were offered three years con-
tract if they would accept the terms
offered by the trust, but as the terms
include remuneration of their union,
the men refused. Though the efforts
of the International Federation finan-
cial assistance is being rendered the
English cigarmakers by the workers
of the same industry in continental
countries. Entertainments have been
organized all over London for the
benefit of those made idle by the dis.
pute.,
A booklet just issued gives the mum.
Der of employees of the United States
Steel corporation at present at approx
imately 10000 men. OF this number
over 100000 are engaged in various
manufacturing properties of the cor
poration. Last year the total number
of all employees in the service OF the
corporation was 167,709, compared
with 16S,127 in 1902. The total
amount paid in salaries and wages last
year was $12O, 1886. This years to
tai is expected to fall much below that
because of reductions and dropping
from the pay roll of number of high
salaried employees taken over" in con
solicitations. 1t is estimated that this
years salary and wage roll will moi
exceed $100,000,000.
A decision has been handed down
| in the New York supreme court by
Justice Garretson against Max Ferle
president of local union, No. I'll, OF
the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen of North America
| ordering the reinstatement of George
| Cramer. 1t was alleged that Cramei
| had uttered a SANDER against the pres
| ident of the union and for this he wal
fined $50 by the union year ago
| Cramer also was to make an apology
before the union. He refused to do SC
and was expelled. Having been unable
to obtain work, he sued for reinstate
ment. The Justice found that Cramei
had not been legally expelled by the
union.
Labor papers receive better sup
port to-day than at any time in thell
history" says the Western Laborer
of Omaha. MANY of them are max
ing a good income for their publish
ers to-day where such men as Joseph
r. Buchanan did not make enough tc
feed himself and wife twenty-five
years ago. Men like John Swinton
Joseph r. Buchanan, Joseph Labadie
Sam Lefingwell-men of master
minds and honest, sincere hearts
went hungry while editing their labor
papers twenty-five years ago. To-day
there are more than one hundred pay
ing labor papers in the United States
The reason for this is that the union
men OF to-day are more 1ntelllgen'
and recognize the value of labor pa
per. and are, therefore, giving it in
telligent upport-financial support
not the windy resolution kind they
gave to the old fellows named above
and which a few of them hand out
nowadays in return for about forty
columns of boosting. mo, indeed!
The labor papers of to-day are treated
a thousand times better than they
were twenty-five years ago and witt
the increase in schools will come in
creased appreciation of efforts"
Thomas ]. Minihan of Boston, nov
in New York as the special organizer
and representative of the information
al transfers union, is teaching the
labor men in that city few points or
how to do business expeditiously
Last week a case arose where the Law
regarding the hours of labor were be
ing violated on teaming work for the
city. No satisfaction was obtained
from the owners of the teams, ant
only bluffs" from subordinate officials
Without further ado or fooling witt
them, Mr.. Minihan went straight II
Mayor Mcclellan, reported the viola
tions of law, and demanded that he SCI
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