Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-15


ing the labor movement in this coun.
| try, 1t seems. by order of Pope Plus
X, who is deeply interested and de
sired to secure information regarding
labor conditions here, also data re-
garding the treatment of employees by
employers, especially great corpora
lions.
Judge Humphrey, In the federal
court at Springfield, ILL.,, overruled the
motion Of the striking miners and of.
fice.s OF miners unions to dissolve
, the temporary injunction which he
had issued restricting the strikers
or officers of miners unions from
| picketing the Ziegler Coal company's
property, or in any manner interior
ing with the operation of the mine.
All the boilermakers of the N. Y,
| N. II. & II. II. r. system who struck
sixteen weeks ago returned to work.
| The settlement calls for the nine-hour
workday, an increase of wages of IL
cents an hour, and the establishment
| of shop rules desired by the union.
All the strikebreakers were removed
from the shops by the road officials
and every man was given his old job.
The Carnegie Steel Company served
notices on all the clerks in the South
Sharon office that their services are
no longer required. The reason given
Is that the blast furnace construction
Is completed and no other department
of the big works will be operated.
This will mean the closing Of the
open.hearth steel department, whi III
employs $500 men when running FIJI
time.
Joshua A. Leach was the founder
and first grand master Of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen. He
built the bridge over which more
than $4,000 men have found their way
to the benefits derived from belong.
ing to labor organization. Mr.. Leach
was born in Negay, Ireland, May 8,
1S43. Soon after his birth his parents
came to America and settled in New
York.
Tho Amalgamated Association OF
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers declared
strike against the Carnegie Steel
company. Three large plants-two al
Youngstown, o., and one ut Girard, o.
are involved, and several thousand
men are affected. The strike is q
protest against a reduction in wages
and the declaration of the company
that its mills will be run on the open
shop" principle in the future.
The international socialist and
trades union congress at Amsterdam,
Holland, at its final sitting adopted
resolution calling on all socialists and
trades unions to organize annual dem.
onstrations in favor Of an eight hour
day and to stop work on May day. A
resolution in regard to trusts, which
was also passed, set forth that social
lists ought to direct their efforts to.
ward the Specialization Of produc'
ton"
The management of the steel hoop
department OF the Carnegie Steel COM
pany has issued orders that the men
in the eight-inch department Of the
plant must report for duty at once,
, otherwise the mill would be declared
open and other men employed in their
places. A meeting Of the conference
committee OF the Amalgamated asso-
citation has been called to discuss the
, situation. The ultimatum issued by
, the steel trust is direct blow against
the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers and Is be-
lieved to be the first step toward non.
unionizing all its mills in the Mahon-
ing and Shenango valleys.
|
the Chicago Virden Coal company at
Virden, walked out on the order of
James Maxwell, president of the local
union. The miners claim that the OPP
orators are violating the law by al
lowing the fire boss to examine the
mine after each working day instead
OF each morning before the miners
enter the mines. The walkout fol.
lowed a fruitless conference between
Manager f. w. Lukins and a commit
tee OF the miners.
The convention of the international
, brotherhood of Stationary Firemen ad.
! journed to meet in Omaha in August
1906. Officers were elected as follows:
President, Timothy Healy, New York
secretary and treasurer. q. l.. Shamp
Omaha. Amendments to the constitu.
ton were adopted fixing the terms OF
, officers at two years and providing for
biennial meetings instead of annual
A motion by Delegate Barrett Of Low,
ell, Mass, declaring it to be the sense
OF the convention that the delegates
go on record as opposed to the open
shop" was carried unanimously.
!, Interest in the lockout of the build
q Ing trades and the strike of the butch
d ers has, during the past two weeks
:. overshadowed the strike Of the cloth
J. ing cutters of New York, which is now
!. rounding out, in an atmosphere OF
Q peace, a six weeks contest. Both
q sides are claiming the victory-the
bosses because the open shop" signs
t still hang in their establishments, and
i the union because its men are back al
a | ,,orly updar conditions aS favorable n G