Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-04-23

ture OF their work these men are COM
PEELED to nave a system of insurance
OF their own. The Chicago union paid
out S5,47O last year in death and dis
ability benefits.
The American Locomotive company
has discharged about one-half Of its
employees in the Scranton (Pa.) shops.
including several craftsmen. Chief
Craftsman G. F. Bookman and several
of his assistants have been trans
ferred to the Schenectady shops. The
movement is said to be in harmony
with the policy of retrenchment adopt
ed in all of the small plants of the
company.
The organized workmen OF New
York have determined to oppose any
modification OF the eight-hour law and
are requesting every union and city
central labor body in New York state
to send a protest to Albany against
Senator Dowling's bill which pro.
poses an amendment to the law so
that the city Terry boats about to be-
constructed might be excepted from
its eight-hour provisions.
The miners scale recently adopted
by vote of the states was signed by
the joint subscale committee. consist
ing of two miners and two operators
of each of the four states forming the
central compt- tive district at Indian
apolis. March 81. No change was
made from the original proposition OF
the operators which was voted upon
by the miners. The next joint confer
ence will be held at Indianapolis Jan.
%. 1906.
Grand Army men all over the Unit
ed States are protesting against the
discharge of old soldiers from the
government printing office at Wash
ington. President Roosevelt has de-
cided that linotype machines shall be
placed in the printing office and under
the rules made no employee over 80
years of age will be permitted to learn
to run them. This the Grand Army
men state would result in the dis
charge of many old soldiers.
The action of the executive board OF
the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers in following
the recommendation of President The
Odore Shaffer that a reduction in
wages be granted the sheet mills and
tinplate mills rather than permit these
plants to be operated non-union. as
threatened by officials of the Ameri-
can Sheet and Tinplate company, has
met with general condemnation. ac..
To hn
states. where such establishments are
numerous.
The American district of the Anal
gamated Society of Carpenters and
Joiners last year paid out SILL 55 for
unemployed benefits. S7.225 for sick
benefits, s3.341 death benefits, Sits
accident benefits, s2.O7S for tools. $685.
79i for strikes and lockouts. SIPS in
old age pensions, and s1,065 for benev-
client purposes. A total of S63 .062. As
the average membership for the year
did not exceed $4,000. the amount is
over S12 per capita. A good argument
in favor of the high dues system
Chicago Inter Ocean.
According to report published in
ers of Holland. De Bakersbodi. nighC
work has been abolished in that coun-
try by legislation. The law in ques-
ton prohibits the performance of any
work in bake shops during the hours
between . a. m and a. m. Work on
Sundays is no longer permitted. En-
ployes are to work sixty-six hours per
week-ten hours per day and sixteen
hours on Saturday. or ten and half
hours every day and thirteen and a
half hours on Saturday. Apprentices
and employees under is years of age
ire not allowed to work more than
en hours each day. and in each work
ng shift they are entitled to rest half
IN hour. There are two working
shifts.
The House committee on appropria-
ions has received a proposition from
?. T. Dodge. president of the Mergen-
haler Linotype company. and j. L.
Kennedy, representing that company
N Washington. to equip the govern
nent printing Office with typesetting
machines. The specific proposition
vas for the committee to place in the
undry civil appropriation bill now be-
ng prepared an item of S154,000,
fhich will pay the purchase price and
upplies for forty machines. the price
t each machine being S3.609. 1t is
stimated that it will take 200 ma
hines to equip the Office, and the
Ian proposed is for the purchase OF
rom forty to fifty machines each
ear until this number has been Sc
u-ed.
New York painters are seeking leg
ilation. to be framed on lines of a
ermau law. prohibiting the use OF
.hite lead in paint for public build
lgs. The Central Federated union
as indorsed and forwarded to tho
ate federation's committee at AL.
any this painters bill. whose pro
sions will apply only to work done
, the state or its political subdivis-
MS At the hearing the journeymen
linters' representative will show how
any of their fellow craftsmen are an