The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-10-27

employees OK the summit tlnd.)
mine. TO the number Of $50, struck
because the miners were not per.
mitted to select their own 'buddies,"
or fellow. w.workmen. Three mines Of
the Island Valley Coal company are
shut down because Of the company's
refusal to give the night fremen an
eight-hour day.
After a struggle which has lasted
nearly four months and cost the or.
ganization $50.000, the Amalgamated
Woodworkers' union of Chicago has
given up It's fight against the Furni-
ture Manufacturers association. Prac.
tically all Of the 1900 men involved
are back at work without having oh.
tanned any written contract with the
employers.
The United Typothetae Of America,
the organization of the employing
printers of the country, at its conven-
ton recently, threw down the gauntlet
to the union printers by the adoption
Of resolutions THAT the United Typo.
thetae Of America declares that It is
opposed to any reduction OF the fifty.
four hour week" and that the United
Typothetae of America will resist any
attempt on the part Of the Interna.
tional typographical Union to reduce
tho present hours Of labor"
All the subpoenas In the injunction
proceedings brought by the Macbeth.
Evans Glass company against It's
striking employees at Elwood, Ind.
have been served. Nineteen strikers
were summoned to appear before
Judge Allen in the United States cir.
cult court. indianapolis, to show cause
why the temporary restraining order
prohibiting them from interfering in
any way In the operation Of the Mac.
beth-Evans factory, should not be
made permanent.
The "readjustment" at the Joliet
plant Of the United States Steel cor
poratiOn has resulted In a sensational
reduction Of wages. Nearly all Of the
1000 men employed at the big plant
are affected, and in many cases the
decrease amounts to 80 per cent. The
tonnage system has been eliminated
and all have been placed on q fiat sal.
ary rate. The anger Of hundreds OF
the skilled hands Is at white heat. al
though many have remained at their
posts, with the intention Of submitting
until after election.
Efforts to bring about closer alli-
ancc between the printers and the
commercial telegraphers' unions have
met with fair success during the con-
ventions OF the past summer. Now
the railroad and commercial telegra.
piers organizations are talking ncgo.
tiatiOns SO that close afiiliation may
result. The reports in the CONNER
cial Telegraphers' Journal, very
bright paper. predict meeting later
ut which an agreement between the
two unions Of wire clickers will be
made.
The Structural Building Trades AL.
lance. composed Of the principal In.
dustries in the building trades unions,
Is designed to regulate the organized
building trades as to bring about har
mony between employers and work.
men throughout that industry. to en-
courage the investment of capital in
the structural operations. to substi.
tute arbitration for strikes and lock
outs. and to make impossible any.
where such a situation as has existed
until of late in the building trades In
New York city.
a wonderfully interesting value Of
500 pages Is a report of the census
bureau dealing with the occupations
of the people OF the United States. 1t
shows that In 303 specified occup l..
tions there are employed In t;io
limited States 29.073233 persons rf