The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-07-28

and contended with" the call reads. !
and therefore local unions are urged
to be represented by their full quota
Of delegates"
The executive council OF the Ameri'
can Federation OF Labor has issued an
appeal to all international unions and
central labor bodies In the country to
assist financially the miners In Color
ado who are fighting to establish an
eight.hour day. In the leading edi.
torial in the current issue OF the
American Federationist, Editor Sam.
uel Gompers says that, while the
Western Federation of Miners has
adopted certain policies that run coun.
ter to those advocated by the Ameri.
can Federation Of Labor, there cannot
and should not be two kinds Of Justice
In this country.
The $50 Boston journeymen pa,ut.
ers who were on strike have gone
back TO work under the old agreement,
the strike having been declared of.
The strike lasted about five and
half weeks, about 1900 men going out.
The men 60 back with the full under.
standing that the old working rules
agreement Is to be operative, this be.
ing conceded by the employers. One
Of the most satisfactory features OF
the strike to the union is the fact that
only twenty-five men out Of total OF
2,200 deserted at any time, while the
union increased It's membership about
400 while the strike lasted.
In q recent bulletin issued by the
Department Of Labor at Washington.
A. Maurice Low has an interesting ar.
ticle on British labor unions. Mr..
Low says there are nearly 100000
members OF labor unions in Great
Britain, and they have in their treas
uries the sum of $1S.330,000. Walk
ing delegates are practically unknown
In England. says the report The gov.
erning power Is in the hands Of an ex.
ecutive committee. It Is impossible
for any one man TO order q strike.
The older unions. that have several
hundred thousand dollars in their
treasures, realize the danger OF put.
ting too much power in the hands of
their officers. The unions are becom-
ing more democratic.
rhe Illinois Steel Company has post.
ed notices to the effect that existing
wage agreements with the tonnage
men will expire Sept. 30. This Is the
ninety day notice required by either
side II termination of the contracts is
desired. Some Of the men fear the
action means a reduction in wages,
but the move Is generally regarded as
measure to place the company In
q position to ask the men to accept
reduction II the condition of the bust.
ness necessitates such request. The
agreements which will terminate are
individual ones. signed by the men In
1901 after the termination of the Anal.
gamated strike and the giving up Of
the Joliet charters In that organiza.
ton.
Carroll d. Wright, as umpire in dis
putes. between Pennsylvania coal
mine operators and coal miners, made
a decision which may avert strike
of 10000 miners In the Scranton
district. The umpire's decision was
on the clause In the anthracite award
relative to tho employment and pay
rnent OF the check weighing and check
docking bosses In favor OF the union
miners. Three coal companies had
refused to deduct the wages Of these
bosses from the wages Of the miners
unless each miner made . personal
assignment. OF the portion of his earn.
:ngs necessary to make up the wages
OF the bosses. The union workers
were willing to make this assignment.
but were afraid that non.uEion men
were not, and that this division would
prevent the proper collection Of the
wages, President Nichols thereupon.