The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-02

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ta~ry-treasurer of the Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers Union, re-
ports that the recent vote for affilia-
ton with the proposed Structural
Building Trades Alliance was 6,135,
of which 1927 were in favor of the
afiliation and 2,608 against. He an
LOUNGES that the final vote will show
the affiliation carried by a vote of
four to me-.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
A. F.. of L., was asked to explain
unionism. In a sentence he replied:
"The labor movement has for its pur-
pose the securing of the best possible
| economic and social conditions for the
masses; and the attainment of these
with the least possible friction, the
meeting of problems as they confront
us; the making of the day after this
a better day than the one preceding"
The J~ourneyman Tailors' National
Union was formed at a convention
| held in Philadelphia in August, 1888.
| Local unions Of tailors existed in this
| country when trade unionism was In
its infancy. They were among the
first skilled workmen to form a com
bination for protection. Previous to
the year 1900 records are shown
where unions of tailors existed in New
York and Philadelphia, and a union
was organized in Boston in 1906.
Cheers which shook the building
followed the reelection by acclama-
ton of President c.. p. Shea of Bos-
ton and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES E. l..
Turley of Chicago by the International
Brotherhood of Transfers in cOnven-
ton at Cosmopolitan Hall. Other Of
ficers elected were: Vice presidents
Edward Gould, New York city; M. j.
Dryer, st. Louis; Michael Casey, San
Francisco; Christopher O'Neil, Buffa-
10; Edward Mullin, Chicago; John
Sheridan, Chicago. Trustees--John
Mullen, Cincinnati; S. d. Perkins. To-
ledo; A. w. Walton, st. Paul.
The three division plants of the In.
ternational Harvester company in Chi
cago have been closed for a few days
to arrange for repairs and an inven-
tory according to the statements OF
the officials of the concerns. This
closing order throws idle about 10000
workers, nearly all of whom are union
members. The union wage scale does
not expire until Sept. 1. The COM
pany announces that about -one-fifth
of the employees will be furnished
work on the repairs and that all will
be back within a month. Relations
between the corporation and the
:-- o,x boon Friendly during the
year.
A proposition to organize the school
teachers of the country along trade
union lines created considerable dis
cussion at the recent meeting of the
National Educational association. The
debate was precipitated by Miss Mar
garet A. Haley of Chicago, president
of the National Federation OF Teach
ers. She said that teachers should
organize into trade unions in order to
secure better compensation for their
services. The pay they received was
not commensurate with the services
rendered. and the relief from these
impositions lay in the field of organ
ICED labor. The salary of a teacher In
some places, she said, Is barely
enough to keep a horse.
It Is a settled policy OF the labor
movement that unions shall not pledge
their members to work for certain
EMPLOYERS only or to refuse to work
for certain other employers. Frequent
ly. when an agreement is being ne
gotiated between a trade union ant
an organization representing a mum
Der of employers. it is proposed that
the members of the union shall bint
themselves to work for the member:
!. Of the EMPLOYERS association eXclu