Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-05-06

disputes on record. The approval OF
the strike carries with it the benefits
guaranteed by the federation.
The Chicago News has knockout
blow for the man who is always COM
planning of high dues" and wants
cheaper union. 1t says: You can get
more wind out OF ten-cent fan than
you can out of a $40 one, and the
same may be said of ten-cent union
man."
The Boot and Shoe Workers Union
spent $404,322 last year as regular
union expenses. One-quarter of this
went to the sick and bereaved and
about as much more was spent in the
support of strikes. The shoemakers
have spent fortune to advertise
their label.
John j. Hannahan, grand master
of the brotherhood of locomotive fire.
fmen, has been seriously i'll for the
past few weeks. He is laid up with
combination of sciatic and inflamma-
tory rheumatism brought on by eX-
posture of his recent work for the
brotherhood.
Circulars have been sent out by the
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
warning organizers against booming
presidential candidates. The circular
sarcastically reminds organizers that
they are being paid by organized Ia
Dor to work for it and not for any
presidential candidate.
Union-made trading stamps are in
the market. An association named
the American Labor Union Trading
Stamp Company was recently formed
in Bridgeport, Conn.,, with capital OF
$4,000. John j. O'Neil, state organ
izer of Connecticut for the American
Federation of Labor, secured the in
corporation of the new concern, which
sells shares to labor unions and their
members at $25 each.
"The explosion of a bomb during
the Haymarket riot in 1886 was used
by few shrewd detective agencies
for years afterward to fleece money
from the timid rich. Parry and Job
are using the same arguments now,
and for the same purposes and the
ridiculous part of it is that they have
found quite few suckers who are
foolish enough to stand for touch"
-Cigarmakers' Journal.
Union iron molders have submitted
to the employers new agreement for
the ensuing year. There is no change
in the wage scale, which is So for nine
hours work. The principal change is
clause protecting apprentices, the
union men desiring to Rake it obliga.
tory upon the employers to teach
them the entire trade, instead OF, as
now, only portions of it.
The Dublin county Qreland) com.
mittee of agriculture and technical In.
struction has under consideration
scheme for training of girls for domes.
tic service The scheme will take the
form of scholarships for limited
number of girls from the rural dis.
tricts, who will be given years
training in cookery, laundry work,
needlework, hygiene and all appertaln-
ing to housework.
The average number of men en-
ployed in the coal mines of the United
States during 1902 was 51S,307. OF
the 51S,307 men employed in 1902,
14S,141 found occupation in the Penn.
sylvania anthracite mines and the
other 370,166 in the bituminOus mines
of the country. The average number
of days worked by each miner in the
anthracite field was 116, the average
number made by each worker in the
bituminous mines was 230
The strike of the photographers
which tied up that industry and kept
more than 10000 workers out of work
for over a month has been settled
The employers and the representa-
tives of the employees signed a tenta.
tive agreement and all the locals
throughout the United States and Can
ada have beer notified to ratify the
agreement without delay. The New
York Civic Federation is given the
credit for bringing about the settle
ment.
Within the last few years the Rus
sian government has been enacting
laws favoring the labor men. 1t has
provided that all factories and mill
owners shall contribute to hospitals
and give medical assistance for their
workmen. There are labor pensions
and labor insurance both for death
and accidents. There are also mutual
labor insurance companies for per-
manent and temporary disablements,
and one or two old age insurance COM
panies.
Eli Stevens, third. assistant grand
chief of the Brotherhood of Locomo'
tive Engineers, has secured an injunc-
ton restraining Grand Chief Stone or
other officers of the big brotherhood
from holding the annual convention
in Cleveland or in any other point
aside from Los Angeles, CAL The lat
ter city was chosen originally for
this years convention, but recently
an agitation was started to hold the
convention in Cleveland owing to high
railroad rates.
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