Kansas agitator., 1904-07-29

filed against him at Cripple Creek,
Bonds were provided by guarantee
company. Meyer has been a prisoner
1OS days and during the greater por.
tion of that time was confined in the
bull pen at Telluride on the plea Of
military necessity"
w. T. French, president of the San
Francisco (Cal.) Typographical Union,
has filed suit in San Francisco re-
straining the Citizens Alliance of that
city from putting an emblem on its
printed matter which is facsimile OF
that of the printing trades union. and
is said to be an infringement on the
design. and to be done for the purpose
of deceiving people into believing that
the printing was done under union
conditions. A temporary injunction
has been granted forbidding its
further use until heard in court.
Secretary Mckee has issued the call
for the eighth annual convention Of
the International Union of Steam En-
gineers, to meet in Omaha Sept. r..
There being considerable business to
come before the meeting, Secretary
Mckee suggests that delegates should
come prepared for at least ten days
stay. owing to the growth of the
organization. new conditions surround
us and new problems have to be met
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 paint
ers who were on strike have gone
back to work under the old agreement
the strike having been declared off
The strike lasted about five and q
half weeks, about 1900 men going out
The men go 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 its membership about
400 while the strike lasted.
The Illinois Steel Company has post.
ed notices to the effect that existing
wage agreements with the tonnage
men will expire Sept. 80. This is the
ninety day notice required by either
side if 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
a measure to place the company In
a position to ask the men to accept a
reduction if the condition of the bust.
ness necessitates such a 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.
In a 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,O00. Walk.
ing delegates are practically unknown
in England, says the report. The gov
erning power is in the hands of an ex-
ecutive committee. 1t is impossible
Tor any one man to order a 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.
Carroll D. Wright, as umpire III 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 the employment and pay
ment 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 a personal
assignment of the portion of his earn
;ngs necessary to make up the wages
of the bosses. The union workers
we're willing to make this assignment. .
but were afraid that non-uniOn men
we're not, and that this division would
prevent the proper collection of the
wages. President Nichols thereupon.
after postponing the threatened strike.
submitted the question to Umpire
Wright. Mr.. Wright sustains the
companies and declares they have a
perfect right to insist upon per-