Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-20

ton was submitted to the referendum vote
OF the subordinate unions, and II IL re-
ported that many bodies In other cities havo
taken similar action to that taken by tbs
local union.
A meeting OF the Hospital AttendantS
Protective Union, No. sO97. will be held %
the evening Of July p at Haines Hall
Anacostia. This organization is composed
largely of attendants at St. Elizabeth Hos.
pital for the Insane
The charwomen In the Post OffGo Depart
ment are confronted by the laboe-savin6
machinery peril, ii is said. and some of therd
are fearful OF losing their jobs Several
days ago tests of a new hygenic and SAM.
tary fioor-cleanng apparatus We're made In
that department, with what results is not
yet known. A Connecticut inventor prom
ises to add to the misery OF the charwoman
by introducing In the government service
his electrical busting device and dust col.
lector.-
There is no likelihood OF a sympathetic
strike of plumbers, steam and gas filters
In Washington in connection with the strike
of those trades recently ordered In New
York on all outside contracts, so far a.
could be learned from local leaders The
purpose of this strike is said to be to en-.
force a system of exchange OF working
cards in the various cities.
The University of wisconsin has estab-
Hshed an innovation for the summer
months. The students will be given q
series of lectures trade unionism the
union label. the open shop. the boycott and
kindred topics.
Typographical statistics recently COM
piled show that on May 81 of this year
there were 692 locals affiliated with the
International Typographical Union Tho
total number of charters issued during the
year ended on the same date was 90 The
average paying membership for the twelve
months ended May 81, 1904, was 48 165 an
increase of 3729.
The operation OF the compulsory arbitra-
ton law passed by the Maryland legisla-
ture on the last day of its session is being
watched with interest. 1t is claimed to be
a drastic measure intended to provide for
the legal settlement of labor troubles.
The glassblowers' unions in southern New
Jersey have adopted novel means of caus-
ing the children of their members to attend
school regularly. The scholars receive
daily wages from the unions and are
docked III they miss days attendance at
school.
The records OF the census office show
that 30 per cent of the employees of the
textile industry in Alabama are under six.
teen years OF age
ne appointment is announced of J. q,
Skemp of San Francisco, third vice presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Painters and
Decorators of America. as secretary-treas-
urer OF that organization. This appoint-
meht is TO NIL the vacancy caused by the
recent death of Michael P Carrick and
has been Endorsed by the executive board
OF the national body =
fl1ty labor unions have been formed In
Porto Rico since 1t became a possession ~
Uncle Sam. Nearly all of the orpaniza.
tlons nave been chartered by the American
Federation of Labor
1t is provided by a section or tbo NAN
constitution of the Chicago Federation OF
LABOR that If one agreement is violated nv
an employer all other agreements between
mat employer and labor unions are abro-
gated and rendered nil
Twentyfour states are said to have en-
acted Industrial arbitration laws.
Just before the departure for Europe Of
John Mitchell. president of the United Mine
w orkerS or America, he was rendered n
banquet by his indianapolis friends and ad-
mirers
1t is stated that nearly 1000 wortinpner
who were thrown out of employment nv
the suspension of work on the Pennsylva-
ma railroad have returned to their homes
In Europe Quite number of them were
Italians. Other idle railroad laborers ara
expected to follow this example
An effort will be made to induce the po-
llcemen'S Association of Washington to n r
hliate with organized labor. Some of the
poilcemen declare openly that they are hos
Tile TO the proposition, and declare that the
purposes of the organiZa ton can only he
accomplished by remaining as an independ-
ent body. Such move" said one of the
members. facetiously, might involve us In
strikes, and the only striking we are sup
posed to do is with our clubs, and then
only in Self-defense"