Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-10-14

shorter hours on Saturday. He claimed
that this reduction in hours had given
employment to 10000 additional car
penters. wages had been gradually ad-
vanced until at the present time they
range from $3.50 to IS per day.
The International Association OF
Brick, Tile and Terra Gotta Workers,
in convention in Chicago, voted to in
crease the per capita tax rom to
10 cents month. It was also decided
to levy per capita assessment of rs
cents week in times Of strike.
Free text books in the public
schools at st. Paul, Mimi, is being
agitated by the labor unions Of that
city. j. c. Joel, now of Everett, who
was prominent in the labor movement
at the time, was the cause of tue
present free text book legislation of
Minnesota. Mr.. Joel is yet union
labor man.
Sailmakers in every private sail loft
in Norfolk, Va, are on strike for
higher wages. The Sailmakers' Union
OF that city was disrupted more than
year ago and only recognized re-
Gently. Sailmakers in the government
navy yard have joined the union. but
the'strike is not affecting government
work in any way.
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor has issued the
call for the twenty-fourth annual con-
vention Of that body, to be held in
Lyric Halls San Francisco. The con-
vention will open at 10 o'clock Mon
day morning, Nov. IA, and continue in
session from day to day until the
business before it has been completed.
The Carnegie Steel Company has
issued "a circular letter to the superin-
tendents of the different plants and
to the heads of the departments in
the plants instructing them to employ
no man over 35 years of age in certain
departments and extending the age
limit to 40 in hers. The order af-
fects large number of expert steel
men.
The International Typographical
union at it's last session resolved
that on Jan. /, 1906, the eight-hour
day shall become effective in all
union establishments under the juris-
diction of the international typo
graphical union where existing con-
tracts do not prevent, and in each in
stance where the eight-hour day is
refused work shall cease" The reso-
luton is subject to the referendum.
The national convention of the
United Garment Workers union OF
America has voted for biennial in
stead of annual sessions, changed its
title to international" voted that
women be commissioned in the work
of instructing unions composed OF
women, and instructed its delegates
to petition the American Federation
of Labor to change the charter OF
the Shirtwaist and Laundry Workers
union so as to place the shirt makers
and the workers on mems garments
under the jurisdiction of the united
garment workers union.
The Leadville (Colo.) District Min
ing Association, which takes in every
mine manager in the district, has de-
cided to issue working cards for the
purpose of carrying on the fight
against the Western Federation OF
Miners. Notices were posted at every
mine in the camp that no person will
ho hn cbol1 nnt have d.
posted with the timekeeper his card
of recommendation from the mining
association. Every applicant is re-
quired to sign statement that he Is
not a member of the federation or any
order controlled thereby. If he is a
member of the federation he will be
required to renonnce his allegiance.
The September number Of the Fed
erationist, official magazine of the
American Federation of Labor, con-
tains special articles from a score Of
the captains of the organized labor
forces. Following are some thoughts
from the articles:
To-day the rolling masses have |
greater responsibilities upon them
than ever before in the history of the
labor movement. - The men
and women of labor face the future
full of confidence in the triumph Of
their cause.-the cause of humanity"
Samuel Gompers.
"Never in the history of the labor
world has there been a more crucial
period for the workers than the Pc
riod through which we are now pass
ng."-P. ]. Mulligan.
Coercion has never been able to
smash unionism. 1t is unlikely that
it will ever succeed in so doing. And,
to speak frankly, coercive methods
are double edged when used by trade
unionists themselves. If we do not
possess the wisdom to build on foun.
dations of conviction, it were better
to camp out until we gain it."-Frank
r. Foster.
when the declaration of industrial
is proclaimed the indict-
ment against the controlling class
will startle the world of true men,