Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-19

victories. ! do not advocate antagonizing
tho employers You must never he salts
fed until the condition of the workingman
is all that II should be. This should be ac-
compished altogether by peaceful means.''
A strike is threatened on the Fort Wayne
system and its branches of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, 1t is understood that the
Pennsylvania will not accept the wage
schedule because by Its provisions the COM
pany must sign an agreement with the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, thus
recognizing the union. The wages asked
under the schedule what is known
Chicago pay" which is higher than the
wages paid on railroads in the east.
tory of the Milet-Woodbury Shoe Company.
Beverly, Mass The rirm is teaching them
TO cut shoes with the hope of breaking the
strike declared by the Knights of Labor at
the shop. Girl cutters are employed in a
number OF places in the west.
r., The central body of trades in the Chicago.
~: stockyards. formerly known as the
faoking Trades Central Body has organic
ca ana IS row called the Mechanical Trades
aiu LABOR council of the Stockyards and
Vmihi!y; with 1t twenty-one unions are
affiliated.
M;anagers OF western railways will arm
engineers, nremen and trainmen of tho mas
senser trains. The success and freouency
q hoid-ups has calld for some action ana
~ =, rs oeieved that arming the trainmen will
The United States Steel Cornorat,o, ,o,
piahheo 20 compensate its employees for sug-
Eestlons that will increase the consumntion
or reduce the cost of manufacturing tic
products. ms 10
AT the close of the colonial period In this
country shoemakers were paid 20 cents a
oay. To-Day many skilled operatives can
inahe 40 cents an hour when business Ia
good SS 10
lanes Mcmahon, for the past three wears
PRESIDENT of the Blast Furnacemen's Ma
.lonal Union, announces that he win soon
take years trip through E,urona ,n st1,S,,
old world. " vi 'iie
Steps are being taken to esta bIisb NJ Don
yer, Col, home for aged and indipent
carpenters. committee was appointed at
the recent convention of the Brotharb,od
OF Carpenters and Joiners to inyestipata tho
proposition and make a report thereon. The
carpenters generally are said to he favor
aple TO the proposition. Leaders of the
movement point out the success which has
attended the institution of the nrintars'
meme at Colorado Springs, and the good
work they say it has accomplished
Inc brlckayers and masors' international
convention will be held at San Francisco
January next. 1t is estimated that 600
delegates from all sections of the United
states and Canada will attend the sessions
Inc national convention of the United
Garment Workers Union of America has
voted for Biennial instead of annual SEES
sions, changed its title to ''interna tionaI"
voted that women be commissioned in the
work of instructinC unions conposed of
women, and instructed its delegates to nett
ton the American Federation of Labor to
change the charter of the Shrtwaist and
Laundry Workers Union so as to place the
shirtmakers and the workers on mems gar
ments under the jurisdiction of the United
Garment Workers Union.
The president of The International Union
of Steam Engineers has been placed under
salary for the first time in the history of
the organiZa ton. ana will receive 81 800 IA
year, for which he oevotes his entire time
TO the work. The salary of the secretary
treasurer was increased 5000, and his office
help 81 week.
John c. Carder. labor unionist was elect
ed mayor of Rutland. Vt. by a plurality of
tWenty-eight votes, over Mayor ID. w. Tenn
PIE, independent; and Henry w. Spoftord,
republican. Rutland is the place where the
union machinists were muIcted out of 81 800
in damage suit for boycottng.
The following have prescribed eight hours
as the maximum days labor upon public
works: California, Colorado. District OF
Columbia, Hawaii Idaho. Kansas. Mary
land CBaltimore). Minnesota, Nevada. Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Porto Rico. Utah. Washing
ton, West Virginia and Wyoming.
factories of late and the rapidity with
which they do the work is considered by
the table-knife grinders to be serious
problem in their work. and effort will
be made to overcome it in far as 1t
duceS wages
International Union of Steam Engineers
has resolved to create defense fund of
$4,000, placed pro rata into the treasures
Of the subordinate unions and aVailable on
orders from the parent body in cases OF
strikes and lockouts
There are GA GOO members of the French
trades unions The organiZlti although
small, with an average membership of only
10 are rapidly growing. their numbers
having more than doubled within the last
eight or ten years.
Bricklayers at New Orleans, La. have
decided to call off their strike in SYM
pathy with the carpenters. and In the fu-
ture will make their fight for union recog-
milton alone.