Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-14
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Hilary with large membership was formed.

United States Consul General F. Dillins-
ham, Auckland New Zealand, has reported
to this government a new system of pre-
venting railroad collisions He SAYS: An
interesting change has recently been made
in the signaling system in New Zealand
railway which 1t is thought will make col
lisionS absolutely impossible. For a long
time, up to recent date, what is known
as the block system has been generally
used, but the tablet system has now been
introduced. The essential point in the new
system is that no engine driver is allowed
to leave station without a tablet in his
possession, and the element Of safety rests
on the fact that the machines are so made
that 1t is impossible for two Of the tablets
to be out at the same time. If driver
leaves Auckland for Newmarket with tab
let, that tablet has to be deposited in the
machine at Newmarket before another tab
let is issued allowing return train to leave
that station for Auckland, and the electro
cal connection between the two stations
makes 1t impossible to extract a tablet from
the Auckland machine until the tablet has
been put into the machine at Newmarket
1t is claimed by railroad experts that under
the new system two trains cannot be on
the same section at once, so that the dan
ger of collisions is entirely done away
with
Practically every building trades union OF
Boston, Mass, was represented at the re-
cent conference of the building trades or
CARNATIONS. The meeting was called in the
general campaign now on to bring every
building trade organization Of the city into
one central delegate body or council for
mutual action.
Washington labor leaders state 1t as their
opinion that President John Mitchell Vice
President William Lewis and Secretary
Treasurer w. B. Wilson of the United
Mine Workers will be reelected without
opposition at the coming national con-
vention of the union, at Indianapolis. Ind.
sued, show that Messrs. Mitchell, Lewis
and Wilson are the only nominees for the
respective positions
An English labor advocate who attended
the recent national meeting of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor at San Francisco
stated that trade uniOnism in England rec
ognized three great essential principles and
needs: First, standard living wage; Sec
ond. due protection Of life and limb third,
the eight-hour day.
An advance in wages Of the employees of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company west
of Pittsburg went into effect December /,
it is said. The increase will mean about
$4,000 a month to the company. and was
made without any demands from the men.
Organizers Of the International Brother
hood Of Transfers have begun to form
unions composed Of automobile drivers who
operate business vehicles. The movement,
which started at New York. Is being car
ried on In all the larger cities of the coun-
try.
The news])oys of Tacoma, state of Wash
ington, have formed labor union. Re-
Gently a committee was appointed to wait
upon Champion James J. Jeffries, with
request that he give them his autograph
to be printed on the cover Of the program
for their annual ball. The big champion
complied by writing the following: Good
luck to the Tacoma newsboys. James j.
Jeffries.'
Washington labor leader. in a recent
statement said that for years the farmer
has been counted upon as being on the side
opposed to trade unions. and until within
the last few years he undoubtedly was.
little of the conditions. and
nothing of the aims, objects and
purposes OF labor organizations. the farmer
was easily misled by the unfair attacks
upon labor organizations into bitterly op-
posing them. Now the farmer is beginning
to realize that his interests and the inter-
ests Of other laboring men are identical
He is no longer misled by the statement
that he Is capitalist" and In the same
class with the so-called captains of in
dustry." So far has his education pro-
crossed along this line that throughout the
southwest and in Illinois there are today a
large number of farmers unions. The
American farmer Is intensely practical He
knows that with a good home consumption
the price of his product cannot be manipu-
lated, and he also knows that low wages
for mechanics and labOrers mean de-
creased consumption of the products of
the farmer. For these reasons the attitude
Of the farmer toward trades unions has |
changed, and as he learns moresOf the OBJ
jects of trade organizations and their fight |
against the onslaught Of organized capital, |
and as he himself Ii ground harder by the |
ind more incline to array himself on the |
Tide of the Workingman, and II u aaSo to