The Falls City tribune., 1904-12-09

federation Will be considered.
The delegates to the American Fed
Grafton of Labor by unanimous vote
decided to aid the striking textile
workers Of Fall River to the extent of
$4,000 per week for three weeks. II
by the end of that time it is found
that the strike Is not broken the exec.
utive council will, If it sees fit, con-
tinue the donation. The money Is to
be raised by an assessment of / cent
each week levied on each member of
!. every labor organization afiliated
with the American Federation of
Labor.
The Associated Stenographers and
Typewriters of Chicago has been re-
Gently formed. The objects OF the as
ISOLATION are to promote the welfare
Of the members of the profession, to
conduct a free employment bureau for
it's members, to afford opportunities
for self-improvement by means of
classes for speed practice in short
hand, for studying foreign languages,
ETC.; to have a library on subjects per-
tanning to the profession, to discuss
anu utdl WIFI ali HldtltIS VI interest
to stenographers, and generally to
raise the status of the profession.
The first Danish trade union formed
for the specific purpose of securing
higher wages and shorter hours, was
organized in 1869. During the years
1S71-1S7S about thirty unions were or
ganized, many Of which we're of a
semi.political character. From 1878 to
1884 the trade union movement pro-
crossed very slowly and was confined
i'm the main to the City of Copen-
hagen. Beginning with the latter year
the organizations began to spread to
other parts of Denmark, and since
1895 trade unions have been estab-
lished throughout the country at large.
Homer d. Call, secretary Of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen, is in Chicago, and
a series of mass meetings os being
arranged to reorganize the skilled
men in the packing houses who have
shown apathy toward the union since
the close of the strike. It is said that
the big packers are now consulting
with some Of the larger independent
plants with a view TO reducing the
wages Of the skilled butchers. Already
overtures have been made to the
United Dressed Beef company of st.
Louis to join with the big packers and
reduce wages.
At Cripple Creek, Colo, Nov. IS, Dis
trict Attorney T~rowbridge dismissed
the cases of forty-three men who had
been charged with completely in the
independence depot explosion and the
Victor riot of June 6 last. Two OF
the men had been in jail five months.
The others were out on bonds. There
remains similar charges against seven
teeen men, including Charles II.
Meyer, president, and William ID. Hay
wood, secretary treasurer of the West
ern Federation of Miners, but 1t is
doubtful whether these cases will
ever be tried. Since the election
about fifty men who had been deport.
ed have returned to the district and
have not beeen molested.
The reports of the officers of the
American Federation of Labor, in it's
twenty-fourth annual convention in
San Francisco, point out more strong
ly than anything else the steady
growth of that body, beginning with
It's initial meeting in Terre Haute,
Ind, in the summer OF 1881, and it's
first convention in Pittsburg, Pa, in
November of the same year. The
men and women in the meeting in
San Francisco represent In round
numbers 100000 w-age-earners. and
it is the general belief and aim of the
officers of that body. with the assist
ance of those of its affiliated unions,
to have 1000, 900 enrolled under the