Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-05
NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD.
Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.

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Sources.
Secretary Brentwood of the Inter
national Typographical Union an
nounces that the Cummings memorial
fund now amounts to $3,112.
BY accepting reduction from ~ to
.e2h cents an hour 100 skilled men
at the Terre Haute, Ind, car works
and 400 other men get work.
striking cattle feeders employed at
the Peoria plant of Nelson Morris &
Co. are trying to enforce a boycott
against. the firms product in Chicago.
During 1903 announced additions to
southern cotton mills amounted to
.Sfz, 1926 spindles and 1913 looms. rep
.resenting an investment of about SIG;
100000.
A. w. Garrison, representative OF
the Western Federation of Miners, is
at Cleveland endeavoring to <aise
money to assist his brethren to main
tain their strike.
Gov. Peabody issued orders for
reduction of the military forces at
Cripple Creek and Telluride. Col, to
100 men each during this week, unless
fresh trouble arises -.
= The Nevada Supreme Court. has; de,
clared the eight-hour law constitution
al, reversing decision Of lower
court. The case will now go to. the
United States Supreme Court.
OF the 100000 day laborers in this
Art, OE0 nm 4 tho national
trade unions and 100000 belong to
local organizations not yet affiliated
with national or international unions.
b., Six brewery workmen at San An
tonic, Tex, have been indicted for re-
fusing to- ride on street cars during
the late strike. The American Fedora,
ton of Labor will furnish funds for
their defense. =:
THE executive council of the Fedora
ton of Labor has protested against
the passage of Congress of the arbi-
tration bill prepared by Volney w.
Foster of Chicago. The objections
are that such law would tend toward
compulsory arbitration and nullify the
powers and decisions of state boards
of arbitration.
Four more strikers were deported
from 7Telluridge, Colo, under orders
from Major Zeph T. Hill, military
commander, making total of fifty
five evicted since martial law in that
district was established by Gov. Pea
body.
The strike of glaciers inaugurated
last October at the Surpass Glazed
Kid factory Of ]. P. Matschue & Co.,
Philadelphia, has been broken. and the
mill has resumed operations with a
full force. The GLACIERS were taken
back at their old wages.
Michael Donnelly, president of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen, and W. ]. Stirling,
member of the executive board,
who are in New York, are meeting
I~%ith great success in building up the
Organizations Of that city.
The truce between the rival window
glass ., workers organizations is no
more and hostilities are likely to be
reneNed. 1t is said the workmen will
accept reduction of % per cent If
the concession is necessary to enable
some manufacturers to start their fac
tories.
The United Mineworkers of District
No. 6 unanimously adopted a resolu-
tion favoring the study of economical
and political questions in order to
prepare to take possession Of the judi
ciary, legislative and executive pow.
ers of government. in order to take
away the power of the employers to
use governmental powers to advance
their own ends. "f
The strike of 900 miners at the
Springfield Coal Companys mine at
Taylorsville, ILL.,, was settled, the COM
pany giving Andrew Flesher, the en-
gineer to whom the miners objected