Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-24

quarters, discussing the conference
between themselves. the Lake Car
riers and the Civic Federation.
Whether there is to be a further
meeting between the parties to the
conference is in doubt.
The Iroquols Furnace Company at
South Chicago has closed one furnace
because of the lake tie-up, which pre-.
vents the firm from securing one 20
be made into iron. About 100 men
were made idle. Unless the lake tie.
up is soon broken the remaining fur
naces will be shut down and 600
more men will be idle.
Business men of Springfield, Mass,
seventy-fve in number, representing
great variety of trades, have formed
the Springfield Employers associa-
ton, to adjust questions between
members of the association and en-
ployes and make it possible for any
person to obtain employment without
being obliged to join labor associa-
ton, they say.
The Street Railway Employees union
of Houston, Texas, declared a strike
against the Houston Electric conf
pany and all it's cars are at stand
| still The company has two coach
| loads of strike-breakers on the way
| and will attempt to operate cars. The
men claim the company was seeking
to eliminate the union by dismissing
| it's members.
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parade this year and adopting resolu
tions requesting every affiliated union
to impose fine on any member when
| he or any of his family is discovered
purchasing or wearing articles not
bearing the union label the Chicago
Federation of Labor took two i'm
portant steps in the history Of trades
unionism in Chicago.
Orders have been issued by several
cotton mill managers instructing
agents to curtail production on &C.
count of the depression in the textile
industry. Many mills in southern and
central New England have been run
ming on short time all the spring,
and at present about $4,000 operatives
are affected. Nearly 10000 operatives
are affected by the new order.
The biennial convention OF the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
unanimously elected H. E. Wills OF
Clinton, Iowa, third assistant grand
chief engineer, over four other candi'
dates. C. H. Salmons of Cleveland
was unanimously reelected second as
sistant engineer. The latter situation
carried with it the editorship of the
official organ of the brotherhood.
Cincinnati labor unions are to have
a general headquarters for all organ
izations in that city. Representatives
and business agents of large num-
Der of unions held a meeting and
formed an association, to be known
as the Amalgamated board of Labor
Union Representatives, and its pur'
pose is to establish headquarters and
desk room for the different business
agents of that city.
According to l.. NJ Alexander. one
of the leading Chicago officers OF the
General Paper company, the Wiscon'
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mined effort to break the strike. The
first effort will be at the Combined
/ Locks paper mill, for which nearly
enough non-union men have been Sc
cured to place the plant in operation
again. This, if successful, Will be
continued in other plants.
Union papermakers almost to
man walked out on strike in all the
print mills of the Fox river valley
According to the most conservative
manufacturers in this city the walk
out Is likely to spread to every unior
mill in the state Should this contin'
gency materialize upward of 5000
paper mill employees in the state will
be out of employment and more than
thirty mills will be closed down.
John l.. Gehr, for fifteen years the,
most successful and popular organ
izer of the United Miners union, and
John Mitchell's lifelong associate, Is
back in the Mines" working at his
trade. Mr. Gehr was unanimously re.
elected but declined Mining is more
healthful than the strenuous work OF
organizing, he says, and again, as he
has given fifteen years to the union
he wants to give some time to his
family.
Amalgamation of the United Broth
erhood and Amalgamated Society OF
Carpenters and Joiners of America
makes the new organization the
strongest trade organization in the
country, with $1,500,000 of reserve
fund for strike and lockout benefits,
sick, accident funeral, out-of-work
and other benefits, including an old
age benefit of $11 month for those
who have been members in good
standing for twenty-five years,
At the annual convention of the
Tilelayers' union at St. Louis next
month, effort will be made to abolish
what is termed the affiliation fee. The
Tilelayers' is one of the strongest
unions in the country, one of the
highest paid, and the hardest to join.
! u,bo offiliatiOn fee is the sum of $50,