Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-01
NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD.
Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.

Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.
The International Brotherhood Of
Transfers now has over 100000 men,
bers and 900 local unions. The an
nual convention meets In Cincinnati
in August.
Arthur Holder of Des Moines, a.
has been appointed assistant editor
of the official journal of the Interna-
tional Association of Machinists,
which is published in Washington.
A scrubwoman's union in st. Louis
is reported under way of organiza-
ton. There is one in Chicago, and
its members are said to be well
pleased with the benefits their asso-
citation has brought them.
The National Founders association
has adopted plan to keep force OF
strike breakers on hand at all times
by hiring them by the year. This
action was taken at a special meet
ing of the association held recently in
Detroit.
Sheet Metal Workers union II of
this city, which had demanded min.
imum of So for an eight-hour day at
every shop, yesterday modified its de-
mand and will devote its energies to
the general establishment of eight
hour days.
Labor trouble in Appleton, Wis, is
to be confined to the paper mills only.
At a meeting of the papermakers'
union the Federated Trades delegates
offered assistance, which was declined.
The paper-makers will brook no in
reference.
The Ainalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen Of Chicago, with
membership of 10000, requested the
other labor unions affiliated with the
Packing Trades council to withdraw
from it, so that hereafter it will be
composed entirely of unions of butch.
err workmen.
E. W. Hurley of Dorchester is the
new second assistant grand chief of
the Brotherhood of Railroad Engi.
neers, having been almost unanimous.
ly chosen to that position at the con-
vention at Los Angeles last week.
The term is four years. w. S. Stone
was elected the grand chief.
Samuel Gompers bears the distinc.
tion of holding the longest continu.
GUS membership card in the Cigar.
makers International union. He
Joined in 1864. Previous to learning
the cigar-making trade he was ap-
prenticed to cobbler, but he evi.
IDENTIFY did not stick to the last.
The Erie Railroad company has
discharged 10 per cent of it's working
force, or 108 men, from its shops in
Erie. Pa. Like discharges were made
in all the shops on the system. This
is the second discharge of 10 per cent
within thirty days. The company is
reducing expenses in all directions.
The recent election of officers OF
the Brotherhood of Boilermakers and
Ship Builders of America, which was
decided by a referendum vote has
resulted in the reelection of John
Mcneil as president and w. j. Gil.
thorpe, secretary, both Of Kansas City,
Kan, the headquarters of the organ.
ization.
International officials Of the Chicago |
Bookbinders' Union have secured sat
isfactory settlements with three firms |
and fifty of the 800 men strikers have
been ordered back to work. The
union won it's principal contention
the union shop-and also broke the
combination of employers which start
ed to disrupt the union by sympathetic
lockouts.
Chicago Typographical Union No. 16
at special meeting voted an assess
ment of rs cents week on each mem
Der for eight weeks to assist the
bookbinders in their strike against
the Chicago Typothetae, but refused
to consider sympathetic strike. An.
ticipating the action Of the printers,
the bookbinders withdrew their re.