The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-25


Amalgamaled Association Of Iron.
Steel and Tin Workers President
shafIer's annual report said hat many
mills bad been organized III The east
ern section and that since the last
annual convention the association had
doubled its membership in that part
Of the country.
Des Moines plumbers, whose refusal
10 accept the demands Of their EN-
ployers for an open shop precipitated
a general strike April ]. returned to
work. The two most important rules
under which they return are that no
discrimination shall be made between
union and non-union men, and where
a foreman is employed such foreman
shall not belong to union.
The International Typographical
Union has withdrawn the charter from
the Typographical Union at Telluride,
Colo. This action was taken on the
complaints filed by the Typographical
Unions az Ouray aud Durango. The
reason Of the withdrawal Of the char
ter from the union at Telluride was
owing to the fact that the printers
participated in the deportation Of min
ers from their homes
Trade unions can not be destroy
ed says the editor of the Clothing
Trades Bulletin. Union represents
the upward striving Of the mass Of
the people. They have brought the
benefits Of progress to millions and
they can never be broken up. The
union is largely implanted in the soil
Of our industrial system. and looping
off branch here and there will not
destroy unionism.
Cincinnati labor unions are to have
a general headquarters for all organ
izations ia that city. Representatives
and business agents OF a large num-
Der Of unions held a meeting and
formed an association to be known
as the Amalgamated Board Of Labor
Union Representative. and its pur-
pose is to establish headquarters and
desk room for the different business
agents of that city.
Window glass workers have leased
several window glass plants, in which
it is proposed to give work TO the idle
members. The manufacturers pro-
pose to close all flint glass factories
for three months, from June IS TO
Sept IS The plan is proposed to
prevent overstocking the market. and
to permit manufacturers to dispose OF
stock on hand, and it is expected the
union Of flint glass workers viii coin
eide
John Mitchell, president OF the
United Mine Workers Of America.
gave the National Civic Federation the
labor issues he would never consent
to submit to arbitration One Of these
was the eighthour day The other
was the question OF his rights to be-
long to union. In addition, he said
an differences with capital must be
adjusted by trade agreements. arbi-
tration was simply preferable to
strikes.
Ernest H. Crosby tells Of a factory
he inspected where the manufacture
of cheap socks Is carried on. The
manager showed him 400 machines
that did the entire work Of making
sock without the aid OF human
hand The machines run "a hours a
day, and only so boys are needed for
all shifts. Five thousand dozen of
socks are made daily. Under the old
methods this work would have re-
quired $4,000 men
Lake Geneva, Wis. has laid claim to
the honor of being the foremost trades
union city in the state With $500 in
habitants. the city has 247 trades I'M
ion members. all in good standing,
and they are distributed among the
following labor unions: Brotherhood
Of Carpenters and Joiners, IS; Broth
erhood of Painters, Decorators and
Paperhangers. %: International Union
of Bricklayers and Masons, a. Labor
ers' Protective Association, 135.
The Vienna (AustriaD Builders As
sociation locked out $4,000 bricklay-
res, stonemasons and laborors- This
step was taken for the purpose OF de-
feating strikes on certain buildings.
the conpletion of which is urgently
necessary. A year ago the men de-
manded a 10 per cent. increase in
wages, but the masters refused to
grant their demand, though they did
concede a higher minimum wage.
which, however, did not satisfy the
wOrkmen.
The early struggles Of trade unions
are recalled by a story Of meeting
in Boston in 1892, at which merchants
and ship owners subscribed $4,000
fund to fight the movement for ten
hour day. Horace Mann, Robert Ran
toul, James G. Carter and Wendell
Phillips sided with the work people
Mr. Rantoul defended the iourneymen
bcotmaxers in an important case.
which was decided for them in 1892.
and finally established the right Of
workingmen to combine
Charles H. Meyer. president Of the
Western Federation of Miners. is said
to have given his consent to the pro-
posal Of the Butte. Mont. Miners
Union, that the headquarters Of the
miners federation be removed 70
Butte from Denver. and that the con-
vention be held there. as originally
arranged. instead Of in Denver The
/ reason given for this step is that the
belief is quite general in and about
Colorado that the military authorities
/ propose to hold President Meyer until
after the Butte meeting in order ID
reduce his chances of reelection to a
minimum
A bill has been framed by the labor