Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-05-27

8 per cent. rebate which the tin work
ers had been giving from their wages
had been suspended. The suspension
will mean an increase in the wages Of
tin workers throughout the country Of
from 100000 to $4,000 day.
Des Moines plumbers, whose refusal
to accept the demands of their EN-
ployers for an open shop precipitated
general strike April 1, 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Union has withdrawn the charter from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 at Ouray and 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
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.
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 will 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 eight-hour day. The other
was the question of his rights to be-
long to a union. In addition, he said
all differences with capital must be
adjusted by trade agreements, arbi-
tration was simply preferable to
strikes.
Ernest H. Crosby tells of 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 |
a 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, rs; Broth
erhood of Painters, Decorators and
Paperhangers, %; International Union
of Bricklayers and Masons, IA; Labor
ers' Protective Association, 135.
On the Fourth of July there will be
a parade in Chicago Of all the child
workers in the city. 1t is claimed by
the Federation of Labor that there
will be 10000 children, boys and girls.
in line. They will come from the
sweatshops, the candy factories, the
stores and telegraph COM
rsnies. 1t is hoped by the Chicago la
Dor unions that this parade will wake
I'D the city to do its duty, and put
these child workers in the schools.
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 to
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 to
reduce his chances of reelection to
minimum.
A bill has been framed by the labor
members of the British parliament in
which, in order to obviate any deci-
sion in the future similar to that given
in the Taft Vale case, it is proposed
to legalize peaceful picketing during