Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14

brotherhood.
Circulars have been sent out by the
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
warning organizers against booming
presidential candidates. The circular
sarcastically reminds organizers that
they are being paid by organized Ia
Dor to work for it and not for any
presidential candidate.
Union-made trading stamps are in
the market. An association named
the American Labor Union Trading
Stamp Company was recently formed
in Bridgeport, Conn, with a capital of
$4,000. John ]. O'Neil, state organ
izer of Connecticut for the American
Federation of Labor, secured the in
corporation of the new concern, which
sells shares to labor unions and their
members at $25 each.
"The explosion of a bomb during
the Haymarket riot in 1886 was used
by a few shrewd detective agencies
for years afterward to fleece money
from the timid rich. Parry and Job
are using the same arguments now,
and for the same purposes and the
ridiculous part of it is that they have
found quite few suckers who are
foolish enough to stand for a touch
-Cigarmakers' Journal.
Union iron molders have submitted
to the employers new agreement for
the ensuing year. There is no change
in the wage scale, which is So for nine
hours work. The principal change is
a clause protecting apprentices, the
union men desiring to make it obliga-
tory upon the employers to teach
them the entire trade, instead of, as
now, only portions Of it.
The Dublin county Qreland) COM
mittee of agriculture and technical in
struction has under consideration a
scheme for training of girls for domes-
tic service. The scheme will take the
form of scholarships for a limited
number of girls from the rural dis
tricts, who will be given a years
training in cookery, laundry work.
needlework, hygiene and all appertain-
ing to Homework.
The average number OF men en-
ployed in the coal mines of the United
States during 1902 was 518,307. OF
the 51S,307 men employed in 1902,
148,141 found occupation in the Penn
sylvania anthracite mines and the
other SIC, 166 in the bituminous mines
of the country. The average number
of days worked by each miner in the
anthracite field was 116, the average
number made by each worker in tne
bituminous mines was 230.
The strike of the photographers
which tied up that industry and kept
more than 10000 workers out of work
for over a month has been settled
The employers and the representa-
tives of the employees signed tenta-
tive agreement and all the locals
throughout the United States and Can
ada have been notified to ratify the
agreement without delay. The New
York Civic Federation is given the
credit for bringing about the settle
ment.
Within the last few years the Rus
sian government has been enacting
laws favoring the labor men. 1t has
provided that all factories and mill
owners shall contribute to hospitals
and give medical assistance for their
workmen. There are labor pensions
and labor insurance both for death
and accidents. There are also mutual
labor insurance companies for per
manent and temporary disablements,
and one or two old age insurance COM
panies.
Eli Stevens, third assistant grand
chief Of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers, has secured an injunc-
ton restraining Grand Chief Stone or
other officers of the big brotherhood
from holding the annual convention
in Cleveland or in any other point
aside from Los Angeles, Cal. The lat
ter city was chosen originally for
this years convention, but recently
an agitation was started to hold the
convention in Cleveland owing to high
railroad rates.
There are seventy-five children go
ing to school in southern New Jersey
who receive daily wages from the
Glass Bottle Blowers Union. When
the new child labor law went into
effect in that state the union found
many cases where the children's
wages were necessary to aid their
families. The union found the most
deserving and pays the children their
former wages while they are at
school. If they miss a day at school
they are decked.
The officials of local lodges of ma
chinists and blacksmiths have been
notified that as a result of confer
ence held at Washington, which was
concluded Saturday, a consolidation of
the Amalgamated Society of Engi-
neers, Machinists, Blacksmiths, and
Pattern Makers, an English organiza-
ton, with about 1000 men in the
United States, and the International
Association OF Machinists, had been
accomplished, subject to the approval
of the superior officers of the Eng
lish organization. The agreement, if
ratified, will be effective June l.
The Central Federal Union de-
mands on behalf of 100000 New York
wage workers, that the Assembly
Committee on Rules shall report the
Elsberg rapid transit bill to the House
for a vote by the Representatives of
the people in that state body. wcrd
from Albany that this progressive
municipal measure is being held up
by the assembly committee, with in
dications that it is to be killed with
out giving the popular branch of the4