Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-22
IN LABOR CIRCLES
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The interest of all who are in the realm
of organized labor the world over was di-
rected during the past week to the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers. internationally the browning
event of Importance during the week was
the receipt of dispatche stating that the
horrible scenes enacted in the mining
camps of the state of Colorado are nearly
| at an end. A sigh of relief. and general
satisfaction, well. came to united labor
when IT was made known that the action OF
the state militia in the contest IL to be
rigidly investigated.
Disputes of a local character have been
OF small consequence. and have been set
tied to the satisfaction of both employers
ana employees. Under present conditions
there Is a general belief that the leaders at
| the head of the various organizations in the
District are largely responsible for the
quick and satisfactory settlements.
With a few minor troubles eliminated
from consideration there are few ripples of
diScord and dissenSion among labor leaders
IN the District. and an investigation dis
closes the fact that the next observance of
LABOR day, when workingmen will unite in
universal anthem Of praise for unionism
VIII not be married by discord.
The open shop question cannot no ron,
sidered as the only thing which proved 10
be a mighty disturbing element in the ranks
VI i''boi- Inc boycott union label
~ proving source of trouble to the ma
uonal organization. and a fight almost as
determined as the open shop war ia
looked for. The initiative in this direction
mas been taken by Mr.. Hamilton Carhartt
VINO has resigned his position as an officer
OF manufac turers' association in the state
OF Illinois, which recently began n warfare
, On iapor unions by hoycotting goods bear
ing the union label Mr.. Carhartt is known
TO organized labor as the pioneer employer
Oh union labor. and recognized throughout
tne country as one of its stanchest friends
he was the first manufacturer in an,eric,
10 ADOPT the label of the United Garment
| workers Of America and place it upon his
manufactured goods Mr. Carhartt resipncd
Iol only MS position as an officer but with
drew his membership also which has
greatly lncensed the EMPLOYERS conprisiny
the association, who are united now to
pinng ABOUT warfare In his camp
me fact that Public Printer palmer has
oIuered typesetting machines for the COY
eminent printing office is causing conssdor,
PIE comment among the members of the Co
iuihpla Typographical Union A day or so
ago president johnson of the union stated
that members of his union recognized tint
a considerable decrease in the force 10
threatened ny the installation of the me-
chanlcal typasettng machines in the GOV.
eminent printing office President Jol,pSo,-
when asked in regard to the matter. said:
me printers are undeniably gravely con-
ceIhed. me argument that the greater the
speed obtained in setting type the greater
the volume of business does NOT spnIy In
me government printing office, where the
quantity of work to be done is limited
win a private corpora ton il perhans
would not mean that the force was to he
cut down. AS a machine represents the
work OF about four hand settlers necessq-
riy. II appears as If many men must pn
chimes altogether ~
he present intention from what I nm
derstahd is that about fifty shall be put in
AT the present time The union Doc -
IL Is III TACT, in the nature of a test
me printers seem to be pursuing a very
conservative course and haye not come out
! openly to oppose the introduction az Tic
modern machinery Some of tho emn,ora.
are said to favor the plan
considerable interest is centered in the
outcome OF The difficulties of the Amalga-
mated Association. a demand was made
ny the republic Iron and Steel Com
pahy that Its 5000 employees accept a 10 to
1" per cent reduction in wages. and follow
ing this came a general demand of the iron
manufacturers generally that wages be re-
duced- The anlalgamated wage scale com
mittee received the latest request for re-
ductlon in wages from the steel hoop sec
ton of the Carnegie Steel COMPANY The
association Is resisting the reductions as
| by granting those asked for every member
or the association would be working on 4
greatly decreased scale Those manufact-
urers who are not governed by union laws
have declared decreases already and il
men to give them work if the non-union
men work on wages 10 or IL per cent below
the regular scale. The problem to be
solved is regarded as Il difficult one There
seems to be universal decrease in the
wage scale. Miners in the soft coal region
of Pennsylvania are working at Il reduced
rate Glass workers have accepted a big re-
duction and other manufacturers. taking
advantage of the success in these lines are
trying To obtain decreases Organized mold
ers are the latest to be asked to accept de-
creased pay.
The following is editorial clipped from
the Brisbane Worker. an Australian jour
nal. showing what is done through labor eff
fort in a far-off country:
Labor has come to claim its own. 1t is
content as yet with portion only The
time is not far distant when 1t will be salts
fled with nothing less than ALL. odd age
pensions'-thdt is the limit of demand to-
day. But for how long. think you. can the
creators of wealth be appeased with pau
per dole? "Concliate and arbitratei"-that
is the present ultimatum of labor to CAPT
taism. But one day the grim humor OF
conciliating and arbitrating with a system
of organized plumber will be recognized
and the ultmatum then will be short and
sharp-'disgorse" Nevertheless, distaste-
full as the fact is to ardent spirits these
palliative measures are necessary stages on
the way to the final goal. And they will be
all the sooner passed because we have COM
ing to the front in the movement men who
honestly regard them as measures of per-
The first financial statement issued Nv
the United Association of Plumbers. Gas
Filters, Steam Filters and HELPERS of the
United States and Canada has Just been
issued The statement Is an exhibit or
one of the most remarkable records ever
made by a labor organization in this coun-
try. The showing is for twelve months UNI
der a new system and the statement OF
Secretary Tilden of the United Assocfa-
ton in come ction with the report, follows:
We had less than 5000 on hand eighteen
months ago, and before the present system
took effect neither sick, death nor strike
benefits We're paid by our International
We feel that every member should take
an especial pride in this annual report Tor
the reason that started practically
without any money eighteen months ago.
and for the year ending the last day OF
December. 1898, we paid $50 100 in benefits,
paid the running expenses of local uniona
and the general office, and furnished all
necessary stationery, supplies and Jour
nails to locals without extra charge, ana
had $50 4Sa AZ left over to our credit at the
close of the year. We question whether
any other interna tional organization can
boast of any better record
We not only accomplished more than we
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