Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-06-17

tai Of 9328S3,329, insurance and re-
serve 92,293,S04. The sales in that
year amounted to G94,606,480 and
profit slightly exceeding 10 per cent
on three sales was made. The total
number of persons employed by these
societies is 93.SS1.
At the convention of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers the in
surance report showed that during the
operation of the insurance plan $12,-
100000 has been paid out in benefits,
averaging at the present time $780,
900 monthly to beneficiaries and dis
abled members. The insurance re-
port showed greater advance in that
branch of the brotherhood work dur
ing the past biennial than at any
time in its history.
District Judge Smart at Ottawa.
Kan, denied the application of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
way company for permanent ir5Unc-
ton against the striking machinists.
The opinion said that no evidence OF
an intention to commit disturbance
Yves shown, and government by in
junction" would not be permitted
until need for issuing a restraining
order to protect property or the men
who took the strikers places was
demonstrated.
One of the most important and far
reaching steps contemplated In the
world of labor Is the movement OF
the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen to establish uni
form agreement for all packing houses
in the West. AS it involves at least
10000 workmen, it will readily be
seen that it Is a vast undertaking.
President Donnelly of the butcher
workmen has looked forward to such
step ever since he became head OF
the organization five years ago. Even
two years ago it looked like a dream,
but through hard and persistent work
Donnelly has brought the organiza-
ton of the men to point where IT IS
possible.
Judge Orr, in the District court OF
Ramsey county (Minn), overruled
demurrer of the Bookbinders' union
to the petition of the st. Paul Typo
thetae. The action brought by the
plaintiff was a feature of the bindery
| girls strike, and demanded damages
of the defendant, alleging a breach OF
contract. The main question argued
was the right and authority OF the
union to enter into a contract, and II
was asked by the counsel for the
plaintiff: what possible benefit can
there be in such an organization I'M
less it can make a contract?" The
oyerruling of the demurrer means
that the union has the right to make
contracts.
Chicago Typographical union No. 1f
has telegraphed international Presi
dent James Lynch to come to Chicago
TO consider contemplated sympathet
is strike of printers employed by X
R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Rand
McNally & Co. and Poole Brothers. A
committee of bookbinders, headed by
Secretary Otto Wasem, attended the
meeting of printers and requested that
the strikes be called. During the de
bate several favored calling the strikes
at once, but by the agreement under
which the printers work 1t is said tc
require thirty days notice before such
action. could be taken. president
Lynch will be asked to decide II the
strikes can be called Immediately
The reasons given by the bookbinders
for asking the support of the printers
was that the concerns affected hao
declared war upon trades unionism
The bookbinders, they said, were the
first to suffer from the war, but tina,
the printers would certainly be at
tackled in a short time by the same
crusade.
The Labor Gazette. published by the
Board of Trade of London, England
the recognized mouthpiece of the Brit
ish government on industrial condi
tions in Great Britain, gives a sum
mary of interesting conditions in the
affairs of the workers across the
pond" The March issue indicates thai
employment in Great Britain in March
showed a slight improvement over the
previous month, due to seasonal
causes, but as compared with veal
ago it still shows a decline. In the
221 trade unions, with an aggregate
membership of 567,232, making re
turns, $3.50 Tor 6 per cent? were re
ported as unemployed at the end o.
March, as compared with 6.1 per cen'
in February and with 4.3 per cent II
March, 1908. The mean percentage
of unemployed returned at the end o.
March during the ten years 1S94-19O'
was 3.9.
The struggle between the Lake Car
riers' Association, the allied vessel in
.erests. and the Masters and Pilots
association. composed of PRACTICAL!
al the men holding government
licenses on the inland seas. has nov
prevailed for about a month-it be
ing nearly that length of time since
It would have been possible tor flee
of steamers to have forced their pas
sage through the Straits Of Mackina'
to the lower lakes. The direct finan
cial loss entailed by the tie-up of full!
three-fourths of the vessel tonnage o
the lakes is almost incalculable. Com