The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-10-28
INDusraIaL - 81 lNTEaEsT.
cessrsi Matters Affecting tire Welfare
q fHe Hfcrksrs

Of the Msrksrs.
A compulsory beneft system is -
he co1Elde1ed q rbe iDfeTnzfso1zi 1sE-
era unioz cozVezriOn-
A New England orgzuizing can
paien vas decided upon ~ ne COZ
vaati9n q the bridge AMI s-rsactAraA
iro1Eorkerg u1iO1
-he A. y. Of l. executive board nas
completed the zrrzngsuents for TIE
zstt conVentson q the A. p q l..
which Wf.l be hsl5 q PittsDurg II No
Tenbsr.
p. g. McNEiry q Wsshi1gto1 has
been elected preside for four years
b. the Eecriczl WORKERS Izternstiou-
a Union- Peter ". CoIlins 0f Boston
was chosen secre-zrE-
The campaign u the Internat3oDal
Typogrsphiczl union for an asigni-hour
workdsy il BOOK and 5ob Offices has
received the hearty support q the
American Federarion Of Labor.
The Saturday hzf holiday al the
year round has been decided upon Dy
Boston brickizysrs uniOns, and has
been made a paTt Of The working rules
Of the trade for thai city and vicinity.
After a successful tour Of the an
thracite region, during which be IN
creased the membership Of the Mine
Workers Union to over 10000. Prest
dent John Mitchell concluded his cam
pzign ii this region.
About 1000 uphoisterers employed
In twenty shops Of the Interior Decora-
tors and Cablnet-makers association,
at New York. struck to enforce q de-
maud for an advance Of so cents a
day. Several independent firms have
granted the increase according 70 the
workmen.
The call for the convention Of the
American Federation Of Labor is out
The meeting VIII be held in Pittsburg
IN November Up to date no opposi-
tion to the reelection Of President
Gompers has developed. but i Is said
there viii be several changes in the
executive council
The new Russian workingmen'g
compensation act, promulgated on
June 2 fl5l. 1903. and effective since
January / (14), 1904. is acknowledged
BY the Russian press to be the most
important act Of labor legislation
since 1897, when a normal working
day was establishes.
Frank w. Ryan Of Chicago captured
the presidency Of the Bridge and
Structural Ironworkers' International
Union at the Philadelphia convention.
Frank Buchanan, who has held the
ofice for three years, was not can
didate. Ryan's competitor was J. NJ.
johnson Of New York
Neither politics nor religion will be
discussed hereafter in the official jour
nal Of the International Association Of
Machinists. The Boston convention
Of the machinists has changed the pol
icy Of the Journal This will prevent
the discussion OF socialism. against
which the convention took a decided
stand.
The contest for president OF the In
ternational Association Of Machinists
has resulted In no electson-the candi-
date with the highest vote not having
received a majority OF all the votes
cast. James O'connell, the present
and D. w Roderick Of Chi
cago will be the contestants on the
next ballot
It appears from the reports of dele
gates to the carmen's conventions at
Buffalo that a plas for amalgamation
was decided upon BY the two nation
ais. a committee Of five from each or
ganizatlon having heen appointed to
draft a suggestion which will be sub
mltted to the referendum vote Of the
Of both the brotherhood
and the association
A lockout in three Of the greatest
electrical companies in Berlin began
Sept. 30. 1t affects all the factories OF
he Allgemelne, he Siemens- -Halske
and the Siemens-Schucker companies,
except one lamp factory. and throws
about $4,000 worlmen out Of employ
nent. AS yet the trouble has not az |
'ected the entire electrical industry, |
1ut It shows signs Of spreading.
A committee OF the Brotherhood OF /
Trainmen is visiting various
ZONES FOR aged and infirm people for
he purpose Of finding out If It is prac.
icable for that organization to erect
uch a structure. The committee con.
lists Of Robert Mcintyre. Tucson;
Ohm J. Shaw, northampton. Mass;
" l.. Moorhead. Columbia $. G.: NJ
Y. Barrett Kansas City. When a site
5 agreed upon the whole proposition
vii be submitted to the membership
or approval
The bricklayers and masons inter
ational union is again voting on tho
eferondum for tho establishment OF