Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-18

Moines, secured contract from the
newspaper publishers providing for
the payment of not less than 1928 per
day for a period of two years from
November 10, 1905, for al. members
employed in composing and lad"
rooms of evening papers, and not less
than 1915 per day for those employed
on morning papers. For the three
years following November 10, 1907 the
scale is advanced to $3.50 and $4.00
respectively. Employees of composing
and operating rooms must be mem
bers of the typographical union.
The wage scale entered into between
the Iowa Central railroad company
and the machinists and machinists'
helpers union for the term of one
year from September /, and there
after until sixty days notice is given
by either party, provides for scale
Of 1914 cents per hour for competent
macEinists, with time and one-half for
time worked over ten hours in any one
day, also time and one-half for all
Sunday. and legal holiday work. APP
prentices are limited to one for each
shop and one additional for each five
journeymen employed. Apprentices
shall serve for period of four years
and are to be paid at least TX cents
per hour during the first year, 10
cents per hour for the second year,
12k cents per hour for the third year,
and Is cents per hour for the fourth
year. In case of disagreement that
cannot be settled locally, transporta-
ton will be furnished committee to go
to office of management. When re-
duction of force is necessary, the
hours are first to be reduced to at
least eight per day, after which mar
ried men and single men having 9TH
ers dependent upon them for support
are to be given preference in work.
The executive committee of the
state federation of labor held its semi
annual meeting at Des Moines, Octo-
Der % and 20. Every member Of the
committee was present. Many matters
In reviewing the work OF organized
labor for the past six months were
considered, and also plans made for
the succeeding six months. Among
some of the important matters consid-
cred was the issuing of additional
child labor leaflets; instructing the
president to issue 10000 copies of an
article entitled "The Background of
the Labor Movement" providing that
the monthly bulletin hereafter be
mailed to all local unions in addition
to the list heretofore mailed to news
papers; it was provided to pay leg
islative committee $500 per diem and
expenses; the delegate to the Ameri-
can federation of labor was instructed
to use his efforts to keep intact the
l. n Ky nd IN
have the American Federation provide
and the Rock Island body. He was
also instructed in matter Of controver-
sy between the teamsters and brew
cry workers ;also to aid any move
ment looking towards bringing into
afiliation all labor unions with state
declarations and central bodies; the
| president was instructed to take up
with all national and international
unions the matter of bringing into af-
fluation all locals in the state. The
great inroad of tuberculosis into the
ranks of labor was taken under con-
sideration and SIS was appropriated
to the newly organized state associa-
ton for the study and prevention of
tuberculosis, and the president was in
| Structed to urge all locals IN the STATE
to render assistance to said organiza-
ton; resolution was directed to the
| Ottumwa convention providing for a
state federation headquarters separate
and apart from any central body; the
president was instructed to make a
tour of all cities having central
bodies; in conformity with the resolu.
lions of the Council Bluffs convention
encouragement to the typographical
union in their fight for the eight-hour
work day was reafirmed, and the in
1 junction recently issued by Judge Hol
dom against typographical union No
16, was condemned as "judge-made
law" foreign in it's reasoning to all
statutory or common law
A. l.. Urick,
President Iowa State Federation Of
Labor.