Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-13
NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD.
Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.

Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.
The eight-hour law of the state OF
Washington has been declared consti
tutional by the courts of that state.
Trade unionism's highest aim is tc
elevate the working class, not to force
it dOwnward.-Brick. Tile and Terra
Gotta Workers Journal.
Recently published census figures
show that every fifth child between
the ages of ten and fifteen in the Unit
ed States is a breadwinner.
The striking mill girls of Fall River
Mass, have been appealed to by the
Woman's Trade Union League of Bos-
ton to engage in household work in
that city.
None of the Chicago building trades
unions whose agreements expire this
spring, excepting the steam pipe and
boiler coverers, will ask for an in
crease in wages.
A series of lectures on the preven-
ton of tuberculosis, under the aus
oices of the Visiting Nurses Associa-
Sion, before various labor unions. has
been inaugurated at Chicago.
The Canadian Pacific railway Off
Gals announce that they have come
to an amicable agreement with the
Order of Railway Telegraphers. which
desired certain changes in the sched-
ule.
The trade unions of Germany, in
1903, embraced SS7,69S members. with
a fund on hand aggregating $3,000,-
900. 1t is expected that by the end
o fthis year the membership will be
fully one million.
The headquarters of the Interna-
tional Carriage and Wagon Makers
Union have been removed to Chicago
from New York. Charles l.. Baus.
tian Of Chicago has recently been
reelected general secretary, and Viii.
liam Mcpherson, general organizer
The Wall Street Journal, which can
hardly be accused of prejudice in favor
of organized labor, says that D. M.
Parry lis doing the cause he advo-
Gates more harm than good, and that
the labor unions might help them
selves by contributing to Mr.. Parry's
campaign expenses"
International Printing Pressmen
and Assistants Union has taken a ref
erendum vote on the question of es-
tablishing a permanent home for the
organization in some centrally located
city. Boston, Chicago and Indianap-
oils are candidates for the honor to
entertain the pressmen.
A recent cooperative enterprise I'M
dertaken ir Great Britain is the work
ing of slate quarry located near the
well-known quarries of Lord Penrhyn
in Wales. The principal labor organ.
izations of the country have SUBJ
scribed to the capital, all of which,
amounting to $4,000, has come from
the unions.
Norway has founded bank for
order to assist them in
buying homes of their own. Money is
loaned at the rate of 3R and per
cent, and the borrower is given forty
two years in which to pay it back.
The total cost of the house must not
exceed $500 and the area of land must
not be more than FIVE acres.
The United Mine Workers are, nu-
the strongest subordinate
union AFFILIATED with the A. F. of l..
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners is second, and the Broth.
erhood of Transfers is third. Accord
ing to the report of the A. F. of L.,
a gain Of 900 per cent has been made
in the Retail Clerks organizations.
Commissioner Charles P Neill of
he anthracite commission has fixed
The selling price of anthracite coal at
b4.S5 at tide water for the month of
November. He awards the miners, on
his basis, an increase of per cent
n wages over the wages fixed by the
strike commission. This is in accord
lnce with the sliding scale agreement.
The advisability of enforcing the
Saturday half-holiday is being con-
;idered by the building trades of Cleve-
and. The agitation was begun sever
Il months ago and has gradually
pread through all the local organiza-
ions. Reports indicate that the pro-
,osed demand will be Endorsed by a
arge majority of the men employed in
he building in 1ustry.
Through the great drought in the
district 10000 miners have
'een thrown out of employment. The
Coal Company sent out word
hat only the heads of families could
re given work now, and that work
nen having no one depending on them
hould be laid off. The married men
yill be given employment only part of
he time, the mines having TO curtail
perations owing to Jack of water.
The National Alliance of Amalaga-