Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-03-24


ton district The rule is deemed nee
essary by the officers as an emer
sency measure, in case the ali!
brakes fail to work.
Boot and shoe workers unions hav,
been notified by General Secretar,
c. l.. Baine that the vote in the propo
s'tion for convention this year wa.
forty-seven in the negative, with
siXty-three unions not voting at all OF
the question. The total number O..
urions entitled to vote was ia, ant
the majority of all necessary TO carry
tic proposition was lightweight. Mr.
Bsine officially announced that no in
ternational convention will be held
|. is reported the Big Four and the
Illinois Central railways may move
their shops from Mattoon. ILL.,. be
cause the city is unable to furnish
adequate water supply. The city ap
pears to have outgrown its driver
wells. A pipe line from the river tt
supply the railroads will cost, it is
estimated, 81 100000 Both companies
maintain divisional headquarters Il
NATION and it is likely that the citi
zens will get together and provide fol
adequate water supply.
One of the most stubbornly fought
labor contests known to Cincinnati
and adjacent cities in Kentucky came
to close after six months duration
The strikers were brass molders of e
Newport. KY, foundry, and the strike
ended by the strikers buying the
plant, which will hereafter be con
Quoted on the cooperative plan. The
capital stock is $4,000, consisting OF
100 shares at $3.50 per share. There
are about seventy-fve shareholders.
The first agreement providing fol
an eight hour day for printers IL
Illinois was signed by the employing
printers in Danville. Michael Col
bert, former president of Chicago
Typographical union, No. 16. con
Quoted the negotiations, anG the con
tract applies to both newspaper of
fees and book and job Shots. The
eight hour day begins Jan. l, 1906
and the printers will be paid the
same scale as they now receive foi
nine hours.
The secretary of state for the home
department in England has issued 6
blue book on the health of Cornish
miners, showing that the inhalation
of dust by rock drillers is frequent
ooucn IF Tn 1icoocac
cording to the report, the excessive
death rate is due to phthisis and 9th
err lung diseases caused by the dust
A recommendation is made that the
use of persuasive drills be dispensed
with unless precautions are taken to
reduce the dust PARTICLES per cubic
foot to the minimum.
One thousand strike breakers ship
ped from the west in anticipation Of
a strike in the New York subway, ar
rived in Communipaw last week in
special train over the Reading rail
road. They were escorted by fifty de
tectives from a private agency. An
other thousand are scheduled to ar
rive in a day or two. They also will
he held on the steamboat Northam
ready to man the trains and stations
Of the subway at moments notice
The steamer is furnished with bed
ding and supplies for 1000 men.
The Illinois Mine Workers Asso
citation made important changes In
its constitution. One provides that
before a miner may be admitted into
full membership he first must have
served two years on top of mine
and two years in mine. Another
change provides that in the case OF
sons of widows of miners local unions
shall admit free to membership appli
cants less than II years of age. The
annual election of state and subdis
trict officers hereafter will he held on
the first Tuesday of February each
year.
BY narrow margin the Amalga
mated Woodworkers' Union vote to
accept the compromise offered by the
Millmen's Association, and an agree
meht running for two years was
signed during tne week. VI QUO VOtes
cast at the meeting last Sunday 302
were in favor and 301 against the
agreement The officers, while rec
ommending the adoption of the agree
ment, refused to vote for it. The
contract provides for the employment
of union men only in all the mills
and factories, and an increase of /
cent an hour beginning Sept. l, and
further increase of | cent next
March. The wages now are 2S cents
an hour for machine hands and 80
cents an hour for wood carvers.
Peace in the sheet metal industry
is guaranteed for the next two years
by an agreement reached between
the Sheet Metal Contractors Asso:
citation and the Amalgamated Sheet
Metal Workers Union at Chicago.
After a short joint conference the
former contract was renewed. Two
or three of the contractors had
evinced desire to establish the
open shop" in Chicago. and. hearing
of this, the union officials had an
nounced their intention of replying
with an attack on what thew alleged