Evening star., 1905-05-10

nal like the other socialist organs, Is not
only making misstatemerts regarding the
trade union movement II general, but whoi-
ly falsifying truth, even If an imaginary
noint can he made against the trade unions.
In the last issue of that journal, ike the
rest of that press, effort Is mace 10 snow
that the trade unions are dissatisfied WIN
the American Federation OF I1apoi anu
( like another patent medicine for which the
children are supposed to cry, they want
absolute socialism under the guise or So
called industriallsm A.,
.sThe journal in question asserts that the
Pennsylvania state federation had passed
a resolution that this convention hefeDy
goes on record favoring such lnoustrial
plan of organization. Now, as matter
Of fact the convention did not pass, nor
did II go on record as passing any such
resolution In letter from President +. Il.
Greenawalt of the Pennsylvania feoera-
ton of Labor, he says that such Iesoru ,i
tion was introduced, and in order TO dis-
nose of it was referred to the organizations
for their consideration.
have been shaking Chicago to its very
foundation there is said to be threat-
ened strike in that city or nearly ISop uiioss as
bakers. If this is called 1t Will smut On On
the city's supply of union bread and Will
also add a new complication to the team
sters' strike, for the reason that IL is prac-
ticaIly certain that the Employers tean-
ing Company will undertake the dehvery
hotels of the city. This will in turn lead
to a general strike of the union hotel help,
and a similar condition may come TO tnat
existent in 1sO3 when the second Hoors Vi
the principal hotels notably the Palmer
House were guarded by a Gordon OF de-
tectiyes who refused to admit any person
above the office floor who was not PROVIDED
with a pass from the desk. strikes IN en-
cago affecting the food or coal supply or
the city are particularly bitter. as they
spread to so many branches of the city s
life which are interdependent upon each
other.
In connection with the approaching bak-
ers' strike the report of the commissioner
of labor in regard to strikes in the United
States is of peculiar interest. This shows
that the bakers inaugurated the nrst Strike
i'm the country in New York city in 1l4l.
when a number of journeSmen combined
and refused to bake until their wages were
raised. Dates of other early strikes Were
Shoemakers in Philadelphia, 1I96 and lI9S;
sailors in New York, 1903; shoemakers. in
PHILADELPHIA 1905; cordwainers in New
York 1909; cordwainers, in Pittsburg, 1Sl3;
shipwrights, in Medford. Mass, 1871: print
ers in Albany, 1921; hatters, in New York,
lSo2 After 1925 strikes gradually became
more numerous.
The announcement is made that the
Women's International Union Label League
will meet in annual convention next month
in Chicago.
1t Is said that syndicate OF Engnsn capi-
talists has been quietly picking up favor
able sites for the erection of plants to oper-
ate the new method for the extraction of
gold from the sea. The syndicate is said to
have acquired rights over some fifty miles
of seashore on the English and Irish coasts.
The annual convention of the Western
Fedora ton of Miners has been called for
Nav o. in Salt Lake City.
The decision of the Supreme Court de-
claring unconstitutional the ten-hour work
day in bakeries in New York was discussed
at a meeting of the executive board of the
Bakers Union last week. A statement was
issued by the board, which reads as fol-
lows:
1.-TWO thousand out of three thousand
union bakers have an agreement with their
employers, to go into effect on May 1. pro-
viding for xthe ten-hour work day. This is
independent of any ten-hour law, and has
been brought about by the unions The
question of enforcing the shorter workday
lies with the unions in any case. and its OPP
Grafton depends upon their ability to
force it. We will organize as thoroughly as
possible and fight for the ten-hour day on
trade union lines"