The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-15
NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD.
Items Of interest Gathered from Many
Sources.

Items of Interest Gathered from many
Sources.
The national convention of the Jour
neyman Tailors' Union voted TO re-
duce the reinstatement fee from $40
to So.
The strike of street car conductors
at Moscow, Russia, is ended. The
municipality granted all the demands
OF the men.
1t is announced that 22.957 miners
out of 39,442 employed in the collier
les of the district of Charleroi, Bel
gium, are now on strike. In the Bor-
image district 10000 miners are on
strike.
Twenty-seven thousand men are
now employed at the Krupp works at
Essen. Germany, the highest number
ever employed there. In the heavy
gun department men are working in
double shifts.
The strike Of 100000 miners in the
Rhine provinces, which has been in
progress since Jan. 3, has terminated
in a victory for the mine owners The
strikers funds became exhausted.
Work has been resumed.
There are now more than 140 ma
tional and international affiliated
bodies in the A. F. Of i. These subor-
dinate organizations are composed Of
hundreds of local unions. Financially
the A. F. of l.. is strong.
The labor movement is growing.
The widespread increase in the ranks
of organized labor is causing much
concern in certain quarters. The
growth is not confined to any one or
two organizations, but is general all
along the line of union labor.
John Mitchell, national president OF
the United Mine Workers Of America,
left for Birmingham, Ala, where he
will investigate the grievances OF the
5000 bituminous miners Of the TWEEN
tieth district, who have been out since
July on dispuated wage scale.
Upon a recent visit to Pittsburg
President Gompers of the American
Federation Of Labor advised all local
unions to affiliate with the Iron City
Council Many of the labor unions
there belong either to the United La
Dor League or the Building Trades
Council
The United Teaming Interests of
Chicago was launched at banquet
by fifty representatives of the various
team owners associations in the city.
Eleven associations of team owners.
employing approximately 10000 union
teamsters, were declared eligible to
membership.
]. P. Sousa, InniS and all the great
bandmasters and players in the
United States and Canada are mem
bers of the Musicians union. In Brit
ish Columbia there are branches in
Victoria and Vancouver and branches
are also being organized in Nanaimo
and New Westminster.
President James O'Connell Of the
International Association OF Machin-
fists denies emphatlcally that any Off
Ger or member of said body officially
represented the machinists at the Chi
cago conference Of industriallsts, OF
which w. E. Trautmann Of the Inter
national brewers union is the secre-
tary.
In the last year the Steam and Hot
Water Filters and Helpers Union has
established local branches in Fall
River. Mass, Pittsburg, Jersey City,
N. j.. Baltimore. ST. Joseph, Mo, San
Francisco, Peoria. Ill, East St. Louis,
ILL.,. South Bend, Ind, Bridgeport,
Conn, Rochester, n Y, and Paterson,
N. J.
When the United Metal Workers
Union decided to sub
nit the question Of withdrawal from
the American Federation Of Labor to
a referendum vote for the purpose Of
aflliating with the american Labor
union, 1t seems to have signed ita
death warrant. The Cincinnati local |
Of the organization has withdrawn
and joined the Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers.
In the past ten years S75,000,000 has !
been distributed by 100 principal
trade unions In England to support !
members in time Of trade depression
and misfortune. OF this sum nearly
SIT 800 900 has been disbursed to re.
Iieve unemployed members, while in
for sick and accident bene-
iits $13,530,000 has been disbursed. In
s75OO,000 has been used in
paying old age pensions.
The FIRST national convention of ihe