The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-01
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rho Jonn lyman Talors union has
had Uniform scale of wages signed in
Philadelphia for the FIRST time in many
yeals The lcasins custom trade shops
have signed An effort wil bo made
90 stimp out the "hone-woik' system
Ecnohts 10 be paid by the Boot and
shoe Workers un.on by reason Of the
dcath of members in the Brochton dis
aster will asgrcgaie S2o.Q0o. For each
death q DcncHt 81 SOD VII be paid. 10
those injured IS q wcok viii be given
The mayor and oiy council at Ke-
wnnec. lns bold union c0ds and cn--
courage Organization. Vow unions of
street railway employees telephone
eius and laundry workers are making
good progress ana machine tenders are
organizing
According 20 statistics Just published
there me twelve different kinds Of
factories n the s4te of Uucatan.
aicsf9. employine $4,000 hands. the
vases paid averaging for tho men from
si5U 10 So per 0uy and for the women
nom 30 cents 90 $3.50
Muchnosis on tho crtire system OF
the Canadian Grand trunk milroad
lmvc asked for an Increase ia w5ges Of
b nor cent The men are wei organi-
zcd. and. they say aIo only asking 20
Dee put on the same footing as Canadian
Tactic employees.
The womans Trade Union Loague
of New York. was forrod recently for
the purpose OF assisting the working
women and girls TO form and carry on
organizations through which they may
improve the eondition which surround
them as waee-earncrs.
An effort IS being made to organize
an the felt and comrosition workers of
Oakland. Call into a labor union. Tia
union OF that craft ia san Francisco
claims jurisdiction over the entire coast
and raised an objection 20 the forma-
ti5n OF such a union.
The strike in the rcody-ma CLOTH
ms industry Of copenhagen. Dcnmaik,
has ended with victory for the taiiors
and tailoresses, q new scale has been
agreed upon, which increases the rate
by per cent to pen cent on an aver
age to be in syrce TN 1910.
a plan TO unite the Cincinnati
brcklnyofs unite and the carpenters'
unions into common district council
has failed IL was gut TO the rcferon-
drm vote OF the bricSayers and they
voted 3 down without giving time for
a single caipcntera union TO show how
it stood.
9he bonus above tho regular 10 per
cent advantage netted the anthracite
miners Ss500. 600 n 1908. The 10 per
Ia. s,f
2s per cent above that Of 1899. The
average earnings " so.oo0 adults mine
workers IN 1904 wac about $500 more
than in 1901.
The trs,dcs dispute b-l. now before
rarliament. seeks to repeal the law OF
conspiracy In 90 far as il deals with or
Affects labor disputes, to legtlize peace
ful packeang, and 30 prohibit actions
being brought against trade unions or
persons representing them, In the
course Of dispute.
Members " an local unions affiliated
with the Chicago Federation Of Labor
are to be assessed 8 cents each In sup
port of the striking spechd order cloth
ing markets. who hnvo been idle since
November L. against an attemut Of
the employers TO force ON open shop IN
violation ~ an agreement
The trouble over wages between the
Alaska Packers association and the
fishermen has heev adjusted. The
rcale win 'emain the same as last year.
Many OF -hc men affected are now In
Alaska. There are something Ike S.
epC persons employed by ,hc company,
The men win receive 2iA per hsn.
81 Lancaster Pa, union No. 2a4,
American Federation of Musicians, has
started a movement 20 httingly honor
the memory of Patrick Gilmore, the
noted band leader Il Is proposed 70
SCI aside a day 20 be observed by an
organized musicians throughout the
country as Gilmore Day"
Tho strike OF quauymen IN the
Lcicestcrshirc, Eng, granite QuaTies
IS strngs one The pieceworSers
claim the right 10 work "a such times
ua they see ht; tine employers say that
I utere irregular hourr interfere with the
day workers and that there can be no
hardship in having regular hours Of
work.
] Union car workers IN the Chicago
alockygrds are preparing for new wage
/ scale agreement May ], In The nde'
pendent packers houses tho wage
4 agreements signed before the big
strike have been lived UP TO by 500 men
and II that agreement IS renewed foi
another term tho mon wiz probably h'
satisfied
The Builders" I.aborers' and Navvies
union, OF Berlin. Germany is prepar-
ing new tariff the ola agreement
with the masters running ont on Ala,
] next The minimum wage al present
h Ioib cents 1t is now proposed TO make
the minimum rate ~ cents and nuke 4
snght addition To some Of the piece
liates.
Union representatives at Kansas
City are co opemting with committees
from other civil bodies in AN EFFORT Il
secure "a new charter for Kansas Ciig
The Industrial council has declared
against pcrmMmg corporation inter-
ests to dictate who- th1 new charte
shah contain and demancs tnat tn'
people shall bc allowed 70 pass on th'
charter before 90 Is adopted.