The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-06-20

CWltuCnIu6u Union OF NOFIl AmeflCd
referred to D. M. Parry president of
the Manufacturers Association, as one
of the greatest friends of whom labor
can boast. declaring: by his opposl
tion he gives us the opportunity to cor
rect the faults we may have"
The Amalgamated Association Of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, in ses-
sion at Detroit, voted to continue the
policy of not permitting members to
work in nonunion mills. The change
vas sought by cities where strikes
have been in progress for many weeks.
The proposal to increase the insur-
ance feature was also rejected.
At meeting of the employing prin-
| ters of the southeastern states strong
resolutions were passed regarding the
recent action of the International Ty-
biographical Union in determining to
inaugurate an eight-hour day begin
ming Jan. /, 1906. The resolutions
stated that the employing printers
were unalterably opposed to the eight
hour day and under no circumstances
would submit to II.
Delegates of the New York Hebrew
Bakers Union have begun to order
strikes ON the Hebrew bakers to force
an eight-hour workday. Since the
United States supreme court rendered
its decision declaring the ten-hour
law unconstitutional the employing
bakers are said to have been working
| al. al I~ro
day. Some of the masters have con-
ceded to the demands.
Lens grinders employed by several
New York optical firms have gone on
a strike because of the refusal of the
open shops TO recognize the union.
The grinders are divided into two
classes, one grinding the surface and
the other grinding the edges Of the
lenses. Each requires several years
apprenticeship. The employers claim
to have a majority OF the shops on
their side and to be filling the strikers
places rapidly.
Robert Romaine, a convict in the
penitentiary of Kansas, who made a
startling confession duplicating the
Western Federation of Miners in the
Independence horror, when thirteen
nonunion men lost their lives, has
made another confession. In this he
says that he charged the miners with
the crime for s5 note and promise
of freedom and that there was not a
word OF truth in what he said at that
time
The remarkable change In the con.
tinental trades union movement of
Europe within the last ten years
amounts almost to revolution in
policy and methods, says the Cigar
Makers Journal The benevolent and
protective features .of British and
American unions have been gradually
introduced; the system of stamps for
the payment of dues, and fixed per
centage allowed for local expenses
have been copied from American
unions.
An important decision has beer
handed down by Supreme ColYt Judge
Clarke bearing upon the Philadelphia
building trades lockout of .903. A
local firm locked out it's employees,
later gave in to the men, was ex-
PEELED from the employers association
and forfeited a $500 bond The firm.
refused to pay and was sued by the
trust company that furnished security.
The court decided that lockouts are
4 legal and ordered the defendants to
pay $642
plan to amalgamate the United
Garment Workers of America and the
Journeymen Tailors' Union of America
was completed at a conference held In
New York a few days ago. The jour
neymen tailors were represented at
the conference by John B. Lennon,
Charles Dzhlman and Charles Johnson,
and the garment workers by Thomas
A. Rickert, Charles F. Reichers, and
Henry Waxman. The agreement pro-
vides that the two organizations ANAL
gamate under the name of the Inter
national Clothing Workers Union of
America and that only one label be
used in the clothing trade. After the
articles of amalgamation are published
in the official journals of both organi-
| cations and discussed the entire mat
ter will be submitted to referendum
vote of the entire membership in Aug
ust
P. ]. McArdle of Muncie, Ind, was
elected president Of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers on the second ballot. Other
| officers elected were: Secretary
treasurer, John Williams, Pittsburg;,
Journal manager, Ben |. Davis, Pitts
burg; trustees, Elias Jenkins, Youngs-
town, Ohio; John G. Haven, Piqua,
Ohio; G. ]. Monahan, Pittsburgh dele
gate to the American Federation OF
Labor, ]. A. Kersey. Granite City, III.
The FIVE salaried vice-presidents elect
ed to fill the Offices created by this
convention are: Eastern district F.
]. Wright, Lancaster, Pa; boiling
trade. Thomas Williams, Vincennes.
Ind; finishing trade, Joseph w. Rut-
ledge, New Albany, Ind: sheet mill
trade, Llewellyn Lewis, Martins Fer
ry. Ohio; tin trade. William Larkins.
Martins Ferry, Ohio. The convention
reconsidered its action adopting a per