Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-28
INDUSTRIAL NOTES

AT the conference between EMPLOYERS
! OF several States and the officers of the
| Coopers' international Union at Indian
| apolis working agreement and an in
creased wage scale was decided upon.
The Nevada Supreme Court has de.
| eided the eight-hOur day law of that
State as all right and constitutional.
The Supreme Court of Michigan has
held that the law requiring that a clause
be inserted in contracts for public works
to employ union men is constitutional.
A circular letter has been issued by
the American Federation of Labor off,
Gals, calling the attention of all union.
lists to the struggle between the Shirt
Waist and Laundry Workers interna-
tiOnal Union and the Shirt and Collar
Manufacturers Association of Troy,
n. Y.
The representatives of organized Ia
Dor proved labors attitude in regard to
trade schools at the hearing at tho
Massachusetts State House recently. All
were opposed. The State branch A.
f. of L., the New England plumbers,
and other conventions held within the
past few weeks have all gone on record
as absolutely opposed to the schools
as a "short cut to the imperfect learn
ing of a trade, and thus overcrowding
the lines with makeshifts to combat the
skilled, experienced men who served long
apprenticeships and have given years to
secure their present efficiency.
Bricklayers in New York make more
money than many lawyers and doctors,
but if the demands of the Plasterers'
Union are acceded to, these artisans will
have incomes that rival those Of some
of the lesser lights in the insurance field
The plasterers now receive $50 for an
eight-hour day. The union is demanding
So a day, with double pay for extra
time, and the men estimate by working
twelve hours a day they will be able to
earn S12. Twelve dollars a day would
be $72 a week and S3,744 a year. The
average income of a physician is not
over $500.
If union man tells a contractor he
will not work with a non-union man.
and if, as a result, the non-union man
is discharged and is unable TO secure
employment account of the attitude
of the union toward him, the union iS
not liable for damages to the non-union
man. This is the substance Of a decis-
ion rendered in the Superior Court at
Chicago recently by Judge Gary. when
instructiny jury to find a verdict Of
not guilty in favor of Local No. 147. of
the brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
and Paperhangers, which organization
had been sued by John p. Burcher. a
man, for $4,000 damages.
The Pattern Makers League of North
America at its recent convention adopted
numerous amendments to its constitution
and raised the assessment of the menu
bers from % to 80 cents a week. IT Is
to use the money. which is maid
as dues, to strengthen nd build up the
and pay for the placing of
organizers in the field in this country and
Canada. There are 1900 members in
the Pattern Makers Association ana
there are only about $500 in the entire
c9untrr. Their work is similar to that
Of the craftsman. 1t has also been de-
cided 10 divide the United States and
Canada into four districts. thus reducinc
the number from seven to four. The ar.
has no fights with employers,
because it believes in arbitration.
The United Textile Workers of
America have issued a letter addressed
q the different bodies Of organized labor
# the country, thanking them for their
in the great Fail River strike
The rush Of work at the iron. steel
md tin mills continues without abate-
nent. Practically every iron mill and
furnace in the country is operating to
and the same conditions exist in
he sheet division.
There has been a marked improvement
n the conditions in rhe sweat shops
throughout Chicago az well as a mate
'ial reduction in their number in the
vast year, according to Chief Factory
Inspector Edgar t. Davies