The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-07-06

Charies Hank, of Chicago.
Fourteen thousand miners went I
work in the bituminous field Of In
diana, Within a few days 1000 vii
be at work In the Clay county bloc
field.
Charles Nugent, a millionaire S
Louis dry goods merchant, enter
tainel at dinner at his home $50 work
men, who had just completed his neT
residence.
Charles Morris, national delegate 0
the hatters, who recently conduCte.
the successful strike at Wabash. Ind.
has been directed to resume his New
England unionlzing and agitation
work.
The national executive committee
Of the United Mineworkers Of Amer
lea, which closed d two weeks meet
ing at indianapolis, ordered a per cap
tia assessment of 50 cents per week
on the working membership of the or
ganization. 1t is estimated this viii
bring in a reyenu of from $125,000 tC
$4,000 each week.
One man was fatally shot and
beaten into uncOnsciOusuess in a clash
between union and nonunion struC,
turaI iron workers in the Hazelwood
section, The victim was Thomas
Walsh, a union man. His assaiIants
were Thomas Lyons, Clark Dunn, c.
r. Lewis and Zach Caruthers. non
union men, who were brought from
Cleveland by the American Bridge
company.
Chicago's organized women are
much worked up over an order issued
by the Barber Asphalt company that,
beginning with July /, no women will
be employed in its works or offices and
it was said the WOmen's Trades Union
Label league, the shoeworkers, laun-
dry workers and other organizations Of
women would hold a Joint meeting and
protest against what is termed an in
frinSement on the rights of the female
The eight.hour wOrkday established
by the printers less than a year ago
has cut the death rate of members of
the Typographical union in two, &C.
cordtng to figures given out by ]. c..
Harding, organizer of Local No. 16,
in Chicago. The birth rate also has
increased. Under the ninehOur day,
4 year ago, the number of deaths in
The union membership was 40. Only
10 deaths have occurred among the
working members during the year.
Chicago Typographical union has
a novel plan or advertising the
trike-breakeTs working in the various
offices, Half a dozen photog-
have been busy for two weeks
snapshots or the printers who
OOk the places OF the strikers. When
III are secured they will be printed
md sent to every union in the United
They will also be sent to va
lous cities where the strike breakers
lived before going to Chicago.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, in an
address, at the annual convention of
he Brotherhood of Bookbinders at
Washington, reminded the delegates
If the right of organized labor to re-
luest congress to pass laws which will
benefit them and said that the request
lad gone forth, but that if it was not
answered in better tones the request
would be changed into a demand.
Our threatening" he said, lis to do
| lawful thing, and l contend that a
hing we have a right to do we have a
light to threaten to do"
Boston central labor union last Sun
ay took the most important step in
is history, After nearly two years
discussion among the building trades
S to forming a new building trades
organization that would rep
esent all the trades for harmonious
Iction and for the best interests of
III, the c. L. U. last Sunday adopted
N amendment TO its constitution
which provides for the immediate for
nation of a building trades section Of
he c. l.. U.
Hannahan, the grand master of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen.
was furnished a private car by the
'ailroad corporations in order that he
might enjoy his honeymoon, and Han.
lahan declared that such generosity
IN the part of the railroad companies |
% a labor leader is an indisputable
proof that labor and capital are com.
ng together, But if the furnishing
If a private car to Hannahan is evil
lence that labor and capital are hug
ging each other in the deathless EN-.
brace of love, what does the special
furnished to Meyer, Haywood
and Pettibone to convey them to a
penitentiary indicate? We will await
with patience Hannahan's answer to
our QuestiOn.-Miners' Magazine.
In a most sweeping injunction Judge
V. Ouarles, at Milwaukee, enjoined
he Iron holders unions of four lodges
md u individual members who were
employed by tho Allis-Chalmers COM
oany from in any way interfering with
The business of that company, on
whose petition the injunction order
was granted. The striking molders are
from impeding, hindering, OBJ
structins or interfering with any u
the business Of the Allis-Chalmers
company in the operation of its works
and foundrias and from entering the
grounds or premises of the complain
ant against its wish.
The st. Louis Building Trades Coun.
ell has declared again a strike on all
buildings on which members OF the
Bricklayers' and Stone Masons' In.
ternational union are employed. The
builders, as a result, Cancelled
the recently signed agreement with
the council.
Representatives Of the operators and
g,nrs In thn south uyastar, aXntI.