The wageworker., 1906-10-12
NEWS OF TRADE AND LABOR
General Information Concerning Those Who Doing
Of the World.

The Business Mems association, OF
Omaha, has taken action to Offset the
effect of the labor unions attempt to
dictate nominations and elections Of
candidates for public Offices. The as
soclation plans. to wage hot fight.
As the result of overtures made by
the officials of the Vandalia Coal COM
pany to the district officials of the
miners of Indiana, the strike at the
mines of the coal company, which
involved 5000 men, was declared off.
The coal company made it's propcsi-
ton through General Manager John
Hewitt and grants all the demands
Of the miners. The right of appeal
tc the courts for a final adjudication
of the controversy is, however, re.
served by the company.
The International WoodWorkers'
Union of America secured an injunc-
ton against two of their local organ
izations at Chicago which restrains
them from disbursing any of the
funds, amounting to $4,000, which they
have in the treasury. The two locals
against which the injunction was is
sued are locals No. 1 and No. 49,
ASoC CWO uulOIS ISCSutly NOISu W
desert the International Woodworkers
and join the National Brotherhood Of
Carpenters. It is to prevent them
from turning over to the carpenters
$4,000 which they have in the sick
rund and in the treasury that the in.
junction was obtained.
One Of the most extensive railroad
strikes declared in recent years went
into effect when 1,500 machiniSts,
blacksmiths and boilermakers, togeth
er with repair shop men. quit work
under orders from their union head
| quarters and effectually tied up the
entire mechanical department of the
Wabash railroad system. The dis
pute is over wages. The machinists
| induced the allied metal trades to go
| out in sympathy, and the joint strike
| is said to be one of the fruits of the
recent formation of the National Fed
GRAFTON of Metal Trades, which aims
| to embrace every worker in the metal
industry. The machinists started the
trouble on the Wabash by demanding
an increase in pay averaging seven
cents an hour. The present scale
ranges from 2S to 80 cents an hour
number of conferences held be-
tween officials of the road and repre-
sentatives of the Machinists' union
failed to be productive of a settle
ment, and the strike order was the
result
1 The anniversary and convention
number of the Carpenter, the official
journal of the United Brotherhood Of
Carpenters and Joiners of America,
contains well written history OF the
organization. The brotherhood was
organized in 1881 at Chicago with 12
local unions. At that time the mem
bership was 2,O42. From 1881 to 1900
the union gained 66,421 men, and in
1905 there were 1,759 locals with a
membership of 1921 totals. The
brotherhood has won large percent
age of it's strikes, between 1890 and
1900, losing but single one out of
about 40. Since that time, according
to the secretarys report, a similar
ratio has been kept up. The finances
of the organization are upon remark
ably firm basis. The total income for
the year of 1904-O5 was $403, ,292. The
expenditures for the same period were
S444,095. This excess was easily
cared for by the large previous bal
ance. The brotherhood has seven
delegates to the American Federation
of Labor. 1t has also been successful
in obtaining normal day, and at the
time of the last report, 481 cities were
working on the eight-hour scale.
At a conference in Philadelphia be-
tween the officials of the Pennsylvania
| ,.Di1 ct Of ff~1, ri
Erie and delegates representing the
telegraph operators the company
granted an advance in wages to af
'ect all telegraphers on the lines men.
toned, beginning September 1. The
increase will involve an additional ex.
renditure of $4,000 month by the
company.
At the regular quarterly meeting
of the executive council of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor at Wash.
ington the following members were
present: President Gompers, Vice
Presidents Duncan, O'ConneH, Nor.
rison, Hayes, Keefes and Valentine
Treasurer Lennon and Secretary Nor.
rison. The financial report showed
the federation had on hand September
| DdIdHCe oI PloV,41o ffeSlueHt
Gompers reported on the question
of universal labor for all of the in
ternational organizations, or for the
use of the seal of the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor as a universal de-
sign. A number of organizations op.
rosed the surrender of their label
The report will be submitted to the
federation convention at Minneapolis
in November.
The management of the New York
City Railway company, which operates
practically all the surface lines in
Manhattan borough, has advanced the
wages of it's employees on graded
scale, the total amount involved being
more than s250,000.
| With tho limbs of traac as hammers