The commonwealth., 1906-07-13

u The memorial fund started tw
Il months ago by the United Brotherhoo
OF Carpenters and Joiners for th
= Widow and family of the late p.
S McGuire aggregates now $3,266.21.
Corporation Counsel Lewis, Of Oh
S cago, has decided that union wage
a and hours shall prevail for the EN-
ployes of the city. If they work o,
S holidays or Sundays he holds tina
they should receive double pay.
At San Francisco a launch filleC
; with union pickets went out to tn,
anchorage of the schooner Nationa
City to induce the nonunion crew Il
desert the ship, which was due to sail
When the launch bearing the strik,
ers came close to the schooner the
nonunion men opened fire with rifles
Killing Andrew Kelner and woundine
three other union sailors.
The recent election In the Interna.
tlonal Typographical union shows the
Following elected delegates to the con.
vention of the American Federation
OF Labor; Frank Morrison, Chicago +;
Frank K. Foster, Boston; Hugh
Stevenson, Toronto; Michael Colbert,
chicago. Morrison again headed the
list, receiving 20,371 votes, his near
est competitor being Foster, 20,355.
The workingmen in France are not
as well organized as they are in many
| OF the other countries of Europe, but
II the organized employees on the trac-
ton lines in Chicago asked for such
conditions as the men in the subgays
OF Paris enjoy they would perhaps be
considered as fit subjects for the de-
tention hospital. They believe, how
ever, that they should have a mini
mum scale of 30 cents an hour and A
ten-hour workday.
In sweeping injunction Judges
Quarles, of Milwaukee, enjoined mem
bers of the Iron MOlders' union who
were employed by the Allis-ChaImer
company, from in any way interfering
with the business of that COMPANY. on
whose petition the order was granted
Not only is piCketing forbidden. but
strikers are prohibited from going to
the homes of any of the employees for
the purpose of persuading them to
leave the Allis-Chalmers company
+. j. McArdle, Of the Amalgamated |
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers, was reelected president;
Michael Donnelly, of the Meat Cutters
and Butcher Worlmen; Joseph N.
Weber, of the American Federation of
George Powell of the Tin
Plate Workers Protective associa-
ion; C. W. Perkins, of the Cigarmak-
ers; j. T. Carey, Of the International
Brotherhood of Paper Makers, and
lanes L. Barry, of the Actors Nation
Il union.
Henry Knaus, secretary of Local No,
il (Chicago) Of the United Garment
Workers union, has sent to President
Roosevelt a letter complaining
gainst child labor in the factory of
ne Badge Manufacturing company.
Which was recently awarded a con-
ract of making 100000 uniforms for
manager of the Company's factory,
'hich is at Racine, Wis, admitted
hat 225 girls are employed in the
liant, but said they are all of the legal
ge to work.
The Commercial Telegraphers'
'nion of America has decided to :,
stablish a mutual benefit department. !
his will begin doing business October
A mortuary fund will be main ..
ained similar to those of the railroad
from which death claims /
ill be paid. The officers of the or +
anization believe that the insurance .
eprtment will prove an attractive
eature to nonmembers, as they can
rocure cheaper insurance through 1t u
IAN they could in any OF the old. '
ne companies
The cotton manufacturers Of Fall
liver, Mass, have granted the opera
yes a IA per cent. increase In wages.
bout 5000 hands are benefited. The g
ew scale, which will take effect on
uly 2, Is practically the same as that
REVEALING previous to July /, 1904. =,
s other New England cotton manu- :,
lcturing centers follow the lead of u
all River, as a rule, the change is
xpected ultimately to affect all cotton j.
ill workers in this section.
The Cigarmakers' Official Journal =
tes some average wages of 80 years .
20, and remarks The average
ally wages for the period of 1925 i,
Id 1880 were: Agricultural labor 4
s, 80 cents bIacksmiths, s112; car II
enters, SLOT; clockmakers, S129;
i'll operatives, SO cents; harness. I"
akers, s113; laborers, 70 cents;
linters, s1.25; printers, s1,25; ship
Id boat builders, st.40; shoemakers, "
.06; wooden mill operatives, "a n
nts We haven't the slightest hesi- ! !
ncy in saying that If it were not y
r trade unions the same old rate :,
wages would still be paid in the II
'esent time. Still there are some
orkers who profess to believe that u
q condition of the workers is grow u
g worse" -
Daniel j. Keefe, president of the
union, Is planning
% formation of labor union trust
the great lakes, which will become
,ssibly the greatest labor organiza-
On in the world. It will include ev
y department Of labor and will con- ia
oil absolutely lake business. b
The New York bureau of labor sta y
sites records that half the unions in OF
e state have suffered through immi- u
ant competition Of 265 unions, 120 g
Ith a membership of 34,304, suffered la
reduction of wages, while 81 with a p'
embership of 22,31S worked fewer al
.ys in the year. "
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