The Washington times., 1906-09-16

no trouble in the big plant
\ II IS semi-ohciauy announced that
the Pennsylvania railroad will advance
the pay OF IT'S telegraph operators. The
road is organized by the order Of Rail-
way Telegyapatrs. It Is said that the
/ advance VIII cost the railroad company
something like tI9.oo0 more month
The tenth biennial convention OF She
( brotherhood of Locomotive FIremen
was In session at Milwaukee the past
week with 200 delegates present Frank
. ,. Sargent Commissioner Of Immigra-
lion. former head of the order. was
/ present.
Mt Carmel Pa1 traction system is
/ tied up by a strike Of the employees
+ over dispute f5r general advance
OF wages for all CLASSES Of men on
/ the system. Sixteen miles a1 suburban
4 lines is affected. The men demand
/ Written agreement.
4 II is announced from London raat
/ the Variety ATJ.s-es' Federation. repre-
senting Great Britain. aad fle Iuteru4-
uoHal Artistes' Lodge, representing ,he
/ continent 0f Europe. are joining forces
J for mutual protection. and recently sent
a delegate 20 New YORK 10 seek the
! cooperation OF tLe White Rats and 80
! form an .uternau uonal body with "a
membership OF 1000
The decision Of the Department OF
Commerce and Labor that chorus girls
employed by American managers in
foreign lands coming 10 this country
under contracts are not contract labor
! but 'artistes.' does not meet with the
approval of organized labor here. and
IN all probability viii be tested in the
courts.
Theatrical employees OF Chicago. as
well as many OF those in the other
large cities Of the East, are forrnulat-
Ing plans 10 oppose the importation OF
foreign skilled and unskiued labor for
American theaters and viii ask all
theatrical organizations TO oppose the I
importation Of foreign chorus girls by
sympathetic strikes.
A unique movement has been started
In the City OF Brotherly Love, Il is said.
by Central Labor Union OF that city.
which is 10 organize all OF the school I
teachers and principals there into a
protective union and make the city of /
Philadelphia. so far as the public 1
schools are concerned. a closed shop. /
Kansas City. Mo- has a strike Of
union plumbers for an increase of 50 /
cents IN their wages. The strike has /
seriously crippled building operations.
The Trades Union Congress in session I
at Liverpool. England has decided 70 4
ask Parliament TO pension all workmen 4
over sixty years old. the funds for pay /
ing pensions TO be raised By land tax
Engineers Of the Republic Iron and 1
Steel mills Of East Chicago are out on 4
strike. The officials objected to the
presence of representatives OF Chicago /
unions in the plant. which is an open /
shop
Thirteen hundred engineers. members /
Of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, who drive trains over 800 miles /
OF the Burlington system, have voted In /
protest against a new test Of vision"
order sent out by the company officials. 4
The fifth annual convention OF the Ma /
tiOnal League Of BARRIERS was in session /
AZ II iAL,bNlb Ait past Wtfh. j ne or
ganization favored legislation for the /
sanitary regulation of shops, regulation /
Of apprentices. opposition to BARRIERS
schools. and the licensing Of apprentices /
for the position or iourneymeu.
The labor unions of the new State of
Oklahoma. which are quite strong. es-
pecially in the eastern part, win en-
deavor to have "A share in the making
OF the State constitution and believe that
they are powerful enough to make their
demands felt
with the close. of the present season
on the great lakes the total movement
Of Mesaba range iron ores to PennsvI-
vania and other furnaces mostIy. owned
by the United States Steel iCCrDora ZION
Will have reached the reCOrd-b-pa king
figures Of 56,O9oO0O tons.
II. ]. Carey. organizer Of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor for the Pitts
burg district. has been notified bv
President Samuel GOmpers TO proceed /
TO Denver and report to Max Morris, |
fourth vice president.
OWNS 20 the new conditions that
obtain in the open-hearth department
of the Homestead plant Of the Carne-
gle Steel Company, some OF the millmen
have quit work
The international Paper Company will
begin an eigit-hOur day at its mills.
The mills in New York Will receive |
that the change means an increase of
Sc per cent Ia the number of employees !