The Washington times., 1906-08-05
GeneraI Labor Notes.

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General Labor Notes.
The Pittsburg district council OF the
Brotherhood OF Carpenters received the
past week s.. 90 from the national head
quarters IN Indianapolis 10 pay strike
benefits. The carpenters have been out
In the Smoky City FOR some time
The international Union Of Teamsters
meets In annual session IN Chicago to-
morrow T. J. Minehan. OF Boston. ma
tional organizer. has just finished or
ganizing the teamsters in Pittsburg.
Scarcity Of bar iron has caused a
showdown Of many OF the tin plate and
sheet mills in the Pittsburg district
and the workers are losing time on that
account. Books are full OF orders.
Plants Of the Pittsburg Plate Glass
Compatly at Charleroi and Creighton
have shut down on account Of strike
IN the coal mines OF the company that
supply fuel The miners are out for a
ten per cent increase. Many glassmen
are thrown out of work.
Miners in the anthracite coal region or
Pennsylvania say they are not able TO
make living wages under present con-
ditlous. due TO the shortage OF cars 20
haul the output of the mines.
Daniel c. Ripley. president Of the
American Association OF Flint Glass
Manufacturers. is dead.
The Amalgamated Journal, the organ
Of the AmaIgamated Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers. predicts an early settle
nent OF the strike in the Eastern dis
trict. since the ranks OF the opposition
have been broken by the agreement en-
tered into BY the American Car and
Foundry Company. which operates mills
at both Berwick and Milton. Pa.
An ordinance has been passed by Phil
adelphia councils forbidding fremen
and policemen 10 do any mechanical
work upon station or IRE houses.
The United brotherhood Of Carpenters
and Joiners Will hold its fourteenth an
nual session at Niagara Falls. septem-
Der 19.
A telegram from Chicago says:
IAN offensive and defensive alliance
between the steamfitters Of four States.
Michigan, Indiana. Illinois. and Wiscon-
sin. was arranged al convention OF
twenty seven delegates The convention
decided 10 control helpers. refuse 10
recognize the union OF junior steamfit-
tors and refuse 10 handle material man
ufactured BY the !. J. Mueller Boiler
Company. OF Milwaukee, which is fight
ing the union
The sweatshop evil Is being despeT-
ately fought by union labor in New
York. It is hard TO kill as tenement
dweIlers. though wretchedly underpaid,
prefer to do the work in their homes.
on the principle OF law that a mans
home is his castle. which the king may
not enter" II offers protection 10 sweat
shop methods IN employment OF minor
children OF the slums.
The strike OF Coal miners in subdis-
trict No. 5, in Otto. which has been on
since April. has been settled and the
$500 men affected have returned 20
work. Settlement was reached on A com
promise, the 1903 scale being adopted.
The strike cost. Loss to miners. S4S2, 90;
loss to operators in profits. $4,000: ex-
penses Of operators. SO, 900; total, $S07 900.
A dispatch from Indianapolis SAYS
President John Mitchell. OF the United
Mine Workers, makes no effort to kill
of the boom for the Vice Presidential
nomination. which was started for him
in the anthrsc cite coal country some time
ago,
Cal Wyatt, general organizer Of the
American Federation OF Labor, has re
turned 10 Pfttsblrg. a conference will
be held with reference to formulating a
plan for the carrying out OF President
Gompers' orders on the unions in poll
tics"
The strike Of the brewery workers in
Baltimore. ser for the 10 inst, was
averted by a compromise settlement.
Both sides profited by the arbitration.
The employees obtained the 81 a week in
crease demanded by them, but they will
be compelled TO work nine hours during
eight months of the year and eight hours
during the remaining four. Their origi-
nal demand had been for an eiEht-hOur
day during six months Of the year. and
a nine-hour day during the remainder
The labor situation In Frisco is COM
plicated. All laborers. PAYERS, and other
workmen engaged on the repairs and
OF the United Street rail
wavs have been called out Linemen and
electricians were previously out. The
trouble arose over the discharge Of mem
hers who were active in the interests of
the union. Demand is made for their re-
increase Of wages. and an
eight-hour day instead OF ten.
Edward W. Gaines. OF Norfolk, has
been named by Commissioner DOherty
as special agent to see that the labor
laws of Virginia are enforced. He is a
printer, and former member OF the Leg
islature
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engi- /
neers met IN Baltimore the past week, and