The San Francisco call., 1906-09-21

ing power lost by the accident The
loss of a leg is generally estimated by
the courts to be equivalent to the loss
OF seventy per cent of wage-earning
power, so that workman suffering
from this injury is allowed an annuity
of thirtyfive per cent of his wages.
For accident causing temporary dis
ablement from work the workman re-
ceives one-half his daily wages until
his complete recovery. All medical and
pharmaceutical expenses. as well as
hospital and funeral expenses. are to
be borne by the employer
In order to make the act more far
reaching in its scope and deal more
fairly with workmen belonging to in
dustries not coming under the provis-
ions OF the law, last April g. supple
mental law was passed which definite
ly dealt with this phase OF the question.
All commercial enterprises, with the
single exception of agriculture, are now
subject TO the employers liability
acts. Some little time will elapse be-
fore the law will become operative, as
certain administrative measures must
be carried out with regard to the i'm
position of small tax on all commerce.
The proceeds OF this tax will be used
by the state for the formation of
fund to guarantee workmen in a GER
tain measure against the bankruptcy
Of employers or Of insurance companies
in which employers have covered their
Liabilities. A clause OF the act makes
IL necessary thst this delay should ex-
tend beyond the close OF the present
year Many employers In France have
for long time past taken the precau-
ton Of protecting themselves by means
OF Insurance. against all possible liabil-
ity, both in respect to common law and
the provisions of this new act.
Boot and Shoe Workers Union No.
292 of Omaha has taken its vote for
International officers. and John r. To-
bin, the present president, and Coils
Lovely, vice president. and the four
candidates for directors who are ar
rayed on what is known as the ad-
ministration side, received the unan-
imous vote of the union. Tobin is in
favor Of a continuance of the present
system under which the International
operates, and which stands for arbitra-
tion between employer and employe J.
Hickey is the leader Of the faction
which favors strikes to gain advarce-
ment. The chances are that Iobin and
Lovely will be returned, elected by big
majorities.
The Central Labor Union, the ruling
body OF unionism in Philadelphia, has
practically declared for closed-shop
and children The plan is the thor
ough unionization of teachers. After
All non-union teachers nave been ex-
cluded from the schools, the work of in
sti1ling into the youthful mind the
principles Of trades upionism will be-
gin. The children will be asked to
wear to school the union buttons of
their fathers crafts. There will be
lessons on the evil OF the open shop.
In fact, IL is the intention Of the ad-
vocates Of unionfsm to bring about
trades union millennium In the staid
old town of Philadeiphia.
The International Association of
Brewery Workers has recently been in
were some $50 delegates representing
unions in this country and Canada
The association has gained 5000 mem
bers in two years and has funds
amounting to $4,000.
The absence of beer has been the
cause OF a miners strike. The miners
the company refuses to allow beer
agents to visit the town to take de-
liveries. The coal company owns the
land around the mine and agents of all
kinds are barred out There has been
trouble ever since the rule was adopt
ed Inc OIneT DAY oUO miners quit Work
and say they will not go back until
they can have their usual quantity Of
beer delivered to them.
Prospects for early resumption of
the window glass plants in New Jer-
sey now seem bright In fact, a num-
Der have already resumed. A L. Falk-
ner, president OF the Ama1gamated
Window Glass Workers Association of
America, has issued his wage scale con-
trary to the expectations and hopes OF
many of the manufacturers, who wished
TO delay the lighting Of the fires for
weeks, or until they might unload their
enormous stocks and starting would be
warranted by the condition Of the mar
ket. The scale provides for an advance
OF ten per cent for single strength
workers and FIVE per cent for the double
strength blowers The scale also pro-
vides for an increase in the wages of
the gatherers, fatteners and cutters.
At conference between the boss bar
bers and journeymen in Omaha re-
Gently it was decided to try the ex-
pertinent OF closing the shops at z
instead Of D. m. On Sundays and hol-
idays the price Of a hair cut is to be
thirty-fve cents instead of twenty FIVE
cents and the price of hair tonic is to
be raised from ten cents to fifteen.
Shaves on weekdays will remain at
ten cents and fifteen cents on Sundays
and holidays. The agreement is to be
in force for three years.