The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-02-08
THE WORLD OF INDUSTRY.
Weeks Work Where Mcehnies and
Artisans Hold Sway.

agreed to grant engineers suDstah-
tial Increase in the rates of pay
The Switchmen's Union is now agi'
tating an elght.hour day for uhe2,t
men employed in the Chicago district
On April ., at St Louis, Mo, Inter
national Brotherhood of Foundry EN-
ployes will meet in convention.
Citizens Of Atlanta, Ga, have form
ed syndicate to solve the servant
girl problem by the importation OF
100 girls from Chicago.
The New York court OF appeals has
declared the union shop contract le-
gal and in. no sense Incompatible
with public policy and industrial lib
crty.
Conductors and motormen Of the
Duluth. Superior Traction company of
Duluth, Wis, have succeeded in hay-
ing their wages raised two cents an
hour
Committees are being formed by
the workers Of Montreal, Canada, for
the purpose Of taking an active part
in the various municipal contests
throughout the city.
The press Of New York comments
favorably on the freedom from vio-
lence and outrage with which the
present strike in the book and job
Offices has been attended.
Montreal, Canada, Tailors' Union is
experiencing a rapid growth, adding
500 members a month. They issued
more than 100000 union labels during
the past two months.
Buffalo (N. " Local Union Of the
Brotherhood of Stationary Fremen,
has signed i5 annual wage agree
ments for this year, and settlement on
two others Is now pending
Cumberland (Md) Typographical
Union. No. 244. members Of which
are now on strike for an eight-hour
work-day, has commenced the daily
publication Of the Union News Lead
er
The fathers, cigarmakers and gran
ite cutters everywhere work only
eight hours Carpenters. bricklayers
and many other trades work eight
hours in all cities over 10000 popula-
tion.
The statician Of Chicago Local,
No. 1874, of the Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers. has completed sta
tistics showing that the average earn
ings OF the 200 members OF the To-
cal for 1905 were 500 week.
A national Board of Cancellation in
the building trades in England has
lately been organized, which already
has $4,000 men pledged to give the
proposal fair trial, comprising Join
ers, masons and bricklayers.
In Germany women over 16 years
cannot be employed over If hours on
any one day, and the day before holi.
days or on Saturdays ten hours shall
constitute a days work. All workers
must be allowed one hour for dinner.
San Francisco (CalO Journeymen's
Horseshoers' Union Is petitioning the
Board OF Supervisors to have all
horseshoeing for city contractors
done by that union. aud that a clause
10 that effect be put in all contracts
awarded
The Chamber of Commerce of Den.
l.. f,,tn tg,,,, In la.
trouble brewing in the building trades
OF that city A committee is endeavor-
ing to bring the two factions together
and settle their trouble by arbitra'
tion.
According to Dun, the cost of living
has increased - per cent in the last
seven years with the exception of q
few workers in some of the highly
organized trades this increase Is
much greater than the increase In
wages for the same period.
At Winnipeg, Man, the British
printers imported to fight the eight
hour day strikers by the United Typo
thetae, have themselves struck foi
the eighthour day and are now nearly
all members OF the International Ty
biographical Union.
Butte (Mont) Central Labor Coun
Gil has made a rapid growth In th'
past two years. When 1t was organ
lied It had eight unions affiliated will
It. Now its afiiliated unions numbe
81, and this year will see far large
growth than ever before.
Thomas l. Kidd has been presented
with a silver tea set by the elevated
railroad men OF the Country In tokel
Of his valuable services to them Will
vice president Of the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor Mr.. Kidd has retir
ed from the labor fidd to enter com