The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-08-24

that of the cigarmakers. lie was presi
dent OF the Illinois State Federation OF
Labor for two terms and has held other
Offices In trade union organizations.
Labor Notes.
The oil fields near Delagoa bay, in
Africa, are expected 10 prove among the
most productive in the world.
The Colorado Supreme Court has de-
cided that the Sunday closing law relating
to barber shops is constitutional.
s The latest addition to labor's ranks
is the United brotherhood of Rural, Hor-
ticultural and Agricultural Wage Farmers
of America. The headquarters is in Dali
las, Texas.
The Irish laborers cottage bill passed
its second reading in the British House OF
Commons recently. The bill authorizes
loan Of $40, 10000 to provide Irish la
borers with cottages.
At meeting of the General Federation
Of Women's Clubs, held In ct. Paul, res
olution was passed to stand by the work
ing girls in their demand for an eight
hour day wherever made.
At a meeting of the Carpenters Dis
trict Council, embracing thirtytwo
unions, held in Boston, Mass, it was de-
cided to assess the 5000 members 81 each
to be used as q defense fund.
The experiment of building houses to
rent to members which has been tried by
the British Steel Smelters, Iron and Tin
plate Workers Association has proved so
successful that it is to be extended.
Butchers at the Chicago stock yards re-
port the dullest season for years. Cattle
butchers are working only % hours
week, and most of the other departments
only work two or three days a week.
M. Uemenceau, the French minister of
the interior, estimates that 80 per cent
of the strikers identified with the May
demonstration were forced to discontinue
work by being afraid of molestation by
the 10 per cent minority.
Returns relating to the state of en-
ployment in Germany during the first
quarter Of 1908 were supplied to the
Imperial statistical Office by traAs
unions with an aggregate membership Of
1,221, 760. OF these, 12,635, or IL per
cent, were described in the returns as
unemployed.
The tobacco trust, to prevent strikes
and Its employees from Joining labor or
carnations, has devised q system of in
suring the lives of its employees free. All
employees of years standing are entitled
to name a beneficiary in case Of their
death, and the beneficiary will be paid the
amount of years salary, If under $500.
and $500 If the salary for year would
<e greater than that.
Colorado Springs, at which the home
Tor unisn printers 10 located, has offered
Inducements to the brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen to locate its proposed in
stitution fer incapacitatsl and INDECENT
members there. The brotherhood has now
been in existence % years and has 72S
lodges, with a total membership of $4,000
and treasury Of $1,560,OO0. 1t pays out
about $4,000 a msnth in claims, has
over SS7, 100000 insurance in force and
has paid out since its foundation $11,-
500 900 in benefits.
The Temperance crusade among labor
unions started by Stephen G. Sumner,
business agent of the Milk Wagon Driv-
srs' Union, Chicago, has called attention
70 the fact that the men at the head Of a
number Of local unions and some inter.
national organizations are total abstain.
srs, says the Chicago Record Herald.
While the milk wagon drivers lead the
procession in this line, FIVE Of the seven
members Of their executive board being
total abstainers, there are other unions
worthy of honorable mention" John
Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Fed.
GRAFTON Of Lsber, drinks soothing stronger
than buttcrmilk, and +. q. Hopp, finan.
cial secretary of the same organization, ID
also a total abstainer. u. j. Flannery
president of the Freight Handlers Union
II. J. Conway. president of the Retail
Clerks International Protective Associa.
ton Max Morris, secretary, and II. d.
Hogan, organizer of the same oxxaniza.
ton. are all advocates of temperance and
drink only water. John Mangan, presi
dent Of the Steamftters' Union. Is a.
strong an advocate OF cold water as is
Sumner and has organized several
branches Of the Knights of Father Mat.
thew among workingmen. The Milk Wag
on Drivers Union Is known as the strong
est total abstainers' local in the city. hav.
ing 100 members WHO do rot drink inioxi
eants.
1t Is estimated that the Farmers Union
has membership OF over 100000 in the
cetton-growing States Of the South alone
In eight years the population % Osaka
Japan, has increased from Sil 500 TO owe,
iy026,Oc0. The number OF factories ha,
increased by COL.
For the first time since May the 81
affiliated unions Of the Boston Carpenters
District Council have not n single mar
on strike. The wharf and bridge builders
strike for the rieht-honr day i not yel
settled, but all the men who struck hav'
been placed al werk under union condi
lions.