Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-02-13
NOTES FROM THE LABOR WORLD.

The building Trades Council Of
Boston is dissatisfied with the condi-
tions of labor on the new Christian
Science temple building in that city
and have notified Mrs Mary Baker
Eddy to that effect
There are 200 local labor organiza-
tiOns in fifty cities and towns in
Maine. and 1874 labor unions. reporting
a total membership of 1878, accord
ing to the annual report of the com
missioner of labor and industrial sta
dstics of that state
Six thousand employees of the
French government, ranging in occuA
| patton from schoOlmistresses to jani-
tors. have demanded that the govern
ment have framed and passed a bill
permitting its servants to form UNI
ions
Minneapolis will. entertain several
large labor conventions this yeaaU
among the bodies which have decids
to meet there being the -fnteEna tiou4tf
Photo-Engravers' Union in October,
and the American Federation of La
Dor in November.
A union label exhibition and fair
opens in Chicago today, to continue
three days. Elaborate exhibits have
been prepared by all the trade I'M
ions of the city which are interested
in label agitation.
Believing that music may have
charms to soothe the savage en-
ploye, the officials of the American
Cigar Company have inaugurated a
novel experiment in their factory at
Newark, n. j. For an hour each day
piano music is lavishly dispensed
through the concerns building by an
expert musician .hred by the cOmpa-
ny. The company employees about 300
persons and many of them are wom-
en-. The experiment was undertaken
in the belief that music causes them
to be more attentive to their work
Officials of the United Trades and
Labor council of Cleveland, o., have
taken up the study of the state laws
that they may be better prepared to
act when cases against the council
come up in the courts.
The next annual convention of the
United Textile Workers of America.
one of the strongest labor organiza-
tons of the country. is to be held at
Patterson, n. j., in October
COnsul-General Guenther of Frank
fort reports on the condition of the
labor market in Germany during the
past year as compared with 1904. and
says the favorable condition OF the
labor market in the great industrial
centers OF Germany is mainly due to
the marked improvement in the iron
and STEEL and in the metal and ma
chinery branches.
The wage-earners affiliated with the
Iowa State Federatin of Labor have
been asked to contribute 81 each TO
assist in an organized campaign
against tuberculosis. Statistics show
that from % to so per cent of the
deaths among unionists result from
Employees among the Danish state
have made a demand for
better pay ami betted conditions OF
labor
Milwaukee this year will entertain
The annual convention of the Inter
national Union of Steam ritters. the
COOpers' Information UnOn, the Inter-
America and several other large la
Dor organizations.
The strike of the shoe cutters at
Mass, has collapsed. The
cutters asked for an eight-hOur day.
commencing February 1. but later de-
,ided to withdraw the demand and A.
continue work under the existing
schedule of hours and wages.
one Of the large labor conventions
rear at hand is that of the Interna-
ional Brotherhood Of Foundry En-
lloyes. which is to assemble in st.
4ouis the first week in April.