The Washington times., 1906-07-29
OrlaIo()r,S Realtr

will be acceptable to all concerned. 1t AZ
expected that at an early day the men
will return 10 work.
The Sewer Pipe Association. better
known as the sewer pipe trust, has been
dissolved. The Government brought
suits az jamestown. n y. and the Of
tiers. or the concern agreed that If tho
prosecutions we're Withdrawn IL would
break up the agreement to fix prices. All
If the big concerns manufacturing sewer
pipe In and near Pittsburg were In the
trust This trust going out OF existence
viii open the market 70 large and small
manufacturers Of sewer pipe. and a
healthy competition viii result whereby
the public and labor hope TO benefit.
CIeveland's parade Of organized labor
last week was a demonstration worthy
or the men who planned it. II showed
that unionism Is hourishiHg in the Lake
City
Labor is scarce in the cities along the
Great Lakes A few days ago a con
tractor wanted 200 Iaborers. He can
vassed Cleveland all day and only Sc
cured fifteen. lie was Offering & a
day. Every employment agency IN
Cleveland has scores of applications for
laborers. The farmers all over Ohio are
pleading for farm help and offer fancy
wages. In the marine line II IS the
same way. Vessel owners are offering
all who come positions as fTemGn on
lake vessels at S45 "a month, with board
and lodging. Even this does not attract
enough men TO i'll the positions which
are open.
There is work Of all kinds in the ship
yards Of Cleveland, at good wages
Orders for twenty-nine big vessels have
been booked, and there IS much more
business in sight. Eight big lake yes
sells ordered last year are yet 10 be
finished end launched and some OF
them viii be late getting into the water.
Traffic in ore. grain, and coal on the
Great Lakes IS taxing the tonnage OF
the vessels that ply the fresh water
seas. The aggregate tonnage II the close
Of the season viii make IL q record one.
a number Of the yards at Cleveland
have work ahead 70 run them over into
the opening OF next season.
The coal operators I'm the PennsyIva-
MIA anthracite regions have issued &
statement in which they claim that the
labor situation is one OF profound peace
with fully % per cent OF the old miners
at work and all of the principal col
Neries In operation. The prospects are
thaI the coming winter season viii see
all the coilieries in operation and all
the miners working, peace reiguinE and
plenty or coal on hand
One hundred thousand men are on a
strike IN New York city. They are
members OF the Building Trades Assoc
cation. The strike is a tie-up Of build
ing operations to aid the cause Of strik-
ing plumbers Of Union No. .. The bust
ness agents Of the Associated Building
Trades decided 70 call of all the men
engaged in allied trades on every build
ing in the city on which men from No.
$50 are at work If this does not force
the contractors to sign the wage scale
OF s a day and reinstate No, 2's men,
all Glasses OF Workmen on buildings
where No. IS plumbers were engaged
viii be ordered out, This means a strike
OF nearly 10000 men.
Scarcity Of coke workers In the Con
nellsviUe pa region has caused the
output Of furnace coke 70 be reduced
and prices have advanced slightly
A general strike Of the machinists on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad is a
possibility. due. 1t IS claimed to the
failure OF the international Association
Of Machinists TO secure the recognition
they seek. The b0ilermakeTs are dis
satisfied and are talking strike. The
system employs 200 machinists.
The movement inaugurated by the Cen
traI Federated Union and other labor
interests to form party for political
purposes. which was discussed last Sun
day in New York viii come I'D again
today for consideration
President Gompers. of the American
Federation of Labor. recently said: y
am not a partisan and belong 10 no
party. Old party politicians have neither
hearts, souls. nor minds We must
break up the machines, which do not
allow the COLLECTIVELY TO rule"
President James N. Lynch. of the In
ternational Typographical Union, insists
that the printers have won their point
for an eight-hour day IN the strike In
augurated nearly one year ago. He
says that d trip 20 the larger cities and
/ towns VIII convince the skeptica that
a large majority of the printing shops
are working on the eight-hour rule.
and the cases where il is not observed
IRE so few that In comparison to the
500 or more cities and towns where the
printers have won out the comparison
Is as a cup Of water 70 the oceans tide.
The next convention Of the American
| Federation Of Labor will be hello in
Minneapolis in November. when i'm
portant matters vital TO the interests
Of the allied union organizations. will
be hand ed.
Pennsylvania miners think the name
OF John Mitchell would be a good thing
for union labor connected with that OF
Bryan on the next Democratic national
ticket for President and Vice Presi-
dent.
Machinists to Celebrate Half Holiday.
Machinists of the navy yard will eele-
brate the holiday Of Saturdays. re-
Gently granted them. by a big outing az
Luna Park on Saturday. August II. IL
Will be a gala day and these skilled
worltmen and their friends viii make
things lively
T F Dorniu on Sick LIST