The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-03-23
GENERAL MENTION.
Boiled Down from Exchanges Over
the Country.

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o, ganized at Middletown, o.
A union is being formed of the 400
teckmakers In the United States
Chicago Junior Steamfitters have
secured an advance of wages of 15c a
day and car fare to and from work.
Men employed in the shops of the
Pennsylvania railroad at Pittsburg
have had their time reduced to fifty
five hours week.
G.. w. Perkins has been reelected
president and Samuel Gompers first
v;ce-president of the Cigarmakers' In
ternational Union.
United Garment Workers of Hamil-
ton. Ont, gained the 49-hour week and
time and a half for overtime A strike
was averted by the manufacturers con-
ceding these demands.
Chicago Federation of Labor and a
number of manufacturers of Chicago
are working together to stop viola
nois A joint protest will be sent to
Governor Deneen.
G. 6. Brewer, president of the Call
fornia State Federation of Labor, re-
signed from the office under pressure
of charges that he had exceeded his
authority in signing a settlement OF
q certain dispute upon the open shon
basis.
An active part is being taken in the
coming spring election by Trades and
Labor Council of Kalamazoo, Mich,
representing thirty unions and 5000
votes. They propose to do things to
candidates deemed unfavorable to
union interests.
The annual report of the New Jer-
sey bureau of statistics shows that
modsrn methods have revolutionize1
the glass-blowing industry in that
state, making it possible for the same
number of men to double their output.
Wages are much higher.
A big organizing campaign has be-
gun in Philadelphia headed by Presi-
dent Compers and participated in by
the national officers OF nearly all the
building trades. There are thousands
OF unorganized workmen in Philadel-
phia whom 1t is expected to get in line
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor has announced
that while the Federation will use
every effort to avoid a strike OF coal
miners, that body will give the United
Mine Workers its full support in the
event that strike Is declared.
The house committee on labor de-
cded on March / to make favorable
report on bill appropriating 100000
for a compilation OF full statistics by
the Department OF Commerce and La
Dor on the condition of women and
children workers throughout the
United States.
The Crowell Publishing company, Of
Springfield. Ohio, publishers of the
Woman's Home Companion, is de-
clared by the Typographical Union 20
bs. one of the most determined oppon
lishment OF a national eight-hour day
liz the printing trades.
A union composed Of school teach
ers has been formed in Minneapolis,
the objects of which are to procure a
higher maximum salary and other
things which will tend to promota
their general welfare. At present NJ
grade teacher can receive salary
higher than $50 per month.
At a conference at Ispheming. Mich
between representatives of the leading
mining corporations operating in the
Lake Superior region. it was decided
tc readjust the wage scale OF a ma
jcrity of the workmen. The seal
adopted is not made public, but it is
understood to be much more favorable
than that in effect up to this time.
Since the successful strike of the
grand opera chorus girls in New York
several weeks ago their union has
been growing rapidly. The new unior
Is known as, No. IA of the Actors Ma
ticnal Protective Union, chartered by
the American Federation of Labor. IT.
members include German, French
English and Italian singers.
In the annual report OF the chief o
the New Jersey Bureau OF Statistics i
IL shown that there were seventy-fou
strikes last year in that state. or thi
number, twenty-five are reported a
having been wholly successful, seven
teen partly successful, these havin:
been in most cases settled by com
promise agreement between the par
ties. The remaining thirty-five strike
failed completely in effecting an
change in the conditions against whicl
they we're directed
Sheet Metal Workers Internationa
Union has granted a charter to tn