The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
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s5s state factory Inspector Martin y: N n o-3
nan, OF 4 Tennessee, a has entered up on gftl
campaign throu ghollt the II Stat II to II see
that8tie law enact ed at the last sesso
OF the Leg alature, during managers 81
retail stores to furnish sea IS Tor female
clerks, iss enforced W
Nj orlsingnen in 4 the chnmpag ne ~ trade
of Rheims have no trade union ,& onl ~
an, organization II to hlch8 their employ
ers contribute liberia /, and otherw Sc en-
courage. The n bsect Sof 3 thaS 8 ocletyY393is
for mutual 4 help 81 case Of sickness a Or
misfortune. y, AL s!i$3 81 h. I'd ~
Is The prosecuting attorney Of t,s5sl.ouis,
Mo, has announced tina It he Will pr oceed
against the proprietor Of the merca ntile5
establishments OF that city VINO 8si have
failed to comply wi tn the State law re-
squIring that they provide seats for 4 helr3
women employees. II $3S 81 ~;
The last tax paid by the Internat. onal
brotherhood o IS Teamators to the A. II
Z OF L., as tho official records show, was
for8thef last three months OF a 9O5 and the
first month OF this year and the average
was 4l,oOO members just l8 once hal { tho
number paid for one year efore.. hi
The United Garment " orkers OF Amer InAr-i
5ica will inset In Toronto. Ca NADIA, AUGUST
27th, and the principal after they arc
dues and per capita Tux, to enable them
to place organizers In the fteld b and
further tho work OF the organization.
Returns relating to n the 8 tate OF ems
ploylnent In G ormany during the first
quarter Of 1906 We're suppl led to the IH-i
perial Statistical Office by trade unions
with an aggregate mem bershlp Of ] ~ 100.
Tor those. IL 836, q or IL Il per cent, We're
described In the returns as 8un empl Eyed 'l3s4
# The Il engineers who are 4 elnpl oyed at
tho ironSWorks on the Teesslde. and who
are connected # with tho British Anal
gnmated Society of Engineers. have
handed In their notices, the ironnlastsrs5
having failed to- grant their request for
an advance Of %2s pei W eek, the present
8rnte of wages being 3es, ".
The board sof Cancellation of the anthra-
cite strike commission has had to settle
only4an average of one grievance a week,
or about 100 cases Within the three years
OF Its existence, The board settled near
L ly4 all of tho cases without an umpire.
the latter having been called In less than
TWENTY-FIVE times.
All Owing to the late session OF Parlla-
ment, the proposed visit of the Hri tlsh
members to Canada will not take place.
j Il Ramsay acDonnld the secretary OF
the British Labor party. VIII neYertheless
visit Canada alone and VIII visit Yinntt-
peg ana llKely DC ~ - 1StoI ~ wv VIZ 4''lo
session Of Congress. st5
III Tn order to reduce overtime In printing
establishments. the South Wales branches
!, have resolved to ask tho employers to
agree to tho proposal that after six hours
overtime III any one week, time and "a
half shall he pnid for hours beyond Il and
double time for Sundays and all faoog.
nzed holidays. III 4! II & 'f3
The Actors' Union, supported by ! the
New York Central Fedora ton Union. will
protest against the landing Of the mems
bers of the foreign chorus BY the Metros
poltan Opera House on the ground that
they are deburred by the provisions of
the immigration laws, which prohibit tho
importation of wOrknlen4 under con tract,
1T Is the Intention az the Boot and
Shoe Workers Internal lonRl n Union at
women In buying union mnda
articles. II Is said that there are now
{ $50 factories in the country using the
union stamp in the manufacture Of
mems and boys shoes, hut that wom~
3en's shoes with the union stamp on them,
are scarce, t.ts III Z
Union window Washers at Chicago,
Ill.,s have served an ultimatutn upon the.
( Office building NJ Ayers n Assoclat ion,F
declaring that hoy Will not work unless
the wages are inerea sed 81, 80 pet month,
TheY have tried by conference TO sscule
an adjustment Of the new wage agree
5ment. hut tho owners have refused 20
I make CONCESSIONS or IA settlement
In 1908 tna total value OF goods