The San Francisco call., 1906-10-05

issue and convict labor receive atten-
tion. and in conclusion the booklet
gives the labor plan of campaign.
Frank T. Rogers Of Chicago and
seven other national officers of the
Postal Clerks Association of the Unit
ed States met in Scranton, Pa, the
other day and adopted several resolu-
tions- Among them was one asking
that forty-eight hours constitute six
days work and another asking for a
classified salary list They will be pre-
sented to the department
After twenty months of almost con
tinuous warfare between strikers and
employers the noted strike at the plant
OF the Ideal Manufacturing Company
Of Detroit has been brought 10 close.
Although no announcement has been
made, il is understood that under the
peace treaty the union secures the con-
cession for which it fought so long
and bitterly-the closed shop 1t is
understood that under the agreement
only union workmen are to be here
after employed in the plant and union
hours and conditions are to prevail.
The strike arose over the refusal Of
the company TO discharge non-union
metal polishers and the trouble has
the utmost bitterness.
In order to make a directory being
printed by non-union labor worthless
the union men OF Logansport. Ind. are
all giving their names as Smith. So
futile have been the efforts of the can
vassers that the city authorities have
asked a Chicago union publishing house
TO make a complete directory of the
81 M no a lat
hzzie.
Several hundred laborers at a con-
struction plant in Pottstown. Pa, have
gone on strike for advance of IA
cents per hour over the present scale.
branches OF labor In the plant. and
over 700 men are out. Many large
contracts are being delayed by the tie
up. and the owners in Pittsburg have
been summoned to adjust the difficulty.
The Switchmen's Union of North
America is asking for an eight-hour
day and 3s and ~ cents per hour. The
members are now receiving IS, 80, 81
and So cents per hour, with ten hours
constituting days work Grand
Master T. T. Hawley. in speaking Of the
trouble. said:
There are $4,000 members of the or
4 der. while there are 3S.UUu men en-
ployed in switching. Judging from the
{ experience with the men interested I
am satisfied that unless the officials
meet the committee and grant reason
able concessions no power on earth
I can prevent the greatest railroad strike
ever precipitated. not excepting the
strike Of 1894, because this is chiefly
a question OF wages.
+ The condition of labor in all depart
ments throughout the State Of New
York. but especially in the building
trades. was never healthier in the past
I decade than during the first half of the
present year, according TO the quarter
F " bulletin of the State Department of
Labor. just issued. Says the bulletin:
The building boom continues, not
only in New York City but in other
large cities as well, where the record
passed In April. May and June the
municipal authorities of New York City
issued ss47 permits for new buildings
and alterations 70 cost $50, ,94o. .s4S, as
+ compared with S15e permits for new
buildings and alterations issued in the
+ corresponding quarter of last year for
buildings to cost $7S,4l7.S96. The nHm-
as compared with 4675 year ago, but
the number begun was 6121, as against
1915 last year at this time, most Of the
falling OF being In Queens Borough.
Not a little interest attaches to the
recent actioh of a business mems asso-
citation at Baberton. Ohio. This organ
ization proposes to establish a bureau
for the purpose OF supplanting foreign
I with American born labor. It is
claimed that the body will work in con-
junction with the local labor unions.
The employers set up the claim that the
reduced standard Of living of the un-
naturalized element is inimicaI TO the
best interests of the community, and
that a major portion of the wages paid
finds it's way 70 the old world
The refusal of the Manufacturers As
ISOLATION to grant the request for a con-
ference made by the leaders of the In
/ ternational Association of Machinists
has been seriously discussed by the
executive board A series of mass
meetings for organization purposes in
and around Pittsburg is being contin-
ued. IT is said these meetings are
trengthening the machinists' organi-
zation very materially
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The situation in the labor market in
Z Germany from the standpoint of the