The Forrest City times., 1906-07-13


 ternational Association of Machinists is tied up by an injunction. The Journeymen Tailors' union is about to take a national referendum vote to elect minor officers.
 Walter S Weeks, of New York, is the new head of the Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron shipbuilders.
 The Bricklayers' and Stonemasons' union will continue as one organiza tion. A recent election decided the point
 The railway companies of England and Wales employ 3f2,6oo men. The Scottish and Irish companies employ 10000.
 The Bookbinders' International union has ordered referendum vote on whether the employers shall be asked for an eight-hour day.
 Platelayers are more liable to acci. dent than any other railway work men. On an average one gets hurt every 8 hours in the United King dom
 The San Francisco Building Trades Council is vigorously fighting proposition to bring in 600 Japanese laborers to work on the ruins as brick cleaners
 The Boilermakers and ship Build CTS tEnglandD increased their mem bership by 370 during the month of April This union expended more than s5o.00 for benefits during the same sonth.
 The great strike of the freight handlers, involving 5000 men. which has threatened Chicago for a month, is ayerted. The terms offered by the railways are suecinctly an advance of cent an hour for all hour men and an increase of $2.50 a month to all monthly men.
 According to P II. Mccarthy. presi- dent of the Building Trades Council. there is no dearth of mechanics in the city of San Francisco. Between 20 GOO and 2l,000 members of unions affiliat- ed with the council are registered and this number, he says. will be more than enough to handle current opera tions.
 The Granite Cutters International association is voting on q location for headquarters for the next five years There was no election in the vote taken last month, and the two highest cities on the list. New York and Quincy, Mass are again placed before the members. The present headquar- ters are in Quincy.
 The executive council of the Amer ican Federation Of Labor appointed a committee to draft statement to or ganized labor and its friends of the country relative to the political cam paign for the defeat of labor's oppo- nents, the election of friends and par ticularly the election of representative workmen to congress.
 The New York Central Federated union has decided to start measures for going into politics which may lead To the organization of an independent labor party. The action is in line with the recommendation of President Gompers of the American Federation Of Labor several months ago, adyis- ing the union to go into politics.
 The announcement was made that the Inland Steel Mills company at h. diana Tarbor Were to eXpend s4.0OO 0oO in improvements this summer and that employment will be given to .000 1 additional men as soon as the pro- posed work is completed The i'm l proyements include two new glass fur naees, two new open hearths and an addition to the blooming mill. Work will begin at once.
 The strike of bitamin0us miners in the Michigan district, in force since April l. came to an end when an l agreement was reached on all points. l The wage se:le for 1903 has been re- stored and the union initiation fee re- 1 dneed from s50 10 $25. At the begin ming of the present conference the l operators declared for $l0 and the S23 fee is a compromise. The fee Will now cali for a $10 cash payment or joining the union. the balance to Dc paid in six equal monthly pay ments.
 striking miners of the United States Coal company a Smithfeld. O.. turned trick on their employers which is unique in the history of labor. says the International Labor News Bureau Having been given judgment in suits Tor money due them, they attached the Gatling gun the coal company had mounted al Plum Run mine to shoot them down and also levied on the ammunition the company had stored about the mine. There were other things attached under the executions. but the miners were particular 10 in struct Inc constable serving the pa- pers to post the first notice on the Cat. ling gtn, and Le oaeyed his fnstruc. tions
 Evs'y organizer for the American Federation of Labor in the United states has been instructed by Pres;- dent Gompers to begin at once and use every means 10 organize the rail. Way expressmen Of the country
 After two months of idleness inc Ohio miners and operators have agreed and 35 Hh6 men hove ,