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Striking Shirtmakers III Trenton. \.
j., have decided to start a shirt company,
with 4 capital stock of S23,00o.
East Liverpool, Ohio, with a popnla,
tion of 22,OoO. is one OF the most strongly
organized cities in the United States.
" The Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fire.
men has appropriated $1,000 for the ben
eft Of the Western Federation Of Miners.
Non-union garment workers in many Of
the shops of New York State have struck
for better conditions. and are asking to
be allowed to affiliate with the union.
Recent statistics indicate that the total
trade uriion membership of Great britain
and Of the United States closely approx
innate. The silnilitade ceases here, how
ever. as in the British Parliament labor
has % co4nnoners.
Max S. Hayes, writing Of the printers
strike in the International Socialist, says
that SIS per cent of the printers are now
working on the eight-hour day, or about
10000 out Of a total of $4,000: About
5000 are still on strike, and 5000, either
by agreement or other reasons, nave not
joined the movement.
Two union iron mDldeTs were arrested
in Minneapolis for an alleged assault.
When the case came to trial they were
found absolutely innocent. Two private
detectives for the ~noa-union foundry. who
arrested the union men, were at once put
on trial for assault, found guilty and
sentenced to GO days each in the work
house. Justice with a cap J that time.
Chinese residents at Panama are siren
uously opposing the Introduction Of coolie
labor, on the ground that the climatic con
ditions are such that a heavy death rate
is sure to follow. Every political party
IN California has declared for the strict
maintenance of the Chinese exclusion act,
without modification Of any kind. and for
the extension of the act SO as to exclude
Japs and Koreans.
From the Colonial Printer and Sta
toner, Of London, England, it is learned
that there Is a movement or foot by the
members of the Manchester branch OF the
typographical association which has for
its object the increasing of wages for boil
hand and machine composition. The en-
ployes point out that the existing seal,
of wages in the Manchester district has
prevailed for 80 years. In 1896 the en-
ployes were granted a shorter workday.
with nj reduction in the wage scale.
The Rhode Island State bureau Of in
dustriaI statistics has issued its annua!
report for 1906. 1t shows that the mum
Der Of wage Gamers has increased nearly
10 per cent over 1904. with 50,43S as
against 54.1S9 the previous year. In the
same period the total wages paid increas.
ed more than II per cent, from $22,63O,-
536 to 2 ,13G,30O. An even greater in
crease is shown in the value of products
with a gain OF 16 per cent, the fgsres
showing 12G,44O,252 in 1905, as ON
pared with 500, t40, 753 in 1904.
The Michigan Supreme Court recently
gave the following decision of Importance
10 all trade unions "W~orktngmen have
the right to fix a price upo their labor
and to refuse work unless that price is
obtained. Singly or In combination. they
have this right. They may use persua-
sion to induce men to join their organiza-
ton or refuse to work except for on es-
tablished wage. They may present their
cause to the public in newspapers or cir
culars, in a peaceable way and with no
attempt at coercion. IF the effect in such
a case is ruin to the employer, 1T is dam
mum absgue %injuria. for they have only
exercised their legal rights"
The report made at the New England
label conference of cisarmakers' unions
at Portland the other day were most in
teresting. 1t was shown that there is
but n non-union cigar factory in all
New England and that there are but %
cigarmakers employed in the six States
who are not members of the union. Not
a child is working in any cigar factory in
| New England. The New England confer
ence alone spent $4,000 on label agita.
| ton and advertising. h aggregate
spent by the local unions in addition is
! estimated at probably 100000.
The Roefers' Protective Union of Bos-
ton, secured a wage increase last week.
It asked for q 30 cents n day raise, one
\ which would make che new rates $3.50 a
| day for aIlaround ~roofers, $3.25 a day
for gravel poefcrs and S2.TJ a day for
helpers. 1t was finally agreed, AFTER con-
! ferences, that the present scale continue
/ until Jan. /, then a raise of % cents
I would be made, and on Jan. i, zoos, tt,e
T wages would be again raised % cents.
The union accepted the offer. This is ffrc
! first wage increase the roofers have re
| euested or secured in Is years, although
during the interval they have reduced thu
hours Of labor to eight each day