Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-14
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america imam IN Germany, England anu
Italy combined" said Secretary A. j.
Mekelway of the National Child Labor
Committee, in an address in Philadelphia
| recently. There are more children I'M
der III In the mills of Pennsylvania than
| there are in all the Southern States put
| together
| Plans are being made ii Chicago to
establish union cemetery to operate in
! conjunction with the UniJn Burial Asso-
| citation, an institution which guarantees to
| bury members of labor unions and their
| families, in union-made collins bearing the
label of the Amalgamated Wood Workers
Association with a decent funeral con-
Quoted by the members of the Cab and
Carriage Drivers Union. and all for $50
for adults and $50 for children"
The western farmers are not the only
people TO suffer from a scarcity of labor
this summer. According to the Iron Age,
the iron and allied Industries are having
great difficulty to find men enough to meet
the demands of consumers. Many of the
iron workers are inclined to insist upon
vacation period at this season. In the
meantime orders for the heavier classes
of finished materials continue to roll in.
The labor members of Great Britain's
Parliament are ineensed at the House of
LORDS because of the recent rejection of
labor measure. 1t is seriously proposed
to abolish the upper branch of Parlia-
ment, and it is asked how long the voters
will tolerate the existence of another
place totally irresponsible TO the country.
which has power TO mar and mutilate
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the people?"
The authorities in charge of the Boston
Labor Day arrangements are of the opin-
ion that at least $4,000 men will be in
line that day. The fact that this years
parade will mark the twentieth anniyer-
sary of the establishment of labor's holt
day has been brought forcibly to the
minds of all of the unions in that part
of the country. So far the response in
favor of monster parade has been great
er than that of any year and those in au-
thority are now satisfied that Boston will
see one of its greatest labor demonstra
tons next September.
Al of the demands of the carpenters
OF New York, many of whom struck May
l, have been granted. In Manhattan and
after having signed an arbitration agree
ment and had received an increase of so
cents day. On Aug. Is the Brooklyn
carpenters will receive an additional in
crease of 20 cents day, which will make
the minimum wages $3.50. The Manhat-
tan carpenters pay will be $3.50 day.
and the shop carpenters in that place will
have their pay increased from $3.7S to 81
a day from this date forward.
The Manufacturers Club of Buffalo
and the Molders' Union are having a bat
re royal over an increase in scale and
the closed shop, writes a correspondent.
Up TO date the moders have the best of
the argument, quite number of the shops
falling into line. One superintendent an
nounces that his firm had to pay $1,000
just to make good fellows of themselves,
but finally woke up and conceded the
mems demands. The Manufacturers
Club declares that it will not affiliate
with the Chamber of Commerce The rea-
son is very simple, as some of the tricks
they are turning in Buffalo will not stand
the light of day.
It is not generally known that the
Structural Iron Workers Union is vir-
member. In every lodge there is one room
thoroughly equipped with ropes, blocks,
etc, set apart for this training A com
mittee, known as the Board of Examin-
ers, who are selected from the most expe-
rienced men in the trade conducts the
examination, keeping the men continuous
ly in practice, so that they will at all
times be prepared for their dangerous
work. They are further imbued with The
idea of dependence, each ON the other so
that they may know how to act when
placed in dangerous positions,
Organized labor proposes to greet the
creation of o Greater Pittsburg by making
the coming Labor Day demonstration, on
Sept. 3, the most imposing ever known in
the history of Americas greatest indus
trial city, In the first place, the street
parade will eclipse all former efforts The
executive committee having the matter in
charge is straining every effort to that
end. Special features will be introduced,
entirely unique, that will add immeasura-
bly, to the novelty of such demonstrations,
as well as to the splendor Of the display.
No expense is being spared on music, as
every available band within a radius Of
100 miles has been secured for the occa-
sion.
"Girls are dsplacing men in walks Of
life undreamed of only a decade ago"
says August II. Kaems. deputy State
factory inspector of Cheboygan, Mich.
Sin my city girls have been working in
the varnish rooms Of the chair factories
for almost twenty years and within the
last ten years many others have found
employment In one of the foundries enam-
cling kitchen utensils. Barring the in
tense heat In the rooms, the work is com
paratively easy, though it does seem
strange to find women in soundries. II
was not until | entered upon my present
duties that | learned that girls are also
being employed in tanneries. am a tan
ner by trade, so that it was quite a sur
prise TO me when / saw women perform
work which fell to sturdy men in former
years. In northern Wisconsin some OF
our inspectors have found women en-
ployed in the sawmlls."
There is to be a union exposition"
The object of the fair is to celebrate the
achievements of organized labor through
out the world. Minneapolis tentatively
has been selected as the place for holding
this exposition, and it is probable It viii
take place next November. Max Morris
explains that the exploitation of union
labor never has been attempted on such
a scale. The aim is TO bring together the
products Of union workingmen in every
branch of industry, to illustrate "the su-
periority" which IS claimed for this class
Of goods, and also to demonstrate the
growth Of the union labor movement
Kip1fng's Protest I'm Verse.
Rejecting the views OF the British col
onists in South Africa, a poem by Rud-
yard Kipling in the London Standard de-
clares that the policy Of granting auton-
omy TO the TransYaal means the retro
.assin., Of that Country To the Rnara Il