The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-02-24
LATEST LABOR news
FROM THE WORLD OVER
Comprehensive Views of Labor
Conditions in Every Por-
tiOn of the World.
Happenings of the Past Week
in Union Labor Circles and
Doings of Busy Workers.

to a higher scale Of wages and accept
the compromise offered by the steam
ship agents, the Boston water front
seems likely to be the center Of big
strike.
While the number of Chinese in CAL
ifornia Is gradually diminishing, such
is not the case in the East. New York
for instance. In 1880, had only 90S; IN
1890 they had increased to 1885; and
In 1900 to 1770. OF this latter num-
ber only 142 were females. At the
present time the estimated number of
Chinese in the state of New York ex-
ceeds $4,000.
More men are killed and manned in
Allegheny county, Pa in peaceful pur->
suits in one year than were killed and
wounded in the great battles Of history.
Statistics for the year just passed
show that there were killed and in
jured in the iron and steel mills and
blast furnaces $500; in other mills,
shops and factories 1000 were sacri-
feed and either died or were manned,
while coal mines might swell this fig
ure to 1000 more. Railroad victims
include an additional 400. making up a
grand total of 17,700 who were slaught-
cred or injured in one year.
The Cigar Makers Unions have
been voting on a referendum whether
they will hold q convention next Sep
tember. The general organization has
not hold a convention for nearly ten
years, but elects officers and does all
its business by referendum.
In Chicago and Now York one Of
the results of the printers strike is be-
ginning to show itself In favor of the
men. Small shops which for years
We're non-union are organizing and
adopting the label, and putting some
Of the striking printers to work.
Civil service rules and regulations
will not hereafter apply so far as the
Isthmian Canal Commission is con-
cerned, to the employment of what
is termed a general way "outside men,;
that IS track layers skilled laborers,
former, etc. To other classes of en-
ployes, sttenographers, clerks, book
keepers and other Inside men," the
civil service rules will continue to ap-
ply. w. "--~T""~ 80 ~: ~'~s'"-@1
Mr.. Lovejoy shows that America has
today the largest army Of child wage
earners maintained by any modern
civilized country During the twenty
years preceding 1900, while the popu-
lation of the country increased the
ages of ten and fifteen years employed
in the manufacturing establishments
increased 100 per cent and the num-
ber of girls increased 15O per cent.
Six thousand government employees
held a melting at Paris, France, recently
a6 1jro
that the government frame and have a
bill passed permitting it's servants to
form unions. All classes Of public SER
wants were represented, from school
mistresses to jailers. Sixty meetings
were held in the provinces, at each of
which like resolution was adopted.
The total membership Of unions reg
istered under the West Australian Ar
bitration act at the end of 1904 was
1874, including 21s female workers
and AL members Of employers, unions.
The lathers, cigar makers and gran
ite cutters everywhere work only
eight hours.
The F'ishermens Protective union of
the Pacific coast and Alaska desirous
OF organizing and uniting all fishermen
of the Pacific coast and Asaska, have
issued a call for a meeting Of dele
gates selected by the respective fish
ermen's unions of the Pacific coast to
convene at Astoria, Or. on March r.
1906.
After debate lasting nearly two
days the Mississippi senate defeated
the child labor law proposed by the
code commissioners. 1t made the age
13,,,it 1>,,% %o1 1,:J5
rem as young as ten to work in factories
six months in the yer.
Fifteen hundred granite cutters en-.
ployed in 20 shops in Quincy, Mass.
were effected by lockout which went
into effect recently in accordance with
a majority vote taken by the Granite
Manufacturers association.
Five hundred members OF the Retail
Dry Goods Clerks union, composed
Of employees of the small dealers or
the East Side, New York City, have
decided to strike unless their demand
for one day of week Is granted
Every employe Of the Westinghouse
Air Brake company at Pittsburg, re-
ceived an extra months salary as a
present last Christmas, the tota
amount so expended being Sill 900.
The International Cigarmakers' un-
ion won the gold medal at the Lewis
& Clark Exposition at Portland, Ore.
for making the best and most sanitary
cigars.
The net effect of all changes in rates
OF British wages reported in Novem-
Der was an increase in wages OF about
$4,000 per week. The changes affected
26,700 workpeople, all OF whom received
advances.
The Brooklyn Central Labor unior
has pledged itself to cooperate with
local health bodies in raising a. fun6
with which to build a sanitarium 70,
consumptives.
The funeral drivers of New York
city have organized a branch of the
Greater New York council Of the In
ternational Brotherhood Of teamsters
and their organization will be known
rs the "Greater New York Funera
Drivers Union"
"a A problem Of greatest importance
1 which has not escaped the Cubar
{ planters attention, and which SO IA,