The Forrest City times., 1906-08-31

part or the country.
 Leather workers in New York and Brooklyn have won the nine-hour day and Saturday half-holiday.
 The annual report of the Piano and Organ Workers union shows that during 1905 benefits aggregating s35.- 2S2 96 were paid.
 The Brotherhood of Railway Train men has been in existence g years. has FPS local branches, with ITS, 900 members, $1 ,560, 900 in its treasury and pays out $40, GOO every 90 days In claims.
 A bill granting the right of picket ing and amending the law as to con spiracy in relation to strikes was in- troduced by the British government at the demand of the labor members of parliament.
 A bill for the feeding of necessitous school children. introduced by labor member, had but a single opponent in the British house of commons, and passed to second reading without a division of the house.
 One of the chief troubles of banks is to prevent their officers from plum dering them. It is therefore not sur prising to be told that the unions have had to contend with absconding officials occasionally.-Exc There are 300 shoe factories in this country using the union stamp, ac- cording to a report recently issued. These factories give employment to | 10000 union shoemakers. Most of the | best and largest shops are organized. The death rate from accidents at coal mines in the principal coalpro- | ducing countries in 1904 were: Aus l tria, 92: Belgium, 93; France, 1.07 Great Britain. PA: Germany, 1.90, and United States, 3.35 per 1000 em- l ployes.
 The Nottingham (Eng) Miners as- sociation has decided to grant old age pensions to its members at the rate of five shillings week to those of ten years standing and seven shil- lings to those whose membership reaches b years.
 The home for aged and disabled railway employees. at Highland Park, Ill, has issued a report of its expenses for the last five years The figures show that the home sheltered an av- | craze of 23 inmates during that period at an average cost month of $20. 42 for each inmate.
 A new political party, to be called the independe labor party. was formed ill New York by about D members of the different labor unions of Greater New York James Hatch of the executive committee of the Gen. tral Federated union mapped out a plan to have labor party organiza- tion in every assembly district of New York. MT. Hatch said the indi- vidual members of the different labor unions would be invited 10 form clubs in their various assembly districts.
 The split in the ranks of the Inter. national Brotherhood of Teamsters is likely to develop into the most serious internecine strife that has arisen in the labor movement of the country in years. President C. P Shea and his immediate followers are inclined to belittle the revolt, and the represen- tatives of the American Federation of Labor refuse to regard 1t as serious. Time alone will tell whether they are correct. but in the meantime it looks rather gloomy for the man who drives the team, the height of whose ambi- tion 1t Is to procure decent wages and fair conditions for himself and his family
 The child labor law of Illinois will be enforced in all of the coal mines in the state. Under the interpretation of the law made by Factory Inspector Edgar T. Davies and sustained by the courts no boys under 16 years of age will be permitted to work in the mines. It is estimated the enforce ment of the statute will take 9.500 boys away from employment under ground.
 The seventh convention of the shoe workers. without discussion and with only three dissenting votes. amended the constitution to provide for an au- tomatic fine of $l0 to be levied against any person or persons leaving their employment in any factory using the union stamp, for any reason whatso- ever in the nature of grievance which would constitute a stoppage of work in any department This legis- lation is not intended to deprive per 1 sons of their right to seek employ ment elsewhere for the purpose of l bettering themselves. but is intended 1 to correct such excesses and subter- fuges as have been attempted by per sons leaving their work in an effort to 1 adjust any grievance. either with or without the consent of their local union
 There are now 64 union labels and cards in existence to designate union products. For a number of years the belief has been gaining ground that universal label should be adopted to take the place of many that are not generally known.
 The Norfolk & Western Railway company has issued an order prohib- iting the smoking Of cigarettes by