The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-10

,'' "'''9Iue 'oi'oh uIl'S at 1'h'i''e'
va OF q NUMBER OF Herman 'u'hl-
grants u" o. inc WeaFeFs vent out on
II S'F'Ne. WINE II was mol INTENDED
/" Suppi"h' any oil the men, the "ed',
~ '''''',''" tt d n''""ye'
'"' ,oulI1'reial le~ieeraihefS
'",on VI america mas decided 10 es'
,""''7' d mutual p'HeLl department
,"i' WIZ oe&'N business "c'"peE l.
- n,o''""'l una wit ~ InalNlalhea
S',l''"I w Nos OF the abroad ofoth-
'''oo'H' no" winch ae'Ih c'aIlhs VIII
o' P"i"'
international President Martin p.
iiIEkll's' OF IN" printing PIes5meh, In
an "uoteSS at the international meet,
Jug VI inc lfPolle'ae' the employers
'N'oo'A'loh' gave N"l'o" ina 'he press
,''' ""u'" "'S''' upon INC 'iEht''"uF
""' al '"' expiration o. inc present
contract
vi IN" SNS unions In the United
states making returns for May, with
an aggregate membership OF 9o,O'9,
th"te were > u per cent, without
employment IN the preceding month
4W unions with q membership OF ~
'oo' reported ad per cent Hnem-
p'"Ne''
The tobacco trust, to prevent
strikes and its employees from joining
labor organizations, has devised a
OF lhsurihg the lives OF It's
employees tree, All employees OF a
standing are entitled to nar1e
a beneficiary tn case OF their death.
ana u" beneficiary VIII be paid the
amount OF a years salary, If under
$o0o' IN 5000 If the salary for "A year
be greater thah that.
The farmers are beginning to organ
we b unions The United Brother"
hood OF Rural, horticultural and Az
rioultural Wage Workers of America
3 the name OF a new union launched
Dallas, Tex. The declared objects
the organization ID to secure to ag'
lcuItural, horticultural II all rural
aborers better n more standard
wages; more uniform hours Of labor
the protection and elevation OK
'uch laborers and their families.
The Iron Moldcrs' International
lnloh, now engaged In q strike with
ne National foundrymen's asgocta-
Ion, Is a remarkable organization.
| Is also probably the least now so
ar aa It's internal workings are CON
'erhed. nevertheless 1t has the third
hrEeSt membership OF the lnterna.
lohaI unions IN North America.
acre IMAM 9O,oOO members pay dues.
A. present ",oOo are on strike and
very STRIKER receives W per week.
Information has been officially re-
'eiVed by President GOmpers Of the
american Federation of Labor that
'homas ID, Nichols Of the Scranton,
"a, congressional district, has been
Tor congress by the Demo
rats ana organized worhingmen In
Nichni8 Is president or
nc ahtltacite district, NO. q, OF the
20 @h''N' 'N"s
hn III one OF the trusted advisers and
~c"Iohalts OF Johfl Mitchell, presi-
eht OF mat large w~ofklngmen's asso-
latioh.
President Roosevelt has ordered all
oyernment officers in charge OF gov
work to punish all violations
T the cight-h0ur law. BY the order
10 president obtained for organized
.DoF "hat its representatives failed
lhoace congress to grant after per-
htehI edoft all last session. So eff
.cllVe, however, was the opposition
the great contracting firms that adj
'uFnment was had without any &C
Oh on the pending bill, though the
'uSe committee on labor consumed
any houFs IN listening to powerful
snlnehts on either side of the ques-
1h'
j., f. Wright, vice president Of the
stern division Of the Amalgamated
'sociation Of Iron and Steel Work
s Of the United States, recently Is
w " plhCi w ttt WDTRtFB Oh "
Is division which affects every mill
.Eiahd' Inc demand was issued
d wage increase Of rs cents e
= anu ~IhlSher3 IN proportion. The
'hi'actufers nave unanimously re-
sea ana inc strike follows. 1t will
a nsht 70 the fnlsh.
mere are children under Is
1rS Of age working in the mills Of
g America thah In Germany. Eng.
IL d lIaIy combined said Sec
airy a. }, MchelVay, OF the nation
'D'la laooF committee, In an adj
% II FIliiaaeiphia recently. There
"'nfo chilareh under 10 in the
'S Vi fcAhsyIvanla than there are
az 'ie Southerh states put to-
- IT !" 'SIlinalca mat 10000
~, ia @I'o "oih'Hb III the cotton
." !" VIZ HOulHt employed on u