Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-09
Notes From the
World Of Labor

The Building Trades Ckuncll OF
Boston Is dissatisfied with the condi.
tions OF labor on the Christian Science
Temple building In that city and have
notified Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy TO
that effect.
There are 2o0 local labor ~organlza.
lions In fifty cities and towns In
Maine, and 1874 labor unions. report
ing a total membership OF 1928. ac.
cordins 20 the annual report OF the
commissioner Of labor and industrial
statistics OF that state,
Six Thousand employees OF the
French government, ranging in occppa'
ton from school mistresses To Jan.
itors, have demanded that the govern.
ment have framed and passed a bill
permitting It's servants 10 form
unions.
Minneapolis win entertain several
large labor conventions this year.
among the bodies which will have
decided 10 met there being the In
ternational Photo E~neravers' union In
October, and The American Fedora.
ton OF Labor In November.
A union label exhibition and fair
opens in Chicago today, TO continue
three days Elaborate exhibits have
been prepared by all the trade unions
OF the city which are interested IN
label agitation
Believing that music may have
charms 10 soothe tho savage employee
the officials Of the American Cigar
company have inaugurated n novel
experiment in their factory at New.
ark, n. J, For an hour each day
piano music r. lavishly dispensed
through the concerns building by an
expert musician hired by the com-
pany. The COMPANY employs about
800 persons and many Of them are
| women The experiment was under.
taken in the belief that music causes
them to be more attentive TO their
work.
Officials Of the United Trades and
Labor Council Of Cleveland, O., have
| taken up the study Of the state laws
that they may be better prepared to
act when cases against the council
come up in the courts.
The next annual convention Of the
United Textile Workers Of America,
one Of the strongest labor organixa.
tons Of the. country, is TO be held at
Paterson. N. J.. in October.
Consul-General Guenther Of Frank
fort reports on the condition Of the
labor market in Germany during the
past year as compared with 1904, and
lsays the favorable condition Of the
labor market In the great industrial
centers Of Germany Is mainly due tt
the marked Improvement in the iror
and steel. and in the metal and mach
inery branches
The w~age-earners affiliated witl
the Iowa State Federation OF Labo'
have been asked to contribute y
each TO assist In an organized cam
paign against tuberculosis Statistic
show that from Is TO 80 per cent. Q
the deaths among trade unionists re
suit from consumption
Esnployes of the Danish state raj
WAYS have made a demand for bette
paw and better conditions OF labor
Milwaukee this year will entertai
the annual conventions OF the lnteI
national Union OF Steam Filters, tn
Coopers' International Union, the II
I~ternational Glove Workers Union
America, and several other large Il
Dor organizations.
/. The strike OF the shoe cutters :
. Brockton, Mass. has collapsed. Tn
cutters asked for an eight hour da.
recommending February !, but later d
cided to withdraw the demand an
Continue work under the existin
schedule OF hours anl wages.
~ One Of the large labor convention
near az hand is that OF the Intern
tional brotherhood Of Foundry emplo
es, which Is to assemble In st. Lou
: the first week In April.