Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-05-04

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The Painters Union of Sharon, Pa,
made a demand recently for an advance
in wages of % cents a day. The men
are now receiving So for eight hours
, work. The new scale went into effect on
i April /. IS
The AmaIgamated Association of Iron,
1 Steel and Tin Workers has decided to
make a demand for increased wages. East
ern manufacturers have served notice
that they will not grant the demand.
Should a strike be declared, about 10000
men would become involved.
One of the features in the iron and
steel industry is the scarcity of puddlers
and helpers in mills in eastern Pennsyl-
vania and skilled workmen in other parts
of the country. Evidence of the improve
ment of the tin plate trade is indicated
by the resumption of plants of the Ameri-
can Sheet and Tin Plate Company at
Connellsyille and Mopgantown, Pa.
Old Boston Wire Workers Protective
! Union is being re%organized, and will soon
take it's place in the union ranks. Some
couple of years ago the union dissolved,
as many Of the MEMBERS Joined other
unions which were claiming jurisdiction
over special branches. The bosses have
taken advantage of the situation, and
have recently been asking the general men
to work all hours and on Sundays and
holidays for the regular rates. SO it was
decided to re%organize for protection.
Austrian country doctors who are dis
satisfied with their rate Of payment are
preparing to strike. They declare that
they will no longer vaccinate the poor for
4 cents a person, when veterinary sur
geons receive 16 cents for inoculatipg each
head Of cattle. They point out that quail
flied doctors for examining "tramps'' and
Migrants receive less than BARRIERS who
cut the hair of the same individuals. They
declare that they will cease work except
in cases of extreme peril unless the gov
eminent increases the wholesale payment
of public medical attendance.
Commissioner of Labor Wright proves
the superiority of union over %non-union
shoe workers. According to Mr.. Wright's
latest special report, shoe manufacturers
who employ union labor gained twenty-one
hours, twenty-five minutes and six and
one-half seconds on every 100 pairs of
shoes made over manufacturers who use
non-union help. In other words, shoe
manufacturers who employ .unorganized
workmen have to pay for twenty-one
hours, twenty-five minutes, six and one
nail SECONDS more LABOR on every 1OU pairs
of shoes turned out of their factories than
do their wiser competitors who hire union
help. D.
The Tobacco Trust is squeezing out"
the small cigar manufacturers in York,
Pa. BY buying up tobacco crops, it mas
succeeded in advancing the price of leaf
from q to so per cent, which means an
average loss of S1.20 per 1000 on cigars,
the prices for which remain stationary. +,
Kewanee, H.. claims to be the banner
union city Of America. Every store in
the city is a union store, the policemen
carry union cards, and so do the street
cleaners. The Mayor is a union man, and
the sexton of the cemetery also carries a
union card. The city is a poor place for
grafters.
There are published now 1S5 official
journals, issued monthly or ofteher, by
American international unions. and 17J
weekly labor papers, all devoted to the
defense and advocacy OF labor's interests.
nearly all of which are stoutly espousing
the trade union movement and the Amer
jean Federation of Labor.
The matter of affiliation with the a. f.
of L.. will again be submitted to the mem
bership of the Bricklayers and Masons'
International Union. BY an almost unar-
imous vote the delegates to the recent con
vention of the organization at Minneapolis
declared IN favor OF 4 resubmission OF the
question, which has twice been rejected by
very small majorities.