Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-23

gamated Window Glass workers OF amer
lea. which opens In Cleveland on July ~.
will be the differences existing between that
4 organization and the Cutters and Eiatten-
| ers' Association The Amalgamated. whicn
has recently afiliated with the American
| Federation of Labor. thereby taking what
Is believed to be an important stetp toward
the ultimate union of the present warning
factions In the glass Industry. Is composed
OF COCO window glass workers-blowers,
gatherers, cutters and fiatteners-ali en-
ployed In hand plants. 1t Is by far the
| largest union numerically In the trade. wen
ofhcered, is very strong financially. and en-
| joys the general confidence or organized Ia
| Dor and the respect OF the manufacturers.
| The dispute OF the Cutters and Flatten-
! of that organization that all cutters and
| hatteners should belong to a specific union
| of their trade. The Amalagamated cutters
and fiatteners, 1890 In number. work In
! hand plants; those of the rival organiza-
tion $50 in all. are employed in machine
| plants.
/ In view of the labor struggle now In prog
| ress between the bridge and structural iron
| workers and many of the leading contrac-
| tors, Frank NJ. RYAN is at this time much IN
the public eve. He is president of the In
| ternational Association OF Bridge and Struc-
tural Iron Workers. and was born in Provi
dence. r. l.. in 1855. He first began work
| as brfdgeman m 1873 on the Eads bridge
at st Louis. His first experience as
bridge builder in Chicago was in building
| the old Randolph street bridge in 1876. At
that time there was no union of bridgemen.
He drifted west. and was for years superin-
| tendent of bridges on the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Northern railroad, now part
of the Rock Island system. He returned to
Chicago in 1892 and Joined the union. being
| 1irst elected president and business agent
| Tor the local there in 1898. He served for
| two years and was again elected in 1905,
| and was serving In that capacity when he
| was chosen for the national head of the or
| ganizatfon last September. 1t was due to
haf iOoc
| strike was settled ten days ago and also the
strike on the Alley Il, In the same city.
| What is known as the Trades Union In
| dependent League Is forming branches in
| many cities of the east. All applicants for
members must be in good standing in some
trades union The objects and principles
! of the league are as follows: First, public
| ownership of monopolists second, ballot
| form, those utilities which in their ma
| ture Will prevent corruption. insure
| fair count and punish bribe-givers and
| bribe-takers: third. the enactment of laws
| which will give the people absolute control
| of their public servants in office; fourth.
| direct nominations by the people in place
or nominations by cliques and party bosses;
| fifth, the abolition of discrimination In rail-
road rates, good roads to facilitate the
| transportation of farm products to profit
able markets and pure food laws; sixth.
! the recognition of labor unions in all legiti-
mate efforts to properly regulate the pay
| and working hours OF working people; sew
| enth. protection of legitimate capital and
| denying the right of existence to criminal
| and oppressive trusts; eighth, the election
| Of United States senators by the people:
ninth, the exposure and prosecution OF
| frauds against the people on the part of
| insurance companies and other financial or
| Plantations and their proper regulation by
| law.
The typos of Washington have heard with
satisfaction that the union printers of Lon
| hot q 1aUa nd
| a trade union victory. A strike took place
recently in one OF the largest publishing
| houses, and non-union men took the places
| of the strikers. The union printers picket
| ed the shop and over the non-union-
| lists. The firm then sued the treasurer of
| the union for damages. and the lower court
granted $17,500 The printers appealed and
| the court of appeals reversed the lower
| court, declaring the picketing legal and the
| firm not entitled to any damages because
| the union printers had converted the nom
union men by peaceful legal persuasion.
| The court held that no damage was done
| to the employees.
| Miss Mollie Weitler general organizer
| for the boot and shoe workers, is visiting
| Cleveland, Ohio, unions and urging that d
greater demand be made for union-labeled
products. She is having very good sue
| cess.
After having served the Baltimore and
| Ohio for over thirty-seyen years continu-
ously as car cleaner at Wheeling, w. Va,
| Mrs. Mary L. Bounds now has the distinc-
| ton of being the only woman receiving a
| pension from that company.
In New Castle, a small city In Pennsyl-
| vania, street railway employees at the time
of organizing were receiving f21a cents an
hour. At the present time they are receiv-
| ing % cents an hour.
| Cincinnati, Ohio. plumbers strike has
| been settled on the basis of 80 cents a day
| increase for the men, Saturday half-holiday
and no more apprentices to be employed
| until July l, 1903.
Bakers Union. No. 1913. of Brooklyn, has
submitted agreement to the bosses as
| is their custom once year. The officers
of the union report that the agreement has
been signed by forty-nine shop owners
which makes a gain over last year of three
| label shops. The new agreement provides
for an eight and a half-hour work day
with S21 per week the minimum wages
for ovenmen, and SIT the minimum for
bench hands.