The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-10-12

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TORY wages wore S2tI q wear. In 1880.
SllG. Wages in cotton factories in
1880 wurr n cents a day. In 1879.
$iiN.
Because tlc officers of lhn RepuhIic
iron and steel mills AT East Chicago
objected to the presence Of union
lgonts. the engineers went ON Strike
and tied mp the entire plapt h mill
| has been run an tbn onnr.sbor h,eis
and II was feared that the strike
would spread to other steel in.
ilstrtos.
lulrss the Grain Exporters ~associa.
tiun increases the wages of members
Of the Grain Handlers union from 30
cents TO 10 cents m hour the Port
land lOrnl water front will be in.
NoINrd in a strike affecting between
1000 and Zoo mon. The emuIoyrrs
say that If the grain handlers walk out
men will be imported from Puget
sound to take their places.
From the h~radnuarfors or tro
American Federation of Labor a re-.
port is made as TO the state Of am.
ploymont during the last month. Tho
report states that of the 900 unions
making returns for that month with
an aggregate membership of G.. 500.
thoyo was II pcr cent. without en-
ploynrnl. In the preceding month
9&7 unions. with a membership of IS.
900, reported ID per cent. uDcu,-
pI0ypd
II f. rouortrd mat the br~icLlovnrs,
unions Of New York city are about IN
establish permanent ~hpadouorirre ror
Il general secretary and trraspror
They also n In create a hoard
which shall examine into he nnaIia.
cations Of all applicants for member.
ship Of the unions. 1t is said that this
procedure has become necessary. IA
the city is overrun with i]ncompetept
brickIaycrs. who, as stated by a secre.
tary of one of the unions, were for.
mcrly peanut wonders. car conductors.
bOOtblacks and labOrrrs"
eve. the committee or tho Switch.
mems Union of North America renre.
s|ontlng the switchmrn amnlovod On
your systcm. rngnortrulIv euhmit tho
following for your consideration and
dcmand that we he eiven a hooring ~,
or before ~ o'cluck nom Octnbar OK
1906. Article Eipbt houre IN CON.
stituto a day'a worl, NJ tbo folIovirg
rates of pay. rprpmcr 10 cnnts an
hour; hcJpprs. As cents an hopr Oyer.
time ia be maid ror at tho abovo rotoe
Strict seniority lo preyail the switch.
men LONGEST in service shall have nrog
prcuce If n,ei,fo,sv Tho oaaia ana
posed ~rcprpscpts an increase in nav
Of about 20 per cent, with n shorten.
ing Of time from u, IA and lG hours n
day to a universal eight hour dav"
Impetus has been given ,o the Ia.
Dor movement I'm nolItice nv prosidont
RougcvcIpg order djracfing tho rigiI
enforcement of the nipbt hour INV
declared Samuel Gompcrs nrceIdcnt ot
the American Federation of Labor oIt
certainly will cucofta no obor ia r,,r
sue IFS worl, or o~rgariyatjor II, tho
campaigu which has hnnr m,,rcI ont
in the hone that a larger dngron NJ
iugtico NAV hc ott,inodo II &. I'd
the order is meant p~articuIarIv
10 meet conditions in the interior do.
yarlmrnt. which has charge of reclaim.
alton work in the arid land regions of
he west. where If was cbarrad tho
light hour law was not observed
Buildings erected under the trnasu,.v
are also uublic works
where the eight hour law must no on.
Information b,e hoo, roooicod tho,
Il p Curtis If tho NJ "
Q r. at s]mitbviuo Tov wu1 Ln
,ointod grand onninr conduot,,, ~ ~
)rdcr of Rauw,v Co,d,ntoro ~ ~
state f., s,,ooooa u C,,nr
Who v~acatos that nmco tn Tara mnat
ion an the Iptoretoto -oopmnroo nnnn
ia which no wae reccrt,y an.
bv President R~ooecvoIt NJ
,urtig Is one Of the hest known rail-.
Dad men in the southwest and wae
Ormerly chairman of the O. r r.
rieyance committee on The M. X. q
/, railroad. e
The right Of Labor pnlons and thoir
ynratbiznrs tn cali IN tbnir rriapda ~
}ithhold patronage from a nonnnion
radesman has been declared legal Inv
ustice Stafford in the district s,r
court of Washington. D. C. In
lakIng this decision Justice stafford
ismissed the Temporary Injunction
galn8t the bakery and confectionery
OOrkers' international union. which
ld been obtained by a baker who al.
.ged that he was being haragsed by
Of a systematic boycott and