The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-12-07
GENERAL MENTION.
Interesting Items Mostly Swiped from
Bright Labor Papers.

Eemand the label.
The union label-that's all.
Look for the union Label.
If 1t is not labeled, refuse it.
Union made shoes are sold by Rog-
ers & Perkins.
Transfers of Sacramento have won
a small strike.
Electrical workers have organized
at Clinton, Iowa.
California State Federation OF La
Dor will meet January Z.
Press feeders and assistants have
OF ganized at Sacramento.
Paterson, N J., silk workers are
on strike against reduction in wages.
shoe cutters won strike in st.
Louis, after which the strikers organ
lied.
San Francisco unionists demand
that the building trades recognize the
steam filters.
Fifteen Cleveland, O., firms were
arrested for violation of the child la
Dor law.
Waterbury, Conn, carpenters won
their fight with the employers for a
closed shop.
Boston, Mass, commercial teleg-
raphers report SO per cent increase
inlmembership.
Blue Ribbon" cigars are union
made. Lincoln made and we'll made
Sold by all dealers.
Iron workers of Lancaster, Pa, after
strike lasting five months, went back
on their own terms.
Portland. Ore, longshoremen have
struck in sympathy with the grain
handlers at that place.
Racine. Wis, plow works employees.
500 in number, are on strike against
a 25 per cent reduction in wages.
One thousand coopers struck at Chi
cage. ILL.,, on November 8, for an in
crease in their pay of 3 cents barrel.
Detroit. Mich, ice wagon drivers,
after submitting their differences to ar.
bitration, gained the concessions
sought.
Plasterers and bricklayers have ar.
rived at an understanding over the
jurisdiction trouble that was on be.
tween them.
San Diego carpenters have adopted
new scale, which calls for SO cents
an hour. eight hours day five days
III the week and four hours on Satui+
day
Within one week the blacksmiths
OF Sacramento obligated $50 members
All the men employed at this trade on
the Southern Pacific are now organ
lied
The st. Paul, Mimi; Harve. Mont.
and SPOKANE. Wash. photographers
on the Great Northern have beer
granted an increase of $500 pei
month.
Four members of the United Gar
ment Workers of America must serve
county jail, according to a decision o
the Branch Appellate Court rendered
Complaint is made by the building
trades Of San Francisco that the tow
is being flooded with workmen, an,
that 1t will be a problem of housin,
them, to say nothing of finding EN-
ployment.
The Penn Bridge company and tn
Charles McCaul company were fine,
in police court at Washington, d. C
October II for violating the eight-hou
law in construction work for the go,
eminent.
The United Railroads of San FraI
cisco. in It's statement to the board c
arbitration. has rejected all demand
for increased wages and shorter hour!
made by the employees in it's variou
departments.
The next Pennsylvania legislator
will be requested to so amend tn
child labor law as to permit any o
ficer of the law empowered to admir-
lister oaths to issue certificates. TIL
present act compels all children VIII
desire employment to get a certificai
from teacher or a school superb
tendent.
Representatives of zoe, 900 organize
wurkmen In the mteal industry of til
country met in congress in Chicas
recently to discuss the question I
setting a date for the Inauguration
the eight-hour day. The conventio
was held under the auspices of tt
Metal Trades Federation of Nor
America, and represented machinist