The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12

GOSSIP Of BR I 10 'I':l $
Review Work Of Every
Nation Where Manufacturers,
{ Mechanics, Etc, Figure.
Garment workers arc organizing az

Garment workers are organising at
= Galcsblirg, Ill Il 5t5 Ii. 81. IS Ii "a. ]. rs
s9A millwrlghts' union has boon estah-
Il lished at Memphis. Tenn. "a M.
81 switchmen's Union OF North America
now has about 49, 900 members. Il s3f
as3s It Is nearly ten years since the Cigar
n1akers' International Union met In con-
vcntion. ST ~ H a 8ss 5a3 81 t i..iB Il
81 Danvillc, I'LL. carpenters have secured
4 40 cents an hour and v the eight hour "
New Unions 81 1ourncyrnen tailors have
been formed at Worcester, Mass. and
1Terden, Conn. 53s ~ q s3f5,i
4s There are in the United States about b ut
500 female iron workers. in foundrlieH,
furnaces md rolling mills.
Cotton MILL operatives at Nashua, y.
! H., were recently surprised BY q yolun-i
4 tary increase OF s per cent.
XII In Canada q locomotive engineer gers
G e. so tor 100 miles. In the United States
4 he receives s5.25 for 100 miles.
# Unorgantzed workers In Evanston Ill.,
receive tL75 to 81 per day. while the the,
international Stereotypers and Electro
L typers' Union will hold its annual conven-j
stIor In New York on August 18th. s&
v II ~ es tir1ated by compe tent au thority
that the number OF child laborers In the
United states to-day is close to 260o. 600 y
is5s The American Brotherho bod Of Cement
Workers VIII hold a1ts conven uon IN B 5;.
8faloS NJ. 9., during me me early Gays q
gSepten pei +, . &. \ \. y. n
fort to secure the 1907 convention o. thu
United Brotherhood OF Carpenters "A and
i Joiners& OF @Anierica g.
B$ Nfinnesota's State Enp yment Bureau
has shown Its worth by placing nearly
10. 100 persons during Us f1rst year, end
ling June - s 1905.
5 a new union OF bru shMakers has been
II getic campaign to co7npl e tel organize
4 the workers Is to be made. 5i5 d.
amalgamati ton OF the Boston lMass.)
artificial stone and asphalt workers ana! ana
The cement ana csphalt 81 = bore rs sun'or,s e
4was completed recent y. M II .$6@S
8s In eight years the spopula tlon. q OSAKA g
Japan, has increas ed from Sllu 800 70 over .'tA
Il LOS. 600 The number OF FAC tories mas IN
creased by 98l. 81 s e55i3 II
&3 Ninety-flve disputes wei re report 60 g 20
1.-THE italian Labor Department as having
occurred during last: March. as compared
with fitty-nine IN the eylot's mon 9 ln:.Eis
~ IN 1888 masons employed on N the Es-t
rurial Palace. Spain, refused % .Wo,s
unless better paid. Several were put TO-
tina gallsy3 and the rpEt Ewero G < lied 10
America 135
N some towns in z G Germany the inhapi-
tAnts are nearly ali identified with one
ID IN aolingcn. for; ins lance 2,
ooo people are engaged * In the cutlery
trade. &. 70
y n Germany there are COZ, 600 min ers,% Of
whom III 900 belong to the German Min
ers' Federation, and 70, 900 belong to the
German q Christian Miners Federation
8 A report from New York City relates
81 an Intellectual attempt to form a.
new local union OF truck drivers 70 re-
place the local, whose charter was re-
yoked ! some time ago. :25S ssf3 5
Greater Memphis Tammany. a political
organizatIo ,5 composed exclusively b OF
members OF labor unions, Is taking ac-5
/ tive stepg toward representations IN the
next Legislature. x 3s5