Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-09

idea first took root.
hood Of Carpenters and Joiners Of America.
an organization which hzs grown from
5000 members to 1ss present proportions.
embracing 100000 men In the United
tary Of the organization. q position he held
for twenty years.
Attsntioa has again been called to the
attitude Of the Industrial Workers OF the
World toward the regular" labor unions
This time. 1t appearA the ciEaScnakers
union p the one which has the grievance;
In Butte, Mont, there has been established
. concern calling itself the Industrial Cigar
Company, animated with the INDUSTRIAL
workers Of the World. and composed soi
men who are under fne to the Internaaona s
Cisarmakers. Union ak Belvidere and chi
caro-, IN. and to the local union in Butte:
The company p manufacturing one orano
Of cigar
It 3 said that these men have been sent
70 Butte for the purpose OF inaugarating
movement, having for Its purpose the dis
ruption Of ali unions in that section While
little progress has been made. the cigar
makers are up in arms. and the pI0speS pes
are that a war Of determination Will soon
be on with the American Federation ano
affiliated unions on one eide and the INDUS
trial Workers on the other.
At the meeting Of the general executive
board of the Bakery and Confectionery
Workers International Union, at neau
quarters in Chicago. encouraging fepoIs'
were received from local unions through
out the country. A number OF contracts
submitted to employers which became
fective on May 1 were Endorsed;
The first complete victory OF the year
was announced. 1t was won py ioca!
union No 1853 Of Brooklyn This local.
obtained fun recognition and an eight-ano-
a-half-hour workday.
F. H. HarDbecker. international secre-
@ lnI
March in strike benefits. OF this amount
81. 716 was paid to the strikers at Newark
N J.
fmportant gains IN membership last month
due to the energetic work OF the organizers.
Charters for new unions were issued ~
follows: State branches. l; central pooless
unions. H. The total number OF unions
now affiliated with the Federation are
Internationals ia: state branches. "; cen,
trail bodies GO; local trade and lederai
labor unions. 500; local unions attached 10
internationals approximately Nooo.
The monthly report on state OF EMPLOY
ment compiled at headquarters shows tnat
Of the 2O9O unions making returns WIN
an aggregate membership Of 1851, there
were 10 per cent without employment. In
the preceding month SI7 unions, with
membership OF 6O,90o, reported 4.6 per cent
unemployed.
The machinists outside Of Pittsburg, are
growing uneasy This brotherhood nun-
bers about 100000 members, among .he
most skilled mechanics in the cour><J. Inc
machinists of Chicago. E<Naukee. 81
Louis, Cincinnati and other places ask for
an increase Of pay this year Inc union
machinists of Pittsburg do not join In tnls
demand The executive board OF the PROM
erhood held meeting In washington 1ne
other day to consider these demands. The
announcement OF the decision arrived at
is being awaited with much interest
Luke Grant of Chicago launched this story
by way Of making comparison:
"a woman was paying friendly visit TO
a neighbor one day and in her conversation
said: How is your daughter getting along
the one who married the brfcklayer?
well replied the other, between wet
DAYS and dry days, scaffold high and no
bricks on the job, ] think she would nave
been better off had she married the Ia
borer. "
The news nuggets from the labor field will
be of interest to the busy workers of Wash
ington.
The Methodist Ministerial Alliance of
Denver, Col, passed a resolution condemn
ing the employment of men more than eight
hours a day and sent delegate to the
Trades and Labor Assembly.
Three hundred members of the Carpen-
ters' Union are out in Paducah, KY. They
asked for a minimum wage scale OF $3.50
per day. which was refused, and the men
walked out. Building operations are at
standstill.
The secret organization OF street rail-
way employees union in Baltimore, with
membership of 700. has just been an
nounced.
Railway trackmen to the number OF 400
600, on every railroad line in the United
States, have begun a campaign for better
wages.
The Typographical Union has obtained
the eight-hour day in 445 cities.
recent issue of Fuel, the organ of the
Illinois coal operators, gives the average
wages Of the miners at 500 year.
A womans federation of labor has been
formed in Grand Rapids, Mich, composed
of factory girls, shop girls and domestics.
The Cincinnati Trades Union Athletic AS
soca ton, which has placed the Labor Base
Ball League of twelve clubs in line. intends
to unionize bowling. boxing, foot ball, track
and field athletics. The purchase of a large
park in which to hold athletic meets and
contests is also planned.
The rate of increase in the number of
women wage earners between 1890 and 1900
was much greater than the increase IN the
female population.
The headquarters of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have
been removed from Washington u. c., to
Springfield III.