The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-04-07
LABOR NOTES FROM THE FIELD.

The result Of the vote taken by the
Sailors union of the Pacific on the
Question Of renewing the present agree
ment with the Steamship association
(steam-schooner owners) gives very
large majority against the proposition.
Arrangements ere being made by the
Wisconsin State Federation Of Labor
to mail literature explaining trades
unionism to the farmers of that state.
Five thousand workmen in thirty odd
manufacturing plants Of High Point,
Neb., one Of the greatest furniture
manufacturing towns of the south were
Informed that on April 5, no union
men would be employed in these
plants.
A meeting Of Brisbane (Australia)
employers recently decided to join
forces with the Victorian employers in
lining up to oppose the Introduction
of the trade union label provisions of
the Trade Marks Act, and resolved
also to recommend employers in
Queensland to refrain from utilizing
the union label on their goods pend
ing a test case to be placed before
the high court.
The new British Chancellor of Ex-
cheQuer has informed the Fifeshire
Miners association that he favors the
complete protection Of trade union
funds from liabilities resulting from
the judicial application Of the law of
conspiracy and agency, and that bill
dealing with the matter will be in
troduced in Parliament.
The French Chamber of Deputies
unanimously voted 100000 for the re-
lief Of the victims of the Courieres
coal mine disaster. The Miners as
sociation has voted $4,000 for the same
purpose.
Reports of another general railroad
strike in Moscow, Russia, are current.
The government is taking exceptional
precautions, and battalions of sappers,
are being massed in that city 10
take the places Of strikers, while mil
itary trains are held in readiness at
various stations to proceed in any di-
rection.
Union employees Of the Chicago City
Railway, the latter being controlled by
a syndicate headed by j. P. Morgan &
Co., which bought the property lit
tie over a year ago, demand an in
crease Of four cents an hour for cleo
trio trainmen and a 10-hour day for all
other employees.
Congress has refused to pass law
guarding workmen against the compe-
tition Of convict labor.
Minister Denham, Of Queensland, is
reported to be formulating a scheme
for meeting the alleged difficulty OF
obtaining white labor for the sugar
industry. He proposes to settle men,
wit htheir families, upon small hold
ings, on which they may work during
the off season, and so be available at
embarrassing time.
The metal polishers and brass work.
ers recently took a referendum vote
on the proposition to remove the ma
tional headquarters of the union from
New York.
Lake pilots threaten to strike If their
organization Is not recognized, and
this will tie up most Of the vessels
that do business on the Great Lakes
and use Chicago as a harpor.
President Gompers Of the American
Federation Of Labor and A. Furuseth,
legislative representative Of the Inter-
national Seamen's union, appeared be-
fore the house committee on Judiciary
recently in opposition to the Gilbert
Anti-Injunction bill, which would leg
alize injunctions in labor disputes.
Because Of the energetic attitude
taken by organized labor in Santa
Claraar County, California, against the
employment of Mongolians, at least
one-half of the Chinese and Japanese
have already been discharged.
Plans are under way at Minneapolis
Mimi, for the formation of con-
sumer's league, the main object Of
which will be to combine the purchas-
ing power of organized labor.
Chicago teamsters say that If they
do not get a wage increase they will
strike on May 1. There are 5000 union
truck drivers in Chicago.
Fifteen new unions have been added
to the Amalgamated Sheet Metal
Workers International Alliance
since the first of the year.
The secretary of the New South
Wales Tobacco Workers union recent
ly told the Tobacco Commission that
with the advent of the Tobacco trust
the male employees wages in the sgd
ney factories had suffered.
The first annual convention of the
Pacific Coast Federation of Longshore-
men, convenes at Aberdeen, WASH.
May Z, and will remain in session till
business IS completed.
American immigration bureau Of
f1cials In Canada have been order to
investigate the allegation that an at
tempt Is being made in that country
to secure carriage and wagon workers
for importation in Boston for the pur-
pose Of breaking the strike now in
progress here.
Chicago, ILL.,, painters have won an
important victory They recently OBJ
tanned on increase of cents an hour
IN wages which in the aggregate means
about $4,000 a day to the members Of
the craft
Mechanical Superintendent George
w. Mildin, Of the Erie Railroad COM
pany, has issued orders sudpending
locomotive repair work at all shops on
the system. The action is said to be
| due to the threatened coal strike.
J From 1925 to 1880 mill operatives in
! this country received an average daily
| wage of So cents.
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