The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-26

GOSSIP Or BREADWlNRERs
Review 81 Weeks fork W All
Nations Where Manufacturers
4 and Mechanics Hold Sway.
woman cooks 1t New york are forming


woman cooks Of New \ DIRK are forming
V union s3i s55 .sS III g8
Kewanee, Ill, street railway employee
are organizing. S5,$ III 5 IS ;i54 q Bsi N a5
Grand Trunk railway trail nn,an sshavs
II been promised an increase. sg 8s#A3l
isa9S Tile layers have secured o Is per cent.
d Increase IN Bost ton, M ass. IS Si4t
Painters OF \ Ilouisvt llc /. have see
cured the eight hour day and IN aad vance
Il OF 10 per cent. nj 81 S4 81
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS Of the World are
Il to hold their annual convention at Chi
cago, Ill, beginning September = 18th. III
Il q The British government will Is appro-s
# pirate 81, 0O0, 900 for the relic OF the I'LL
employed during the coming winter 81 sS
electrical workers OF 3s Grand Rnpld DIS
IS Nj ch., witt the exception OF three shops
4 have been granted. the e ght- hour day. 7
September Sd. ut u Toronto. Ont, Inter
Il national Brotherhood Of Maintenance Of
5 Way Employees will meet IN conventlon
"a The labor organizations OF America
gained 1,2N new unions last Il year, en-
4 bracing q membership Of aO0. ooo \ indi--5
E3' Seventeen new local unions have been
Il formed BY tho Amalgamated Sheet Metal
Ii Workers al liance In the past quar- ter s
sss8.s IN British Columbia railway construc~&
tion laborers IRE scarce. and q number
i help. n l
Blackstnlths throughout the country ro-Ss
port q general Coincidence to their de-
4 mands for increased wages and better
working eondi tions. # "A ING
During the first ak mon the Of 1865 flfty-8
three divisions AZ Of street ra llways elr..a
Spioyes effected written ag reenlen ITS Win 4
/ employ wing companies. \.
$sS The aait lei ton for q n I. advance In the
3 wages OF sheeting weayers EN- lOyed at
Oldham, Eng land. ii has resulted IN an In 4
G crea Sc Of i've per cent. being cong ednd. 8ts
Keir IIardie; the Eng lish labor leader
B Is organizing an agrtcui tural Dor lea rue
( on the .linesaof tho Ma tlonal Agriculture
IL Union, founded NY Joseph Arch ~, ~ 1SEE
Tho Saturday half holi day " all yea Z
round haaS been decided upon by aBoS on
i hf ass !, bsic ayers. unions. and has been
made part Of the work Ing rules OF that
! city and vicinity. St II
M Tho Anti 5weat ting Gonrnl ttee: appoint
ca by the sydney IN. 8. labor GO " NJ
ctl promises 70 make astounding reyela-
lions regarding the sweating tactics q
some sydney employ rs.
The earliest mention Of d strike fund
occurred in the strike Of the Parislsn
atocking wcaversa Il in 1724, when o. crown
( I day was subscribed for every st = ksr,
and all blacklegs were boyco ted,
n 17s shipbu llders and Ssailmakers EN-
burg, struck for shart tor hours. Seven
s were hanged. i5, III ii sent to siberia, and
N bo2 were draf ted into tn q rny
For paying lesx I han the rate 9f iWaEssa
Il Il xed by the New Zca land arbitration
Court, 4 yelling ION furniture Hlanufac-
turor recently was fined ne 4 Z boss boss
printer %a5. and a bull der 40
s The Ri patternmakers' Assocla tion. OF
y san FRANCISCO. has returned To- outside
y negotiations that tributed "a to their
aid tier the earthquake rs per cent. Of
& the FUND sent II II was not needed.
Pile drivers and dock hutlde OF Cleve-
land, Ohio, have q affiliated with the
United Trades and La boz CounciI.js1 ,.hhey
are asking for the e-hour3 day at pres
n ent wages, and indica tons point 70 gsuc7
EDWARD ". n Gaines, 81 /, Norfolk. has
u been named by, Commits Toner DoheEty
as special agent to see q that the "a hor
laws Of Virginia are enforced, He -
# printer and former member Of the Leg1s-
tnture. i 81 & 528a
In Bombay, india, col ton Il mills. an
A average worker aboring thirteen hours
4 \ day, earns about 80 cents q day--thnt
Z Isl, in mills equipped with the best mod
q .rn3 machinery and bull t IN the most aE-
" proved 81 yle. IS 8. IA
The average wages at American work
x men ID don BILE that az the En- llah, and
4 men, according to sta tlstics bllshed by
i the department q Of labor, covering the
year 1909. ISL aiiS
The New york Electric. dub Is tho
Il social end OF the New y ark Electrical
81 workers. Union. It's ayowed object is
4 10 cultivate and elevate the social eopdi-
8ttonsof the organ ion. 81 The club has
Il at present aamemherRhip OF $50.
An all-around 4 increase Of fifty cents
4 a day has been secured by the Wood
CarYers Union in New York. ana 10 to
Y remain In force until the nllddt OF 1903,
& The members work eight hours a day
and half a day on SATURDAY.
There are 2,74Q bake shops in \ the FIVE
\ horoughs OF New York City, which turn
81 cakes consumed 1 slal ly, IN these places
.316.otO men and 200 orneI. & and/ CHI ildren5
4 under the legal age work. 8
n Many members OF the United ASSOC
citation of Plumbers, Gas Filters and
Il Steam tiers are urging that the organi-a
4 cation establish q home for the aged and j
A ,nflrm An otter ot a house in Pueblo,
Coils heing consld ered By I he officers,
Miss Gertrude Harnlpn, of Chicago,
Is tho first salaried woman to he en-
q ployed blythe American Eco eraton OF
Labor she Is a member Of the Woman's 4
Trade Union 44eag ne, and was recently
} appointed q EeReFal organlze r for the
u ,1ederat4QIl. is i sggaa SF}la
Tho international Paper Company will
/. begin an ntgbt-hour day In its mills.
me mills In New York Will receive the
tine reduction about Septamber lst. IT
L is said that the change m cana nn increase
OF ss per cent, IN the number Ct eInvSS
4 nlnyas,
A movement Is about to be made by \
rid the local theatars Of Japanese and
Chinese help. The union viii appoint an 4
agitation Comml ttee, and expects to- res 4
eelve tile 8uralimpps suppart Of al mems
pers OF llnians, i5
III In choosing mntornneR for what is be-
lieyed to be the first municipal " owned
4 Mayor "A, "a. Forsythe announces that
the first test for illness for his POSI-,
Y tlon will he q total abs Thence from al
Intoxicating liquors, # N
The labor movement In this Years poll-