Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-05
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In Germany children under Is years of
age cannot be employed at any occupa-
ton.
Over half the -four mills of Minneapo-
lis have shut down. throwing the employees
out of work
The Amalgamated Association of Street
Railway Employees of Chicago, H., has
established an old-age pension fund.
Hazelton (Pa.) carpenters have been
granted an increase in wages from 80
cents an hour to 81 cents for an eight
hour workday.
Chicago musicians in houses where they
are on duty at two show performances
daily will demand an increase from So. 80
per week to $2S.
Brewery workmen in about forty brew
cries of Cincinnati, Ohio. have decided to
take nine hours a day and free beer in
preference to eight hours and no beer.
Steps are being taken in Chicago for
the formation of an arbitration board of
Transfers and team owners, which will
adjust all differences that may arise in
the future.
The membership of the International
Typogra phical Union is 47,344, including
the allied crafts. Out of this total mem
bership $4,000 are at the present time
working but eight hours day.
The first quarter of this year has seen
an increase of % per cent in the growth
of labor unions of this country, declares
Samuel Gompers, president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor.
The Granite Manufacturers Associa-
ton by a majority vote has decided to
suspend work in the 120 shops at Quin-
cy, Mass, represented in the association.
The lockout will directly affect 800 gran
lite cutters.
Business Agent Frederick W. Lee of
the Chicago Boot and Shoe Workers
Council has issued directory of dealers,
properly classified, who handle union
stamp shoes. The list includes the names
of 267 dealers.
A complete settlement of labor troubles
in Santa Rosa, Cal, has been reached.
The State Federation of Labor, in order
to prevent a general strike in the build
ing trades, has accepted the open shop"
for six months.
The International Union of Ship
wrights, Joiners and Calkers OF America
has put its foot down on hasty strikes
by holding that in no instance shall a
strike be called without the sanction of
the General Executive Board.
Bricklayers and Masons' International
convention referred to the State confer
ences and locals for report a resolution
declaring that no union bricklayer can
work more than eight hours as the regu-
lar workday after May l Of next year.
The New York locals of bricklayers
and masons which were suspended in De-
cember for refusing to do away with the
freproofing clause in their trade agree
mentS with the Master Builders Associa-
ton, have been reinstated by the national
body.
The new child labor law of Iowa pro-
hibits the employment of children under
Is years in any occupation which would
injure their health. The law is also
aimed at department stores, prohibiting
employment which compels children to
remain standing for any length of time.
The Cigarmakers' Journal has COM
mended the proposition to turn the strike
fund of the Cigarmakers' Union into a
loan fund for the purpose of enabling
members of the union to build homes for
themselves or to go into business. Leading
officials of the union also have approved
the plan.
Longshoremen in Boston threaten to
strike unless their demands a~e conceded
by the steamship companies. The long
shoremen demand an increase of 10 cents
an 70 oil hi
and ) cents an hour for additional over
time. The longshoremen in Boston num-
Der 1000.
Since the successful strike of the grand
opera chorus girls in New York several
weeks ago their union has been growing
rapidly. The new union is known as No.
IA, of the Actors National Protective
Union, chartered by the American Fed
grafton of Labor. Its members include
German, French, English and Italian
singers.
The National Union of Boot and Shoe
Operatives of Great Britain is pressing
forward the demand for an eight-hour day.
Notices have been handed in by most Of
the branches throughout England and
Scotland in order to make the demand a
national one, and it is likely to be con-
sidered by the Board of Cancellation on
IN early date.
Nearly all the iron, steel and tin mills
Of the Mahoning and Shenango valleys,
Pa, are being operated to capacity. Some
new business in finished lines was book
I'd during the week. While some con-
Germs are catching up with orders, other
mills are still behind. Unless there is
an interruption in operations, due to a
strike of coal miners or other serious
cause, the mills of the United States will
be kept busy through ut the year. Some
Independent interests are still short of
steel.