The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20

ascertained. It is now believed to be
close to $4,000
The increase of 10 per cent in wages
Just offered by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road TO all its employees receiving less
than $500 a month viii affect thousands
OF men, At the present time the COM
pany is operating the Northwest sys-
tenn and employs 31.146 men. paying out
xl1,l7S,sS5 in wages annually. The
southwest system employs 1850 men
and pays out yearly s12,S56.013. The
other controlled lines whose employees
come in for the increase are the Gin
cinnau and Muskingum Valley Rail-
road, with 74S employees and a yearly
payroll Of s5sS.57I; the Vandalia Rail-
road, with SIP men and annual wages
and salaries of s3.527.T41; the Grand
rapids and Indiana Railway, which
pays $I,s14,015 to 1855 men, and the
Cleveland. Akron and Columbus Rail
way, with a payroll of s7O3,OS7 to 1926
men. On all lines east and west 1s5. 900
men viii be affected and $4,000. 900
viii be added to the company's payroll
yearly.
George NJ. Cohan. a comedian. has
become soldier in the army of labor.
Il happened in this way; Cohan is
always trying to pull off some new
stunt The other evening in Chicago
the orchestra vas playing his new
march Popularity" when Conan sud
denly sized the baton and sprang into
the orchestra pit. usurping the leaders
place The act took, and the comedian
continued the innovation. Little did
he know the trouble in store for him.
He was interviewed by the walking
delegate of the Musicians Union and
Informed that he must either ride the
goat or cease taking the place of the
leader. He chose the former, and hav-
ing paid his initiation and subscribed
to the constitution is a fuI-hedged
his working button in all his acts and
is ever ready to show his working card
At the next meeting of Laundry
Workers Union No. &c nominations for
delegates to the Stockton convention
OF the State Federation of Labor will
be made. The mem ~rs are experience
ing good times. as all are at work
and receiving higher wages than ever
before.
The Miners Union and mine owners
Of the Tonopah district in Nevada have
come to an agreement whereby every
workman is employed eight hours a
day at a wage scale of 81 and $3.50.
with s. and $3.50 for the more expert
classes OF laborers. The schedule pro-
vides for three-year agreement.
II has been practically decided to
increase the wages Of the employees Of
the United States Steel Corporation. It
is believed that the increase will
amount to something like 10 per cent
OF the wages now paid The total
yearly salaries and wages in 1905
amounted to s12s.052. 955. On this basis
the increase would amount TO IN addi-
tional expenditure OF s12,soo,ooo.
The Anaconda CMont) Journeymen
Horseshoers' Union has gone on strike
for an eight-hour Cay. The members
have been working ten hours, and they
want the same pay for the shorter day.
Conferences are in progress between
the journeynen and the Master Horse
shoers' Association, and IL is expected
the difficulty will be settled by arbitra-
ton
The Chicago central body has ere
ated a new Office, a union labor super
visor His duties are 10 oversee the
construction OF the proposed city of
Gary. Ind. which is to be built by the
Illinois Steel Company The identity
of the man will remain a secret for
fear his movements may be made
known TO the builders. The creation
Of this Office is an innovation in the
policy Of organized labor, and the
work assigned him viii be watched
with no little interest by unions
throughout the country While il is
expected that much of the work Of
building the new city will be done by
unorganized labor, the object Of the
supervisor will be to keep tab on the
contractors. the men who are doing the
work for them and the sources from
which the materials used in the con-
struction come. Reports are TO be
made from time to time to the council
The woman's Trade Union League
of Great Britain is now upon a solid
foundation and is steadily growing in
numbers and influence The increase
in membership during the year just
closed was more than 1900.
The New York law regulating the
labor OF children and, in part. women
went into operation October l. Its
most important provisions are prohi-
bition Of employment of children under
the age Of 1s in any factory in the
State before a. m or after IL p. m,
and a like prohibition after 7 p. m. in
employment in business places. hotels.
telegraph offices, transmission of mes
sages. etc Nor is any child under the
age OF 10, or any woman, 10 be en-
ployed in any quarry or mine
In the first six months of this year
the changes in rates of wages in the
United Kingdom have resulted in a net
increase Of about $4,000 in weekly
wages. in which 1000 toilers have
participated. These advances have been
chiefly in the textile. coal mining, en-
gineering and ship-building industries
In the corresponding period of last
year there was net decrease in wages
OF $500 a week. some 305.500 working
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