Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-17
IN LABOR CIRCLES
Co.

Ventlon OF the international Iypograpni-
cal Union. which opens at Hot Springs,
Ark. August L. Roy D. Schooley, Pitts
burg labor writer. in writing of the con-
vention. says:
1T promises to surpass in Importance
and interest any formed gatherings held by
this organization.
| THE typos, containing in their ranks
some OF the ablest men in the labor move
| ment. blazed the way in advanced action
when they established a home for old and
| incapacitated members Of the craft in Colo
RADIO Springs.
| Another important step is now advo-
| Gated. 1t is in effect that those printers
| who do not wish to go to the home. pre-
ferring to stay with their families, but who
| are unable to work, be paid the amount
monthly that it would cost to look after
them If in the home. The individual MEM
| bers have been asked to make suggestions
| as to the best plan for working out this
scheme, and it will be one of the chief
matters considered at the annual meeting"
The Arlington Hotel has been selected as
| the headquarters. Two blocks away Is the
| Eastman and the first floor of this hotel
has been secured and will be converted
| into convention hall. Rooms adjoining
| have been secured for the committees and
the wOmans auxiliary.
| The local entertainment committee has
| arranged many social functions. excursions
| and outings for the delegates and visitors.
| and everything will be conducted on an
| elaborate scale The program in brief is as
| follows
Sunday August 11-Reception at Airing
! ton Hotel in the evening.
| Monday. August 12-German lunch: bal
| loon ascension; visit to the ostrich and al
| ligator farms; battle royal; vaudeville en-
tertainment with special features.
| Tuesday, August 13-Little Rock Typo
graphical Union, No. 90. will take the dele
| gates and members to the capital city on
| special train. where whole days enter
| tainment will be provided
| Wednesday, August 14-United States
government mountain drive for the ladies
| in the afternoon. and while this is taking
place the Missouri river pirates will hold
| characteristic reunion.
| Thursday, August ia day In the ba tn
| houses. All bath houses open free to Inter-
national Typographical Union visitors.
Evening. grand ball
| Friday August 16-Visit to great Army
| and Navy Hospital, observatory and Oak
| lawn race track.
At the request of Mrs. Martha B.
| Weatherless, 2402 Brightwood avenue, Mrs.
! Arabella v. Chase district deputy organ
| izer. International Laborers' Union. COM
| pleted the organization of a union yester-
| day at the residence of Mrs. Weatherless.
| The name of the new union is Alpha. Mrs
Ida Richardson, attendance officer of the
public schools Of the District. was elected
| president; Mrs. Eugene Brooks, vice pres!-
dent: Mrs. Mamie Hilyer. recording and
corresponding secretary; Mrs Clara Tun-
nell. financial secretary; Mrs. Martha B.
Sewall. Mrs. Lucinda Webb, Mrs. Rebecca
! Brent. trustees; Mrs. Carrie Grimshaw,
| warden: Mrs. F. Hughes. conductor Miss
Estelle Gray, journal agent. and Mrs. Car
| RE Milford, chaplain. Among the others
present were Miss May Sewall, Mrs. Lucy
Draper. Miss Matte Gray. Mrs. Susan Ken
needy.
This union will be composed entirely Of
| ladies.
Advanced wages and shorter hours. in
| the large majority of cases without resort
to strikes, is the report that organizers are
sending in to the American Federation of
| Labor. The result of the continued pros
perity of the country has been felt among
the workingmen. There is hardly a trade
! that has not received increase. In some
places it is the carpenters, in others the
bricklayers and so on down the line.
The officers of the American Federation
| of Labor are sending out much literature
| of an educational nature to workingmen in
| all sections of the country. One Of these
gives some of the declarations for which
the A. F. L. stands These include the abo-
lition of all forms of involuntary servitude.
except a punishment for crime.
| Free schools and compulsory education.
with free textbooks.
Protest against 1.-The abuse of the intunc-
| ton"
| An eight hour work day.
Release from employment one day in
| seven.
The abolition of the contract system on
public work.
The municipal ownership of public util-
| tiles.
The abolition of the sweat-shop system.
Sanitary inspection of factory, workshop,
| mine and home
Liability of employers for injury to body
| or loss Of life.
The naturalization of telegraph and tele-
phone.
The passage Of anti-child labor laws in
| states where they do not exist and rigid
defense Of them where they have been
Woman suffrage coequal with man SUI
| frage.
The initiative and referendum and the
| imperative mandate and right of recall
| Suitable and plentiful Fairgrounds for
| children in all cities.
Continued agitation for the public bath
| system in all cities.
| Qualifications in permits to build of all
cities and towns that there shall be bath
| rooms and bathroom attachments in all
| houses or compartments used for habita ton
We favor system of finance whereby
| money shall be issued exclusively by the
| government. with such regulations and re-
| strictions will protect it from manipula-
ton by the banking interests for their own
| private gain.
The above is a partial statement of the
| demands which organized labor, in the in
terest Of the workers-aye, of all the peo-
pie of our CONTINGENCIES upon modern So
ciety.
Higher wages, shorter workday, better
labor conditions, better homes, better and
| safer workshops. factories mills and mines
In word. a better. higher and nobler life.
Conscious of the justice. wisdom and no.
bility Of our cause, the American Fedora
ton Of Labor appeals to all men and
women OF labor to join with US in the great
movement for Its achievement
More than two million wage-earners who
have reaped the advantages of organization
and federation appeal to their brothers and
sisters of toll to unite with them and par
ticipate in the glorious movement with its
attendant benefits.
There are affiliated to the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor 11S international trades
unions with their $1,000 local unions SO
state declarations. 537 city central bodies
and $50 local trade and federal labor
unions having International bodies
In another publication of the A. F. L.
appears this statement:
The trade unions are the reflects in or
ganiZed, crystalliZed form of the best
thought, activity and hopes of the wage
| workers. They represent the aggregate ex-
preston Of discomfort of labor with exist
ing economic, social and political misrue.
The trade unions exactly what the