Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-29

on its new building.
Henry Carey, who died recently az his
home in Indianapolis, was at one time
president of the National Association Of
Letter Carriers.
The International Hold Carriers ana
Building Laborcrs' union of America
will hold its annual convention in Nor
folk early in September.
Judge Cochrane, in the federal court
at Covington, KY, recently upheld the
law prohibiting common carriers from
discriminating against labor organiza-
tons.
Special effort is being made by the
American Federation of Labor this year
to organize vast masses of women work
ers throughout the country.
Organized labor of Seattle, Wash, is,
warning all laborers to keep away from
Alaska, ON account of the strikes. actual
and prospective, in that section.
The New York Labor Bulletin, lust L.
sued by the department of labor. gives
the number of organized men and women
in the Empire state as 39S,494.
According to John Nee, president Of
the National Trades and Labor Council
of Canada, the Provincial WOrkngmeuS
association of Nova Scotia, which is com,
posed largely of miners, has decided to.
affiliate with the council.
All the linemen in the employ Of the
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph
company at San Francisco quit work re
Gently in sympathy with the striking girl
operators, who sought a recognition of
their union.
America is held responsible for the
Nav day unrest and troubles in France.
A Paris paper lays the Labor day dis
turbance to the door of the United
States, declaring that May day and the
consequent strikes are purely an Amer
lean invention.
Five thousand push-cart peddlers, mem
bers of the United Citizens Peddlers' as
ISOLATION are to enter into a cooperative
house ON the lower east side in New York
city, According to plans the building
will cost 100000 and will occupy an
entire block.
The first labor journal ever published
in America by a labor union was The
Anvil, which was gotten out by shoe
makers, and was really the grandfather
of the present Shoe Workers Journal
The. Awl was published by the shoe
makers of Lynn, from 1914 to 1876.
The Brotherhood of Silver Workers has
made a general demand all over the coun-
try for a nine-hour workday at ten
hours pay, but has decided to put it
into force in New York and vicinity first
action in other sections to be guided by
the results there.
1t is reported in Chicago that before
the end of the summer more than 100000
unorganized laborers and clerks employed
by western railroads will receive volun-
tary increases in wages which will aver
age 10 per cent. The aggregate increase
will be several millions of dollars.
For the purpose of improving the work
ing conditions of federal, state and mu-
nicipal employees in the United States
a national committee on welfare work
for government employees has been ap-
pointed by the welfare department Of
the National Civic Federation. Secretary
of War Taft is chairman of the com
mittee.
The creation by constitutional amend
ment of a state court of compulsory
all disputes arising between employers
and labor organizations is advocated by
Gov. Gillett of California. The governor
has already sketched out plan of organ
ization of a court of three members ~
form part of the Judiciary system Of
California.