The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-09

Up the paths OF morning from the valleys
deep with dew.
Up the tangled roadways violet-carpeted
with blue
Hands that WELD the hammers on the
anviis Of the day,
Hands that WELD the pencils on hfe's
ledgers. swing awayl
Up the paths Of morning all the toiling
armies come
TO music Of the millwheels in the city's
throb and thrum;
And brave, bright faces glimmer with
the smile Of love and trust
For the sweet lips waiting yonder with
the kiss that heals the dust!
Baltimore Sun.
Brooklyn, N. Y-The silver work
ers' strike for the nine-hour day re-
suited in complete victory for the
men.
Toronto, Canada. The Trades Cocu-
Gil has criticised police inspector for
granting permits to nonunion CAB
drivers.
Lewiston, Idaho.-Plumbers have
been granted an increase in wages OF
so cents day, making the wage paid
five dollars.
Boston.-The Massachusetts, State
Federation of State. City and Town
Employees unions has been permanent
ly organized.
Fort Edward, N. YAH the paper
makers employed at the international
Paper company's plant went out on
strike recently.
Guthrie, Okla.-A plan to organize
a Federation Of Labor In Oklahoma,
with total membership Of not fewer
than $4,000, is contemplated.
New Bedford, Mass.-The Massa-
chusetts state convention OF the Ma
tional Association Of Stationary Engi-
necrs will be held here July IL and 1S.
Seattle, Nash Organized labor is
warning all laborers to keep away
from Alaska, on account Of the strikes,
actual and prospective, in that sec
tion.
Hammond, Ind.-Striking teamsters
celebrated victory over team owners
at a massmeeting. Teamsters will get
an advance amounting to two dollars
a week.
Ottawa, Ont.--Conditions in the
Canadian cigar making industry have
been unsettled for some time. owing
to differences between the employers
and the union.
| Cleveland, O.--In this city there are
20 cYafts in the building trades sec
tion, II in the metal trades section
eight in the allied printing trades ant
"a in the miscellaneous.
| New York.-Gov. Hughes has ap
proved the Page child labor bill, de
sired by the child-labor committees
and the Consumers league. 1t pro
rides that no minor under IS years 0
age shall be employed or permitted t
work In any factory in New Yorl
state before eight a. m. or after fvl
.. N, or more than eight hours in an.
one day. AT present nine-hour da,
| is permitted, between seven a. m. AM
six D. m. The new law will not be
come effective until January 1. 1908.
Washington. "A universal price lis
and the general eight-hour workday i
every section OF the United State
and Canada is the plan proposed b
Steel and Copper Plate Printers
union.
Washington - Samuel Gomperi
president Of the American Federatio
OF Labor. is now engaged in the pref
: aration of the manuscript for wor
on the origin. rise and progress Of O
ganized labor in this country, givin
complete review of union labor an
what It has accomplished for the Il
boring man. In all probability th
; work viii take up two or three lare
volumes.
Chicago. Employees Of the Mort
western and Metropolitan elevate
roads practically were assured of
substantial increase IN wages propo
tionate to that recently granted. sire
car men on the South Side surfa'
lines. A temporary schedule Of wage
said to be satisfactory to the uniC
committee. was drawn. In the evel
| that increases are granted by all Il
elevated systems the 10000 car eI
ployes Of Chicago will have obtains
the largest general addition to the
wages in five years.
London, England. The Labor par
In the house OF commons has tabl,
! an amendment to the finance bill
the British government ON Il
Z grounds that it does not fulhll the
!. desires as regards old-age pension
and that the inccme-tax provisions d
inadequate.
! Paris, France America Is held /
! sponsible for the May day unrest al
: troubles in France A Paris evenlI
! paper lays the Labor day disturhan
{ to the door Of the United States,
elaring that May day and the cons
Quent strikes and uprising are pure
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