The Carlisle independent., 1907-04-18

or lower HIS standards nlSH,
 And this is the worker who conquers fate Who wins the victory, soon or late,
 And smiles as the time goes by!
 John Coleman.
 Los Angeles, Cal-Practically every telegraph operator in this city is union man.
 Toronto. Canada.-Brewery Work CTS union demands 25 per cent in- crease in wages.
 Toledo, O.-On May ', iron, steel and tin workers will meet in conyen- tion in this city.
 San Francisco.-There is move ment on foot to organize the sales men in cigar stores.
 Minneapolis, Minn.-FolloWing the example of the teamsters, painters and upholsterers, the carpenters walked out and building operations all over the city are shut down tenn porarily as result.
 New York.-The Unionist, the printers trade paper, has been re- christened and issued in new and handy form. It will hereafter be known as the Printing Trades News, and will be published monthly.
 Providence, R. I.-Machinists have voted to demand nine-hour day and an increase of ten per cent. in pay, to take effect on June 1 of the present year. A schedule of ten hours a day is now in force among the machinists, and the pay ranges from two dollars to s3.25 day.
 New York.-The Postal Telegraph company announces an increase in wages of the company's chief opera tors and clerks. The increase in each case will be graded according to length of service, efficiency and re- sponsibility of position. It is in addi- tion to ten per cent. increase which was given to other employees March 1.
 St. Louis.-Tne brewery strike Is ended, the men have returned to work with more pay and shorter hours, and the beer famine which made St. Louis nervous with dread has been averted. Contracts for three years were signed by the representatives of the various breweries and the striking employees, and the strike was officially declared terminated.
 Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Engineers of the Delaware & Hudson railroad have been granted an increase in wages averaging about 15 per cent. The in- crease was asked several days ago. Ho Irir- 1f s1rlT are to get an increase of ten per cent. and of passenger locomotives about 20 per cent. The schedule will be announced later.
 Chicago.-The management of the Chicago City Railway company an- nounced that an increase over the present rate of wages of four cents per hour will be granted during the first six months of employment A further increase of one cent per hour during the second six months and of two cents for all time thereafter will be granted by the company.
 San Francisco.-School teachers have organized on the lines of the Chicago Teachers federation for the purpose of securing an increase in wages.
 Stamford, Conn A strike of Itali- an laborers employed in section gangs along the New York. New Haven & Hartford railroad, which began at Harlem river, increased in proportions until the number of men out was 400, and the strike had spread to this city. The trouble is over the demand of the men of an increase in the daily wage of 50 cents, the present schedule be- ing s150 day.
 Washington.-One state in Aus tralia celebrates the fifty-frst anni- versary of the establishment of the eight-hour work day, while another announces that hereafter A hours a week shall be the maximum on gov ernment work A reduction of four hours week in over half a century Is probably the most conservative showing in the world on the length of the working day. The Inland Prin- ter thinks it proves that with an eight-hour work day out of the way, the irritating question would be set ''~d for a generation or two"