The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-14


by philanthropic Colorado woman,
whose name is withheld, has caused
halt in plans for immediate building
of the Cummings memorial addition at
$4,000 cost. This addition as planned
will practically double the size of the
main building. The 100000 dona-
ton, however, is a nucleus to secure
cottages on the grounds for the fam
flies of inirm or aged inmates. The
constitution of the order will be
amended to admit of this innovation.
At present 125 families are interested.
This will admit of war on tuberculo-
sis that cannot be we'll waged now,
with close proximity of aged and sick
patients in one building. Tents are
used limitedly in fair weather, but
this is not permanent, as cottages
should be- A fund much larger than
the 800 900 may be secured by philan-
thropic donation, possibly for con-
struction and endowment of colleges.
New York-The question of a strike
of printing pressmen and press feed
ers in cities where recent demands Of
the union for an eighthour day, with
increased wages, have not been grant
ed, is now being decided by a refer
endum vote of the members of the In
ternational Pressmen's and Assist
ants union. The vote was ordered by
President George L. Berry, Of Cincin-
natl, following the completion of an
agreement entered into between the
New York locals and the New York
Printers league, comprising about so
firms Of employing printers, which be-
comes operative November 10, and
will last until January l, 1909. By the
terms Of this agreement the employees
will work eight hours a day and the
pressmen will receive an increase in
their wages of one dollar week,
making their wages $23. The feeders
signed a scale of SIG per week last
March and will not be affected fnan-
! cially.
New Orleans-About 500 longshore-
men and teamsters went on strike
here on the river front, when the
crews Of the Leyland line and Austro-
American line steamers started stow
/ ing cotton in vessels. The strike was
! expected, the steamship agents having
failed to make an agreement with the
cotton screw men. Other union labor
ers besides the screw men, longshore-
men and teamsters are interested and
1t is probable that 5000 men, repre-
senting practically every class of la
Dor along the river, will become in
volved.
Wheeling, w. Va.-Judge A. G. Day.
ton, in the federal court here sen
fenced John Beymer, striking tele
phone lineman, and his wife to &C
days for contempt of court. Some
time ago the court granted an injunc
ton against the strikers. Two days
later Beymer and his wife were ar
rested. Their offense consisted Of
calling nonunion men "scabs." Judge
Dayton scored labor unions for at
tempting to interfere with the right O.
man to work if he chooses.
Brockton, Mass-John F. Tobin, ma
tional president of the Boot and Shoe
Workers union, with which the w. l.
Douglass Co. had a working contract
has sent a letter to the striking last
ers of that concern announcing that
unless they went back to their places
Immediately they would be liable tC
fine and suspension from the union
The strike of $50 men followed the re
fusal of the company to recognize ar
officer of an independent organization
secretly formed.
Wabash, Ind.-The 200 employees Of
the Pioneer Hat factory walked out
pending an agreement on the new
schedule of prices. The hat factory
employees are the best paid Of any il
Wabash and the strike is severely felt
There is no attempt to make the plant
nonunion, but the men declared tt
work no longer unless the schedule de
cided upon by the union is signed
This Nathan Meyer, the proprietor
refused
ST. Louisville joint executive
i board Of the ST Louis Union of Retail
Clerks International association ha;
inaugurated a movement to enforce
/ the Sunday closing law against retail
Y stores in st. Louis and for the eight
T hour workday.
O Washington.-The percentages Q
the total number of strikes in the prir
=, cipal industrial states last year wer
i as follows: New York, 27.75; Penn
sylvania, 11.31; Illinois, 9.S6; Masss
d chusetts, 7.55, and Ohio, 500. OF tn
k strikers 25.12 per cent. of the tote
e were in Pennsylvania; 2115 in Me-
i York; 1881 in Illinois; s. SO in Obi
q and SIS in Massachusetts. In thes
states the greatest number Of loci
:, outs also occurred.
Sharon, Pa. = Three hundred tol
: mage employees of the South Share
i sheet mill Of the American Sheet an
Tinplate company have been informe
d of an increase in wages Of 2 per cent
effective Sept. l. The advance is in a
>, arrdaron nth The cIf5;ror