Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-01-12
IN THE LABOR WORLD.

Efforts are being made to ideye Il hill
passed IN Nevada making the first Mon
DAY IN september Labor day.
After strike of two months the work
erS IN the shipyards at TERM, Italy. have
Won thelr demands, including shorter
workduy.
Twelve hours in winter and fourteen
IN summer was fair average aay's
work in the Sixteenth century.
The International CigarmakcrS' union
reports S1o0.0O0 In its treasury. The
members pay the highest dues of any
union in the country.
\ labor party has been formed in To.
klo, Japan. and Il strong manifesto has
been issued declaring that the existing
labor conditions are dcporahle.
1t is estimated that 10000 men wufns
employed in a car-huiding plant which
Is to cost St.o0OOm, with a capital If
Sl1,oOo,WU. 70 be located at Hammond
Ind
Carpenters in New York city in 1886
were paid 5000 Il day and worked fifty
three hours week. They now receive
$3.50 n day aud work forty-four hours
week
Three Baltimore firms against whom
papers OF injunction We're filed for the il
legal use of the United Garment Work
ers of America label are unioni6ing their
factories.
The International brewery Workers
are going ia strive TO prevent the EN-.
ployment of children in the bottling
works of breweries in Milwaukee and
st. Louis.
Probably the first protest ever made in
the United States against convict labor
was in the form of resolution adopted
ut convention of mechanics held in
Utica, \. Y, in 1884.
The Womaus Trade Union league Of
Great Britain is now upon n solid foun-
datiou and is steadily growing in mum
bcrs and influence The increase in mcm-
bership during the year just closed was
more than l1,o00.
The long standing trouble between the
New York. New Haven n Hartford rail
road and its engineers over the question
of wages is at nm end, the engineers
having agreed to accept scale of wages
submitted by the company
The recent action of the postoflicc de-
partment in filming two railway u4ajl
clerks in Spokane for public criticism of
a railway Is resulting IN an organized
effort among the clerks to secure the
Fright at freedom of speech.
Members Of the independent Labor
| party in the Iransyaal are pledged To
| oppose every candidate ~ the co:aiug
elections who does not promise to endeav
or to secure for the people a fair share
of toe total profits of the mines,
\ statute prohibiting the employment
Of q child under 10 years of age longer
than ten hours IA any one day ms bees
declared by the Oregon supreme court to
be au entirely valid and proper exercise
Of the police powers of the state,
Omciais of the trades unlonS of San
Francisco, the labor papers Of Caifor-
mia and public officials are All authority
for the statement that there are more
than enough workers of all clusses IN
san Francisco TO supply the demand
Japanese papers are urging their coun-
trymcn &C. give MP going TO san Francis
60 and the Pacific coast and turn To
South America. Brazil gives greater IA
cilities tn japanese than 10 other races.
while Chill holds ont special induce
mcuis.
In Austria the factory law has been
twenty wears in existence. II has been
amended Gully IN sumc minor points
During 400 Parliament enactefi "a law
providing for the establishment of sun
dag rest al shop assistants. old age
and Invahdlty insurance for Workmeu Is
being uellated.
The Indoo coolies problem has now
heromc of great import ia western Cana
da. The government has sent an agent
| from the immigration department Ia
Vancouver and Victoria 10 Investigate.
Hundreds are arriving. and IL is said
that 10000 are now oamped dt Hong
Kong, awaiting transportation To- I5rt1sh
Columbus
The Amagmuatcd Society Of Railway
Servants, representative Of all the rail
way trades unions in the utcd King
dom. haF formulated a national pro
trTu O. Demands lao