The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-04

labor in this city will give financial as
sistance to Frank MCGEE OF Worces-
ter, Mass, the national organizer of
the Foundrymen's union, in his appeal
from a fine of $500 by the city court
and six months in jail on each of four
counts for intimidation of nonunion
workmen. The trade council has sig
nifled its willingness to contribute from
81 900 to 81 500 toward McGee's de-
Tense. The arrest of MaGee grew out
Of a strike at local factory.
Chicago. = Apprehension spread .
through the town of Pullman when the
discovery was made public that the
Pullman company, whose great shops
constitute the chief industry, has been
steadily laying off men until the num-
Der of employees has been reduced by
5000. In the last three months the
working force of the car factories and
foundries have been cut down from
10000 to 1000, and thousands of idle
men walk the streets looking for
work.
San Francisco.-C. M. Schwab ad-
dressed a large gathering of the most
influential men of San Francisco in
! the boardroom of the merchants ex-
| change. The most important of the
direct statements made by Mr.. Schwab
! was that after looking the ground over
carefully he has decided not only to
continue the Union iron works, but to
modernize that shipbuilding and struc-
tural plant at a cost of 81 100000 or
more, and enlarge its capacity of out
put.
Sydney, Australia. A labor candt
date for vacant seat in the Austral-
ian parliament has hit upon novel
idea-"young age pensions" on the
ground that they are wise and mer-
ciful, and would be commercially
profitable to the commonwealth" He
adds that they would conduce to good
citizenship and enable the struggling
parents Of large families to bring up
their children decently and with credit
to themselves and the community"
London, Eng-The joint board of
the parliamentary committee of the
Trades Union Congress, the General
Federation of Trades Unions and the
Labor party Of Great Britain has is
sued a report on unemployment in
which it is recommended that trades
unions be urged to abolish overtime,
) and that where this is not wholly pos
sible, it be restricted to the narrowest
limits, and that when worked it be
penalized to the fullest extent
Rome, Italy.-Owing to the fact that
j public opinion is opposed to the pro
posal to declare a strike of railroad
men throughout Italy, and in view oil
the adoption by the government of ex
, tensive precautionary measures, it is
D now not believed that the leaders viii
D call upon the men TO engage in the
y general strike which had been threat
ened as a result of the recent trouble
among the railway employees at Milar
and Turin.
f Washington.-The Panama canal Of
= ficers have been asked to make {
S report to the war department or
: charges made in Spain that recruit
0 ing agents for the 1sthmian cana
work have deceived Spanish labor
ers to induce them to emigrate to the
n isthmus. One hundred and fifty Span
iards go to the isthmus now ever,
! week under the inducements Offered
y them by lie Roy Marks, labor agent 0
d the canal.
San Francisco-Brewery Workers
= union is discussing a proposition t
y procure a site for the erection of
lie brewers hall.
o London, Eng-Within the space o
1 three years the British National Sc
Is ciety of Operative Printers Assist
ants has been able to establish 1
= branches, solid footing being OF
tanned in each Of the three Kingdoms
IS and the provincial propaganda
a, actively maintained. The Englis
IS provincial branches are being aus
u mented by foundations in Bath, Bril-
- toll, Birmingham and Cardiff; tn
s Glasgow branch is to have sister O
"a CARNATIONS in Edinburgh, Aberdee
" and Dundee, while new branches ar
y in course of formation in Belfast, Cor
al and other Irish towns
IS London, Can.-This city will hav
- a labor candidate for the mayoralt,
- Eau Claire, Wis.-The boiler maker
N of this division Of the Omaha, /
eh Gated in the shops at Altoona, wel
IN on strike They were getting {
he cents an hour, but struck for 40 Tt
oy company offered to compromise on
basis of 41h cents an hour, whic
the boiler makers refused. Stril
breakers have now been brought 1
~ but this action has thus far occasiont
a no trouble. The strike interfered wit
as the train service, as shorter trail
es have had to be run.
Ct London. Eng.-The biggest collie,
L. strike which Great Britain has see
ia was the South Wales strike in 1ss
De The strike was started by the DO,
g. who acted as haulers at one of Il
az principal collieries suddenly thrown
u up their work. One hundred tho