The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-15

the WORLD Of LABOR

ment of a defense fund.
The international marble work
ers' union while a small one, re.
presents an almost absolute or.
ganization of the craft.
Oriental immigration to Canada
for the past seven years is as
fellows: Cffielej Gal: Japanees.
s6S2. and Hindoos. 2906.
In Canada the boot and shoe
industry employs almost $4,000
wage M The annual wage
list amounts to s4,644,l71.
Horse shoers' union Of Boston.
Mass. has won its increased scale
for the current year. and all the
men have returned to work.
with Wheeling as headquarters.
officials OF the United Mine Work
ers are to conduct n vigorous re
organization campaign in West Vir.
ginia.
X. OF l.. iron Turing and met
allie fathers Of Boston. Mass, had
their wages increased recently from
AZ IL cents an hour to ~ "a cents
an hour.
Over six millions OF dollars were
paid out by organized labor in the
United States lae' year for sick and
death benefit. tool insurance, etc.
Los Angeles, Cal. Central Labor
Council has requested the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor to take
steps to unionize trades In that
city.
The international glove workers
association has voted to increase
its per capita tax to 20 per cent.
The purpose of the increase is to
organize unions In the smaller cit
les.
The 1900 coat tailors of Manhat'
tan. who went out on strike last sum
mer while members of the Brother
hood of Tailors, are to form a new
national organization Of tailors.
Judge Cockrane. In the United
States Court at Covington, Ky, re-
Gently upheld the law prohibiting
common carriers from discriminate
ing against labor organizations.
The Oklahoma State Federation
of Labor at its recent meeting
, adopted a resolution in favor OF
woman suffrage. and proposes to
make this a test question in sup
, porting candidates.
The Rhode Island State Fedora
ton Of Labor has petitioned the
|, members of congress for the enact
|, ment OF a law which would pro
|, hibit government bands competing
, with civilian bands.
!, An annual grant OF $50 has beer
/ voted to the British Columbia Anti
tuberculosis Society toward the
/. maintenance of the sanatoria by the
: Vancouver Trades and Labor Coun
> Gil.
, A universal price list and the gen
, eral eight.hour warkday in every sec
, ton of the United States and Can
, ada is the plan proposed by the Bos
ton, Mass, steel and copper plate
a. printers union.
, The Grand Lodge OF the Massa
chusetts Liquor League has ISSUED
> a set of resolutions against the prar
=, tice of reflling cigar boxes with Tia
union label on them with noii-uuioi
, made cigars.
As a result OF conferences h,l'
between the Boston and Maine Raj
road officials and the union 1900
employees in the freight, baggage
signal, switch and crossing depart
ments have secured an increase II
wages.
The fight started by the Missouri
Federation OF Labor against the pres
ent vicious system OF leasing con
=, victs in that state. is being taken u
by manufacturers, not only In Mis-
:, souri,, but In many other states.
II plans OF the union men In Mi
waukee. Wis. are carried out a ne,
. iahor organization will be formed
i 1t is to be composed of bell boys
porters, chambermaids. kitche'
workers and various other hel
around hotels.
; According to a German physician
v DR.. Horn, miners age so rapidly b.
cause OF their u%nhygenic surround
y ings, that they present all the al
poets OF senile decay at the & c
g fifty, beyond which few are abb
! to ply their vocation.
0 San Francisco. Cal, garment nal
ers' union that the r.
cent agitation In favor OF the ga