The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-04
WITH THOSE WHO LABOR.
Review Of Weeks Work Among Me
ehanies and Arteslans.

to form a state council of carpenters.
At the close Of 1905 the building
trades in Germany nal 2G653 union
members.
In Prussia railroad employees mrst
have no affilia ion with sos!eues op'
posing law and order.
In Canada ,hn violation CT tram
rules has a penalty nf slo0 or imOr's-
onment for three months.
In Spain operating employees OF
railroads must give IL iajs notice or
their Intention of quitting
1t is announced that ia :ae spring
the Polish agricultural workers VIII
begin a great strike against the Ger
man land owners.
Almost etery labor union in Mil
waukee, Wis, Will OH May l present
demands for an eigh. hour day and in
creased pay.
In Great Britain railroad employees
are liable to special punishment by
their strict laws aglinst mtuAicalon
while on duty.
Johannesburg. Sou.h Afr!ca's unom-
ployed are making their presence
known by daily professions through
the streets of that city.
In Australia persons and organiza'
tions are forbidden under severe
punishment to engage in a strike on
account of an industrial dispute.
Boston, Mass. Cigarmakers Union
has added local sum to the 50 per
week out of work benefit paid by the
international to all unemployed mem
bers
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers'
international Union will in June sub
nit to the local unions for another re-
erendum vote on the question of affili'
ating with the A. f. of l..
San Francisco, Cal, Gas Workers
Union has not had raise in wages
for three and a half years. a new
scale will be put into effect jury l.
No trouble is expected.
According to the opinion of promi-
nent labor leaders, the most satisfac-
tory employment of convict labor
would be on the building OF public
highways and the reclamation Of state
lands
In Germany railroad employees work
10 and II hours a day on a monthly
average: that is, they may work long
er hours and consecutiyely, but the
average must not be greater than the
above.
Some of the Washington, ID. G., Ia
lpr leaders are much interested in
forming women's trades unions ana
in establishing auxiliaries to ther To-
Gals. which are to be composed OF
members Of the fair sex.
Employees OF the Southern Railway
who smoke cigarettes must quit or
quit their jobs. This is the edict that
has gone forth, and 1t affects every
body from the president OF the road
on down to the messenger boy.
A strike has been declared at the
Portland, Ore, lumber mills owing TO
the refusal of the employers to grant
raise in wages and to shorten the
hours. The men demand $3.50 for a
nine-hour day. They have been re-
ceiving sl75 for ten hours.
Labor unions of Cleveland, o., have
n new scheme to build their Labor
Iemple. To add to the amount al
ready raised 1t is proposed to have
individual unions subscribe for GER
tain number Of shares of stock eacn
month.
The Grand Trunk has arranged for
10000 English, Irish, Scotch ana nus
sian laborers to emigrate to the Cana
dian Northwest to be employed III the
building of the new road Even then
1t is said, labor will be scarce and
wages high
The average union scale of the
Amalgamated Association Of Street
and Electric Railway Employees Is 23h2
cents an hour, the average service day
a fraction less than 10 hours, anu the
average number of days worked q
year 300.
The High Court of New South
Wales has ruled that the Railway En-
ployes' Association cannot be register
ed under the Federal arbitrauon acl
on the grounds that the act, SO far as
it purports 70 apply to state railway
servants, is invalid.
The British Government proposes tC
send commission to Australia to in
quire on the spot into the effects oi
the Wages Board and compulsory ar
bitration acts in Australia and New
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