The Forrest City times., 1907-01-11

[ Boston Secretary Cable says tha. 1 the international officers of the Coop. CTS union have been working hand in hand with President Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor 1 in electlng trades union men to con- gress.
 | Deadwood, s. D.-The Terry Peak l Miners union has given the mine op- orators until January to grant an 1 eight-hour day The Mine and Mill mems union of Deadwood has made a l demand for an eight-hour day Terry i Peak union controls the Bald noun tain district Four companies from this district operate mills in Dead- wood.
 Boston.-Textile operatives in New England received as their Christmas present larger share of the prosper fly which the mill industry has en- joyed for the last year. Advances of | , to 10 per cent. were announced by large number of companies, and it is expected that by January 1 wages will have been advanced in practically every factory village and city in New England.
 New Yerk-More than sl3,000 was distributed among the 400 employees of the New York Stock Exchange. This amount represents the annual collec- tion among the members of the ex- change to be given as Christmas bonuses to the men employed in the exchange. This years bonuses were slightly less than those distributed i last year, when more than $14 ,000 was collected
 New York.-OfHcials Of the Long Island railroad signed an agreement with representatives of their yardmen i by which the latter will receive an in- crease from the present wage scale of from 31a to 4 F cents per hour This 1 action removes the Long Island road as factor in the demand for a five cents an hour increase which the roads involved agreed to submit to ar. btration.
 Cincinnati.-A number of Cincinnati members of the local typograhpicai union who have been eommunicants of the Methodist church for years have
 Withdrawn from that church The
 reason is alleged hostility shown to
 union labor by the Methodist church
 printing concerns. If the church does
 not recognize the rights of union men
 We will all leave it said a labor lead.
 CT We have waited four years for
 the church to do something; now we
 feel it is our turn"
 ton.-lnternational Vice PresI
 dent James Duncan, of the A. F. of L.. at the seamen's convention banouet. referring to President Roosevelts mes- sage, declared that organized labor
 wanted no shooting gallery annex to the public schools, that it for one ob- Jected to having it's ten-year-old boys made acquainted III the public schools
 with the system of destruction of hu- man life and property. He said labor
 was the greatest force today toward international arbitration of all dis putes, instead of settlement by force of arms.
 Terre Haute. Ind.-The primary steps to the formation of the present American Federation of Labor were inspired by P. J. Mcclure, then of St. Louis, later general secretary-treas- urer of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, who died recently. From i letters addressed by him to various la. l bor organizations preliminary meet ing was held here August 2, 1881 Only a small representation was present at that meeting, but the foundation was 1 Ia id nh bau ,Io proportions of 2,000, 900 members and adherents.
 Cambridge, Mass.-Frank Lloyd, of this city, has been elected interna- 1 tional president of the Bill Posters and Billers' union. The place for the next convention, desired Tn Boston by the local union. will be settled by referendum vote
 Chicago-The Federation of Labor has begun a crusade to advance the cause of unlonism. Meetings are held upon the corners of prominent streets, | addresses are made, songs are sung and collections are taken up among the crowds to help the local strikers.
 Chicago.-The first attempt of labor i 10 boycott d CHuItH Is Sdiu tb De under contemplation by the Fedora 1 tion of Labor The radical measure is 1 being planned against the Methodist i Episcopal denomination at the request of Typographical union No. 1G. which l is waging a fight to compel Methodist publishing houses to establish a closed shop. President Edwin R. Wright of the union said the proposed attack on the church will be of far reaching extent It is under consider ation, he said. to ask every member of union to resign from the church until the demands of the union are satisfied.
 Springfield, Hl-The Illinois su- 1 preme court confirmed fines and i'm prisonment sentences Imposed on Mi- chael Flannery, John NJ. Shea, Charles
 F. Woerner and Harry Brown. They 1 were sentenced for violating an in.