Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-27

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1876.
Negotiations between the British
Columbia Electric Railway Company
aud it's employees over Il new wage
scale have hccn completed ana con
tract for th.ec years entered into.
Under tho new agreement conductors
and motormen on entering the service
of the company viii receive 20 cents
an hour: this rate to be advanced to
% cents ut the expiration of three
months. After six months service
the advance will be IL cents an
hour
The 81 unions of the Carpenters
District Council of Greater Boston.
Mass. have begun considering MS TO
whether or not additional requests for
May | OF next year will be made. Tho
agreement with the bosses calls for
six months notice of any desire to
change.
The Chinese coolies who were I'M
ported to Japan in connection with
the construction of the Kagoshima ana
l1ig railways have been dismissed.
ana It Is likely that they will he re-
turned to China at the expense of the
contractors who imported them I'm vio-
latlon of law.
The Secretary Of Commerce ana In.
bor will shortly call Il meeting of the
trustees and committees under them
who are to establish the foundation
for the promotion of Industrial peace.
The Secretary regards the work In.
vOlvcd In carrying to contamination
the idea of President Roosevelt In
creating ut Washington n tribunal
that will boar the same relation to
Internal Industrial peace that Tho
Hague tribunal bears to International
peace. as among the most important
with which 1t Is his duty to deal.
Secretary Strauss. of the Depart.
ment OF Commerce aud Labor, has de-
termined to establish national en-
ployment bureau. This Is not the
name that Secretary Strauss gives
to II, hut his description of the thing
leaves no doubt that a national en-.
ploymcnt bureau will he substantially
its scope. Mr. Strauss calls his en-
tcrprise the Information Bureau of the
Department Of Labor and Commerce.
The information aimed to dispense Is
of the same kind that Is dispensed by
the fscc employment lurenus of Mas.
sachusctts. Illinois and other states,
Within the space of three years the
British National Society of Operative
Printers Association has been able
to establish fourteen branches. solid
footing being obtained in each Of the
three Kingdoms and the provincial
propaganda is actively maintained.
The British provincial branches are
hciug augmented by foundations in
Bath. Bristol, Birmingham and Car.
diIf; the Glasgow banch Is to have
sister organizations IN Edinburgh.
Aberdeen and Dundee. while new
branches are In course of formation
In Belfast, Cork and other Irish cen
tcrs.
The question of national railway
strike Is lncoming the leading tonic
in England. The officials of the
Analgamated Society OF Railway
Servants. the railroad workers or
eaniza,on. are hoping that public sell
tmcnt will force the railroad directors
TO recognize the union and to consent
to arbitration. The referendum OF
the railway workers closes October
%. but. ii dcclarcd. the strike IL not
likely To occur before November. Tho
officials of the Society of IocomoTTse
Firemcn and Engineers are reported
to be opposing the movement for n
strike.
The United States Bureau of Cen.
sus has recently published report on
shipbuilding. The statistics Included
in this bullentin cover the calendar
yea 1901. According TO these Stats.
tics, 1897 establishments exclusive
of those conducted hv the government.
were engaged In iron and steel or
wooden shipbuilding The combined
capital of these establishments was
St2l,623,7OO. They employed on an
average. .T5i wage eancrs. paid
S29.24l ,0S7 in wages. used mnteriais
costing S37,463 .i7o and manufactured
products which, Including repair work.
wee valued at sS2.76o,2aa.
The Cannock Chase miners have
resolved to terminate all contracts II
the 1000 non-unionists, out of All
aggregate OF $4,000 men do not join
the Miners Federation. 1t is thought
that the mon will rush to join the
union and thus avert a Strike against
non-unionism.
The various locals of the lntorna
tiOnal Association of MachInisls and