The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-03-29

Portsmouth. O.-The street car
strike, inaugurated two weeks ago.
was settled, and all employees returned
to their places.
st. Louis.-The Central Trades and
Labor union reports an average in
crease of ten per cent. in wages for
the past year.
Portsmouth, O.-Seventy-five men
employed at the Portsmouth steel
plant went on strike because the fore
man rode on a street car against their
protests.
Superior. Wis.-Seventy riveters at
the Superior Shipbuilding company's
plant went out on strike, demanding
"A nine hour day with Saturday after
moons off and an increase of wages.
Pittsburg. Kan.-The blacksmiths.
machinists and boilermakers of the
Kansas City Southern railway COM
pany were granted an increase in
wages amounting to two cents an
hour.
Chicago.-Retail clerks. in big
meeting recently, voted to demand a
nine-hour day, with double pay for
overtime. Clerks in the smaller stores
say they are working now from 20 to
rs hours weekly.
Lorain, O.-Between $50 and 400
men. members of Iron Ship Builders
local No. $50, went on a strike at the
yards of the American Shipbuilding
company. They want the eight-hour.
day and a general incease of ten per
cent in wages.
Bay City. Mich.-Carpenters and
ioiners of this city have made de-
mand for an increase of pay from 35
to 40 cents per hour to take effect
May /. The contractors announce
that they will not grant the demand,
and If the carpenters attempt to strike
they will keep up the fight until the
open shop is established here. The
carpenters are said to have decided
to strike, and that they will turn con-
tractors in an effort to GUST the men
who are now the employers.
Cleveland, O.-Machinists have re-
ceived news from Toledo that the
strike at the Pope plant which has
been in progress for several months,
was settled during the past week sat
isfactorily to the union. Locally, the
machinists are making fine progress
in building up a powerful organization.
The announcement that demand for
the nine-hour day will be made the
coming summer is attracting large
numbers of journeymen to the union
banner.
Philadelphia.-The differences be.
tween the Pennsylvania railroad and
its trainmen, which for time threat
ened to precipitate strike, were set
tied at conference. Concessions
were made by both sides. The train
men demanded the Pittsburg rate of
pay and conditions of working in all
yards east of Pittsburg and Erie, and
the railroad agreed to extend the
rates to within radius of about As
miles of Pittsburg. The annual in
crease in wages, it Is stated, will
amount to $1,S30,O00.
Washington-In explanation of his
action in Diminishing Al employees in
the mail bag repair shop, Postmaster
General CortelyOu issued statement
in which he says in consequence 141
employees, or almost the entire re-
naming force, will receive promo
tons. He declares that the earning
power of the employees had been grad
ually reduced in the last ten years,
and that employees will be paid daily
wages instead of by the piece. The
force, he adds. has been too large,
and oftentimes those employed had to
be furloughed.
Bloomington, Ill.-The new sched-
ule of pay and working regulations
for engineers, following the recent
conference in Chicago, was announced
by the Chicago & Alton. Passenger
engineers will receive four dollars
per 100 miles and freight engineers
$4.65. Switch engineers at Chicago,
East ST. Louis and Kansas City will
receive 1915 per day of ten hours
and at other points $3.50. This is a
uniform increase of ten per cent.
Wash1ngton.-Organ labor has
asked congress to institute an investi-
cation into all of the circumstances
attending the arrest in Colorado of
Charles II. Meyer, William d. Hay
wood and George f. Pettibone, Off
GERS of the Western Federation of
Miners, and their deportation to
Idaho to stand trial on charges of
completely in the murder of ex-Gov.
Frank Steunenberg. A petition asks
for the enactment of such laws and
measures as may be required to
redress the grievous wrongs commit
ted against Meyer. Haywood and Pet
tibone, and to safeguard and protect
lied kidnapping and deportations by
administrative order in the future"
Cleveland, O-The federal grand
jury recently returned indictments
against eight contracting companies
and firms, on the charge of violating
the eight-hour labor law, in connec.
ton with government work in that
federal district.