The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-20

San Francisco.-It is believed that
If all the labor unions of this city were
to join in a common cause great
hospital could be erected and main
tanned at a comparatively small cost
per capita.
Wellington, N. 1.-The court of ap-
peals here has finally declared the
strike of the slaughter-house men and
their sympathizers Illegal. The men
who participated In it are, the court
holds, violating the award of the court
of arbitration, and may be fined or i'm
prisOned.
ST. Paul, Minn.-Articles of incorpo-
ration of the National Cooperative
mercantile company have been filed
with the secretary of state. The COM
pany has an authorized capital stock
of 100000 and it's headquarters are
to be in Duluth One of the incorpora-
tors is Morris Kapten of Duluth, who
has been prominently identified with
the striking miners of the iron range.
The new company is to be operated
in behalf of the miners, it is said.
st. Louis, Mo.-Because of the de-
lay of a telegram due to strike condi-
tions, Lawrence P. Daley is loser of
$4,000. A colt which was named
after him ran at Sheepshead bay. The
price was 40 to l. The trainer had
$500 of Daley's money with instruc-
tions to play it when the time was
right, the only proviso being that he
should receive Daley's consent. The
trainer wired Daley advising the bet.
The message was delayed until after
the race the colt won.
Chicago.-An appeal was sent to
President Samuel Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor to end
the dispute between the United Broth
erhood of Carpenters and the Amalga-
mated Woodworkers' union, which re-
suited in the strike of 700 carpenters
at the plant of the Brunswick-Balke-
Collendar company. The company
took no sides in the conflict, but suf-
fered great loss on account of the
fight within the unions themselves,
and this led to the appeal by Superfn-
tendent John c. Shank.
Boston.-Boston Cigarmakers' unions
financial report for the first six months
of this year shows that in that time 1t
paid for the advertising of the blue
label of the organization $6,6S7.59.
| shippers nearly the entire member
| ship of the union was idle, and S.
| 925.50 was paid for out-ofwork bene-
| fits. The donations voted to organiza-
tions amounted to $2,232.5O. OF that
sum $475 was given to the Moyer-Hay-
| wood defense fund, $500 to the cigar
makers of York. Pa, who were out on
! strike $3.50 to striking team drivers of
Boston, $500 to Belgium's cigarmakers
and 5000 to Boston Ladies' Garment
Workers on strike.
| Louisville, Ky.-President Henry
| Fischer of the Tobacco Workers
union, who makes his headquarters
here, has secured the adoption of a
resolution by the central labor body
of this city which, If it becomes eff
fective generally, will render strikes
upon public utilities impossible. The
resolution provides for arbitration of
all disputes between public utilities
companies and employees, and makes
| it compulsory when not voluntarily
agreed upon by the parties in the con-
troversy by making it part of all
ordinances conveying rights and priv
ileges to individuals or corporations
wishing to operate public utilities.
President Fischer believes that the
plan if adopted will work no hardship
to the unions involved and will pro-
tect the conveniences of the public.
New York.-The success of the Mis-
souri, State Federation of Labor in the
matter of obtaining the enactment OF
number of laws for the protection OF
the interests of labor has attracted q
great deal of attention in the east
New York.-To take effect October
1. it was announced an increase in
wages for Long island railroad tele
graph operators, of about five dollars
a month has been granted. Both tow
ermen and station agents are gamers
and many of the men who had been
promised an increase of eve dollars
will now receive an increase of ter
dollars. The increase is the result Of
recent conference between the rail
road. officials and a committee of the
telegraphers. The company also will
in future employ three men at eacl
tower, instead of two as at present
and there will be three shifts of eigh
hours each. A new block signal sys
TEN, said to be the invention of
Pittsburg man, is being tested on thu
road. By this system cartridge will
be exploded if an engineer fails to SCI
danger signal and attempts to rul
past it. The explosion also will recort
, on an indicator when an engineer ha
neglected to observe danger signal.
Jersey City, N. Women hav'
, started a novel organization. To es
tablish a school to instruct womel
: how and where to spend their none,
most beneficially for union labor will
be one of the features of the body, be