Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-05

reported IndC It's once at GOldneld,
New, was closed and would remain
closed at night time hereafter until
proper protection could be afforded it's
operators. The service to Goldfield
was suddenly broken and it was re-
ported that a delegation of miners
had called upon Operator Shiveley
and ordered him to leave town imme-
diately While the Western Union
has not been definitely informed re-
garding Shiveley's movements, they
believe that both the operator and his
wife obeyed the order of the miners.
Valleyfeld, Quebec-The Montreal
Cotton company, whose 1900 employees
went out on strike for an increase of
ten per cent. in wages, announces that
it will refuse to accede to the demand
of the men, and is prepared to close
the mill.
Cleveland, O.-With the view of
further Strengthening the Information
al holders union, the organization has
adopted considerable constructive leg
islation, and has made some radical
changes in its constitution. Chief
among these is the increase in the
fees from % to 4S cents per week
By this means an addition to the
strike fund, which will amount to over
200 per cent, will be made While
thus clearing the decks for action in
the event of strikes the association
has gone on record as favoring concil-
iation and conferences between en-
ployer and employee.
London, England-One of the most
serious situations in the shipbuilding
trade in many years has arisen as a
result of the sudden strike of the
calkers in the yards of the Armstrong
Whiteworth company in Newcastle.
The Shipbuilders' Employers asso,
citation ordered lockout of $4,000
platers, riveters, calkers and unskilled
laborers, and bulletins to this effect
were posted in the shipyards in Bar
row, in all the yards along the Tyne
and the Clyde, and in Belfast. The
lockout is to begin August "a.
Hot Springs, Ark.-The fifty-third
annual convention of the Information
meet next year in Boston. The meet
ing is universally pronounced the most
important yet held. A resolution was
adopted approving and referring to a
referendum vote plan for pensioning
members over 60 years of age who
have been in the union for 20 years.
and are disabled from earning a live
lihood The amount of the benefits is
to be four dollar per week This is
the same proposition which Joseph ].
Dirks of st. Louis so strongly urged
at the previous convention.
Chilicothe, Mo. = The Burlington
Railroad company was found guilty of
charge of violating the eight-hour
Geographic law and was fined 5000 by
Justice Grail. An appeal was taken
This is the first conviction obtained
under the law passed at the last SEES
sion of the legislature and which rail
roads declare conflicts with a federal
statute
Pittsburg. Republic Iron and
Steel company and the Western Bar
Iron association have agreed to the
scale approved by the board of con
Citation and the agreement between
the Amalgamated Association and the
few days.
Cincinnati.-The latest addition to
the Cincinnati labor organization is
the Mixers union, which has re-
ceived charter from the American
Federation of Labor. 1t is composed
of men who do the actual work in
supplying the city with milk.
Pittsburg. Reconciliation as a meth
of of settling disputes between capital
and labor was given another boost
by the final settlement of the wage
scale of the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. When
the two wage scale committees could
not agree it was decided to submit
the whole matter to arbitration. A
board was chosen and went into ses-
sion about three weeks ago at Cam
bridge Springs. The arguments sub
mitted by the workers had the most
weight with the arbitrators and the
uCSlolOu was Hudlly rendered IN tlGlr
favor.
Boston-One of the most sweeping
labor decisions rendered in Massachu-
sets was handed down by Judge Gas.
kill of the superior court. He holds
that labor union has a right to fine
any member who does not accede to
the demand of the union and quit
work in an establishment where
strike is in progress.
Ottawa, Canada.-A regulation has
just gone into effect in Canada which
prohibits the employment of children
under ID years of age in factories I'M
der any conditions. The age previous
ly fixed was 10 years.
Scranton, Pa.-The Harvey silk
mills have entered into an agreement
with their striking girls to give them
a nine-hour day, with a Saturday half
holiday the year around. This makes
only two hours a week more than
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