The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-10-18


by a philanthropic Colorado woman,
whose name is withheld, has caused
a halt in plans for immediate building
of the Cummings memorial addition at
$4,000 cost This addition as planned
will practically double the size OF the
main building. The 100000 dona-
tion however, is nucleus to secure
cottages on the grounds for the fam
lilies of infirm or aged inmates. The
constitution of the order Will be
amended to admit of. this innovation.
At present 125 families are interested.
This will admit of war on tuberculo-
sis that cannot be we'll waged now,
with close proximity of aged and sick
patients in .one building. Tents are
used limitedly in fair weather, but
this is not permanent, as cottages
should be- A fund much larger than
the 100000 may be secured by philan-
thropic donation, possibly for con-
struction and endowment of colleges.
New York.-The question of strike
of printing pressmen and press feed
ers in cities where recent demands OF
the union for an eight-hour day, with
increased wages, have not been grant
ed, is now being decided by refer
endum vote of the members of the In
ternational Pressmen's and Assist
ants union. The vote was ordered by
President George L. Berry, of Cincin-
natl, following the completion of an
agreement entered into between the
New York locals and the New York
Printers league, comprising about 30
firms of employing printers, which be-
comes operative November 10, and
will last until January 1, 1909. By the
terms of this agreement the employees
will work eight hours a day and the
pressmen will receive an increase in
their wages of one dollar a week,
making their wages $23. The feeders
signed scale of SIG per week last
March and will not be affected finan-
cially
New Orleans.-About 500 longshore-
men and transfers went on strike
here on the river front, when the
crews of the Leyland line and Austro-
American line steamers started stow
ing cotton in vessels. The strike was
expected, the steamship agents having
failed to make an agreement with the
cotton screw men. Other union labor
ers besides the screw men, longshore-
men and Transfers are interested and
it is probable that 5000 men, repre-
senting practically every class of Ia
Dor along the river, will become in
volved.
Wheeling, w. Va.-Judge A. G. Day
ton, in the federal court here SEN
fenced John Beymer, striking tele-
phone linaman, and his wife to 60
days for contempt of court. Some
time ago the court granted an injunc-
ton against the strikers. Two days
later Beymer and his wife were ar
, rested. Their offense consisted of
calling nonunion men 'scabs." Judge
Dayton scored labor unions for at
tempting to interfere with the right of
man to work if he chooses.
Brockton. Mass.-John F. Tobin, ma
tional president of the Boot and Shoe
Workers union, with which the w. L.
| Douglass Co. had a working contract,
has sent a letter to the striking last
ers of that concern announcing that
unless they went back to their places
| fine and suspension from the union.
The strike of $50 men followed the re-
fusal of the company to recognize an
officer of an Independent organization
! secretly formed.
Wabash, Ind.-The 200 employees of
| the Pioneer Hat factory walked out
| pending an agreement on the new
schedule of prices. The hat factory
employees are the best paid of any in
| Wabash and the strike is severely felt.
There is no attempt to make the plant
nonunion, but the men declared to
work no longer unless the schedule de-
cided upon by the union is signed.
| This Nathan Meyer, the proprietor,
refused.
st. Louis.-The joint executive
board of the st. Louis Union of Retail
Clerks International association has
inaugurated movement to enforce
the Sunday closing law against retail
| stores in ST. Louis and for the eight
hour workday.
Washington.-The percentages OF
the total number of strikes in the prin
cipal industrial states last year were
as follows. new 1Ofk, 900, rem
sylvania, 11.31; Illinois, 9.S6; Massa
chusetts, 7.55, and Ohio, 500. OF the
strikers 25.12 per cent. of the tota
were in Pennsylvania; 21.15 in New
York; 1881 in Illinois: 6. &c in Ohio
and 5.25 in Massachusetts. In these
states the greatest number of lock
outs also occurred.
Sharon, Pa. Three hundred ton
mage employees of the South Sharon
sheet mill of the American Sheet ant
Tinplate company have been informed
of an increase in wages of 2 per cent.
effective Sept. 1. The advance is in &C
cordance with the sliding scale, and il
is said that all the sheet workers
in the employ of the United State:
Steel corporation are affected.