Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15
IN THE LABOR WORLD.

Recent news from Germany points to
the certainty that 1907 will be the year
ct great loc@outs in that country.
The International Photo Engravers
union has signed a iye-year arbitration
association.
! 1t is officially announced that the total
cost of the American Federation of La
! boris political campaign last fall in the
congressional contest was SSl4T.l&
Preparations are being made for the
seventeenth annual convention Of the Ma
tioaal Brotherhood of Operative potters.
to he held at East Liverpool, O., next
month.
There Is at present great dearth of
telegraph operators throughout the west.
and number of the railroads have es-
tahished employment agencies III an eff
fort TO secure men,
The daily return fare for thirty-one
miles paid by a workman in Belgium is
ia cents. and fares for shorter ar longer
distances are proportiouatcly cheap. As
a result. 100000 industrial workers live
in the country, although employed IN the
towns.
\ plan Which cuntcmpintrs suppaut-
ing negro plantation lahorrrs cf LOUISE
ana with state imported white immj-
grants has been announced by Charles
Schiller. state commissioner of immgrO-
ton and agriculture.
The National Farmers Education aud
cooperative Onion has organized its first
branch in Oregon, in the Hudson Bay
country. with membership of fourteen.
1t is expected 10 organize unions in var
ious other parts of the state in the near
future.
The governor general of the Balti.
provinces has received from Russian col
oniSts in Rrazil Il letter complaining of
the difficult position of the colonists and
the unfair treatment OF them by the
Brazilmns. and asking him 10 prohibit
further emigration To the South Amcrl-
can republic.
There is a feature of the British work,
mems compensation act, which is to come
into force July !. that shows the thor
oughness Of the legislation secured
through the efforts of the labor members
Of Parliament. Not only does the act
provide for the payment of indemnity To
mechanics and laborers in eases of dam
age by accident. but domestic servants
also are included in the protected classes.
The engine drivers and fremen on the
Great Western railroads. who for long
time past have been making futile de-
mands for increased pay and better con.
ditiuns of work, recently went out on
! strike and the engineers and fremcn of
all the other railroads in the republic de-
cided 70 60 out in sympathy.
| Mrs. Perry Starkweather Of Mime
npols has been made special woman la
! Dor inspector for Minnesota. The posi-
! ton was provided for in bill passed by
! the last Legislature. There are 10000
| women employed in shops and factories
| in Minnesota, and Mrs Starkweathcr's
task will Ice to look out for their welfare
! She was largely responsible for tie crea-
! ton Of the office having drawn up the
bill aud worked for It's passage
4 commission appointed by the federal
| government at the suggestion of the Ma
| tional Civic Federation to inquire into
the extent and menace of child labor has
organized with the following officers
Chairman, Ellison 4. Smyth of pezer. $.
c., president Of the Sontheru Cottoa
Manufacturers association; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Sarah s. Plat Decker Of Den
yer, president Of the General Federation
of W0mun's clubs; secretary. William H.
Wilson, CongresSnan-elect from penusyt-
wanna, ana secretary of the United Mine
! Workers of America. 4 number Of other
men and women equally well known are
| included among the members of the ex-
aCutivc committee of the commission