Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-06
LABOR NEWS.

i LABOR NEWS.
Minneapolis and ST paul. Mimi,
Carpenters Union have succeeded in
Preaching satisfactory adjustment or
matters concerning both unions IN the
Midway district Minneapolis ear.
pcntcrs will receive the St Paul scale
when working in that territory. and
no further trouble is looked for.
Cigarmakers of Minneapolis Minn
will try the plan OF organizing n bank
ing system on Il small scale. To- handle
the funds of the union and Individual
members. They have been encouraged
to this step by the operations of a
loan fnnd which thN established some
time ago.
Under tho name OF the Producers
ana Consumers International Equity
Union ana Cooperative Exchange. a
central body has boon formed ut Chi.
cago on such broad lines that all pres
eht organizations among the farmers
can affiliate with IT,
Under tho new law which has lust
zone into effect in Massachusetts il "a
unlawful for any person or corporate
10 require an cmployc to work on sun.
u'y unless the omplovc Is allowed
,wehtylour consecutive hours without
amor curing the six weeks ensuing.
A vigorous protest Is Icing made
ny inc Melbourne (Australia) Trades
nan council against the Colonial
sugar refining Company being per
inittei 10 import contract labor while
plenty of willing workers can no oil
tanned in Australia for tho sugar
fields.
Al recent meeting of The BOARD
Tor Trustees of The Printers Homo
heid IN Colorado Springs. CAL action
was taken whereby Tho Homo win
come INTO The possession of sl00000
the slii of Il woNH, nhlanthfopist. 10
establish nm endowment fund for Tho
care OF dependents. who bv illnosn or
advancing years. are not able 10 pro
v'de FOR themselves. This rift will
double the capacity OF tho Home.
lhc wage committee Of the Amnlrn.
mated Window GlasRworkcrs ana
committee representing The manufac
tnrers in the window glass Industry
throughout the country were IN con.
terence recently at Cleveland. O. over
new wage scale Tho conference ,o.
lNulted IN Il deadlock and final adjourn.
meni was taken without ii boinr
nroKen. The president of the Manu-
ihc'urers Association sent ont n no
tlcr calling for a II 10 per cent. chi
IN the prevailing wage scale.
massachusetts has lnen leader In
legislation designed To improve tho
} condition of the workingman Her
INST great contribution Ia the couso
oil labor was The Incorporation Do.
cember 9Th 1916 of the proyidont In.
sututlon for Savings IN The town M
Boston. the first chartered American
savings bank Today. with n nonula.
tion of little more than 3.O0o 0oo hor
savings banks hold I.9OS37S sepnroto
deposit accounts agggcgatlng SC9i.-
IvHLlll' the average account being
S'od.'o' tribute TO the thrift OF hon
geenrncrs
Tile labor situation is causing Tho
western railroad manaeemcnts n
great deal of measiness. In various
parts OF the West. different labor or.
sanizations are making demands for
increased wages, and on one rond Mt
least there is imminent danger of n
switchmen's strike. 1t seems certain
from the present attitude of the gen
eral managers, that no labor organi.
zation need expect an increase in
wages until the cost OF materials and
railway operations ceases to advance
and the roads have practically decided
to stand strike or strikes rather than
to grant any demand for further in.
creases in wages.
The trade argument between the
United brotherhood of Carpenters ana
Jomers of America and the Amalea.
mated Society of Carpenters is stnl
unsettled This question has been be
iorc the members of both organlza-
tons for the past two or three years.
ana year or so ago II wa sthoueht
terms of amalgamaton had been
agreed upon. one hitch in the anal.
gamation proposition has been which
name the consolidated organization