The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-30

Ottawa, Canada-The returns for
the four months of 1907 show total
immigration into Canada from all
sources of a little over $4,000, COM
pared with $4,000 for the first four
months of 1906.
Boston.-Boston upholsterers' union
53 won the first case of it's kind in
this city when Benjamin Scheinfein
appeared before Judge Wentworth in
the municipal court and on two counts
of coercion was fined $25 on each
count. He was charged with coercing
two employees of the Globe Upholster-
ing company, Barnett Rackoff and
Louis Leib, into verbal agreement
not to join labor union as condi-
ton of their continuing in his en-
ploy.
Washington.-A statistical report
just issued by the department of COM
merce and labor states that during the
25-year period from 1881 to 1905 there
were 36,757 strikes and 1876 lockouts
in the United States. The number of
persons who went on strike was
6,728,048, and those locked out num-
bered 1921. The total number Of
people thrown out of work because of
strikes and lockouts made total Of
9,529,434, and 80 per cent. of these
we're males, on whom others were de-
pendent.
Pittsburg, Pa.-The American Fed
| GRAFTON of Labor has not announced
definitely as to when organizers will
be sent into this field to launch the
| new body of brewery workers which
| it is proposed to place in the field
against the United Brewery Workmen,
who have been expelled from the Or
ganization. Despite reports to the
| contrary, 1t is learned on the best of
authority that the engineers and fire
mems unions are not at present max
ing any active campaign either. En-
gineers and firemen employed in the
breweries who are not members Of
either of these unions are being re-
| ceived as fast as they show disposi-
ton to come in, but no effort, as yet,
is being made to break up the brewery
| workers organization.
Colorado Springs, Col.-Secretary-
| Treasurer Brentwood, in his report to
the International Typographical con-
vention, shows that the collections
for the year ending May 81, 1907, have
reached the enormous total of 81 $780,,
| 304.91, and the expenditures $1,642,-
| 441.94, leaving balance in the treas
| ury of $296,862.97. There was also col
| lected during the same period, for the
support of the Union Printers home,
| $61 ,931.40. The secretary-treasurer
shows that the expenditures from the
| burial fund for the year reached the
sum of $39, 27O. The average age OF
| death of printers for the year was 46.7
years. 1t is proposed to build an ad-
dition to the Union Printers home,
and the fund for this purpose il. known
| as the Cummings Memorial fund.
There was in this fund on May 81,
| 1907, $12,91O44. This amount repre-
sents voluntary contributions by the
membership. The net cost of trans
| acting the general business of the or
ganization, excluding the conduct Of
| the eight-hour campaign, has been
only $16,026.63. The average cost per
member has been 37.78 cents; the av-
erage cost of officers salaries has
been 1902 cents. The total cost Of
the eight-hour campaign and its at
tendant strike up to May 81, 1907, is
shown by the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to
have been 1888 ,05S11. The receipts
| and disbursements of the information
al organization from 1891 to 1907 are
$4,934 ,318.56 and 1855, O37.21, respect
lively.
London, England.-Yorkshire Min
| ers' association resolved recently to
| apply for further advance of five per
cent. in wages
Victoria, B. C-The steamer Tartar
| brought advices from Toxic that five
| emigration companies have combined
| to fill an order for 5000 contract labor
ers, for which Canadian railway COM
| pany has made application for railway
| building work in British Columbia.
| indianapolis, Ind-For the first time
i'll the history OF coal mining in In
diana 300 miners were recently fined
| one dollar per day for eight days for
an unauthorized strike at Linton by
| their organization. The aggregate of
the fines, $4,000, will 60 to the Sum-
| NIT mine owners.
Reno, Nevada-The Carpenters un-
| ion has declared a strike against
the Reno Builders association because
they claim certain contractors are en-
deavoring to make Reno an open-shop
! town.
Pittsburg, pam increase of two
cents per hour has been granted to all
motormen and conductors of the Allie
gheny Valley Railway company. This
| will bring their wages to % cents per
hour.
New York.-The first general strike
in 12 years of the United Hatters of
America, involving about 10000 men
throughout the country, is now likely.
The strike will be called against the
open shop, which the National Fur
Felt Hat Manufacturers associations