The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-06-28


TAsrs are s,5aonno sailed labeFe~ Il
Germany earning ees~ses IL eenss sad u
cents : dsY,
A recent ruling makes Fargo N. d.
unions eligible to membership in the Mia
nesots State Federation.
In Harrisburg. III. there are eight
mills usiag the union label Of the Floul
and Cereal Min Workers Union.
| All the road roller engineers are nov
in the hosting and portable engineers
union by an international decision.
Union men at Toronto, Canada, assert
England TO take the places Of the strik-
ers.
Horseshoers employed by the city OF
Boston have been granted the 1907 wage
scale Of Boston Journeymen Horseshoers'
Union.
labor and capital love feast to take
place on July is being arranged by a
number of labor leaders and business men
of Chicago.
Eight hundred union BARRIERS in Chi
eago have been granted a new schedule OF
wages and working conditions by their
employers.
The Provision Trades Council of Chi
cago and vicinity represents more than
$4,000 individuals employed producing
or handling provisions.
A new organization of vehicle painters
has been organized at Chicago. 1t is
known as the Chicago Carriage, Wagon
and Auto Painters Union.
On and after Oct. / the members OF
the Operative Plasterers' Union of Bos-
ton, Mass, will receive 10 per cent in
crease, which will make their wages $3.50
a day.
Local union, Ne. 81. of the Garment
Workers, made up OF women working at
the trade in Pittsburg Pa. has started
an agitation for the Garment Workers
union label.
United Hatters' International Union
benefit system and also extended its juris-
diction so as to include the men who
make mems straw hats.
The labor. unions of Minneapolis,
Mimi. are to conduct a crusade against
all concerns which do Sunday business
In that city. This is against all con-
Germs where labor is employed seven
days in the week.
Musicians local, No. 8, which has in
its jurisdiction San Francisco, Cal: Oak.
land. Alameda, Berkeley and Point Rich.
mond. now has about 1000 names on iti
membership roll. which includes all
classes of musicians.
The Mach!nists' Union of PittsbuFg;
Pa. Is devoting some time to the better.
ment of conditions in the city. Recently
il appointed committee to see that q
better car service was established. II
proposes to interest all other labor or
carnations in the matter.
In the Chicago Federation of Labor
there are 40 local unions which, in addi-
tion to the leading Industries, has unions
of chandelier makers, coffee roasters, egg
inspectors, feather buster makers, gold
heaters, hair spinners, passementerie max.
ers. tuck pointers, front cleaners, ward.
robe tenders and well drillers.
Plumbers of Omaha, Neb., have return,
ed TO work in the closed shop and at ar
increase Of so cents a day in wages. The
plumbers won by the undivided support
OK organised labor. There was no arbi-
tration agreement to the settlement. the
master plumbers agreeing to the demands
Of the union, and the victory was COM
plete one.
Daring the last year great strides have
been made in organizing the building
trade mechanics of the Southern States.
In cities and towns where last pear there
were no organizations at all there are
now lively local unions Of different crafts,
while In localities where year ago unions
barely existed they are now in healthy
condition and thriving.
Among the larger labor unions in Ger.
many are the clothing industry, with
$4,000 workers, receiving 50 cents
day; the Saxon textile industry with
225.O00 workers, averaging rs cents !:
North German Textile Union, with 124,-
600 workers, wages 65 cents; South Ger
man textile union. with $4,000 workers,
wages So cents, and the tobacco indus
try, with $4,000, wages 40 cents. The
lowest rate of all Is paid to the textile
union Of Silesia, - cents.