Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-16

oOO Italian trackmen on the New York
central railroad a. movement M been
started TO organize the 200 600 or
more Italian railroad employees all
over the United States and bring
about higher scale of wages At tho
head of this movement is Michael Syl.
vester OF Chicago who is here man
aging the strike against the New York
Central
Montreal, Qucbec-The strike Of
800 carriers employed by the Domin.
ion Transport company has ended. the
company meeting the demands OF the
men for an increase in wages Of 10
cents per day making the rate $175.
Berlin.-Germany labor famine. an
aspect Of her prosperity has become
so acute that ii has been found ncces
Sary to impress peasant girls into the
railway service ass plate layers and re-
paircrs.
Kansas City. Mo-If the state Fed
Grafton Of Labor plans materialize. no
factory or Industrial concern will en-
pIoy any child under lG years Of age
IN any capacity unless the circum.
stances surrounding inc child arc such
that II is absolutely necessary that no
work for a living That is the MIS-.
souri, law. and the cyecutivo oommtt
tee OF the State Federation Of Labor
is planning campaign to enforce
That law.
Pittsburg Pa Capt Robert Holden
has been investigating factory emplov.
mont and the labor situation i'm tbe
-outh He saws IL is not uuo tbat
here is a scarcity of labor i'm tho
south There is an abundance of worl,
ors. but the mill ov.rors win mo-, .o,.
a living wage and tbe men refuse -
work for less Errordi,o IN Ca,t
Holden the workers of tbn south ara
beginning to exercise the nowor of
unionism.
Hazelton Pa -oror,tio,s %, a.,
Colliery of c. NJ uodson g. 40 o.,
Beaver Creek were tied nm h,
-trike Of the drivers who o,ll,d ro.
an increase i'm WAGES from sl4a to
$50 a dav. About lOO men ,ro ~
fected by the SUSPENSION. The CON,
pany asserts that the drivers vioIa+o1
the award OF the strike commission IN
leaving their work before sondinc a.,
committee to the superintondont -,
The Culliery.
St Paul MINI In order that tn.
may market their nroducfg and saya
to themselves the commission owrers
of cooperative creameries in Mime.
sofa have organized the Minnosota
Cooperative Diaries association The
members of the association will shin
their butter to a central exchange to
be established probably at Chicago
1t is estimated that butter makers OF
the state last year paid to commits
sion men between S1250,0O0 and ST..
100000. OF The 800 creameries in the
state 6S1 are cooperative. Fifty of
the cooperative creameries are repre-.
sented in the new association.
Chicago.-ln an appellate court
opinion holding that an award OF
$1,000 DAMAGES TO Jacob y. Gibson
in his suit against the Fidelity Cas-.
Aalty company of New York was not
excessive, Judge Jesse Holdom cen.
sWcd John A. Post, general manager
OF the casualty company Gibson was
Injured by accident while working for
the Union Drop Forge company, which
mad its employees insured by the cas-.
ualty company. Post caused Gibson
10 be discharged, and it is charged
That he said. IF | can [ will prevent
him from obtaining employment"
Gibson sued for $4,000 damages and
secured judgment for $1,000
Newark S. Ten thousand chr.
penters have made a demand for IN.
crease in wages. The carpenters In
the employ OF the Master Carpenters
association. about 5000 in number.
viii have their request granted ON
January . their pay was increased
rom $50 to $3.50 day with
promise to receive s. a day July J..
he EMPLOYERS will keep faith with
mem On 'hc other hand, the 1000
carpenters Doc the employ Of iudepend-
emu Hims have been refused the in
crease ana .hey are ON strike.
Ne" foIh-W. r. Klapetzky. editor
'i the JouIn"Fman tarber the official
organ of JNn BARRIERS of the United
states. has been elected one Of the
Two delegate who are TO represent
me American federation of labor at the
next september IN England He rs