The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-27

movement in that section.
Portland. Ore.-Union labor OF this
city has decided to enter the coming
municipal campaign with full ticket
of its own. Because of the attitude OF
the present municipal administration
labor has decided 10 alter its former
policy, which was to indorse candi-
dates of other parties
Columbus, O.-The Wertz law was
declared unconstitutional by Common
Pleas Judge Bigger on the ground
that Ii Is not of universal operation
and that it is retroactive. It will be
appealed. The law provides that not
more than 10 per cent of the number
of men employed in any trade in the
state can be used in the penitentiary
for like labor.
New York.-A very remarkable Ia
Dor organization is the United Hat
ters' Union of America 1t dates its
permanency from the time of adopting
the three per cent. dues OF each mem
ber's earnings. Two per cent goes
10 the international union and one
per cent. is retained in the local treas
ury There are 5000 members, and
each member must make at least
three dollars per day. while some
make as high as seven and eight dol
lars, which is on piecework
Toronto. Ont-All fear of a possible
strike of the Toronto street railway
employees has been removed by the
adoption by the company and the men
of an agreement under which the lat
ter receive an advance of two cents
per hour in their wages. TO date from
, June IS. while other conditions are
satisfactorily adjusted The agree
ment is binding for three years. One
hundred men are affected and the
wages bill of the. company is increased
to the extent of $4,000 year
{ Berlin.-Count Won Posadowsky-
3 Wehner the vice chancellor and min
/ lister of the interior of Germany. has
undertaken the preparation of a
: scheme for the maintenance Of per-
sons out of work while they are seek
! ing employment The state is already
: carrying out old age, sick and disa-
bility pension systems. The official
bureaus operating these systems are
further charged with bringing persons
seeking work in contact with employ
! ers wanting labor, and also with fore
ing Migrants to labor.
London-The British board OF trade
! returns furnish an interesting COM
: parison of the amount of weekly
: wages paid to agricultural laborers in
England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
1t appears that in England the high
est average wage is 1892, and the low
est S3.4S. In Wales the highest IL.
$50 and the lowest 1916, in Scotlandi
the highest is $5.32 and the lowest
1925, while in ireland the highest is
1912 and the lowest 500. The high
est wage in Ireland is IA cents lower
than the lowest in Scotland
Pittsburg, Pa.-Advanced wages and
shorter hours, in the large majority
Of cases without resort to strikes, is
: the report that organizers are sending
in to the American Federation OF La
? Dor from several Of the towns and
i cities in the vicinity of Pittsburg. The
/ result of the continued prosperity OF
u the country has been felt among the
: workingmen. There is hardly a trade
that has not received an increase, at
L least somewhere in the district. In
s some places it is the carpenters. in
Z others the bricklayers. and SO on
down the line
d Detroit Mich.-The biennial con.
e vention of the International Long
t shoremen Marine and Transport Work.
ers' association, in session in this city,
d adopted resolutions Of sympathy with
Meyer, Haywood and Petubone. and
# voted 5000 toward their defense. Ac-
y companying the report of the execu.
Il tive council were letters from Samuel
y Gompers, John Mitchell and other
4 labor leaders, strongly recommending
# the creation of a reserve fund by the
5 longshoremen. The matter was re-
d ferred to a special committee
e New York.-Anthracite coal opera
4 tors say the miners at last seem salts
fed with the way they are being
4 treated, as after four years of activity
It the board OF Cancellation, created to
a settle disputes between men and en-
s, ployers in 1902, have a clean docket.
s During the four years 159 differences
o have been settled, the board itself dis
5, posing Of 1872 of the cases, and an even
r division reference of tke other q
q, cases to an umpire. OF the grievances
Al considered only one was presented
r by the United Mine Workers Of Amer.
s lea as body. Thirteen were presented
IS by the operators and 146 by the
miners.
IS Indianapolis, Ind.-At a recent meet
y Ing of Bookbinders' union 103 female
to bindery workers were admitted. The
5. extra effort for the organization of the
te bindery women is TO strengthen the
IS position OF the bookbinders in their
demand for an eight-hour day on DC
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