The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-17

ana APPROPRIATENESS OF America nave Qe-
feated the proposition to elect national
officers at the annual convention, in-
stead Of by referendum. The Buffalo
members were against the proposition.
Lowell. Mass.-This year Lowell
broke all records for August vacations.
the big mills. with one exception,
closed their gates during a period of
great business activity, and about TO-
600 operatives enjoyed q vacation OF
ten days. The elatter of the loom
ceased on August %, and viii not be
heard again until the Tuesday after
Labor day. The Lawrence Manufac-
turing company. operating the worlds
largest hosiery. will not shut down
La Crosse. visa pastors union.
composed of all the Protestant clergy
men of this city. is affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor. Mem
bers of the other trades look upon the
preachers as brother workers, admit
their delegate to the meetings OF the
Trades and Labor council and have a
+ representative OF that body at the
meeting of the clergymsn. On last
/ Labor day the preachers marched with
/ the printers the cigarmakers, the
/ bricklayers and other unions in the
Labor day parade. while at a recent
meeting of the pastors they were adj
dressed by a delegate from the boot
and shoe makers union I'm advocacy
of insisting on the union label when
making purchases of shoes.
Helena, Mont.-The Rocky Mountain
Bel Telephone company has filed suit
in the federal court against the Mon
tana Federation of Labor, the Livings.
ton Trade and Labor council, Tele-
phone Operators union No. AZ, Alex.
ander Fairgrieves. II. o. Smith, l.. w.
Thorpe. Almodose Grenier and Efie
lie Fevre to obtain an order restrain-
ing the respondents from interfering
with or molesting in any way the bus
mess of the company. and to shut OF
the boycott which the complainant all
leges has been in force since March
! IA, last. The trouble is the outgrowth
/ of the strike of the linemen IN Utah.
, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, the
, Montana federation having ordered
the Rocky Mountain company declared
unfair in all Montana cities and or
dered out all switchboard operators.
Chicago.-Following is O list OF
| dates Of international conventions and
places of meeting to the close OF the
year: August 81, Cincinnati, O., metal
polishers; September 2, st. Louis, ma
/ chinists; September 2, Indianapolis,
J post Office clerks; September 3, Eu-
T reka, Cal, woodsmen and sawmilf
e workers; September 9, indianapolis,
n brick. tile and terra Gotta workers;
n September 2, Boston, cottonmill spin.
g ners; September 10, Memphis, Tenn,
cement workers; September Is, New
: Orleans, bridge and structural iron
\ workers; September 16, New York
Q city, wood carvers; September 81,
z, Walden, n. Y, pocket knife blade
z. grinders and finishers; October 3. Chi
L cage, wood, wire and metal fathers;
p October 6, Milwaukee, blacksmiths
d and helpers; October 7, Chicago, photo
e engravers' union; October 8, New Or
d leans, street and electric railway en-
/ ployes; October Z, Bay City, Mich,
r shipWrights, joLners and calkers; Oc-
s tober Is, Rochester, n. Y, interna-
q tionai car workers association; Octo-
d Der 10, Providence, r. l.. united textile
1T workers; November IL, Norfolk, Va.
g American federation of labor; Decem-
a. Der 2, Chicago. bill posters and billers;
December 2, Chicago, seamen's union.
le San Francisco.-Tne laundry work
le ers have all returned to their respec-
rs tive posts and the statement is made
It, that for three years all viii be quiet
pit in the laundries Of San Francisco.
le Boston.-The building mechanics OF
e. the Boston & Maine railroad have re-
s ceived a wage increase. The commits
N tee which conferred with General Su.
u perintendent Lee and the trades repre-
e. scented are: John L. Dorney for the
ID plumbers and steamfitters. general
We chairman: Frank H. Barrett for the
II carpenters, Timothy Johnson for the
roofers, A. Leighton for the painters
a Justin Belleyiew for TIRE gatemen, Al
IN vim Stark for the tinsmiths and Charles
* Ford for the masons and bricklayers.
es New York.-In an editorial in tn.
DO Engineering News concerning wealth
an WdE5D pAStISND eSoAAASA AAi
Id unequal distribution Of the former ant
r. the oppression OF the latter are an
30 swered with this statement: "Capi
ne tai is now receiving about 81. wher
On labor is receiving SO. or to put it Il
I'd another way, if the annual product o
is the country (the money earned by car
an ital and labor, Is divided into fou
equal heaps capital is getting one @
these heaps and labor the other three.
r. London, England.-The total mem
in bership Of the Women's Trade Unioi
rs i league in Great Britain is In excess @
II 135, 600
Atlanta. Ga.-The Farmers unior
"a of Georgia, with membership OF 80
TT 600, has gone On record as being bi
of terly opposed to bringing foreign in
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