The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-15
trades %unionists.

Secretary Strauss, OF the Depart
meut of Commerce and Labor. has
determined to establish a national
employment bureau. This Is not
the name Secretary Strauss gives
to It. but his description Of the thing
leaves no doubt that a national EN-.
ploymcnt bureau will be substan-
TALLY its scope. MIR. Strauss calls
his enterprise the Information Bur
eau Of the Department Of Labor
and ~Comm(rce. The information
aimed to dispense is the same kind
that is dispensed by the free EN-
ployment bureaus of Massachusetts,,
Illinois. and other states.
A congress of women servants re-
Gently held In Copenhagen, Den
mark. and attended by fifteen dele.
gates, resolved to ask the govern
ment to enforce the law f%orbidding
mistresses 70 employ their servants
after 7 y. m. on ordinary days. o.
2 y. m. on Sunday.
The National League OF Navy
Yard employees has ser a letter ask.
ing for information az TO the method
OF paving employees In use by the
employers of Brooklyn, y. Y. This
organization is advocating the pay
ment OF wages TO Navy Yard en-
) ployes weekly instead OF semi.mon.
thly.
, Hat manufacturers have decided
after n conference with the employ.
! es. that they will continue 10 place
the union label In all union made
hncs. This is all the officers and
members of the United Hatters ui
: America sought from the National
| Fur Felt Hat Manufacturers asso
citation.
Columbia Lodge No. ia and Wash
. ington Lodge No. Loo, lnternationa'
Association OF Machinists, will. al
: the annual meeting the Govern
ment Wage Board al Washington
ID. c., Navy Yard, the latter part oI
November, or the fisrt week In De
1 cember. ask for an increase In theil
wage scale.
At the International convention
OF machinists at Providence. II. /.
Sanderson THREE
the officers reported that during th'
. year there were 1856 strikes In tn,
: trade. Since 1898. when the or
ganlzation began paying death bene
i fits, the total paid out has beer
s150,776.10. The delegates at thu
l convention represented 100000 mem
D bers.
The application OF the box maker
and sawyers for a charter in the Am
= erican Federation of Labor has beef
{ referred to the office OF the amalga
mated wood workers for considera
ton. { 1t is found that the jurisdic
y ton asked for does not clash witt
that Of the woodworkers the charte
n will in all probability be granted.
l. One OF the most important act
e OF the recent machinists' convention
g was the resolution OF ID. w. Redrick
OF Chicago, to divide the railroa,
machinists of the United States Can
ada and Mexico into Ave districts
which 1t was stated will give then
u greater fighting strength against tn
3 General Managers Association.
q The Division OF Information OF tn
Bureau OF Immigration, OF which 7
= v. Powderly is the chief. propose
u to have well qualified men and We
men travel upon steamships an
&c mingle with incoming aliens for tn
F" purpose OF informing them of labo
conditions in this country and G
what they may expect upon a
- rival here. Through these agent!
~ too, 1t is expected to discover a
:. tempted violations OF the alien col
tract labor law.
" The Trades and Labor Council {
Nashville, Tenn, has issued a ca
. to organized labor OF the south I
be represented at a conference b.
tween organized labor and textil
: manufacturers. The object OF tn
meeting is to find. If possible, SON
!, common ground to meet ON and
provide for uniform laws In the sout
A to COVER the enjoyment OF wome
and children. The conference wi