The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-25
GENERAL LABOR NEWS.


~ 1, 1907, was 100000, which places
IL very close to the top among the or.
ganizations of Great Britain.
The International Union of Bill Post.
ers have articles of agreement with
all circuses aud outdoor shows.
through which all bill posting and
billing will be done by union men.
School teachers in San Francisco
have organized on the lines of Chicago
Teachers Federation for the purpose
of securing an increase in wages.
The trades union membership of
Australia is said to be only about
100000.
Prison guards in New York state
are asking for more pay.
Paris. France, now has women pub.
lie automobile drivers.
The dispute between the shipown.
ers and the stevedores in Hamburg.
Germany, becomes every day more
acute The Harbor Traffice Union has
engaged 1000 English stevedores, and
500 have arrived to take the place OF
the strikers.
It Is stated that the members of
the Brotherhood of Painters and the
National Alliance of Painters have
by majority vote approved the plan
of amalgamation agreed upon by the
officers.
About thirty thousand women of
all ages under the name of barmaids,
tend large portion of the saloon
and restaurant bars in England are
facing the prospect of their occu-
patton being compulsory closed to
women.
At a meeting of the Central Labor
Council of Seattle recently, at which
were present delegates from most un-
ions. committe of three were appoin-
ted to call a conference for the organ
zation of an association for the ex-
clusion of Japanese laborers.
A dispatch from Juarez, Chihuahua,
stated that more than 5000 Mexican
laborers. most of them with their fam
lilies, were starving.
The Union Pacific railway will use
5000 Greek iaborers in the track de
partment during the present year and
large gangs of Greeks are now being
employed. One thousand Greeks and
500 Japanese will be employed on the
Wyoming division. the section gangs
of which are to be recruited up to
ten men.
New Orleans Master Moulders have
signed an agreement conceding to the
molders what they demanded-closed
shops. 25 cents a day advance In pay
and better conditions generally.
Many members of the United Asso-
citation of Plumbers, Gas Filters and
Steam Filters, are urging that the or
ganization establish a home for the
aged and infirm, along the same lines
as the typos.
The labor unionists OF Pittsburg are
Going to erect labor temple to cost
s100,00O ach union subscribing for the
stock will be entitled to one direc-
tor on the board
A committee from the Toronto. Can
ada, district council met the manu-
facturers recently, and were succev-
full in bringing about settlement OF
the strike of the metal polishers and
brass workers that has tied up the
trade in that city.
During the 21 years Of the exist
ence of the United IIatters of North
America they have used 27O,00O,OOO
labels. Last year the union hatters
made nearly 3O,00O,o0O hats.
The labor temple association OF
Kansas City, Mo, has decided to COM
mence work on its building early the
coming spring.
Metal polishers are all at work In
indianapolis An effort is being made
to organize all shops in the gas belt
district.
In several states the machinists un'
ions have increased nearly 500 per
cent In membership during the past
year.
st. Paul printers have started
movement to secure state printing
plant for Minnesota.
The strike in the cigar factory own
ed and operated by Mugge & Trech'
man in Brooklyn. ". Y, has been de-
clared off This action ends a strife
covering 2 years and eight months.
Organized labor in Los Angeles is
planning to establish bank. 1t will be
financed and operated wholly by trade
unionists. 1t is proposed to place the
new institution In the new labor tenn